Selected Chapters from Sharh Riyadh As-Saliheen

[25/02/2024] Sincerity: The Path to Safety and Happiness - By Abu 'Iyād Amjad Rafīq حفظه الله. Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah Mini Conference, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this lesson:

- The two levels of ikhlāṣ.
- The unified goal of all the people of the world, and the only way to truly achieve it.
- Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) on the foundation of happiness.
- Ibn Kathīr (رحمه الله) on that which constitutes a good life.
- Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) on how to remain happy in your dealings with the creation.
- The happiness and contentment of Shaykhul-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) despite being oppressed and imprisoned multiple times.
- The consequences of not having sincerity in worship and in dealing with the people. 
- Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) on the reason for all evil in the world that is specific to the servant, and the reason for the servant’s happiness.
- Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) on that which closes the doors of evil.
- Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) on the signs of happiness.
- Measuring ourselves to see whether we are from the people of happiness or wretchedness. 
- What it means to have ikhlāṣ.
- Fuḍayl b. ‘Iyāḍ (رحمه الله) on shirk, riyā and ikhlāṣ.
- Allāh’s command to make the religion purely and sincerely for Him.
- The trial of wanting to be seen and praised by the people. 
- Ibn Rajab (رحمه الله) on the one who deserves hatred and punishment from Allāh.
- Sufyān ath-Thawrī (رحمه الله) on the difficulty of treating one’s intention.
- Aḥādīth regarding there being no reward for the one who performs actions for other than Allāh (سبحانه وتعالى). 
- The requirement of ikhlāṣ for every action.
- Examples of seemingly trivial actions that lead to forgiveness and entrance into Jannah due to ikhlāṣ.
- The superiority of small actions with pure intention over a great deal of actions with dubious/mixed intention. 
- Statements from ‘Umar b. al-Khaṭṭāb (رضى الله عنه), Dāwūd aṭ-Ṭā’ī, Yaḥyā b. Abī Kathīr and Zabīd al-Yāmī (رحمهم الله) regarding the virtue of having pure intention. 
- The fruits of ikhlāṣ and how it safeguards a person from trials.
- Abū Bakr al-‘Ayyāsh (رحمه الله) on the reason Abū Bakr aṣ-Ṣiddīq (رضى الله عنه) preceded the other Companions.
- ‘Abdullāh b. al-Mubārak (رحمه الله) on the magnification of reward for a trivial/small action and the diminishing of reward for a great action.
- Means of attainting happiness, safety and protection from Shayṭān and things that corrupt the intention:
- 1. Du’ā to Allāh.
- 2. Concealing our (righteous) actions. 
- 3. Comparing ourselves to the deeds of the righteous who are superior to us.
- 4. Belittling our actions.
- 5. Fearing that our actions will not be accepted by Allāh (سبحانه وتعالى). 
- 6. Not being affected by the speech (praise) of the people.
- 7. Remembering that it is not the people who are going to give us Paradise or Hellfire. 
- 8. Remembering that we are going into the grave alone.

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Explanation of Shaykh Ubayd al-jaabiree

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𝗛𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟮𝟭: 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹-𝗙𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗵

Narrated by ʿAʾishah (رضي الله عنها) who said: The Messenger of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: “Ten things are from the fiṭrah [natural disposition and inclination of man]: Cutting the moustache, allowing one’s beard to grow, using the siwāk [to clean one’s teeth], washing one’s nose with water, clipping one’s nails, cleaning the knuckles, plucking the hairs of the armpit, shaving off the pubic hair, and Istinjāʾ cleaning oneself [after answering the call of nature].” The narrator said: “I forgot the tenth one except that it may be ‘washing one’s mouth with water.’” 
Narrated by Muslim

Source: 
https://www.troid.org/the-ten-articles-of-fitrah/

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- The importance of the people of knowledge clarifying this newly invented matter that has been attributed to Islām. 
- The history of celebrating the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ.
- The intention one should have when reasoning with those who celebrate the mawlid.
- Points of benefit taken from a debate between Shaykh al-Albānī (رحمه الله) and an individual regarding the mawlid. 
- Is celebrating the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ a good thing or a bad thing?
- Was the Messenger ﷺ and his Companions (رضى الله عنهم) ignorant of this good you claim to know?
- Textual proof to show that this is impossible. 
- Statements from Imām Mālik and Imām ash-Shawkānī (رحمهما الله) on the implications of attributing an innovation to the dīn and deeming it to be good. 
- The obligation of taking the understanding of the dīn from the Companions of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- The importance of protecting the pure Sunnah from those who want to pollute it with innovations. 
- Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) on the manner in which an innovation first appears, and the consequences of not extinguishing it at its inception.
- Doubts/arguments brought by those who celebrate the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ and how to answer them: 
- 1. Celebrating the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ is not an innovation but is a sunnah ḥasanah/bid’ah ḥasanah. 
- What they cite as proof. 
- The story behind the usage of the terms sunnah ḥasanah/bid’ah ḥasanah. 
- The impossibility of there being any contradiction in the statements of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- The meaning of sunnah ḥasanah. 
- The correct understanding of the statement attributed to ‘Abdullāh b. Mas’ūd (رضى الله عنه), “What the Muslims see to be good, that is good with Allāh.”
- 2. If the mawlid is an innovation, then why is it accepted and celebrated by so many people across the world?
- Clarification that numbers are never a proof.
- “And if you obey most of those on earth, they will mislead you far away from Allāh's Path.” [Sūrah al-An’ām 6:116]
- 3. All we do in our gatherings is remember the Messenger ﷺ, make dhikr of Allāh, study the Sīrah and recite the Qur’ān. Are these things prohibited/incorrect?
- The problem of singling out one day to carry out these actions. 
- Loving and remembering the Messenger ﷺ throughout the year.
- 4. The dream regarding the lightening of Abū Lahab’s punishment due to him being happy with the birth of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- Clarification that there is nothing authentically documented regarding this narration/dream. 
- The only dreams taken as proof. 
- Distinguishing between a natural occurrence and taking something as an act of worship.
- 5. The Christians respect ‘Īsā (عليه السلام) and celebrate his birthday, and our Messenger is better than him so it is more deserving that we celebrate his birthday ﷺ. 
- The Christians are not to be followed in their kufr and misguidance. 
- 6. Blessings necessitate that we are thankful to Allāh. 
- Their misapplication of this principle.
- Their incorrect use of the ḥadīth regarding the reason for fasting the Day of ‘Āshūrā. 
- The correct way to thank Allāh for sending the Messenger ﷺ. 
7. The Messenger ﷺ would fast on Mondays because it was the day he was born. 
- Clarification that the Messenger ﷺ would fast on Mondays and Thursdays throughout the year. 
- The Messenger ﷺ and his Companions never took it as a day of celebration or instructed us to do so. 
- 8. Rejoicing and being happy with the birth of the Messenger ﷺ is required, with a clear proof from the Qur’ān. 
- Their incorrect tafsīr of the verse, “Say, ‘In the bounty of Allāh and in His mercy - in that let them rejoice’” [Sūrah Yūnus 10:58]. 
- The correct explanation of this verse. 
- How to counter the arguments/claims of Ahlul-Bid’ah. 
- Three things that are necessitated when a person celebrates the birthday of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- An example of the shirk present in the Burdah of al-Būṣayrī. 
- The du’ā of Ibn al-Jawzī (رحمه الله) for those upon misguidance. 

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