Ask Yourself Why in the Blessed Month of Ramadān by Shaykh Hassan Somali

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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)

11/08/2023] O Changer of the Hearts, Make My Heart Firm Upon Your Religion - By Ḥassan Ṣomālī (حفظه الله) (حفظه الله) – SalafiPublications Summer Conference 1445 | 2023. Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points covered by Ḥassan Ṣomālī حفظه الله:

- The best supplications.
- The need for every Muslim to memorise a du’ā the Messenger ﷺ would frequently say: «يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِى عَلَى دِينِكَ» O Changer of the hearts! Make my heart firm upon Your religion.
- The importance of focusing on purifying our hearts.
- The baseless addition to this du’ā that is common upon the tongues of the people.
- The response of the Prophet ﷺ when Umm Salamah (رضى الله عنها) asked why he supplicated with this du’ā so frequently.
- The connection between this du’ā of the Prophet ﷺ and the verse, “(They say): ‘Our Lord! Let not our hearts deviate (from the truth) after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from You. Truly, You are the Bestower.’” [Sūrah Āli ‘Imrān 3:8]
- Being humble and respecting the efforts of those who came before.
- The difference between possessing knowledge/information and being deeply rooted in knowledge.
- Shaykh as-Sa’dī (رحمه الله) on seven qualities for which Allāh praises those firmly grounded in knowledge:
- 1. Knowledge, which is the path that leads to Allāh.
- 2. Being deeply rooted in knowledge, which is more than just possessing knowledge/having information.
- 3. They have īmān (faith) in all of His Book and they return the unclear parts of it to the clear parts.
- 4. They ask Allāh for His Pardon and wellbeing from that which the deviants have been tested and trialed with.
- 5. They recognise and acknowledge Allāh’s Favour upon them as He granted them guidance.
- 6. They ask Allāh for His Mercy, which comprises the attainment of all that is good and protection from all that is evil and they draw nearer to Him through His Name Al-Wahhāb.
- 7. Their faith and certainty in the Day of Resurrection and their fear of it, which is an incumbent requirement for them to act and protect themselves from error and misguidance.
- Fearing for ourselves when we see people deviate.
- Following the example of the Salaf in making du’ā for our teachers.
- Clarification from Imām al-Baghawī (رحمه الله) that the servant controls nothing as it relates to his happiness, misery or guidance. 
- Shaykh Muqbil (رحمه الله) on the reason for the spread of the da’wah of Ahlus-Sunnah.
- The manner in which the People of Jannah will praise Allāh.
- Our great need for Allāh to make us firm upon His religion.
- The verse about which the Jews said if it was revealed to them they would have taken it as a day of celebration.
- Not changing the dīn for anyone.

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