Reciting Salawat Removes Hypocrisy

Here are two Ḥasan (Good) or Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic) ḥadīth about reciting salawāt removes nifāq. Also, in the second ḥadīth it says that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) says to “raise your voices” when saying salawāt, which this can be seen in Shī`ah centers all over the world. Both aḥādīth have the same chain of narrators.

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الصَّلَاةُ عَلَيَّ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِي تَذْهَبُ بِالنِّفَاق

`Alī b. Ibrāhīm[1] from his father[2] from Ibn Abī `Umayr[3] from `Abd Allāh b. Sinān[4] from Abī `Abd Allāh said, the Messenger of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم), “Salāh (Prayers) upon me and upon my Ahl al-Bayt removes hypocrisy (nifāq)”[5]

ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ارْفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَكُمْ بِالصَّلَاةِ عَلَيَّ فَإِنَّهَا تَذْهَبُ بِالنِّفَاقِ

[`Alī b. Ibrāhīm[6] from his father[7] from] Ibn Abī `Umayr[8] from `Abd Allāh b. Sinān[9] from Abī `Abd Allāh, that he heard him say that the Messenger of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said, “Raise your voices in Salāh(prayers) upon me, for it removes hypocrisy (nifāq)”[10] 

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[1] `Alī b. Ibrāhīm b. Hāshim al-Qummī is thiqah (trustworth) according to al-Najāshī (See: al-Najāshī, al-Rijāl, pg. 260, person # 680) and al-Ḥillī (See: al-Ḥillī’s al-Khulāṣah, pg. 100, person #45).

[2] Ibrāhīm b. Hāshim is praised according to al-Najāshī (See: al-Najāshī, al-Rijāl, pg. 16, person # 18), al-Ṭūsī (See: al-Ṭūsī, al-Fihrist, pg. 12, person # 6) and al-Ḥillī (See: al-Ḥillī’s al-Khulāṣah, pg. 5, person #9).

[3] Muḥammad b. Abī `Umayr is thiqah (trustworthy) according to al-Najāshī (See: al-Najāshī,al-Rijāl, pg. 326, person # 887), al-Ṭūsī (See: al-Ṭūsī, al-Fihrist, pg. 404, person # 618 & al-Ṭūsī, al-Rijāl, pg. 265, person # 5413), and al-Ḥillī (See: al-Ḥillī’s al-Khulāṣah, pg. 140, person #16).

[4] `Abd Allāh b. Sinān is thiqah (trustworthy) according to al-Najāshī (See: al-Najāshī, al-Rijāl,pg. 214, person # 558), al-Ṭūsī (See: al-Ṭūsī, al-Fihrist, pg. 291, person # 434) and al-Ḥillī (See: al-Ḥillī’s al-Khulāṣah, pg. 104-105, person #15).

[5] al-Kulaynī, al-Kāfī, vol. 2, pg 492, ḥadīth # 8; al-Majlisī said this ḥadīth is Ḥasan Kal-Ṣaḥīḥ (Good like a Ṣaḥīḥ (ḥadīth)) (See: al-Majlisī, Mir’āt al-`Uqūl, vol. 12, pg. 98).

[6] Refer to footnote 1.

[7] Refer to footnote 2.

[8] Refer to footnote 3.

[9] Refer to footnote 4.

[10] al-Kulaynī, al-Kāfī, vol. 2, pg 493, ḥadīth # 13; al-Majlisī said this ḥadīth is Ḥasan Kal-Ṣaḥīḥ (Good like a Ṣaḥīḥ (ḥadīth)) (See: al-Majlisī, Mir’āt al-`Uqūl, vol. 12, pg. 99).

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al-Kulaynī. al-Kāfī. Ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī. 3rd. 8 vols. Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1388.

al-Majlisī. Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl. 26 vols. Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410.

al-Najāshī. Rijāl. Ed. Musa al-Shabiri al-Zanjani. 5. 1 vols. Qum: Mu’assasah al-Nashr al-Islāmī, 1416.

al-Ṭūsī. al-Fihrist. Najaf: al-Maktabah al-Raḍawiyyah, n.d.

—. al-Rijāl. 1st. Qum: Mu’assasah al-Nashr al-Islāmī, 1415.

Power of Fatiha to Raise the Dead Back Alive

Here is a Hasan (Good) ḥadīth from Imām al-Sādiq (عليه السلام) that says do not be astonished if you were to read Sūrah al-Fātiḥah upon a dead person and he comes back to life. This shows the amazing power and the miracle of the Qur’ān.

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: لَوْ قُرِئَتِ -
الْحَمْدُ 

-عَلَى

 مَيِّتٍ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ رُدَّتْ فِيهِ الرُّوحُ مَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ عَجَباً

From Mu`āwiyah bin `Ammār from Abī `Abd Allāh (عليه السلام) said: “If you read al-Hamd (al-Fātiḥah) upon a deceased 70 times, then his spirit is return in him (i.e. comes back to life), do not be amazed at that”

Source:

1.     Al-Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī, 8 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 3^rd Edition, 1388 AH), vol. 2, pg. 623, hadeeth # 16

Grading:

1.     Al-Majlisī said this hadeeth is Hasan (Good)à Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl, 26 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410 AH), vol. 12, pg. 511

Breakdown of the isnaad (chain of narrators):

علي بن إبراهيم (`Alī bin Ibrāhīm al-Qummī) is thiqah (trustworthy) according to:

1.     Al-Najaashee, Rijaal, pg. 260, person # 680

2.     Ibn Dawood, Rijaal, pg. 237, person # 998

3.     Al-Hillee, Al-KhulaaSah, pg. 100, person # 45

أبيه (Ibrāhīm bin Hāshim al-Qummī) is praised / thiqah according to:

1.     Al-Najaashee, Rijaal, pg. 16, person # 18

2.     Al-Toosi, Al-Fihrist, pg. 12, person # 6

3.     Ibn Dawood, Rijaal, pg. 20, person # 43

4.     Al-Hillee, Al-KhulaaSah, pg. 5, person # 9

ابن أبي عمير (Muhammad bin Abī `Umayr) is thiqah (trustworthy) according to:

1.     Al-Najaashee, Rijaal, pg. 326, person # 887

2.     Al-Toosi, Al-Fihrist, pg. 404, person # 618

3.     Al-Toosi, Rijaal, pg. 265, person # 5413

4.     Ibn Dawood, Rijaal, pg. 277, person # 1250

5.     Al-Hillee, Al-KhulaaSah, pg. 140, person # 16

مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ (Mu`āwiyah  bin `Ammār) is thiqah (trustworthy) according to:

1.     Al-Najaashee, Rijaal, pg. 411, person # 1096

2.     Ibn Dawood, Rijaal, pg. 350, person # 1557

3.     Al-Hillee, Al-KhulaaSah, pg. 166, person # 1

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Cook Tasting Food While Fasting

Here are four authentic Aḥādīth that allows for a cooking person who is fasting to taste the food they are making. There is an authentic ḥadīth[1] where the Imām (عليه السلام) denies a person from tasting the food, but scholars interpret that ḥadīth as it being makrūh (undesirable) to taste the food without a reason (i.e. to check for salt, etc.).

The ḥadīth regarding a mother chewing the food for her child, if she happens to swallow it, she will have to spit three times.[2]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ الصَّائِمَةِ تَطْبُخُ الْقِدْرَ فَتَذُوقُ الْمَرَقَةَ تَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ قَالَ وَ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ يَكُونُ لَهَا الصَّبِيُّ وَ هِيَ صَائِمَةٌ فَتَمْضَغُ الْخُبْزَ وَ تُطْعِمُهُ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ وَ الطَّيْرَ إِنْ كَانَ لَهَا

From al-Ḥalabī from Abī `Abd Allāh that he was asked about a women cooking and she is fasting and she tastes the broth in the pot. He (عليه السلام) said: ‘No problem’. He (al-Ḥalabī) said that he (عليه السلام) was asked about a women who has a child, and she is fasting, can she chew up the bread and feed him (the child)? So he (عليه السلام) said: ‘No problem, (also is the case) for a bird she has’[3]

وَ عَنْهُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ سَأَلَ ابْنُ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- وَ أَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنِ الصَّائِمِ يَصُبُّ الدَّوَاءَ فِي أُذُنِهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ يَذُوقُ الْمَرَقَ وَ يَزُقُّ الْفَرْخَ

From Hammād b. `Uthmān said, Ibn Abī Ya`fūr asked Abā `Abd Allāh (عليه السلام), that I heard a fasting person can pour medicine in his hears. He (عليه السلام) said, ‘Yes, and he can taste broth and he can chew for fledgling’[4]

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَذُوقَ الرَّجُلُ الصَّائِمُ الْقِدْرَ

From Muḥammad b. Muslim from Abī Ja`far (عليه السلام) said, ‘There is no problem if a fasting person tastes (what is in) the pot’[5]

عَلِيُّ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسَى ع قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الصَّائِمِ يَذُوقُ الشَّرَابَ وَ الطَّعَامَ يَجِدُ طَعْمَهُ فِي حَلْقِهِ قَالَ لَا يَفْعَلُ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ فَعَلَ فَمَا عَلَيْهِ قَالَ لَا شَيْ‏ءَ عَلَيْهِ وَ لَا يَعُودُ

`Alī b. Ja`far from his brother Mūsa (عليه السلام) said, ‘I asked him about a fasting person tasting the drink and food until he finds the food in his throat’. He (عليه السلام) said: ‘Do not do that’ I said: ‘And if he does (that), what is upon?’ He (عليه السلام) said: ‘There is nothing upon him, nor does he have to repeat (his fasts)’[6] 

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[1] al-Kulaynī, al-Kāfī, vol. 4, pg. 115, ḥadīth # 4; al-Majlisī said this ḥadīth is Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)(See: al-Majlisī, Mir’āt al-`Uqūl, vol. 16, pg. 298):

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْأَعْرَجِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الصَّائِمِ يَذُوقُ الشَّيْ‏ءَ وَ لَا يَبْلَعُهُ قَالَ لَا
From Sa`īd al-A`raj said, ‘I asked Abā `Abd Allāh about a fasting person who tastes something and does not swallow it?’ He (عليه السلام) said: ‘No’

[2] This is based off of the ḥadīth narrated by al-Mufīd in his al-Muqni`ah, ch. 38, pg. 380

[3] al-Kulaynī, al-Kāfī, vol. 4, pg. 115, ḥadīth # 4; al-Majlisī said this ḥadīth is Ḥasan (Good) (See: al-Majlisī, Mir’āt al-`Uqūl, vol. 16, pg. 297)

[4] al-Ṭūsī, Tahdīb al-Aḥkām, vol. 4, pg. 311, ḥadīth # 9; al-Majlisī said this ḥadīth is Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic) (See: al-Majlisī, Milādh al-Akhyār, vol. 7, pg. 139)

[5] al-Ṭūsī, Tahdīb al-Aḥkām, vol. 4, pg. 311, ḥadīth # 8; al-Majlisī said this ḥadīth is Kal-Ṣaḥīḥ (Like Authentic) (See: al-Majlisī, Milādh al-Akhyār, vol. 7, pg. 139)

[6] al-Ṭūsī, Tahdīb al-Aḥkām, vol. 4, pg. 325, ḥadīth # 72; al-Majlisī said this ḥadīth is Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic) (See: al-Majlisī, Milādh al-Akhyār, vol. 7, pg. 162)

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al-Kulaynī. al-Kāfī. Ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī. 3rd. 8 vols. Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1388.

al-Majlisī. Milādh al-Akhyār. 1st. 16 vols. Qum: Maktabah Ayatollah al-Mar`ashī al-Najafī, 1406.

—. Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl. 26 vols. Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410.

al-Mufīd. al-Muqni`ah. 1st ed. 1 vols. Qum: al-Mu’tamir al-`Ālamī lil-Alfiyyah al-Shaykh al-Mufīd, 1413.

al-Ṭūsī. Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām. 4th. 10 vols. Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1407.