Dhikr & Du'ā

The Importance and Benefits of Glorifying Allāh by Ustadh Muhammad Nasir

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Points Covered:

• What is the connection between Fearing Allāh & His Command to be Truthful?
• The 2 Attributes: Taqwa & Sidq

TAQWA
• What do the Scholars often advise with?
• What brings about Taqwa
• What is the Definition of Taqwa?
- Talq ibn Habīb (رحمه الله‎)'s Comprehensive Definition
- 'Abdullāh Ibn Mas'ud (رضي الله عنه)'s explanation of how Allāh deserves to be feared
- Can a blessing be a trial?
- What did Alī ibn Abī Tālib (رضي الله عنه) say Taqwa is?

• What does Taqwa bring to us as servants of Allāh?
- Reflections upon the Narration of Alī ibn Abī Talib (رضي الله عنه) when he entered the Graveyard
- What is The Best Provision you can take the moment your afterlife begins?
- What did the Mufassir, Imām al-Qurtubī (رحمه الله‎) say concerning the Ayah 131 of Sūrah an-Nisā?
- What is the thing that can properly rectify a Slave, bring about all-round goodness & give the greatest of Rewards?

• The Messenger ﷺ's advice on Taqwa:
- Hadith of Irbād ibn Sāriyah (رضي الله عنه)
- The case with Mu'ādh ibn Jabal (رضي الله عنه)
- What does Taqwa bring for a person of immense importance?
- The Dire Need we have for Allāh

• The Blessing given to Sulayman (عليه السلام‎), his Du'ā & what this lead to

•  What is the deep connection between Travelling (Safr) & Taqwa?

• Some of the Benefits of Taqwa
- Explanation of The Affair of Hardship & Ease
- Explanation of The Matter of Protection & Success
- How do/don't we deal with a matter when we are tested by Allāh? 
- The Affair of Sins
- The Affair of Confusion & Clarity in the Deen
- The Supplication of Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله‎)
- The Promise of Allāh

• What do we do when we feel weak/have been wronged/plotted against/unable to defend ourselves?
- 2 Stipulations in the Qur'ān for Not being Harmed by others
- Who does Allāh love? Who is Allāh with?
- What did Allāh say pertaining to the Aid given in the Battle of Badr?

SIDQ
• What brings about Sidq (Truthfulness)?
- Is Sidq only connected to what you say (via speech)?
- How can we be amongst the Truthful ones?
- If we want a message to be accepted, what is incumbent upon us?
- The Supplication of Ibrāhīm (عليه السلام‎)
- What was the Messenger ﷺ known as?
- Warning against being untrustworthy amongst one's community
- The case with Abu Bakr (رضي الله عنه) & a sign of Prophethood 

- How can we bring about good for ourselves?
- Why a person is not blessed when they perform certain actions

• Benefits from the Hadīth of Shaddād ibn al-Hād (رضي الله عنه)
• Benefits from the Hadīth of Jābir ibn Abdillāh (رضي الله عنهما)
• Benefits from the Hadīth of Anas ibn an-Naḍr (رضي الله عنه)

• Attributes of a Hypocrite (Munāfiq)

• How Rectification can be corrupted
• A Fā'idah from the narration of those that were Trapped in the Cave
• Hadīth of desiring to be from the Martyrs
• What will help us on the Day of Reckoning?

• The Supplication of 'Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (رضي الله عنه)

• Reminder of how a person's mindset should be

"O You Who Believe! Be Afraid of Allāh & Be With Those Who Are True" - Shaykh Abu Idrees (حفظه الله)

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[10/05/2024] Do Not Let the Fitnah of the Hot Summer Days Lead You to the Hellfire! - By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

- The dress code of the Muslim 
- The rotation of the seasons and weather is a sign from Allāh 
- The heat of summer and reflecting upon the heat of the Hellfire 
- The two exhalations of the hellfire
- The relation to the story of Ibrahīm عليه السلام
- The statement of Al-Hasan Al-Basri رحمه الله regarding the heat and cold of the dunyā
- Reflecting upon the severe heat of the hellfire and the unrelenting, eternal punishment therein
- The characteristics of those who will enter the hellfire, and those who will enter paradise
- The darkness of the fire of Hell
- A warning against going to places of fitan and dressing in a manner that is displeasing to Allāh during the days of summer
- The closeness of the sun on the Day of Judgement
- The sun drawing close on the Day of Judgement 
- An example of how the Salaf would remind themselves and others about the punishment of the hellfire 
- ۞ هَـٰذَانِ خَصْمَانِ ٱخْتَصَمُوا۟ فِى رَبِّهِمْ ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قُطِّعَتْ لَهُمْ ثِيَابٌۭ مِّن نَّارٍۢ يُصَبُّ مِن فَوْقِ رُءُوسِهِمُ ٱلْحَمِيمُ ١٩
{These two opponents (believers and disbelievers) dispute with each other about their Lord: then as for those who disbelieved, garments of fire will be cut out for them, boiling water will be poured down over their heads.} [22:19]
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