Day 22 30 Themes from 30 Verses: Allāh Is Al-Mujeeb, The One Who Answers

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Covered in this lesson:

Question 49 – What is Tawhīd ar-Rubūbīyyah (Tawhīd of Lordship)? – and its answer.
Additional notes:

- Shaykh Hāfidh Al-Hakamī’s (رحمه الله) answer – “It is the firm absolute resolute belief that Allah is The Lord of everything, its Owner, Creator, Controller and Disposer of affairs within it. He has no partner in His Dominion, nor does He have any protector or supporter. There is no one to repel His command and no one to re-evaluate His Judgement. There is no one to stand in opposition to Him and there is none like (or comparable) to Him. There is none similar to Him and none who can compete or contend with Him in the meanings of His Names and Attributes and what they necessitate”.

- Daleel (evidences, proofs) from the Qur’ān for this answer – refer to ayāt; [6:1] [1:2], [13:16], [17:111], [19:65], [26:11], [30:40], [31:11], [34:22-23] and [52:35-36].

- Regarding the verses [Surah Saba’ (34):22-23], a mention of Imām Ibn al-Qayyim’s (رحمه الله) speech regarding this, stating that Allāh has cut off all excuses for Shirk to be committed and the only reason someone would worship other than Allāh are via four reasons or routes:

1) Their belief that those things worshipped along with or besides Allāah have independent ownership of something.

2) or partnership with Allāh in ownership of something i.e. a share in ownership, alongside the Supreme Creator.

3) They are assistants to Allāh, aid and support Allāh in the running of creation, or

4) These things can intercede with Allāh to bring about benefit or avoid harm.
All possible arguments and excuses for Shirk is rejected and rebutted by these two verses (34:22-23).

- Explanation of Shaikh Najmī (رحمه الله) – To merely affirm Allāh is the Rabb (Lord, Creator, etc.) without worshipping alone (Ulūhiyyah) will not benefit a person.

- The justification and excuse used by Pagan Arabs (Mushriks) for committing Shirk – they knew they were created by Allāh but said these righteous dead people represented by idols were closer to Allāh due to their righteousness and piety, and therefore this is the closest we can be nearer to Allāh, they are the ones who bring us closer to Allāh.

- The idol is a focal point, something physical and tangible through which worship is channelled, usually to the righteous dead, who are made into intermediaries, seeking their intercession.

- Did the Pagan Arabs belief in Rubūbīyyah benefit them? Did they become believers? No, it did not benefit them!

- The reason they ask their intermediaries is that they believe they are sinners and going through an intermediary will cause their request or need to be more likely fulfilled. This is making Allāh like kings and this belief of theirs is resembling Allāh to the creation. Rather, a servant becomes closer to His Lord by obedience and being consistent and persistent in du’ā (to Allāh alone).

- Mushriks (polytheists) whom Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم fought against believed in Rubūbīyyah.

- Explanation of Shaikh Fawzān (حفظه الله) – Rubūbīyyah can be defined as singling out Allāh in His actions, e.g. giving life, taking life, governing creation, and so on.

- Other points of benefit – Rubūbīyyah is firmly entrenched in people, Fir’awn (Pharaoh) made Juhūd even though he inwardly knew signs of Allāh were true, Atheists make a pretence of ignorance, communists are the same – outwardly, out of arrogance, they reject a Maker but inwardly know there can’t be an origination without an originator, this is a basic principle everyone knows.

Signposts of the Propagated Sunnah - Lesson 25

Khutbah: The Blessings of Allah

Lesson 21 | 24/04/2025: Usūl us-Sunnah of Imām Ahmad – by Abu Ukkāshah ‘Abdul-Ḥakīm. Lesson series at Tower Hamlets, East London, UK.

21 Usūl us-Sunnah of Imām Ahmad by Abu Ukkāshah ‘Abdul-Ḥakīm (24/04/2025)

– The Text: All the types of worship which Allah commanded, such as Islām, Īmān, Iḥsān — and from that are duʿāʾ, khawf (fear), and rajāʾ (hope and longing).
– Rajāʾ is an action of the heart, and its evidence:
– “So whoever hopes to meet his Lord and be rewarded by Him, let him make his worship correct and purely sincere for Him, and not associate anyone in the worship of his Lord.” (Surah al-Kahf 18:110)
– Explanation of Shaykh Fawzān
– The meaning of “longing (yarjū)” — desiring the reward from Allah and to see Allah.
– What “longing” entails for the believer.
– Praiseworthy longing must be coupled with righteous actions.
– The conditions of a righteous action.
– Explanation of the verse.
– Explanation of Shaykh Ibn ʿUthaymīn’s definition of “longing.”
– Explanation of praiseworthy longing.
– The situation of a person who hopes and longs without righteous action.
– Explanation of Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī
– True longing is a characteristic of the believer.
– Description of what a believer longs/yearns for.
– The means that a believer pursues alongside longing.
– The connection between fear and longing.
– Detailed intricacies of understanding and actualizing fear and longing.
– Scenarios where fear should overpower longing and vice versa.
– Explanation of Shaykh Aḥmad al-Najmī
– Categories of “longing (rajāʾ)” — permissible and impermissible.
– Explanation of the above categories with examples.
– Explanation of Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī
– Longing is one of the pillars upon which worship is built.
– Combining between fear and hope is obligatory upon the servant.
– How to gather between fear and hope.
– A beautiful statement from the people of knowledge regarding fear and hope.
– Question regarding combining Maghrib and ʿIshāʾ and related issues.


27 Explanation of the Three Principles by Abu Idrees

– The Text: The evidence for trust and reliance (at-tawakkul) is the saying of Allah, the Most High:
“And place your reliance and trust in Allah if you are true believers.” (Surah Al-Ma’idah 5:23)
– And He said: “And whoever places his reliance and trust in Allah, then He will suffice him.” (Surah At-Talaq 65:3)

– Explanation of Shaykh ‘Ubayd

– The linguistic meaning of tawakkul
– The difference between wakālah and tawakkul
– The religious meaning of tawakkul
– Principle regarding how to implement tawakkul
– Examples demonstrating the above principle

– Explanation of Shaykh Fawzan
– Explanation of the āyah using grammatical principles
– Meaning of tawakkul
– Difference between tawakkul and tawkīl/wakālah
– Examples showing how a Muslim should combine taking the means with tawakkul
– How to correctly implement tawakkul, and incorrect examples of tawakkul

– Categories of Tawakkul:
	1.	Purely for Allah
	2.	Putting trust in the deceased – major shirk
	3.	Relying upon a person, although they have the ability, but your heart is attached to the person – minor shirk
	4.	Entrusting an affair to someone who has the ability – permissible


28 Explanation of the Three Principles by Abu Idrees

Points Covered:

• The Virtues of the Basmalah (بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم)
- What is the Name 'Allāh' derived from?
- The Meaning of Ar-Raḥmān (الرحمن) & Ar-Raḥīm (الرحيم), and the 3 Differences between these two Names of Allāh

• The 4 Obligatory Affairs one Must Learn
- The Fiqh of the Dā'ee
- What do these 4 Masā'il contain?

The 1st Affair: Knowledge - (Ilm)
- The Greatest Means of Drawing Near to Allah & the Result of Knowledge 
- When the word 'Ilm' is used in the Qur’an & Sunnah, what is it referring to?
- Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) on what Knowledge is and how it differs to Taqlid (Blind Following), as mentioned in his 'An-Nooniyyah'
- The Knowledge that is an Obligation upon Every Muslim & the Knowledge that is a Communal Obligation
- The Statement of Imām Ahmad  (رحمه الله) on how much Knowledge does a person need to learn?
- What Knowledge is Most Important & The Means of Entering Jannah & Jahannam

The 2nd Affair: Acting upon Knowledge - (Amal)
- What actually is 'Beneficial Knowledge'?
- The Difference between Ni'mah & Niqmah
- What does it mean when Allāh says in Sūrah al-Fātiḥah: 'Ghayril-Maghdūbi alaihim wa laḍ-ḍālīn'
- The Statement of Sufyān ibn Uyaynah (رحمه الله)
- An Example of leaving off certain actions that equates to Disbelief / Sin

The 3rd Affair: Calling to Allāh - (Da'wah)
- What does Da'wah fall under?
- Who's way (of giving Da'wah) is this?
- The Key Quality that one must obtain & implement in order to give Da'wah
- The Important Reason for the Ordering of these 4 Affairs
- Does saying "I don't know, Allah knows best" a bad thing? Should we Forge answers so we don't embarrass ourselves when asked about something concerning the Deen?
- The Reward of Guiding Others: The Hadīth of when the Prophet ﷺ gave the banner to Ali (رضى الله عنه)
- The 2 Types of Callers & their Recompense
- What does 'Khair' mean in the Hadith
- How is Da'wah given, what is the Condition?
- What separates Ahlus-Sunnah, those upon the path of the Prophets, from others in Da'wah?

The 4th Affair: Patience upon this Path - (Sabr)
- Enjoining the Good & Forbidding the Evil, and The Sunnah of Allah
- The Da'wah of Nūḥ (عليه السلام)
- Harms that are inevitable upon this Call
- Discipling Oneself & The Example of Imam Al-Nabulsi  (رحمه الله)
- The 3 Types of Sabr and its Reward
- Who are the 5 Prophets of Firm Resolve & Determination?
- What does Sabr require?

- What is the Proof for these 4 Affairs?
- Who are the People of Eemān in Truth?
- The Statement of Imām al-Shāfi'ī (رحمه الله)
- Sūrat al-Asr comprising all of the Deen
- Who is the Loser?
- What does Tawhīd do?
- What does Istighfār do?
- What is the Greatest Form of Praise?
- What is the Deepest type of Du'ā?
- The Chapter Heading of Imām Al-Bukhāri in his Sahīh
- How does Allāh make the path to Jannah easy?
- Who is the one Allāh wants good for?
- How is Knowledge obtained?
- Who is the Rabbāni?

Lesson 1 | The 3 Principles of Islām - Explanation of Shaykh Khālid al-Dhafīri - 28.04.2025

Covered in this lesson:

Question 50 – What is the opposite of Tawhīd ar-Rubūbīyyah (Tawhīd of Lordship)? – and its answer.

Additional notes:
- Shaykh Hāfidh Al-Hakamī’s (رحمه الله) answer – “To believe there is another Disposer of affairs alongside Allāh in any of the affairs of the regulation of the creation/world, whether it be bringing something into existence or removing something from existence, giving life or taking life, bringing about good (and benefit) or repelling evil (and harm), or it is to believe someone contends with Allāh with anything of the necessities or requirements of His Names and Attributes such as Knowledge of the Unseen (‘Ilmul-Ghaib), being Mighty, and justified pride through Greatness, Magnificence.”

- Daleel (evidences, proofs) from the Qur’ān for this answer – refer to ayāt; [35:2-3] [10:107], [39:38], [6:59], [27:65] and [2:255] and a daleel from the Sunnah with a hadīth from Sahīh Muslim mentioned.

- Explanation of Shaikh Najmī (رحمه الله) – if anyone believed there is someone who is a controller, regulator or disposer besides Allāh like the Sufiyyah, he is to be considered a mulhid (deviant). This person, their Shirk is greater than Abu Lahab and his likes because they didn’t believe this (unlike the Sufiyyah).

- If there was another partner with Allāh there would be great differing and conflict. If there had been other deities (and not just Allāh), there would have been chaos, glorified be Allāh above what they ascribe to Him.

- Explanation of Shaikh ‘Uthaymīn (رحمه الله) – As for Shirk in Rubūbīyyah, it is known that Allāh is the Creator, Owner, Disposer and Regulator of all affairs. The Owner and Regulator follows on from being The Creator.

- Those who made these statues, pictures, forms, it will be said to them (in the Day of Resurrection): ‘Give life to these’ and they won’t be able to.

- Clarification regarding Robotics, AI and automation – how (true) life, creation, has a soul which Allāh creates. He alone brings life from non-life, other than Him cannot do this such as Atheists and Darwinists. They only mimic real life with their inventions, it is all artificial, but they try to make it look as though they are contenders to Allāh, trying to compete with Him.

- A mention of several ways in which Shirk appears – different forms or manifestations of Shirk.

Signposts of the Propagated Sunnah - Lesson 26

40 Ḥadīth—Lesson 34—Abū Idrees—29.04.25


- Ḥadīth #9: Too Much Questioning.
- Biography of Abū Hurayrah رضى الله عنه [cont’d]. 
- A selection of narrations regarding Abū Hurayrah. 
- The Messenger’s ﷺ utilisation of nicknames. 
- A tremendous story for us to reflect upon regarding the poverty of Abū Hurayrah and how that did not stop him from seeking knowledge of the revelation.
- A mu’jizah (miracle) of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- Following the example of the Prophets (عليهم الصلاة والسلام) in praising Allāh when we receive something of khayr. 
- The Companions’ staunch, unwavering obedience of the Messenger ﷺ.
- The memorisation of Abū Hurayrah, Companions he took ḥadīth from, and the number of narrators who narrated from him. 
- Abū Hurayrah’s zeal for seeking knowledge and recognition that knowledge is from Allāh. 
- The virtue and importance of writing.
- The two means of preserving knowledge.
- Abū Hurayrah’s fiqh and his proficiency in memorisation of ḥadīth and the Qur’ān. 
- The intent of seeking knowledge, and the effect it should have upon us. 
- The worship of Abū Hurayrah and his household. 
- The reason he remained patient with the heat and cold in Madīnah until his death. 
- Physical description of Abū Hurayrah. 
- His fear of Allāh, and the reason he cried on his deathbed.
- The year of his death and his age.
- The number of years he accompanied the Messenger ﷺ. 
- Ibn ‘Umar’s du’ā for Abū Hurayrah (رضى الله عنهم) at his janāzah. 


34 Forty Hadith of Nawawi By Abu Idrees

- Refutation to those who use disparaging names against the Salafiyoon
- The deviance of the Islamic Brotherhood and their likes

04- Precise Verdicts Regarding Deviant Methodologies | Ustadh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell

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Signposts of the Propagated Sunnah - Lesson 26

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