Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Please explain Sunan Abi Dawud 2459 — is it authentic? And if a husband may restrict his wife’s voluntary worship, is he not in the wrong, since he cannot bar her from sunna or supererogatory prayer or dictate what she recites in her prayer? Answer In the Name of […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question A report in Musnad Ahmad states that two angels descend on either side of the sun at sunset and again at sunrise, calling out to people. If sunrise and sunset are one phenomenon, why a separate pair of angels for each? And does the report’s framing only work if […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat Question Am I sinful for believing women can be as intelligent or more reasonable than men? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. No, it is not sinful to believe that women can be as intelligent as men, or more so. The hadith that is sometimes cited […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question A hadith cites Quranic wording that does not match the mushaf. How is this reconciled with the Quran’s preservation? Answer I pray you are well, and your care for the Book of Allah is a good sign. The reconciliation becomes clear once you keep two streams of transmission apart. […]