This reminder was given during a Sister's Afternoon Tea event on 15-06-2025.

The Hardness of the Heart | Abu Muhammad Walid

[20/06/2025] Sins are the Reason for Natural Disasters, Trials and Tribulations - By Abu Fuḍayl ‘Abdur Raqī حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

– Verily, We sent Messengers to many nations before you (O Muhammad). And We seized them with extreme poverty and loss in health with calamities so that they might believe with humility.

When Our Torment reached them, why then did they not believe with humility? But their hearts became hardened, and Shaitan made fair-seeming to them that which they used to do. Surah Anfal 6:42-43

– Explanation of the above verses by Shaykh Muqbil.

– “And let not those who disbelieve think that they can outstrip (escape from the punishment). Verily, they will never be able to save themselves (from Allah’s Punishment).” Surah Anfal 8:59

– Sins are the cause for calamities and fitnah tribulations on earth.

– Example of previous nations and the punishments that Allah sent down upon them.

– The necessity to thank Allah and be grateful especially in these disbelieving lands, Allah has withheld the punishment such as tornadoes etc.

– “If you give thanks, I will give you more…” Surah Ibrahim 14:7

– Story of Sheba and how the people turned away from obedience of Allah and the punishment that ensued.

– “And whatever of misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned. And He pardons much.” Surah Shura 42:35

– The real reasons for the “natural disasters.”

– Narrations mentioning the virtues of Yemen and its people.

– Allah’s blessing and the safety can be replaced with hardship and difficulties.

Sins are the Reason for Natural Disasters, Trials and Tribulations By Abu Fudayl

[20/06/2025] [Lesson 119] Chapter: Narrations Concerning the Khawārij – Explanation of Kitāb As-Sunnah from Sunan Ibn Mājah – By Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul-Wāhid حفظه الله.


Some points covered by Abu Khadeejah حفظه الله during this lesson:

- Chapter: A Mention of the Khawārij
- The reason the Khawārij revolted against Amīr al-Mu’minīn ‘Alī b. Abī Ṭālib (رضى الله عنه).
- The faulty understanding and erroneous assumption that lead them to revolt.
- Profound words uttered by ‘Alī in rebuke of the Khawārij. 
- The number of those who left the army of ‘Alī, and the place in which they gathered. 
- ‘Ā’ishah’s (رضى الله عنها) rebuke of a woman who questioned her about making up missed prayers due to menstruation. 
- ‘Abdullāh b. ‘Abbās’ (رضى الله عنهما) debate with the Khawārij. 
- The differing that occurred between the people of ‘Irāq and Shām. 
- Proof that the mujtahid is rewarded whether he is right or wrong, and the reason for this. 
- The ‘aqīdah of the Khawārij.
- The meaning of the verse, “…And whosoever does not judge by what Allāh has revealed, such are the Kāfirūn.” [Sūrah al-Mā’idah 5:44]
- The two types of kufr. 
- The repentance of Ṭalq b. Ḥabīb (رحمه الله) after clarification from Jābir b. ‘Abdillāh (رضى الله عنهما) regarding the āyāt that mention the people who will be in the Fire forever. 
- Ḥadīth #167.
- The virtue of fighting against the Khawārij.  
- The great station of the Ka’bah with Allāh. 
- Ḥadīth #168.
- Traits of the Khawārij. 
- Shaykh ‘Abdul-Muḥsin al-‘Abbād’s (حفظه الله) response to the question: Are the Khawārij unbelievers? 
- The meaning of them (the Khawārij) exiting Islām. 
- The response of ‘Alī b. Abī Ṭālib (رضى الله عنه) when he was asked about the kufr of the Khawārij. 
- The first of the Khawārij. 
- How the Khawārij who do not fight against the Muslims should be dealt with. 
- Shaykh ‘Abdul-Muḥsin al-‘Abbād’s (حفظه الله) response to the questions:
	- Is it true that Imām al-Bukhārī (رحمه الله) made takfīr of the Khawārij?
	- Who is there from the Salaf who declared the Khawārij to be unbelievers?
	- What is the authenticity of the saying that Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azīz b. Bāz (رحمه الله) recanted from his takfīr of the Khawārij before his death?


Questions
1. Is it permissible to travel to non-Muslim lands for family trips or vacations?
2. Question regarding people who are addicted to images online (pornography etc.).
3. What is the position of the Salafī regarding Iran?
4. Does chewing qāt invalidate the prayer for forty days? 
5. Is it permissible to do skits if no sins revealed?

119 Explanation Kitaab As-Sunnah Ibn Majah Abu Khadeejah

The Biography of Imam Rabee Ibn Hadee Al-Madkhali (رحمه الله) by Shaykh Khalid Dhuyfari

[15/07/2025] Some of What Ahl al-‘Ilm Have Mentioned Regarding the Great Scholar Shaykh Rabī’ b. Hādī al-Madkhalī (رحمه الله) - By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this lesson:

- Benefits from the book of Shaykh Khālid aẓ-Ẓafīrī (حفظه الله) titled, ath-Thanā’ al-Badī’ min al-‘Ulamā’ ‘alā ash-Shaykh Rabī’.

- Shaykh Rabī’s striving to aid and advise the ummah.

- The blessing placed in the time of the scholars.

- The sunnah of Allāh (سبحانه وتعالى) with His slaves that will never change.

- The constant attacks faced by the Shaykh from Ahlul-Bid’ah.

- The methodology of the people of innovation and misguidance in disparaging the carriers of the truth.

- The reality that it is nobility from Allāh to be disparaged by the people of innovation and misguidance.

- The trial of social media and wanting to be known. 

- A mention of some of the mountains of knowledge who praised Shaykh Rabī’.

- The praise of Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azīz b. Bāz for Shaykh Rabī’ (رحمهم الله)

- His response when he was asked about Shaykh Muhammad Amān al-Jāmī and Shaykh Rabī’ (رحمهم الله).

- His praise for the scholars of Madīnah. 

- His comments after Shaykh Rabī’ delivered a lecture in Tā’if titled, Clinging on to the Manhaj of the Salaf.

- His advice to Shaykh Rabī’ to refute everyone who opposes the truth and the Sunnah.

- Three examples of letters Shaykh Ibn Bāz sent to Shaykh Rabī’ (رحمهم الله)

- The manner in which he referred to himself, and how he addressed Shaykh Rabī’. 

- A letter he sent in 1413 asking the Shaykh to send him a copy of the refutation he wrote against Abul-A’lā al-Mawdūdī.

- A letter he sent in 1415 asking the Shaykh to review some documents in order to ascertain the state of an individual. 

- A reminder that it is not needed for you to put yourself forward; Allāh raises whom He wills. 

- Another letter Shaykh Ibn Bāz sent to Shaykh Rabī’ in 1415 asking him to refute Nazīh Hammād who spoke about the Sifāt of Allāh.

- His instruction to Shaykh Rabī’ to refute and rectify the mistakes of anyone who errs, even himself (i.e Shaykh Ibn Bāz).

- The great position Shaykh Rabī’ had with Shaykh Ibn Bāz.

- An example of how Allāh raises whom He wills: Abū Talhah Dāwūd Burbank (رحمه الله), who was sincere, humble, and fled from the limelight. 


Some of What Ahl al-‘Ilm Have Mentioned Regarding Shaykh Rabee b. Hadee By Abu Idrees

[01/08/2025] Desiring the Hereafter Necessitates Abstinence from the Life of the World - By Shaykh Abu Fuḍayl ‘Abdur Raqīb حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

- The reality of the dunyā and how we should view it in relation to the ākhirah. 

- The necessity of abandoning the dunyā for the one who truly desires the ākhirah. 

- Two affairs the slave must ponder upon in order to establish zuhd. 

- The nature of the dunyā. 

- The consequences of greedily striving for the dunyā. 

- The nearness of the ākhirah.

- The ākhirah in comparison to the dunyā.

- That which is necessitated by sound intellect. 

- The trials and temptations of the dunyā. 

- The reasons why a person would choose the dunyā over the ākhirah. 

- How the Messenger ﷺ and his Companions (رضى الله عنهم) viewed the dunyā. 

- “Verily the likeness of (this) worldly life is as the water (rain) which We send down from the sky, so by it arises the intermingled produce of the earth of which men and cattle eat until when the earth is clad with its adornments and is beautified, and its people think that they have all the powers of disposal over it, Our Command reaches it by night or by day and We make it like a clean-mown harvest, as if it had not flourished yesterday! Thus do We explain the āyāt in detail for the people who reflect. Allāh calls to the home of peace and guides whom He wills to a Straight Path.” [Sūrah Yūnus 10:24-25]

- The home we all wish to return to. 


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