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Say (to them O Muhammad), if you truly love Allāh then follow me... [Al 'Imran 31]

[Lesson Seven | 15/06/2025] 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 lessons.
- Answering the doubt regarding Christians, Jews or even polytheists saying it was faith in Jesus [or their deity] that cured them.  
- The cure and healing specific for the people of Tawḥīd. 
- From the lofty objectives present in Sūrah al-Fātihah: The refutation of all the people of falsehood from all creeds, and the people of innovation and misguidance from this ummah.
- The two types of evidences for the above. 
- The reality of aṣ-Ṣirāṭ al-Mustaqīm (the Straight Path) and what it entails. 
- Clarification that al-Ḥaqq (the truth) is only what emanates from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. 
- The only three paths. 
- The mental struggle when we recite Sūrah al-Fātiḥah in our prayer. 
- The two types of people as it relates to affirmation of the Creator. 
- Refutation of those who deny the creator (the atheists/people of Ilḥād). 
- The reality that denying and rejecting the existence of the Creator (of the world) is equal to rejecting the existence of the world itself.
- The people of knowledge and insight vs the general people as it relates to understanding the Creator and the creation. 
- Explanation of the statement of the Messengers, “أَفِى ٱللَّهِ شَكٌّ” [Sūrah Ibrāhīm 14:10].
- Refutation of the people of Ittihād (Waḥdatul-Wujūd).
- The connection between Ilḥād and Ittiḥād. 
- The corrupt beliefs of the people of Ittiḥād and how al-Fātiḥah refutes them. 
- The reason the people of disbelief push for unity of religions and how they insidiously use environmentalism as a step to kufr. 
- The two types of people who affirm there is a Lord and He is the Creator of the world.
- Philosophical language used by the Jahmiyyah in their attempt to avoid ascribing a direction for Allāh. 
- Two angles from which al-Fātiḥah refutes the Jahmiyyah. 
- The two types of people who commit shirk [but affirm the Creator]. 
- Those who commit shirk in Allāh’s Rūbūbiyyah. 
- The belief of the Majūs and how the Qadariyyah Majūsīyah resemble them. 
- Explanation of how al-Fātiḥah refutes the Qadariyyah Majūsīyah. 
- Those who commit shirk in Allāh’s Ulūhiyyah, and how al-Fātiḥah refutes them.
- The difference between َنَعبُدُك and إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ.
- How al-Fātiḥah refutes the Jahmiyyah.
- Three ways by which we deduce evidences from the Names of Allāh.
-  How al-Fātiḥah refutes the Jabariyyah. 
- Refutation of those who negate choice or will for Allāh and say the creation exists merely through His Essence. 
- Thoughts that should come to mind while reciting Sūrah al-Fātiḥah. 


7 Madārij As Salikīn By Abu Iyaad 15062025

[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


- Question 71: The ummah today lives in a state of confusion in thoughts and ideas, especially in that which is related to the religion, and there are so many groups and Islamic sects that claim their methodology is the true Islamic methodology which is obligatory to follow such that the average Muslim is left in confusion about this affair. So what is he to follow and which of these groups is upon the truth?
- The command to be united upon Tawḥīd and following the Messenger ﷺ, and the prohibition of splitting and differing. 
- Refutation of the erroneous view of the misguided sects that calling to Tawḥīd, prohibiting shirk, demolishing shrines, warning from bid’ah and refuting the opposer will not unite the Muslims. 
- The Prophet’s ﷺ uniting and separating of the people. 
- Question 72: Is there found in the arena of da’wah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia methodologies that are in opposition to the methodology of the Salaf? It it is the case, then how are we to interact with these methodologies and the callers to those methodologies?
- The infiltration of ideologies that oppose the Sunnah and Salafiyyah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 
- A brief history of how Muḥammad Surūr b. Nāyif Zaynul-‘Ābidīn, Muḥammad al-Ghazālī (al-Jadīd) and Muḥammad Quṭb spread their evil ideologies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Muḥammad Quṭb’s influence on and connection to Safar al-Ḥawālī. 
- The corrupted beliefs of Sayyid Quṭb, and those who influenced his ideology. 
- The reason Saudi Arabia accepted Ikhāwāni political prisoners from Egypt. 
- How Usāmah b. Lādin ended up in Afghanistan, and his connection to Ayman aẓ-Ẓawāhirī. 
- The reason Shaykh Ibn Bāz (رحمه الله) issued a fatwā that Salmān al-‘Awdah and Safar al-Ḥawālī should be imprisoned.
- The interconnectivity between these figureheads of misguidance and how their network spread across the Middle East and England. 
- The war in Afghanistan, and how Usāmah b. Lādin was trained by the CIA and US military. 
- How Ahl al-Bid’ah killed Shaykh Jamāl Ar-Raḥmān al-Afghānī (رحمه الله). 
- The influence of Sayyid Quṭb upon Anwar al-‘Awlaqī. 
- The evil response of al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn to the good treatment they received in Saudi Arabia. 
- The benefit of warning against these individuals by name.
- The necessity of knowing a person’s ‘aqīdah, level of knowledge and where they studied before taking knowledge from them. 
- The cancerous effect of al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn upon the ummah. 
- How the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was established. 
- Ahl al-Ahwā’s enmity towards the Salafī da’wah and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 
- Three things they incite the youth with. 
- A warning against accepting infiltrated foreign ideas and taking from those who are not known for religion or knowledge. 
- Recalling the bounties of Allāh, being grateful for them, and caution against ingratitude. 
- The importance of reading about our past and knowing the history of those who seek to destroy the ummah and Salafiyyah. 


Questions:

1. What is your advice to students of knowledge who always talk about fitan and refutations etc?
2. Question regarding Yasir Qadhi.
3. What is your advice for a young man who wants to get married but will like to pursue studies before getting married? 
4. Advice to brothers who approach the wali of a sister for marriage but have poor manners, ask for pictures, don’t show up to meetings etc. 


L44 Beneficial Answers On Methodology By Abu Khadeejah 25062025

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

[11/07/2025] The Obligation of Censuring Falsehood and its People - By Zayd bin Khālid حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

- Aiding one another upon establishing the truth.

- Four traits that protect a person from loss, and what they entail. 

- “You are the best nation ever raised up for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allāh.” [Sūrah Āli ‘Imrān 3:110]

- How unity and victory is achieved. 

- The obligation of being united, and the basis of this unity. 

- Proof from the Qur’ān and Sunnah regarding the consequence of not enjoining the good and forbidding the evil. 

- A warning against being from those who hide the truth. 

- The example of the noble scholar ash-Shaykh al-Muḥaddith Rabī’ b. Hādī al-Madkhalī (رحمه الله) who carried out the obligation of calling to unity amongst the Muslims and refuting evil and its people. 

- Praise of the major scholars of our time for Shaykh Rabī’: statements from al-Mashaykh al-Albānī, Ibn Bāz, al-‘Uthaymīn, Muqbil, Luḥaydān and Muḥammad b. ‘Abdul-Wahhāb Marzūq al-Bannā (رحمهم الله). 

The Obligation of Censuring Falsehood and its People By Zayd bin Khālid

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. 


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