Abu Talhah Rahimahullaah, Birmingham 2003

Signs Of Allaah's Love For His Creation by Abu Talhah Dawood

[01/08/2025] Desiring the Hereafter Necessitates Abstinence from the Life of the World - By Shaykh Abu Fuḍayl ‘Abdur Raqīb حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

- The reality of the dunyā and how we should view it in relation to the ākhirah. 

- The necessity of abandoning the dunyā for the one who truly desires the ākhirah. 

- Two affairs the slave must ponder upon in order to establish zuhd. 

- The nature of the dunyā. 

- The consequences of greedily striving for the dunyā. 

- The nearness of the ākhirah.

- The ākhirah in comparison to the dunyā.

- That which is necessitated by sound intellect. 

- The trials and temptations of the dunyā. 

- The reasons why a person would choose the dunyā over the ākhirah. 

- How the Messenger ﷺ and his Companions (رضى الله عنهم) viewed the dunyā. 

- “Verily the likeness of (this) worldly life is as the water (rain) which We send down from the sky, so by it arises the intermingled produce of the earth of which men and cattle eat until when the earth is clad with its adornments and is beautified, and its people think that they have all the powers of disposal over it, Our Command reaches it by night or by day and We make it like a clean-mown harvest, as if it had not flourished yesterday! Thus do We explain the āyāt in detail for the people who reflect. Allāh calls to the home of peace and guides whom He wills to a Straight Path.” [Sūrah Yūnus 10:24-25]

- The home we all wish to return to. 


Desiring the Hereafter Necessitates Abstinence from the Life of the World By Abu Fudayl

[08/08/2025] Indeed, the Hearing, the Sight and the Heart - About All Those [One] Will Be Questioned - Khuṭbah by Shaykh Uways At-Ṭaweel حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

- Qatādah (رحمه الله) on the verse, “And Allāh has brought you out from the wombs of your mothers while you know nothing. And He gave you hearing, sight, and hearts that you might give thanks (to Allāh).” [Sūrah an-Nahl 16:78]

- Abū ad-Dardā (رضى الله عنه) on the verse, “And also in your ownselves. Will you not then see?” [Sūrah adh-Dhāriyāt 51:21]

- “And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.” [Sūrah al-Isrā’ 17:36]

- A warning against using these blessings for other than what they were created for. 

- Shaykh as-Sa’dī (رحمه الله) on the verse, “It is those who believe and confuse not their belief with zulm, for them (only) there is security and they are the guided.” [Sūrah al-An’ām 6:82]

- Taking ourselves to account before we are taken to account. 

- The reason for the revelation of the verse, “Say (O Muḥammad ﷺ to mankind): ‘If you (really) love Allāh then follow me, Allāh will love you and forgive you of your sins. And Allāh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.’” [Sūrah Āli ‘Imrān 3:31]

- Loving and hating for the Sake of Allāh. 

- The meeting between Abū Idrīs al-Khawlānī (رحمه الله) and Mu’ādh b. Jabal (رضى الله عنه), and the great station of loving for the Sake of Allāh.

- The outcome on the Day of Judgement for those who loved each other for other than the Sake of Allāh. 

- Al-Junayd (رحمه الله) on the reality of gratitude. 

- Abū Hāzim Salamah b. Dīnār (رحمه الله) on the blessing that becomes a calamity. 

- Shaykh as-Sa’dī (رحمه الله) on the reason why the hearing, sight and heart are frequently mentioned together in the Qur’ān.

- ‘Abdullāh b. Mas’ūd (رضى الله عنه) on the reality of knowledge. 

- The loftiness of knowledge and our dire need for it. 

- Hudhayfah (رضى الله عنه) on the four types of hearts. 

- ‘Abdullāh b. Mas’ūd (رضى الله عنه) on the light of knowledge. 


Indeed, the Hearing, the Sight and the Heart - About All Those [One] Will Be Questioned - Sh Uways Taweel

[22/08/2025] Dependence upon Allāh: The Secret of Strength and Honour - By Shaykh Abu Zayd Khālid حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

- {O mankind! it is you who stand in need of Allāh. But Allāh is Rich (Free of all needs), Worthy of all praise} [Sūrah Fāṭir:15]
- Our constant need of Allāh the Mighty and Majestic. 
- Ibn al-Qayyim’s commentary upon this verse and explanation of the two types of poverty. 
- {and man was created weak…} [Sūrah an-Nisā: 28]
- {Nay! Verily, man does transgress (in disbelief and evil deed)} [al-‘Alaq: 6]
- The example of the Prophet ﷺ.
- The supplications of the Prophet ﷺ during the morning and the evening. 
- Commentary of imām as Sa’dī raḥimahullāh of Sūrah Fāṭir: 15. 
- The blessing of Allāh upon us. 
- Ibn al-Qayyim regarding the one who is “truly guided”. 
- The definition of “true richness”. 


Dependence upon Allah The Secret of Strength and Honour By Abu Zayd

The Believers are Friends & Protectors of Each Other | Shaykh Abdulilah Lahmami

[Lesson Eight | 23/08/2025] Selected Benefits from Madārij Al-Sālikīn of Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله– By Shaykh Abu ‘Iyaad Amjad Rafīq حفظه الله. Monthly class at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this lesson:
- Recap of the previous lessons. 

- An explanation of how al-Fātiḥah comprises a refutation against those who deny that Allāh’s Knowledge is connected to the particulars.

- The reason this issue is discussed. 

- How the misguided philosophers (Aristotle, Plato etc) tried to make sense of the world in the absence of revelation. 

- Examples that explain the meaning of this corrupted statement. 

- The two groups of the Qadariyyah. 

- How misguided Muslims used these ideas to solve what they deemed to be problems they could not understand with their intellect. 

- Clear proof that Allāh has knowledge of the particulars. 

- Seven angles by which the claims of the philosophers and those affected by them are nullified. 

- Ten matters present in al-Fātiḥah that are repeatedly used to refute every false belief and sect. 

- How al-Fātiḥah is a refutation of those who deny/reject the notion of prophethood.

- Ten angles of refutation. 

- How the one who denies prophethood is like the one who denies the Attributes of Allāh or the one who affirms partners for Allāh. 

- The reality of Rūbūbiyyah. 

- The two types of Allāh’s governance of His creation. 

- The three groups the creation is divided into. 

- Refutation of those who deny the resurrection of the bodies to be rewarded or punished. 

- The reality of ar-Risālah. 

- The affirmation of Speech for Allāh. 

- How those who deny Allāh’s Speech negate the messengership of all of the Messengers and resemble the pagan Arabs. 

- How these deviant beliefs lead to pure atheism. 

- Three angles by which al-Fātiḥah refutes those who say the world is eternal. 

- Examples of āyāt in which Allāh is being praised for His actions.

- How Allāh being praised necessitates that He has actions.

- The impossibility of something being simultaneously marbūb and qadīm. 

- An explanation of how al-Fātiḥah comprises a refutation of the Rāfiḍah.

- The one most worthy of being upon the Straight Path. 

- The impossibility that the Companions of the Messenger ﷺ were ignorant of or rejected the truth while the Rāfiḍah knew and acted upon it. 

- The effects of the Companions upon the lands and the people vs the Rāfiḍah. 

- The Rāfiḍah’s intense hate for the Companions of the Messenger ﷺ and Ahlus-Sunnah.

- Sūrah al-Fātiḥah’s refutation of the Khawārij.

- The reason they are called Rāfiḍah.

- The claims of the Rāfiḍah and Khawārij against the four Rightly Guided Calips. 

- The explanation of إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ.

- How al-Fātiḥah is divided. 

- The meaning of al-‘Ibādah, and its two foundations. 

- The two foundations of al-Isti’ānah.

- The connection between tawakkul and isti’ānah. 

- Eight reasons why Allāh put إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ before إِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ.

- Summary of the lesson. 


8 Madārij As Salikīn By Abu Iyaad 23082025

40 Ḥadīth—Lesson 43—Abū Idrees—05.09.25 

- Ḥadīth #12: Interest in the Beneficial 
- Explanation of Shaykh al-‘Uthaymīn (رحمه الله).
- The similarity between this ḥadīth and the ḥadīth, “Whoever believes in Allāh and the Last Day, let him speak goodness or else remain silent”.
- Benefits from the ḥadīth.
- Two words that encompass all the good qualities/virtues of Islām.
- A sign that a person has not attained excellence in his dīn.
- Consequences of a person busying himself with that which does not concern him.
- Clarification that enjoining the good and forbidding the evil is not included in this principle (of leaving what does not concern you). 
- The meaning of changing an evil with your hand. 
- The condition that must be fulfilled in order for this ummah to be the best. 
- The responsibility of enjoining one’s family with good and forbidding them from evil.
- Explanation of Shaykh al-Fawzān (حفظه الله). 
- The permissibility of using a ḥasan ḥadīth as proof. 
- The factor that decides whether a person’s dīn is complete or incomplete. 
- The necessity of a person focusing only on what concerns and benefits him in his religion.
- The blameworthiness of a person interfering into affairs that does not concern him, he is not specialised in or has not been entrusted with.
- How we can achieve harmony, unity, peace and love.
- “And when there comes to them a matter pertaining to public security or fear, they spread it (among the people). But if only—(before spreading it)— they had referred it back to the Messenger and to those in authority over them, then those (of sound opinion and reason) who could derive the correct conclusions regarding it would have known it.” [Sūrah an-Nisā 4:83]
- How the principle of taking affairs back to the Messenger ﷺ was applied in his lifetime, and how it is applied after his death.
- Consequences of unqualified individuals entering into affairs that do not concern them. 
- Knowing when to enter into an affair and when to refrain. 
- Reflecting upon this ḥadīth and adopting it as a methodology in our lives.
- Four points of benefit from imāms of the dīn: an-Nawawī, Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī, Ibn al-Qayyim and as-Sa’dī (رحمهم الله). 

Question:  Do we accept all ḥadīth that are ḥasan?


Text of the ḥadīth:

عن [أبي هريرةَ] رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: قالَ رسولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: مِنْ حُسْنِ إِسْلاَمِ الْمَرْءِ تَرْكُهُ مَا لاَ يَعْنِيهِ. حديثٌ حَسَنٌ رواه التِّرمذيُّ وغيرُه هكذا

From Abū Hurayrah(رضى الله عنه) who said, “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said, "From the excellence of a man's Islām is his abandonment of that which does not concern him." [Related by Tirmidhī and others]


Three Fundamental Principles Taught By Abu Idrees - Lesson Lesson 16

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