Question:

One of my friends gave me a gift that had a Wasiyah (important instructions or precepts to follow), from the Prophet (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam) to Imam 'Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him. In it, the Prophet (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said, "O 'Ali, do not sleep before accomplishing five things:

(1) reciting the entire Qur'aan

(2) giving four thousand Dirhams to charity,

(3) visiting the Ka'bah,

(4) saving a place for yourself in Paradise, and

(5) appeasing your enemies." 'Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, said, "And how is that possible, O Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam)?" He (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam), said, "Do you not know that by reciting Qul Huw Allaahu Ahad (Surat Al-Ikhlas) three times, you have read the entire Qur'aan;

that by reciting Al-Fatihah, you have donated four thousand Dirhams to charity;

that by saying ten times, 'None has the right to be worshipped except Allaah alone - He has no partners, the entire dominion is His, all praise is for Him, He gives life and causes to die, and He is upon all things capable,' you have visited the Ka'bah;

that by saying ten times, 'There is neither power nor might except with Allaah, the Most High, the Most Powerful,' you have reserved your place in Paradise;

and by saying ten times, 'I ask forgiveness from Allaah, the Most Powerful: Who none has the right to be worshipped except Him, the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists, and I repent to Him,' you have appeased your enemy."

Here is my question: I do know that Surat Al-Ikhlas is equivalent to one-third of the Qur'aan, but is this narration authentic?

Answer:

This Hadeeth, which claims to contain the Prophet's advice to 'Ali bin Abu Talib, may Allaah be pleased with him, is a lie and is fabricated: it cannot correctly be ascribed to the Prophet (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam). Therefore one is not permitted to relate this saying, for the person who relates it without making clear that it is fabricated, is one of the liars against the Prophet (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam) and should take his seat in the Fire. At any rate, this Hadeeth is both a lie upon the Prophet (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam) and upon 'Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him.

There is an additional point I must clarify, regarding you saying "Imam 'Ali." Without a doubt, 'Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, is an Imam just like the other rightly guided Caliphs are Imams — Abu Bakr, may Allaah be pleased with him, is an Imam, 'Umar, may Allaah be pleased with him, is an Imam, 'Uthman bin 'Affan, may Allaah be pleased with him, is an Imam, and 'Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, is an Imam. The Prophet (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam), said about these four,

"Cling to my Sunnah and to the Sunnah of the rightly guided Caliphs after me." (Abu Dawud no. 4607, At-Tirmithi no. 2676 and Mustadrak no. 1/331)

This description is for all four of them.

Therefore the title of Imam is not specific to 'Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, but rather it is a word that describes someone who is followed, which is why the person who leads the prayer is called Imam and a person who has authority among Muslims is called Imam.

I mention these points because when some people say Imam, they mean someone who is free from faults and mistakes, an assumption that is in itself a mistake, since no one from creation is free from faults except by Allaah's protection. The Awliya' (those who are close to Allaah Almighty), then, are like others, in that they make mistakes and then repent to Allaah Almighty from those mistakes: Everyone from the children of Adam makes mistakes, and the best of those who make mistakes are those who repent.

Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-`Uthaymeen
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 7, Pages 181-183, DARUSSALAM

Question:

Is the following popular saying an authentic Hadeeth "Allaah curses the person who drinks before someone else who needs that drink."
Answer:

This Hadeeth is not authentically attributable to the Prophet (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam), even though, as you said, it is on the tongues of many people.

Question:

I heard that the Prophet (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said, "You and your wealth are your father's." (Ibn Majah no. 2292) But I also heard that this Hadeeth might be weak; please explain.
Answer:

Because of its many narrations that strengthen each other, this Hadeeth is not weak. And it means that if a man has wealth, his father may be free with that wealth, taking what he wants from it, but under conditions:

Question:

Is the following Hadeeth authentic: "None of you believes until his desires are in accordance with what I came with." (Al-Baghavi 1/213, no. 104)
Answer:

A group of scholars have graded it authentic while another group of scholars have graded it weak. The author of Al-Hujjah[1] said: "A believer does not have complete faith until his desires are in harmony with what the Prophet (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam) came with. If one desires fornication, for example, or he desires to commit some act of disobedience, then his faith is incomplete. The same if he wishes to backbite or slander or if he actually does those sins."

So his faith will not be complete until his desires and inclinations are similar to what the Prophet (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam) came with. When he follows his desires and obeys the Shaytan, the level of his faith decreases, and this decrease may at times lead him to disbelief, such as when he desires to worship other than Allaah, or when his desires lead him to mock or curse the religion, or when he deems lawful that which Allaah has forbidden, thereby leading to disbelief and resulting in apostasy from the religion. And we ask Allaah to protect us.

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[1] That is Abu Al-Qasim Al-Asbahani. An-Nawawi referred to Al-Hujjah in his Forty Hadeeths.

Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 7, Pages 176-177, DARUSSALAM

Question:

What is the correctness of the Hadeeth reported from the Prophet (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam)  "Whoever sees me (in his dream), then he has in fact seen me" And another Hadeeth that says: "Whoever sees me (in his dream), then the Fire is forbidden for him." What do they signify?

Answer:

The first Hadeeth, in which the Prophet (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said: "Whoever sees me (in his dream), then he has in fact seen me." (Al-Bukhari no. 6996 and Muslim no. 2267)

— is authentic, and there are various wordings for it, in one narration: "Whoever sees me in his sleep, then he has indeed seen me, for the Shaytan cannot impersonate me in my appearance." (Al-Bukhari no. 110)

And in another: "Whoever sees me in his sleep, then he has in fact seen me, for the Shaytan cannot impersonate me in my appearance." (Ahmad 2/261)

There are many different wordings for this Hadeeth, and each one confirms that the Shaytan, the enemy of Allaah, cannot take on the Prophet's appearance, and so when a person has a dream about the Prophet (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam), he has truly seen him in the dream.

The Prophet's appearance is well-known among scholars: He was of medium height, handsome, with a reddish complexion and a thick black beard; however, later on in his life, a few of his hairs turned white.

As for the second Hadeeth: "Whoever sees me (in his dream), then the Fire is forbidden for him."

— it has no basis and is not authentic.

Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 7, Pages 174-175, DARUSSALAM

Question:

Please explain this Hadeeth so that we have a correct understanding of it:

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Question:

Is the following an authentic Hadeeth or a narration from one of the Companions : "There is no prayer for the neighbor of the Masjid except in the Masjid" It is a saying that expresses a degree of harshness, yet Islam is easy and not difficult Noble Shaikh, please discuss your view on this issue.

Question:

I noticed that when someone passed by one of my friends and greeted him, my friend not only did not reply but also gave him a rather haughty look. When I asked him why he did that, he told me that the other person was arrogant and that the Prophet (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said, "Arrogance to someone who is arrogant is charity." Is this Hadeeth authentic? And is what my friend did correct?

Answer:

When one is arrogant with one of the servants of Allaah, he is perpetrating one of the major sins, and no one is permitted to be arrogant with another, even if another person is himself arrogant. One cannot cure another person's arrogance by being the same with him; rather, one may help him by advising him sincerely and warning him about Allaah's punishment, by saying, for example, "Fear Allaah, for verily arrogance is one of the major sins." The Hadeeth mentioned by the questioner is false — it has no basis and is not authentically related from the Prophet (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam).

Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-`Uthaymeen
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 7, Page 169, DARUSSALAM

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Question:

Please refer me to a book that contains many weak and rejected Hadiths, so that by knowing them, I can be wary of them.
Answer:

I advise you not to read weak and rejected Hadiths, for only the people of knowledge – those who can distinguish between the authentic and the weak – may read them. I advise you to read Riyaadh As-Saliheen, a precious book whose author strive to present only Sahih and Hasan Hadiths, while avoiding those Hadiths that are weak, and he introduces most of his chapters with a verse from the Qur’aan.

A beginner, one who is in the early stages of seeking Islamic knowledge, must not try to read every kind of book because he will not be able to make sense of it all, and as a result, he will begin to have doubts that will only be problematic to him in the end.

Read only that which is authentic, and if you wish to read, read Al-Lulu’ Wal-Marjan, a book that contains all the Hadiths that Al-Bukhari and Muslim agreed upon. This book contains the most authentic narrations that have been related from the Prophet sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam, it is a very precious and beneficial book. And Allaah Almighty knows best.

Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-`Uthaymeen
Fatawa Islamiyah vol.7, p.181, DARUSSALAM

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Question:

Is this Hadith authentic:
”Differing in my nation is a mercy.”

(Kanzul-‘Ummal no.28686 and Ittihaf-us-Sunniyah 1/204,205)

Answer:

No, it is not authentic; it has been rejected by some of the Salaf, and it is not in fact a Hadith.
Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz
Fatawa Islamiyah, vol.7, p.177, DARUSSALAM