Garden of Paradise on Earth

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Maulana Abu Muhammad Attari Madani

Question 1: Which place on earth is referred to as a garden of Paradise?

Answer: The area between the blessed home of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and his pulpit is known as a garden of Paradise. (Sahih Muslim, p. 552, Hadith 3368)

Question 2: Which statement was engraved on the signet ring of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم?

Answer: مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُوْلُ الله. (Tabaqāt Ibn-e-Sa’d, vol. 1, p. 198; Mirāt al-Manājīh, vol. 5, p. 501)

Question 3: In which Surah is ‘بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْم’ a part of a verse?

Answer: In Surah An-Naml. (Qurʾan, Part 19, Surah An-Naml verse 30)

Question 4: When Sayyiduna Mūsā عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام went to Mount Sinai to receive the Torah, how many nights did he spend there?

Answer: 40 nights. (Qurʾan, Part 9, Surah Al-A’raf verse 142)

Question 5: What made the Hajr Aswad turn black?

Answer: The sins of people. (Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī, vol. 2, p. 248, Hadith 878)

Question 6: How many angels did Allah Almighty send to aid the Muslims during the Expedition of Badr?

Answer: Five thousand. (Part 4, Surah Aal-e-Imran, verse 125)