Commentary

Memorizing the 99 names of Allah

Q: What is meant by "memorizes" or "preserves" the 99 names of Allah in the Hadith below:

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لِلَّهِ تِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ اسْمًا مَنْ حَفِظَهَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ

Harms of self study

Q: Is this hadith sahih are that verses gone? How can this be as Allah has taken the responsibility? It was narrated that 'Aishah said: “The Verse of stoning and of breastfeeding an adult ten times was revealed1, and the paper was with me under my pillow. When the Messenger of Allah died, we were preoccupied with his death, and a tame sheep came in and ate it.”

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ، يَحْيَى بْنُ خَلَفٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، ‏.‏ وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ لَقَدْ نَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ وَرَضَاعَةُ الْكَبِيرِ عَشْرًا وَلَقَدْ كَانَ فِي صَحِيفَةٍ تَحْتَ سَرِيرِي فَلَمَّا مَاتَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَتَشَاغَلْنَا بِمَوْتِهِ دَخَلَ دَاجِنٌ فَأَكَلَهَا ‏.‏ 

Grade : Hasan (Darussalam) English reference : Vol. 3, Book 9, Hadith 1944 Arabic reference : Book 9, Hadith 2020

Explanation of a Hadith

Q: I've came across this Hadith:

Aisha (radhiyallahu anha) reported: A group of Jews asked permission to visit the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and when they were admitted, they said, “Death be upon you!” I said to them, “Rather, death and the curse of Allah be upon you!” The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said, “O Aisha, Allah is kind and he loves kindness in all matters.” I said, “Have you not heard what they said?” The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said, “I said to them: And upon you.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6528, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2165

What does the last sentence mean (and upon you?). Does this mean death and curse of Allah be upon those Jews?