Tag: Ibn hajar


  • Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنه narrates that the Prophet ﷺ sent a cavalry towards Najd, and it brought back with it a man from the Banū Ḥanīfah tribe, known as Thumāmah ibn Uthāl, whom they tied to a pillar of the Masjid. The Prophet ﷺ came to him and asked, “O Thumāmah! What do you…

  • Reaping the Virtues of Adhkār

    Whilst commenting on the final ḥadīth in Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī, Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar has quoted Ibn Baṭṭāl رحمهما الله in his famed ‘Fatḥ-Al-Bārī’, as saying: ‘The virtues of dhikr (remembrance of Allāh) which appear in the aḥādīth are only for those who have a standing and are [somewhat] perfect in Dīn, like being free from ḥarām…