Author Archives: Samer Dajani

Many Muslims today find it easy to claim that things are fobidden in Islam, without understanding. One widespread example is the prohibition on a hairstyle called qazaʿ : Abdullah Ibn Umar (may God be pleased with him) said, ‘I heard God’s Messenger ﷺ telling people not to do the qazaʿ.’ (Sahih Bukhari) I did notContinue reading “The Hairstyle Not Allowed for Men”

Introduction: The Night of Mid-Sha’ban Revisited Almost 10 years ago in 2014 (we are now in Feb 2024), I wrote an article called ‘Muadh ibn Jabal and the Night of Mid-Sha’ban’. In this article I gave a new insight into why the hadiths on the virtue of that night might be authentic despite not beingContinue reading “What We Can and Cannot Say about the Night of Mid-Shaban”

O People, a teaching from your Lord has come to you, a healing for what is in [your] hearts, and guidance and mercy for the believers. Say to them (O Prophet), ‘In God’s grace (faḍl) and mercy (raḥma) let them rejoice: these are better than all they accumulate’ (Q. 10:57-8).    The verses above teachContinue reading “The Sharia as Mercy and Grace”

Q: I was asked about the hadith that a martyr gets 72 beautiful women of paradise. Summary Answer: This hadith comes from a number of hadith transmitters – all of whom come from the city of Homs in Syria –  who did not meet the strict criterea of Bukhari, Muslim and Nasa’i, but whose narrationsContinue reading “Hadith Q: Does the Martyr Get 72 Beautiful Women of Paradise?”

There is a common misconception among Muslims that whenever there is a group of Muslims travelling together, they need to choose an amir (commander/leader). This is because of the (weak) hadith narrated by Abu Dawud in his Sunan via the Medinan follower Abu Salama, from Abu Sa’id al-Khudri (may God be pleased with him), thatContinue reading “Do all Groups Have to Have a Commander (leader)?”

Q: I was asked about the authenticity of the following hadith, “If a woman prays her five, fasts her month, protects her chastity, and obeys her husband, then it will be said to her: enter Paradise from whichever of its gates you choose!” A: This hadith is narrated back to three different Companions, but noneContinue reading “Q: Hadith on Obedience to Husbands”

Q: I was asked about the claim found in the work of a Sunni Yemeni scholar that our lady Fatima, may God be pleased with her, the daughter of God’s Messenger ﷺ did not menstruate like other women, because ‘her purity is from the purity of the Messenger of God ﷺ, which would reveal whyContinue reading “Hadith Q: Did Fatima Menstruate like other Women?”

Q: I was asked about a hadith stating that in the future there will come women who dress inappropriately, and that we should “curse them, for they are cursed.” A: This is the hadith of Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As which is narrated by imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal in his Musnad and by al-Tabarani inContinue reading “Hadith Q: Cursing Inappropriately Dressed Women”

Q: I was asked about the authenticity of the following hadith as narrated by Tirmidhi: On the authority of Abu l-Ja’d al-Damri – who had some (i.e. brief) Companionship according to the claim of Muhammad ibn Amr – that he said: God’s Messenger ﷺ said, “Whoever leaves the Friday Prayer three times, because of not giving itContinue reading “Hadith Q: Missing the Friday Prayers”