Beware of Oppression! By Ustadh Abu Ishaaq Nadeem - Jumu'ah Khutba 15/08/25

[26/09/2025] Death is Indeed a Calamity and its Neglect is a Greater Disaster! - By Sh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

– The reality of death in our lives.
– Allah addressing the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: You will die.
– Allah ﷻ says: Every soul shall taste death and unto Him you will return. Surah Ankabut (29):57
– The death that you are fleeing from will reach and meet you.
– Narrations reflecting upon the true reality of death.
– No one knows their appointed time but the time of death will not be delayed.
– Ayāt describing how souls are taken at the time of death.
– Hadīth: Remember abundantly the destroyer of pleasure.
– The stages of our lives: this life, the barzakh and the afterlife.
– Reflection on Surah Takāthur.
– Narration of Messenger of Allah ﷺ crying, making the ground wet, admonishing the companions at a funeral, describes what occurs when the deceased is carried and what is said by the righteous and wicked soul.
– The creation hears the anguish of those who are being buried and are in the graves; if mankind were to hear it, the Messenger ﷺ feared that nobody will come to bury their deceased.


Death Is Indeed a Calamity and Its Neglect Is a Greater Disaster By Abu Idrees 260925

Envy Consumes Good Deeds Just as Fire Consumes Wood - Abdul Hakeem Mitchell

Covered in this lesson:

- Conclusion of answer to question 76 regarding the angels.

- Question 77. What is the evidence of having faith in the Books?  – and its answer.

- Question 78. Have all the names of the Books been mentioned in the Qur'ān?  – and its answer.

- Question 79. What is the meaning of having faith in the Books of Allāh, The Mighty, The Majestic?  – and its answer.

Signposts of the Propagated Sunnah - Lesson 39

• Paradise is surrounded by that which entails difficulty and struggle.

• What are the desires that surround the Hellfire?

• Ibn al-Qayyim: It is essential to oppose one’s lowly desires, and to avoid the people of desires and disobedience.

• Only a small minority of people are not heedless of the remembrance of Allāh.

• The causes and roots of evil.

• How does one attain Paradise?

• What leads a person to fall into the Hellfire?

• There are only two eternal abodes — Paradise and the Hellfire. Which one do you desire, and for which are you striving?

• When Jibreel saw Paradise and the Hellfire.

• A profound parable explaining why people fall into sin.

• Eemān (faith) wears away — beg Allāh to renew your Eemān.

• How does one hold themselves to account?

• The tears of 'Alī (may Allāh be pleased with him).

• The two causes of deviation.

• The key to Paradise.

• For whom is the good and blessed end?

• The harmful and corrupting influence of music.

• Who are those truly endowed with intelligence?

• Do not think of your sins as insignificant.

• Shaytān desires nothing more than that you cease repenting.



Paradise is surrounded by hardships and Hellfire is surrounded by temptations

A talk delivered in Tower Hamlets by Ustādh Abu ‘Inaayah Seif on 18/10/25. Follow @DawahTH on Twitter for updates on more lessons and lectures.

“If you Avoid the Great Sins Which you are Forbidden to do....” [Sūrah An-Nisã: 31] - By Ustādh Abu ‘Inaayah

A talk delivered in Tower Hamlets by Ustādh Abu Abdillah Zubair on 18/10/25. Follow @DawahTH on Twitter for updates on more lessons and lectures.

“The Anger of Allāh and Sin” - By Ustādh Abu Abdillah Zubair

The Importance of Seeking Knowledge and Returning to the Scholars - Shaykh ‘Abbās al-Jawna al-‘Adanī

This Knowledge Is Religion, So Consider From Whom You Take Your Religion | Abu Ukkashah Abdul-Hakeem

[Lesson 10 | 25/10/2025] 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 covered during this lesson:

- Recap of the previous lesson.

- The levels of إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ in terms of knowledge and action.

- The five levels regarding knowledge of Allāh.

- The two levels regarding knowledge of His religion.

- The three basic elements necessary to be from the people of Paradise.

- The two levels that relate to action.

- The description of al-Asḥāb al-Yamīn.

- The description of al-Sābiqūn al-Muqarrabūn.

- The elevated level of ‘ubūdiyyah of a special group from al-Sābiqūn al-Muqarrabūn.

- Fifteen principles regarding ‘Ubūdiyyah.

- The categorisation of these principles.

- The five rulings as it relates to worship.

- ‘Ubūdiyyah of the heart.

- Acts of worship that are wājib upon the heart.

- The two levels/objectives of the niyyah.

- The necessity of establishing ‘ubūdiyyah in the heart.

- The muḥarramāt upon the heart, and its types.

- The reason these prohibited affairs arise in the heart.

- The levels of shahwah, and their rulings.

- ‘Ubūdiyyah of the tongue.

- Examples of wājib, mustaḥab, ḥarām and makrūh affairs related to the tongue.

- The difference of opinion amongst the Salaf regarding mubāḥ speech.

- How the tongue is different from all other limbs.

- ‘Ubūdiyyah of the limbs.

- The categorisation of these acts of worship as it relates to the five senses.

- The foundational principles present in Sūrah al-Fātiḥah.

- The stages of إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ by which the heart travels in its journey to Allāh (سبحانه وتعالى).

- 1. al-Yaqẓah .(اليقظة)

- The definition of .اليقظة

- The disturbance of the heart that is necessary in order to embark upon one’s journey.

- 2. al-‘Azm (العزم).

- The meaning of العزم.

- 3. al-Fikrah (الفكرة).

- The meaning of الفكرة.

- The absolute sufficiency of the guidance present in the Qur’ān.

- Caution against getting drawn into the social sciences and ideas of the kuffār as it relates to the genre of self-help, self-improvement, how to be successful etc.


They Never Made A Just Estimate Of Alla As Is Due To Him by Abu Umar Farooq

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