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Is this hadith authentic? "Only an honorable man treats women with honor and integrity...."
Lets start with what is authentic, Quran says about the marital relationship addressing husbands:
... And live with them in kindness. ... (4:19)
And addressing the wives or women:
...And due to ...
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What is the source of the hadith which says Allah will reward your unspeakable thoughts?
The hadith referred to in the video on the unspeakable thoughts is:
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ جَاءَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَسَأَلُوهُ إِنَّا نَجِدُ فِي أَنْفُسِنَا ...
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Was the body of Prophet Muhammad SAW decomposing?
Well refuting or answering questions of anti-Islam or anti-sunnah etc. websites is not the purpose of this site. I'm answering this with a focus on source identification or reference-request and check ...
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Who were sentenced to death during the conquest of Mecca?
Some hadith sources
"On the day of the Conquest of Makkah, the Messenger of Allah [SAW] granted amnesty to the people, except four men and two women. He said: 'Kill them, even if you find them ...
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What nation did Allah order to destroy where a believer lived?
The hadith you are inquiring about is most likely the one documented in Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, but the name of the place is not mentioned in the hadith:
عن عبيد بن إسحاق العطار حدثنا عمار بن سيف، عن ...
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What is the authenticity of the hadith "if you eat meat for 40 days, those qualities will come within you"?
The exact words that you quoted are not in any Sunni book that I have come across. However, a hadith attributed to 'Ali ibn Abi Tālib — not to the Prophet — was documented by Muhammad al-Munawi in ...
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Did The Prophet Drink Wine?
It is mistranslated. The relevant part of the hadith is as follows:
A man said: 'O Messenger of Allah, shall we not give you some Nabidh?' He said: 'Yes.' The man rushed out and brought a vessel in ...
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Is there a hadith to the effect of "if a Muslim prays but will not stop committing sins... his prayers have no effect"?
The hadith you are asking about is most likely the one in Tafsīr Ibn Abi Hātim (note that this hadith was also mentioned by Ibn Kathir in his tafsīr, and Al-Kermani in Al-Kawākib Ad-Darāri):
زياد ...
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Source for a story about Muhammad's follower who felt Muhammad was too lenient with his wives?
The only hadith I can think of in this context is the one about 'Umar ibn al-Khattāb asking the Prophet ﷺ to request his wives to be veiled prior to the revelation of the verses related to hijab:
...
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Hadith: insects falling in fire
This hadith is in Sahih al-Bukhari. The Prophet (SAW) said:
"My example and the example of the people is that of a man who made a fire, and when it lighted what was around it, Moths and other ...
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Are mermaids real in Islam?
This is jurisprudence not aqeedah. إنسان الماء (water human) is a creature which is mentioned in the rulings of food by jurists while their existence is neither confirmed nor denied in Islamic beliefs ...
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What is the grade and source of this narration about eating with the right hand?
It's an authentic hadith from Sahih Muslim.
It can be found here: https://sunnah.com/muslim/36/142
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What is the grade and source of this narration about eating with the right hand?
The hadith is considered as authentic as it is in sahih Muslim and the person cursed here is known as Busr ibn Ra'iy al-'ir al-Ashja'iy بُسْر ابن راعي العير الأشجعي (also Bushr بشر was quoted) some ...
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What precisely does the "fallacious" fatwa of Muhammad 'Abduh regarding business transactions involving interest say?
The fatwa in question is highly publicized, and is the basis that many so-called modernists allow interest-based loans. It may prove to be very difficult to find the actual text of the fatwa since it ...
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Kissing thumbs on listening the name of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
No, there is no proof that any of the companions kissed their thumbs and wiped their eyes upon hearing the name of the Prophet (ﷺ).
There is a hadith in Kashf Al-Khafa' Vol. 2, p. 206, hadith 2296 ...
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Is there a hadith on repentance that says "Repentance is sorrow"?
There is a hadith with very similar wording in Sunan Ibn Majah, the Book of Zuhd, out of which a quote is provided below:
عَنِ ابْنِ مَعْقِلٍ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ...
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Names of the Munafiqin - Hadith authenticity
There are different sources for this narration, but those who are quoted in hadith collections don't quote Hudaifah () as the person who was asked by 'Omar (), it was narrated on the authority of Umm ...
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Where can I find a Hadith about Prophet Muhammed exhorting Muslims to help brothers?
The hadith you are asking is about is in Sahih al-Bukhari:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: ...
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Is there a source for "Whoever says I don't know has given a fatwa"?
The statement is neither hadith nor Qur'an, but one could call it words of wisdom and it will be hard to find a definite source, as there are indeed some similar statements referred to some ...
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The experience of faith
There's a similar statement made by the tabi'y Ibrahim ibn Adham إبراهيم بن أدهم:
قال لبعض أصحابه يوماً: " لو عَلِم الملوكُ وأبناءُ الملوك ما نحن فيه - أي من السعادة والسرور - لجالدونا عليه بالسيوف ...
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Hadith: I don't eat until I'm hungry
This statement doesn't appear in any sahih book as it is even doubtful if it was a hadith at all. The only author who apparently attributed it to the prophet () was Burhan ad-Dyn al-Halabi (from ...
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Source and authentication of "Jihad Will Be Performed Until The Coming of the Hour"
Its meaning is correct and supported in many other ways as well.
From the Koran:
وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّىٰ لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ الدِّينُ كُلُّهُ
لِلَّـهِ
And fight them until there ...
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Did The Prophet Drink Wine?
The hadith in question is easily found on sunnah.com (https://sunnah.com/muslim:2011a). The drink that is translated as "wine" in your copy is actually referring to "nabidh", which ...
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What is the authenticity of the hadith about Assufyani?
There are two hadiths in Al-Mustadrak about As-Sufyani that I could find attributed to the Prophet (ﷺ):
Narrated by Abu Huraira in hadith 8633
Narrated by 'Abdullah ibn Mas'oud in hadith 8551.
The ...
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Hadith about possessing too many blankets (or bedsheets?)
I finally managed to find the hadith, it was about beddings and not bedsheets. Seems that it is present in multiple Hadith collections.
Sahih Muslim 2084 (Book 37, Hadith 67)
Jabir b. 'Abdullah ...
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Is it true that the Prophet Muhammad foretold the birth of Malik ibn Anas?
There's a statement of ibn Taymiyah that the madhab of the people of Medina is the closest to truth (Is this really objective?) - See for example fatwa islamqa #200879 in Arabic. But this doesn't mean ...
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Does Sahih Muslim contain a hadith to the effect of "has Allah not rendered for you the isha prayer in congregation equal to hajj"?
The hadith is attributed to a Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj narration, but it is not in his Sahih as the entire version. Most likely, you are referring to the hadith in the "Forty Hadith Nawawi" book (See ...
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Is there any backup for this statement about the virtue of Ramadan?
This quote is from a Hadith 1887 in Sahīh Ibn Khuzaymah (Arabic: صحيح ابن خزيمة) by Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Khuzaymah (Arabic: أبو بكر محمد بن إسحاق بن خزيمة بن المغيرة):
ثنا علي بن حجر ...
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Is there a hadith "whoever shoots at a living creature for sport is cursed" and is it authentic?
Yes, there is an authentic hadith to that effect in Sahih Muslim in the book of hunting, slaughter, and what may be eaten:
حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو ...
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Is there a hadith on repentance that says "Repentance is sorrow"?
Yes, the Prophet said, الندم توبة (regret is repentance).
The source is Ibn Majah (4252).
(Read here for full hadith and narrators).
It is also recorded in the book of Ahmad.
It is said to be ...
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