Lesson 28 | 26/06/2025: Usūl us-Sunnah of Imām Ahmad – by Abu Ukkāshah ‘Abdul-Ḥakīm. Lesson series at Tower Hamlets, East London, UK.

28 Usūl us-Sunnah of Imām Ahmad by Abu Ukkāshah ‘Abdul-Ḥakīm (26/06/2025)

2025-07-19 - Kitāb at Tawhīd Shaykh Uways - 13

Kitāb at Tawhīd

13 - Kitāb at Tawhīd - Shaykh Uways - From Shirk is to Seek Refuge in other Than Allaah

Class 61 Al-Mulakhas Al-Fiqhee by Shaykh Jameel Finch

The Nullifiers of Islam Matn (Text)

Ustādh Abū ʿUkkāshaht presents numerous explanations from the Qurʾan in relation to the impending meeting with Allāh, the Most High.

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Prepare for Your Return to Allāh - Abū ʿUkkāshah

Markaz AIM Lecture: A Glimpse at the Impeccable Character of the Messenger - Ustaadh Abu Inaayah Seif - 22AUG25

- The importance of the people of knowledge clarifying this newly invented matter that has been attributed to Islām. 
- The history of celebrating the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ.
- The intention one should have when reasoning with those who celebrate the mawlid.
- Points of benefit taken from a debate between Shaykh al-Albānī (رحمه الله) and an individual regarding the mawlid. 
- Is celebrating the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ a good thing or a bad thing?
- Was the Messenger ﷺ and his Companions (رضى الله عنهم) ignorant of this good you claim to know?
- Textual proof to show that this is impossible. 
- Statements from Imām Mālik and Imām ash-Shawkānī (رحمهما الله) on the implications of attributing an innovation to the dīn and deeming it to be good. 
- The obligation of taking the understanding of the dīn from the Companions of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- The importance of protecting the pure Sunnah from those who want to pollute it with innovations. 
- Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) on the manner in which an innovation first appears, and the consequences of not extinguishing it at its inception.
- Doubts/arguments brought by those who celebrate the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ and how to answer them: 
- 1. Celebrating the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ is not an innovation but is a sunnah ḥasanah/bid’ah ḥasanah. 
- What they cite as proof. 
- The story behind the usage of the terms sunnah ḥasanah/bid’ah ḥasanah. 
- The impossibility of there being any contradiction in the statements of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- The meaning of sunnah ḥasanah. 
- The correct understanding of the statement attributed to ‘Abdullāh b. Mas’ūd (رضى الله عنه), “What the Muslims see to be good, that is good with Allāh.”
- 2. If the mawlid is an innovation, then why is it accepted and celebrated by so many people across the world?
- Clarification that numbers are never a proof.
- “And if you obey most of those on earth, they will mislead you far away from Allāh's Path.” [Sūrah al-An’ām 6:116]
- 3. All we do in our gatherings is remember the Messenger ﷺ, make dhikr of Allāh, study the Sīrah and recite the Qur’ān. Are these things prohibited/incorrect?
- The problem of singling out one day to carry out these actions. 
- Loving and remembering the Messenger ﷺ throughout the year.
- 4. The dream regarding the lightening of Abū Lahab’s punishment due to him being happy with the birth of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- Clarification that there is nothing authentically documented regarding this narration/dream. 
- The only dreams taken as proof. 
- Distinguishing between a natural occurrence and taking something as an act of worship.
- 5. The Christians respect ‘Īsā (عليه السلام) and celebrate his birthday, and our Messenger is better than him so it is more deserving that we celebrate his birthday ﷺ. 
- The Christians are not to be followed in their kufr and misguidance. 
- 6. Blessings necessitate that we are thankful to Allāh. 
- Their misapplication of this principle.
- Their incorrect use of the ḥadīth regarding the reason for fasting the Day of ‘Āshūrā. 
- The correct way to thank Allāh for sending the Messenger ﷺ. 
7. The Messenger ﷺ would fast on Mondays because it was the day he was born. 
- Clarification that the Messenger ﷺ would fast on Mondays and Thursdays throughout the year. 
- The Messenger ﷺ and his Companions never took it as a day of celebration or instructed us to do so. 
- 8. Rejoicing and being happy with the birth of the Messenger ﷺ is required, with a clear proof from the Qur’ān. 
- Their incorrect tafsīr of the verse, “Say, ‘In the bounty of Allāh and in His mercy - in that let them rejoice’” [Sūrah Yūnus 10:58]. 
- The correct explanation of this verse. 
- How to counter the arguments/claims of Ahlul-Bid’ah. 
- Three things that are necessitated when a person celebrates the birthday of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- An example of the shirk present in the Burdah of al-Būṣayrī. 
- The du’ā of Ibn al-Jawzī (رحمه الله) for those upon misguidance. 

Refuting The Doubts Used To Celebrate The Birthday of The Prophet By Abu Idrees

Shaykh Nizār gives closing remarks to the 2025 Canadian National Summer Conference at Masjid al-Furqān (TROID), 2025/07/27-29. He speaks of the strength of the daʿwah, its growth and positivity, and the need to remain steadfast upon it.

Remain Steadfast upon Calling to the Truth - Nizār ibn Hāshim al-Sudānī

Khutbah: Allah is Pleased with 3 Things for You and is Displeased with 3 Things for You


●From the rewards and benefits of having good thoughts about Allāh.

●The deep insight of the wife of the Prophet (peace & blessings of Allāh be upon him) Khadeejah and how she comforted him.

●From the noble qualities our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him).

●Having good thoughts of Allāh when making du'ā.

●Have certainty that Allāh will answer your supplications.

●Having good opinion and thoughts of Allāh at the point of death.

●Having bad thoughts of Allāh leads to destruction and ruin.


Jumu'ah Khutbah 19/09/2025  No believer has been granted a gift greater than having a good opinion of Allāh


●The danger of innovation in the religion. 

●The two doors of Shaytān.

●How do you protect yourself from doubts?

●The preservation of the Qur'ān and Sunnah

●The illustrious Imāms of Ahlus-Sunnah have unanimously agreed on not listening to the people of innovation, nor reading from their books.

●Beware of getting close to the innovators.

●The religion will return as something as strange. 

Q&A
●Returning the salam of a caller to innovation, is it allowed?


Lesson Six The 'Aqeedah of Imām ibn Qudamah al-Maqdasī (d.620AH) رحمه الله

Official account for the Salafi Dawah in South West London. Est. 2013

Markaz AIM Lecture: A Glimpse at the Impeccable Character of the Messenger - Ustaadh Abu Inaayah Seif - 22AUG25

Markaz Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak