Q: I am troubled by a comment someone has made to me regarding the Fazaail Aamaal. We grew up reading it, and so did this person. But now suddenly, through the influence of another person, this person says that Fazaail Aamaal is a "Tabligh kitaab" which is unreliable as it contains weak Ahaadith.
Can you please explain to me whether Fazaail Aamaal is a reliable kitaab or not.
Q: I am teaching students in the maktab and I came across these four Ahaadith in the talimi board maktab syllabus. Someone mentioned to me that these Ahaadith are not suitable to quote. I will appreciate if the ulama can verify the authenticity of these Ahaadith and whether they can be quoted or not. The four ahaadith are listed below:
Q: What is the authenticity of the following Hadith?
Sayyiduna Mu’adh (radiyallahu ‘anhu) narrates that Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said: ‘Whoever taunts a brother (Muslim) with a sin (which the Muslim has committed), will not die until he (the taunter) commits the same sin.’
Q: Does keeping birds as pets prevent evil shayateen from entering the home?
Q: I want to know if this is authentic:
When Nooh (alaihis salaam) was building his ark then the disbelievers came and defecated on the ship. Allah Ta'ala sent a certain skin disease upon these people which they had no cure for. So one disbeliever with the disease slips near the ship and falls into the faeces then realizes he has been cured. All disbelievers then came and cleaned the ship by applying all the faeces to their own bodies.
Q: I run an anthracite coal business. I have heard that Jinn eat coal, and that I should cover the coal with something at night.
Is there any truth to this?
Q: Is it true that if a person passes away in salaah they go straight to jannah and if so, is there any hadith provided?
Q: Some of the Ulama from Deoband consider animated pictures as permissible and other Ulama are totally opposite to that extent that they declared it haraam. I have heard that "Ulama ka ikhtalif rehmat hai".
Will I be sinful if I follow the Ulama who regard animated pictures as permissible?
Q: In one of your fatwa you mentioned a hadith... It is reported in the Ahaadith that a woman whose hair is not covered, the malaaikah do not come close to her.
I want a reference for this hadith. I can't find one.
Q: There are some ahaadeeth like the one quoted by Maulana Maududi which states that the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) had intercourse with Maria Qibtia (radhiyallahu anha) and he then swore never to have intercourse with her after facing pressure from Hazrat Ayesha and Hamza (radhiyallahu anhuma)... Is it true?