Author Archives: Samer Dajani

I was asked about the two following hadiths, which appear to contradict each other, with regards to the authenticity of their chains and the question of the content being at odds with each other: On the authority of Abdullah ibn Mas’ud that the Prophet (pbuh) said, ‘The best of people are my generation, then thoseContinue reading “Hadith Q: My Ummah is like the Rain”

Q: I was asked about the authenticity of this Hadith, Ata ibn Abi Rabah رحمه الله تعالى narrates (Mursalan): Nabee ﷺ said: “When a Muslim or Muslimah passes away on a Friday or the night of Friday, he will be protected from the punishment and trials of the grave. He will meet Allah and thereContinue reading “Hadith Q: Dying on Fridays”

Q: I was asked about the authenticity of this hadith, It was narrated that Iyas bin ‘Abdullah bin Abu Dhubab said:“The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Do not hit the female servants of God.’ Then Umar came to the Prophet and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, the woman have become bold towards their husbands.’ So he allowedContinue reading “Hadiths on Hitting Wives”

Q: How authentic are these two hadiths narrated by Tirmidhi? A: Both of these hadiths intend to establish some of the husband’s right over his wife, but beyond that they also share a number of similarities with regard to their authenticity: 1) both are narrated via many chains going back to many different companions; 2)Continue reading “Hadiths on the Husband’s Right over his Wife”

I was asked about the authenticity of this hadith: “The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘None of you should drink while standing; and if anyone forgets and does so, he must vomit it out.’ (Sahih Muslim) A: There are two hadiths saying that the Prophet ﷺ said not to drink standing. They are in Sahih Muslim, andContinue reading “On Drinking While Standing”

Everyone has heard the following Hadith frequently recited from the pulpits of the mosques and at the beginning of speeches, “The best speech is the speech of Allah, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad ﷺ and the worst matters are those which are newly introduced and every innovation is an error andContinue reading “The Hadith on Innovations”

If you order directly from the publishers (who ship from the UK and the US), you can save 30% off the price using the discount code PAPER30 https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-sufis-and-shari-a.html Back cover: This book is not about Sufism. It is about the nature of the Sharīʿa. In the first three centuries of Islam, many scholars believed thatContinue reading “New Book on Mercy and the Sharia”

‘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): Regarding These Two Hadiths: These Reports Go Against What is More Authentic Than Them: These two reports go against what is authentic and well-established inContinue reading “The Hadith on Teaching Children to Pray”

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”

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’”