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The Hadith on Teaching Children to Pray
‘Verifying the Authenticity of the Hadith ‘…And Hit the Ten-Year-Old Over It,’ by Shaykh Akram Nadwi (translated and annotated by Samer Dajani) There are two hadiths that mention this (hitting): Abū Dāwūd said in the Chapter on Prayer: Section: When is a Boy ordered to Pray?: Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsa – meaning: Ibn al-Ṭabbāʿ – narratedContinue reading “The Hadith on Teaching Children to Pray”
The Guidance He Left Us
One day God’s Messenger ﷺ stood up and gave a speech to his Ummah, reminding them of what he will be leaving behind once he returns to the Highest Companion ﷻ. He ﷺ spoke of leaving behind two ‘weighty things’ (thaqalayn), but the way he described them varies in different narrations. Unfortunately, it has becomeContinue reading “The Guidance He Left Us”
‘Acquire the Character Traits of God’
I was asked about the oft-quoted statement, ‘Acquire the character traits of God’ which is very frequently quoted as a hadith of God’s Messenger (pbuh), especially in Sufi works. The hadith masters are all in agreement that this is not a hadith and cannot be found in the hadith literature, nor traced to any source.Continue reading “‘Acquire the Character Traits of God’”
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