A knowledge-based correspondence between Shaykh al-Albaanee and a leading scholar of India over a puzzling hadeeth.
Tag: hadeeth
Relating to eemaan as it occurs in the hadeeth
How can we relate between [the term] eemaan being: Eemaan in Allaah and His Angels and His Books and His Messengers and the Last Day and in Predestination, [both] the good and the bad, and the saying…
I shall repeat them all from memory
al-Ameen and al-Ma.moon travelled to ‘Abdullaah ibn Idrees who narrated a hundred hadeeth to them. al-Ma.moon then said
Acting in accordance
No hadeeth of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ has ever reached me, except that I have acted according to it – even if only once.
That which is befitting for a man
It is befitting for a man who hears something from the manner of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ, that he holds firm to it.
I also got cupped and gave the cupper a deenaar
There isn’t a hadeeth I have scribed except that I have acted in accordance to it.
Spreading unverified hadeeth
Is it permissible to spread ahaadeeth of the Prophet ﷺ via [the various] means of communication without verifying the authenticity of the hadeeth?
Until when will a man continue to seek knowledge
Sahl رحمه الله was asked: ‘Until when will a man [continue to] write hadeeth?’ He said: ‘Until he dies, and the remaining ink will [then] be poured into his grave.’
Dictated 20,000 hadeeth to us from memory
‘Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Mahdee dictated 20,000 hadeeth to us from memory.
Start by memorising the Qur.aan
Which of the two is better for the student of knowledge when he starts out seeking knowledge – memorising the Book of Allaah ﷻ or merely reciting it