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The Supplication Of Seeking Forgiveness That Can Grant You Paradise By Abu Idrees

Lecture 3 in the series of talks on seeking knowledge by our beloved Ustaadh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell. The lecture focuses on the obstacles that a person may face once they have embarked on the journey of seeking knowledge. May Allaah grant us success in this life and the hereafter. Ameen

Q&A at the end which covers the topic of learning Arabic and Qur'aan from non-Salafi teachers.

Markaz AIM Lecture: Obstacles in the Path to Knowledge(P1)- Ustaadh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell - 29Sept23

Based on the works of al-ʿAllāmah ʿUbayd al-Jābirī. From the 2025 Canadian National Summer Conference at Masjid al-Furqān (TROID), 2025/07/27-29.

Providing Relief Through Clarifying the Truth in Times of Differing 2/2 - Uways al-Ṭawīl

Shaykh Kāshiff Khān discusses the topic Revelation Over Reason: Why Naql (Textual Evidence) Takes Precedence in Islamic Understanding. From the 2025 Canadian National Summer Conference at Masjid al-Furqān (TROID), 2025/07/27-29.

Revelation Over Reason: Why Naql (Textual Evidence) Takes Precedence... 2/2 - Kāshiff Khān

The Nullifiers of Islam Matn (Text)

Lesson 31 | 24/07/2025: Usūl us-Sunnah of Imām Ahmad – by Abu Ukkāshah ‘Abdul-Ḥakīm. Lesson series at Tower Hamlets, East London, UK.

31 Usūl us-Sunnah of Imām Ahmad by Abu Ukkāshah ‘Abdul-Ḥakīm (24/07/2025)

Khutbah: Calling to Tawheed

Lesson 32 | 07/08/2025: Usūl us-Sunnah of Imām Ahmad – by Abu Ukkāshah ‘Abdul-Ḥakīm. Lesson series at Tower Hamlets, East London, UK.




32 Usūl us-Sunnah of Imām Ahmad by Abu Ukkāshah ‘Abdul-Ḥakīm (07/08/2025)

- 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

Covered in this lesson:

- Question 66. What are the evidences (for Allāh being above His creation) from the Sunnah? – and its answer.

- Question 67. What did scholars of the religion from the Salafus-Sālih say about Istiwā? – and its answer.

- Question 68. What is the evidence for the Highness of Allāh's Power from the Qur'ān? - and its answer.

- Question 69. What is the evidence for the Highness of Allāh's Power from the Sunnah? - and its answer.

Signposts of the Propagated Sunnah - Lesson 35

40 Ḥadīth—Lesson 45—Abū Idrees—19.09.25 


- Ḥadīth #13: From the Perfection of Īmān 
- Explanation of Shaykh al-‘Uthaymīn (رحمه الله).
- Clarification that the negation in the statement “none of you truly believes” refers to perfection/completeness. 
- Answering the question, “What is your evidence for this interpretation, which diverts the speech from its apparent meaning?”
- Ta’wīl vs taḥrīf. 
- Proof for the permissibility of ta’wīl. 
- Examples of ta’wīl, with supporting evidence. 
- The linguistic and intended meaning of the āyah, «فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ فَٱسْتَعِذْ بِٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ»
- The apparent and intended meaning of the āyah, «يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ فَٱغْسِلُوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ…»
- The linguistic and legislative meaning of īmān. 
- The example of Abū Ṭālib regarding the requirement of acceptance and submission, in addition to affirmation for a person to be deemed a believer. 
- Proof from the Qur’ān and Sunnah that the place of īmān is the heart, tongue and limbs. 
- The meaning of loving for your brother/sister what you love for yourself. 
- Benefits from the ḥadīth. 
- The permissibility of negating something due to the absence of its complete/perfect state, with examples from the Sunnah. 
- The obligation of loving for your brother/sister what you love for yourself. 
- A warning against envy and jealousy. 
- Two definitions of ḥasad. 
- Formulating speech in a manner that encourages action. 
- Implications of using the word brother. 
- The importance of speaking respectfully when giving da’wah and interacting with our loved ones. 
- Advice to the one who finds it difficult to love for his brother what he loves for himself. 
- The reason the Salaf would make du’ā for their brothers in their absence. 
- Answering the student who says he wants good for his fellow student so he will act upon the ḥadīth by telling him the answers while in the exam. 


45 Forty Hadith of Nawawi By Abu Idrees

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

Markaz AIM Lecture: Obstacles in the Path to Knowledge(P1)- Ustaadh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell - 29Sept23

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