Jumu'ah Khutbah  18/07/2025 The perils of the tongue

[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

[17/07/2025] [Lesson Two] Some of What Ahl al-‘Ilm Have Mentioned Regarding the Great Scholar Shaykh Rabī’ b. Hādī al-Madkhalī (رحمه الله) - By Shaykh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. 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’ [cont’d].

- Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azīz b. Bāz granting permission to Shaykh Rabī’ to teach in his masjid shortly before he passed away (رحمهم الله).

- The praise of Shaykh Muhammad Nāsir ad-Dīn al-Albānī for Shaykh Rabī’ (رحمهم الله).

- The response of Shaykh al-Albānī when he was asked about the manhaj of Shaykh Rabī’ and Shaykh Muqbil (رحمهم الله).

- The two types of people who disparage Shaykh Rabī’ and Shaykh Muqbil.

- Shaykh al-Albānī’s praise for the books of Shaykh Rabī’ and his affirmation that Shaykh Rabī’ is rightfully the bearer of the banner of Jarh wa Ta’dīl in this era.

- Shaykh al-Albānī’s advice to Shaykh Rabī’.

- Shaykh al-Albānī’s commentary on Shaykh Rabī’s refutation of the errors of Sayyid Qutb. 

- Shaykh al-‘Uthaymīn’s response when he was asked about the books of Shaykh Rabī’ (رحمهم الله).

- The humility of Shaykh ‘Uthaymīn and the high regard he had for Shaykh Rabī’. 

- Shaykh Fawzān’s (حفظه الله) introduction to the book of Shaykh Rabī’, Manhaj al-Anbiyā’.

- Shaykh Muqbil’s (رحمه الله) praise for Shaykh Rabī’s expertise in refuting innovation and its people. 

- His advice to benefit from the books of Shaykh Rabī’. 

- The reason the ‘ulāmā’ were constantly asked about Shaykh Rabī’.

- Heavy words from Shaykh Muqbil regarding Shaykh Rabī’s knowledge of the partisan groups.

- The response of Shaykh Muqbil when he was asked to name some of the scholars of Saudi Arabia he advises to take knowledge from. 

- The response of Shaykh Ahmad an-Najmī (رحمه الله) when he was asked about a person who says he does not recognise Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī and Shaykh Rabī’ as scholars and he does not take knowledge from them. 

- His response when he was asked if Shaykh Rabī’ is his student. 

- Shaykh Ubayd’s (رحمه الله) response when he was asked if it is true that Shaykh Rabī’ disparages other scholars and callers. 


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

[18/07/2025] Al-‘Allāmah Rabee’s Legacy and his Advice to Have Taqwā of Allāh - By Shaykh Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul Wāḥid حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

- The passing away of Al-‘Allāmah Rabī’ Ibn Hādī رحمه الله.

- The teachers of this great imām.

- The greatest legacy he left behind.

- The praise of the scholars for Imām Rabī’ رحمه الله.

- The statement of al-‘Allāmah Ibn Uthaymīn.

- The statement of the muḥadith al-Albānī رحمه الله.

- The knowledge that imām Rabī’ left behind for this ummah.

- Uplifting words from Shaykh Rabī’ when he was asked for advice after the death of Shaykh Ibn Bāz, Shaykh al-Albānī, Shaykh al-‘Uthaymīn and Shaykh Muqbil (رحمهم الله).

- “There will never cease to remain within my Ummah…” [Ibn Majah].

- Who are the “aided group”?

- The reality of death and questioning within the grave.

- The advice of the Prophet ﷺ to this ummah.

- Shaykh Rabī’s frequent encouragement with love and brotherhood and warning against differing and splitting.

- Striving to reach the station of those who truly fear Allāh.

- Perfection in worship and how to strive towards that (al-Ihsān).

- The trials that the scholars encountered due to their clinging to the truth.

- The elevated level of consciousness that leads to the gift of taqwā.

- The true fruits of action upon knowledge.

- How īmān is truly established with oneself.


Al Allāmah Rabee’s Legacy and his Advice to Have Taqwā of Allāh By Shaykh Abu Khadeejah

A Khutbah delivered on t he 18th July 2025 at Markaz Ar Rahmah Colindale London on the Calamity of the Death of the Scholars

The Calamity of the Death of the Scholars (Khutbah-180725)

The Pillars of The Salafi Da'wah - Part 3

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

[01/08/2025] Part Two - Al-‘Allāmah Rabee’ Al-Madkhali on the Methodology of Giving Da’wah with Wisdom & Understanding.

- The necessity of implementing noble manners when calling to Allāh, and the result of doing so.
- A warning against causing people to flee from this da’wah.
- The accusations of those with destructive extremism. 
- The manner in which one should call to Allāh. 
- An affair that will make da’wah easier when calling the ignorant and Ahlul-Bid’ah. 
- Things the caller should refrain from at the beginning of his da’wah. 
- Examples of how to give da’wah to different groups from Ahlul-Bid’ah. 
- Shaykh Rabī’s visit to Sudan in 1392. 
- Points of advice given to the Shaykh (رحمه الله), which he accepted and implemented when giving da’wah to the people of Sudan. 
- Caution against beginning one’s da’wah with reviling the shaykh of the ignorant people. 
- The Messenger’s ﷺ instruction to Mu’ādh b. Jabal and Abū Mūsā al-Ash’arī (رضى الله عنهما) when he sent them to Yemen. 
- The necessity of the caller first practicing what he is calling the people to.
- ‘Abdullāh b. Salām’s (رضى الله عنه) thoughts after his first encounter with the Prophet ﷺ.
- The people’s joyful reception of Shaykh Rabī’s da’wah. 
- The conspiring of the heads of Sūfiyyah when they saw that the Shaykh’s da’wah was having an effect upon the people.
- Corrupt arguments by one of the heads of Sūfiyyah trying to justify the permissibility of istighāthah and other acts of worship to other than Allāh. 
- Shaykh Rabī’s address to the people after this man presented his falsehood. 
- The Sūfī’s reviling and swearing at the Shaykh (رحمه الله), and how he (Shaykh Rabī’) responded to him. 
- How the people viewed what took place between Shaykh Rabī’ and the Sūfī.
- The goal when giving da’wah. 

Questions:
1. What is your advice to an adult who looks around during the salāh?
2. How does one go about giving da’wah to those who blindly follow the madhhabs and other shaykhs, and is blind following permissible at any stage?
3. If a family member (uncle or auntie) holds beliefs like voting is kufr without restrictions and praying in masjids such as this one may invalidate their prayer, are they to be described as Ashābul-Bid’ah if the matters are clarified to them with precision and with the speech of the scholars?
4. What is the ruling of the one who is reading from the mushaf in the salāh and those who put their hands on one side covering their heart instead of placing it across the chest?
5. What is your advice to a young sister whose father would prefer for her to get married to someone in the family and she herself wants to get married to someone upon Salafiyyah? It is very difficult to reason with the father.
6. From my brothers is one who has stopped praying Fajr and he has started taking from the beard and has taken on western ideas such as the ‘law of attraction’. This morning other siblings followed him in missing the Fajr prayer despite me severely admonishing him in front of them with āyāt and hadīth. 
7. Question regarding the ruling of qaza’. 


Part 2 Al-‘Allāmah Rabee’ on the Methodology of Giving Da’wah By Abu Khadeejah

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