A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is adapted from “An Analysis of the Hadits , ‘Whoever Begins His Meals with Salt Will be Saved from Seventy Diseases’”, by Ustadz Muntaswir Zaman, on the 24 th April 2014.   Several leading jurists, such as Imam Burhan al-Din Mahmud ibn Mazah al-Bukhari ( r.a. ), in his al-Muhith al-Burhani fi Fiqh al-Nu’mani , from amongst the early jurists; and Imam Muhammad Amin ibn ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn ‘Abidin ( r.a. ), in his Radd al-Muhtar ‘ala ad-Durr al-Mukhtar , from the later ones; have stated that the etiquette mentioned in the hadits in reference is a sunnah .  Imam ibn ‘Abidin ( r.a. ) even alluded to the hadits in his comment in Radd al-Muhtar , “Not only is it a sunnah , but it also contains the cure for seventy diseases.”   The hadits in reference is related by Imam al-Harits ibn Abu ‘Usamah ( r.a. ) in his Musnad that Sayyidina ‘Ali ibn Abu Thalib ( k.w. ) mentioned that the Messenger of Allah ( s.a.w. ...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is adapted from An Analysis of the Hadits , “Whoever Assists a Mu’min in Distress, Allah ( s.w.t. ) Will Grant Him Seventy-Three Rewards …” , on the 16 th May 2014, by Ustadz Muntaswir Zaman.   In Hilyat al-Awliya’ , Imam Abu Nu’aym Ahmad ibn ‘Abdullah al-Aswbahani ( r.a. ) reported on the authority of  Sayyidina Abu ‘Abdullah Tsawban ibn Bujdud  ( r.a. ) that the Messenger of Allah ( s.a.w. ) said, “Whoever relieves a distressed believer, Allah ( s.w.t. ) will Grant him seventy-three counts of Forgiveness, by one of which, He will Amend his worldly life and afterlife, and the seventy-two, He will Return to him in full on the Day of Judgement.”   Thereafter, Imam Abu Nu’aym ( r.a. ) wrote, “It is rare from the hadits of Farqad, and we have only written it from this route.”   The hadits has also been reported on the authority of Sayyidina Anas ibn Malik ( r.a. ) with variations in the wording through...