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Khutbah Masjid Ash-Shura, Norfolk, Va. 04 April 2025 | 1446

MY PEOPLE ABANDONED THIS QURAN!

Shaykh Abu Khadijah discusses the causes of weakness in the Muslim ummah and its prophecy by the Messenger (ﷺ).

A snippet from the 2008 Canada and Barbados two-part conference entitled: Holding onto Islām in Times of Fitnah.

Weakness of the Muslim Ummah Today - Abu Khadijah

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

[16/07/2025] Beneficial Answers of Imām Rabee’ Ibn Hādī al-Madkhali (رحمه الله) Regarding the Salafi Manhaj - By Shaykh Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul Wāḥid حفظه الله. Lesson at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this lesson:

- The manner in which knowledge is taken away.

- The station of the scholars of Islām and the people’s need for them.

- Proof for obedience to the scholars, and what that obedience is contingent upon.

- Imām Ahmad (رحمه الله) on the beautiful effect of the scholars upon the people and their terrible effect upon the scholars.

- ‘Umar b. ‘Abdil-‘Azīz (رحمه الله) on how knowledge vanishes. 

- Trials faced by the scholars in the Cause of Allāh.

- Remaining steadfast by returning to the affair as it was in the beginning. 

- Proof for the obligation of honouring the scholars. 

- The end result of the passing away of the scholars.

- Narrations regarding the calamity of the death of the scholars. 

- ‘Umar b. al-Khattāb (رضى الله عنه) on the severity of the death of one scholar compared to one thousand worshippers.

- The crucial role of the scholars. 

- Scholars who have died in our lifetime (رحمهم الله). 

- ‘Abdullāh b. Mas’ūd (رضى الله عنه) on how Islām will diminish from the people. 

- The response of Shaykh Rabī’ when he was asked who are the ‘ulamā’ that remain after the death of Shaykh Ibn Bāz, Shaykh al-Albānī, Shaykh al-‘Uthaymīn and Shaykh Muqbil (رحمهم الله).

- The great station of Shaykh al-Albānī.

- The du’ā of Shaykh al-Albānī for Shaykh Rabī’ and Shaykh Muqbil.

- Shaykh Rabī’s response to the question: Is it correct to say that Shaykh al-Albānī is a murjī or fell into irjā’ in the matter of īmān? 

- Shaykh Rabī’s response to the question: Does the statement of Shaykh al-Albānī, actions are a condition for the perfection of īmān and not a condition for the correctness of īmān, make him a murjī?

- Principles of the Haddādiyyah.


1 Beneficial Answers of Imām Rabee By Abu Khadeejah

As the summer holidays begin, brief words of advice for both parents and children.

Lesson 01 The Rights of Brotherhood: Introduction by Shaykh Talib Abdullah

[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. 


Desiring the Hereafter Necessitates Abstinence from the Life of the World By Abu Fudayl

Advices Regarding the Issue of Plural Marriage--Raha Batts

●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?

[27/09/2025] On That Day One Will Flee From Their Brother and Mother and Father and Wife and Children - By Sh ‘Abdulilah Lahmami حفظه الله. Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed:

- “O man, verily, you are labouring (with your deeds) towards your Lord with a sure return (to Him), and then you will meet Him (with your deeds, good or evil).” [Sūrah al-Inshiqāq 84:6]

- Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) on the destructive nature of sins. 

- “O you who have believed, fear Allāh. And let every soul look to what it has put forth for tomorrow…” [Sūrah al-Ḥashr 59:18] 

- Preparing for our inevitable meeting with Allāh.

- “(That will be) the Day a man will flee from his brother. And (from) his mother and his father. And (from) his wife and his children.” [Sūrah ‘Abasa 80:34-36]

- Statements from al-Qurtubī, as-Sa’dī and Ibn ‘Uthaymīn (رحمهم الله) explaining the reason a man will run away from his close relatives on that Day. 

- The tafsīr of Ibn ‘Abbās (رضى الله عنهما) on the aforementioned verses as it relates to the Prophets and Messengers (عليهم الصلاة والسلام). 

- The two categories of people on the Day of Judgement. 

- Refutation of the Sūfīs who claim it is allowed to seek aid from the dead. 

- The great responsibility we have towards our families.  

- Caution against matters that lead to ḥarām.  

- Living a life of Tawḥīd and Sunnah. 

- The superiority of the ākhirah over the dunyā. 

- “Thereof (the earth) We created you, and into it We shall return you, and from it We shall bring you out once again.” [Sūrah Ṭā Hā 20:55]

- Imām ash-Shawkānī (رحمه الله) on the verse, “O mankind! Be afraid of your Lord (by keeping your duty to Him and avoiding all evil), and fear a Day when no father can avail aught for his son, nor a son avail aught for his father.” [Sūrah Luqmān 31:33]

- Sincere repentance to Allāh.  

- “They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children, and his wife and his brother, and his kindred who sheltered him, and whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.” [Sūrah al-Ma’ārij 70:11-14]

- The certainty of death and the closeness of the Hour. 

- Attributes beloved to Allāh that earn His aid. 

- The necessity of giving importance to the prayer. 

- “There is none in the heavens and the earth but comes unto the Most Beneficent (Allāh) as a slave.” [Sūrah Maryam 19:93]

- The grave consequences of insincerity. 

- Resolving to make changes now and be from those who rush to do good deeds. 

- Contrasting the desire of the kuffār to live forever in this dunyā and their desperate request to be destroyed in the hellfire due to the punishment. 


On That Day One Will Flee From Their Brother and Mother and Father and Wife and Children By Abdulilah Lahmami

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