(Is the below hadith Authentic or not. I saw this in one facebook post) Prophet Muhammad (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Honey is a remedy for every illness and the Quran is a remedy for all illness of the mind, therefore I recommend to you both remedies, the Quran and honey. [Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari]

Commentary on Hadeeth
21 Dec

No, it is not authentic and it is also not in Al Bukhari.

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If I make vow by myself from the heart [for example fast for number of days] but I didn’t move my tongue and I didn’t tell any body about the vow, so do I have to full fill the vow?

Oaths
21 Dec

No, as long as you didn’t say it!

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If a person is praying, but he has an intention in his mind that he will do a major sin afterwards, is his prayer nullified?

Sins
21 Dec

The prayer is valid but  he will be sinful for his deed.

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My father wants me to be the nominee for the riba based banks where he has accounts. I have always advised him to shift to Islamic banks. His intention is when he dies I have the authority to handle his money and distribute it to my brother and sister who lives in different countries. Can I be the nominee for riba based banks?

Inheritance
21 Dec

This seems permissible as you have nothing to do with riba at the moment and this is only for distributing the inheritance.

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Is the biggest jihad to fight ones inner self?

Hadeeth & its Sciences
21 Dec

This is a weak hadeeth! The biggest jihad is to go for fight with all your wealth and not to come back.

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Scholars have criticized the green dome above the Grave of Prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) because in islam building tombs are prohibited. Therefore my question is why did scholars not demolish it?

Rulings on mosques
21 Dec

This was built long time ago and diminishing it would stir the anger of the Muslims all over the world and would be used by enemies of Saudi Arabia to suggest that they don’t love the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam. Besides, this is not built on the grave itself but rather on the […]

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I recently saw a video in which it is said eating candies and sweets and veggies and accepting gifts from non Muslims on their festivals is permitted. So can we also accept gift and eat their food (meat and other eatables) from an innovator on their festival? Like in India the grave worshippers do niyaaz of the dead.

Other
21 Dec

You can’t eat their meat but can accept gifts without participating or congratulating on their feasts.

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My father is loosing money in his business always and have debts now, I am worried I couldn’t help him though I am married he has 3 daughters. Please guide.

Islamic economy
21 Dec

If you can’t financially help him, you must pray for him as there is nothing you can do. May be collecting zakat for him would also help.

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One of my friends say that if someone prostrate (do Sajda) on a grave or before some other person, this is sajda of respect. And he says it is haram but not an act of shirk. Please clarify is it an act of shirk or not?

Shirk and its different forms
21 Dec

This is an act of shirk.

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I just had a baby with major surgery. 3 days after surgery, my baby had POOPY diaper accident and clothes got dirty. I removed her clothes over her head and washed her legs. While removing her dress, my dirty hands touched her head and arms which I didn’t wash since the baby is 3 days old. Now I am worried about my house purity. What to do?

Purity
21 Dec

The infant will not touch the house, so don’t worry. Wash the child or  whatever traces of impurity you see in the house and this is enough.

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