[02/06/2025] 31 Explanation of the Three Principles by Abu Idrees. 

– Text: The evidence for appealing for aid and assistance (Al-Isti’ānah) is the saying of Allah, the Most High: 
O Allah, You alone we worship and You alone we appeal for aid
– And in the Hadith there occurs:
If you seek help, then seek the help of Allah.
– Explanation of Shaykh Ubaid Al Jabiri:
– The two categories of Isti’ānah with explanation of its conditions.
– Beautiful benefit derived from the Ayah: O Allah, You alone we worship and You alone we appeal for aid.
– Explanation of Shaykh Fawzān:
– Examples of the permissible means of seeking aid from the creation.
– Encouragement to aid your brother as Allah aids His slave so long as he aids his brother.
– Examples of the impermissible means of seeking aid from the creation.
– Meaning of the Ayah you alone we appeal for aid.
– Explanation of Shaykh Uthaymin:
– The five categories of Isti’ānah with examples.

– Text: The evidence for seeking refuge (Al-Isti’adhah) is the saying of Allah, the Most High:
Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of dawn.
– And: Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind.
– Explanation of Shaykh Fawzan:
– Meaning of istighatha.
– Ruling regarding istighatha.
– Example of how Arabs used to seek impermissible istighatha.
– Dua to recite when you reside at a place.
– Benefit from Ibnul Qayyim regarding the dua.

– Questions:
– Can we seek aid and assistance from the Jews and Christians?

– Can a woman wear a mask whilst in state of ihram?

– If a person breaks wind whilst sitting up, does it break wudu?

– Can women look at men in dawah videos?

– Does the Muslim enjoin the good and forbid evil to non Muslims?

31 Explanation of the Three Principles by Abu Idrees

So, What Comes After Hajj? by Ustadh Abu Ishaaq Nadeem - Jumu'ah Khutba 13/06/25

Shaykh Kāshiff Khān discusses a foundational matter for uniting and rectifying the ummah: The obligation of unity upon the Qurʿān and Sunnah and prohibition of following other than it, including all the deviated sects and movements. The opening lecture from the July 2022 conference at TROID: Singling Out the Truth Amidst a Sea of Falsehood - Identify It, Study It, Hold onto It and Its People.

The Obligation of Unity and the Prohibition of Disunity 2/2

[04/07/2025] The Means of Victory & The Day of 'Āshūrā - By Abu 'Ukkashah 'Abdul-Ḥakim حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

- The promise of Allāh. 
- The conditions of attaining victory.  
- Allāh will aid those who aid His dīn. 
- Actualising Tawhīd. 
- The dīn that Allāh is pleased with. 
- Establishing worship. 
- Patience and prayer. 
- Sincerity upon the path. 
- The victory of Mūsā عليه السلام. 
- The fast of ‘Āshūrah.


The Means of Victory & The Day of 'Āshūrā - By Abu Ukkashah

Lesson 3 | The 3 Principles of Islām - Explanation of Shaykh Khālid al-Dhafīri - 23.06.2025

- Text: The evidence for an-Nadhr (vows) is the saying of Allāh, the Most High, “They fulfil their vows and they fear a day whose evil is widespread.” [Sūrah al-Insān 76:7]
- Explanation of Shaykh al-Fawzān (حفظه الله).
- The meaning of an-Nadhr. 
- Proof that it is binding upon a person to carry out what he has vowed to do (in the obedience of Allāh). 
- The vow of disobedience. 
- Explanation of Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī (رحمه الله).
- The impermissibility of directing this act of worship to other than Allāh. 
- The unconditional (muṭlaq) and conditional/restricted vow (muqayyid), with examples. 
- The type of vow that is disliked, with proof. 
- Gathering between Allāh’s praise for those who fulfil their vows and the ḥadīth dispraising vows.
- Explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ Āl ash-Shaykh (رحمه الله).
- Proof from the Qur’ān that indicate an-Nadhr is ‘ibādah. 
- Explanation of Shaykh ‘Ubayd (رحمه الله).
- Three matters related to an-Nadhr.
- 1. Its linguistic and Islamic definition. 
- 2. Its ruling. 
- The lawful and unlawful vow. 
- The two categories of lawful vows: unconditional (munjaz) and conditional (mu’allaq), with examples. 
- Explanation of the terminologies muṭlaq, muqayyid, munjaz and mu’allaq. 
- Proof utilised by the scholars who hold an-Nadhr to be impermissible. 
- The correct position regarding an-Nadhr.
- Analysis of the proof of its permissibility. 
- 3. Its conditions, with examples. 
- The legislated expiation for the one who is incapable of fulfilling an act of obedience he vowed to do. 
- What is upon the one who vowed to do an act of disobedience. 

Questions:
1. Is it permissible to kiss and hug your wife in public?
2. My mother does not let me go to Ṣalātul-Fajr in jamā’ah, do I obey her?


35 Explanation of the Three Principles by Abu Idrees

Class 58 Al-Mulakhas Al-Fiqhee by Shaykh Jameel Finch

Class 59 Al-Mulakhas Al-Fiqhee by Shaykh Jameel Finch

Class 41 Explanation of Kitab Al-Tawheed by Shaykh Hassan Somali

Class 42 Explanation of Kitab Al-Tawheed by Shaykh Hassan Somali

Shaykh Abū ʿIyāḍ Amjad Rafīq summarises key points from the works of al-ʿAllāmah Rabī b. Hādī al-Madkhalī (raḥimahullah) namely: The Methodology of the Prophets in Calling to Allāh. The three-part lecture series hones in on five key points that define the true callers to Islām: 

1. They adhere to the methodology of the prophets in da'wah
2. They call to adherence to the Book and the Sunnah connecting People to its evidences 
3. They follow the sunnah and adhering to the jamāʿah (in the correct sense) and they warn against splitting and differing
4. They enjoin the good and prohibiting the evil 
5. They refute the opposers to this way

From the 2025 Canadian National Summer Conference at Masjid al-Furqān (TROID), 2025/07/27-29.

Class 41 Explanation of Kitab Al-Tawheed by Shaykh Hassan Somali

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