Taken from a khutbah, November 2019
Masjid Ash-Shura, Norfolk, VA

Celebrating the Prophet's Birthday is NOT FROM ISLAM

- 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

Class 01 Gateway to Arabic Book 01

PART 2 | The Types of Hearts - by Allāmah Rabee al-Madkhali (رحمه الله) - Ustādh Abu ʿAbdur-Raḥmān Hilāl (حفظه الله)

A Poem Regarding the Ten Companions Promised Paradise for Children

●Further explanation of the description of the Lake of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and those who will be forbidden from drinking from it.

●The various types of intercession on the Day of Judgement. 

●What will be weighed on the scales on the Day of Judgement?

●The belief in the bridge over the Hellfire.

●The belief in the blowing of the Horn.

●The belief in the Resurrection.

●The belief in Paradise and Hellfire. 

●The creation of the father of mankind- Ādam (peace be upon him)

●Ibrāheem (peace be upon him) is the khaleel of Allāh, what is the meaning of khaleel?

●The belief that Allāh spoke to Mūsā (peace be upon him) directly. 

●The belief that Allāh will speak to us directly in the Hereafter. 

●The belief of the Night Journey of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

●Allāh will only be seen in the hereafter, not in this life.

●The belief of the scholars of the Sunnah that hearing and obeying the ruler is an obligation. 


●The belief of the people of Sunnah that Jihād is behind the ruler.

●The best of the generations are the first three generations.

●Q & A

●How to interact with non-Muslim parents.

●What is a weak hadeeth?

●Yāsir Qādhi and some of his misguidances.

●I work in a homeless hostel and have been asked by my manager to give them clean needles for drug taking, is this allowed?


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

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

●Who are those who truly recite the Qur’ān?

●Showing care and concern for the Qur’ān.

●The complaint of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم regarding those of his nation who abandoned the Qur’ān.

●The various forms of abandoning the Qur’ān.

●What is it that conquered the hearts of people?

●The immense reward for parents whose child memorises the Qur’ān.

●Living by the Qur’ān and teaching it to our children.

●The Qur’ān is the means for our rectification, if we implement it in our lives.

●The living home and a dead home.

●How so many Muslims have been affected by music.

●The problems in our homes and with our children due to abandoning the Qur’ān, and its implementation. 



Jumu'ah Khutbah 12/09/2025  What has happened to our connection with the Qur’ān?

[Lesson Nine | 13/09/2025] Selected Benefits from Madārij Al-Sālikīn of Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله– By Shaykh Abu ‘Iyaad Amjad Rafīq حفظه الله. Monthly class at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this lesson:

- Recap of the previous lesson.
- The four categories of people as it relates to the actualisation of ‘ibādah and isti’ānah:
- 1. Those who worship Allāh (‘ibādah) and seek His aid (isti’ānah) in doing so. 
- The most excellent and beneficial type of supplication to Allāh. 
- The greatest of gifts a person can be granted. 
- An observation by Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) regarding the thing that all of the reported supplications revolve around. 
- Ibn Taymiyyah’s (رحمه الله) reflection on what he found to be the most beneficial supplication. 
- 2. Those who turn away from worshipping Allāh and seeking His aid.
- The reason they ask of Allāh, if they were to do so. 
- Proof that Allāh gives to even the one most hated to Him. 
- The one who is made distant from Allāh. 
- Clarification that Allāh’s responding and giving or not responding and withholding has no connection to the honour or disgrace of a servant. 
- The importance of istikhārah. 
- “As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): ‘My Lord has honoured me.’ But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: ‘My Lord has humiliated me!’” [Sūrah al-Fajr 89:15-16]
- True honour, and the sign of true humiliation. 
- 3. Those who worship Allāh but do not seek His aid in establishing that worship. 
- The two groups of people within this category:
- 3.1. The Qadariyyah/Mu’tazilah
- How their deviant belief that man creates his own actions prevents them from seeking Allāh’s aid in worship. 
- 3.2. The Jabariyyah
- What is necessitated by their belief, and how it impairs their worship. 
- Practical examples that highlight how an incorrect belief can be detrimental to a person’s worship and nearness to Allāh. 
- The meaning of Tawakkul, and a similitude that captures the manner in which the servant should depend upon his Lord. 
- “And whosoever puts his trust in Allāh, then He will suffice him.” [Sūrah aṭ-Ṭalāq 65:3]
- 4. Those who seek Allāh’s aid (in order to achieve their worldly objectives) but do not worship Him. 
- Affairs given to both the righteous and sinful. 
- The most ignorant and distant people from knowing Allāh and His religion. 
- The two foundational principles required to actualise إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ. 
- The four categories of people in regard to these two foundations:
- 1. Those who combine ikhlāṣ and mutāba’ah. 
- Affairs that are not from sincerity. 
- A beautiful similitude regarding how the people of ikhlāṣ and mutāba’ah view those around them. 
- Fuḍayl b. ‘Iyāḍ (رحمه الله) on the meaning of, “Who has created death and life, that He may test you which of you is best in deed.” [Sūrah al-Mulk 67:2]
- “So whoever hopes for the Meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord." [Sūrah al-Kahf 18:110]

For the full notes visit: https://www.salafisounds.com/nine-madarij-al-salikin-abu-iyaad/



P2 - Explanation of the methodology of the salaf

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