'Umdah Al-Ahkaam - Class #13 - Shaykh Jameel Finch

[08/09/2025]  LESSON 37: Explanation of The Three Fundamental Principles - By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله  

 Points covered in LESSON 37:

– The Text: The explanation which will make it clear is the saying of Allah, the Most High, “And remember when Ibraaheem said to his father and his people: I am totally free from everything that you worship except for the one who created me, He will guide me upon the true Religion and the way of right-guidance.” And Allah made this saying, that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah, to persist among Ibraaheem’s progeny, so that they might remember and return to obedience to their Lord, and to worshipping Him alone, and repent from their unbelief and their sins.” [Surah az-Zukhruf (43): 26-28]. And His Saying, “Say: O People of the Book, come to a word of justice between us, that we will single Allah out with all worship and will not worship anything besides Him, and will disassociate ourselves from everything that is worshipped besides Him. Nor will we take one another as Lords besides Allah by obeying one another in that which involves disobedience to Allah. So if they turn away, then say: Bear witness that we are Muslims, submitting to Allah and making our worship purely and sincerely for Him, and not worshipping anything else besides Him.’” [Surah Ali Imran (3): 64]
– Continuation of the Explanation of Shaykh Ubayd (Rahimahullah)
– Explanation of the pillars of la ilaha illallah from the ayah in Surah Zukhruf.
– The difference between asnām (idols) and awthān (trees, stones, graves) explained by Shaykh Fawzan
– The ayah is a refutation of the people of Quraysh.
– Explanation of the ayah in Surah Ali Imran.
– This ayah is a proof to show the message of the Messenger is for all of mankind.
– Clarification of our relationship with the Jews and Christians in respect to the religion and the worldly affairs.
– Refutation of the unity of religions.
– Proofs from the Qur’an showing that the only religion accepted by Allah is Islam.
– The virtues of Prophet Ibrahim alayhisalam.
– Meaning of bara’ah (freeing oneself).
– Reflection of the beauty of the Arabic language.
– The categories of guidance.
– Explanation of Shaykh Fawzan
– The three principles are connected to the three questions that will be asked in the grave.
– The various meanings of  Deen in the Arabic language.
– Explanation of the necessity of knowing Islam with proofs.
– Exhortation to seek knowledge through authentic sources and making thorough preparations to meet our Lord.


37 Explanation of the Three Principles by Abu Idrees

Advices Regarding the Issue of Plural Marriage--Raha Batts

The Methodology of the Salaf in Seeking Knowledge

02 - Masā’il Al-Jāhiliyyah - Abu Inayah

●The people of knowledge are granted a rank above others.

●The inheritance of the Prophets (peace and blessings of Allah be upon them).

●Everything seeks forgiveness for the scholars of the Sunnah — even the fish in the sea.

●The death of a scholar of the Sunnah leaves a gap that cannot be filled.

●The calamity of the death of scholars.

●How knowledge is taken away.

●The death of the scholars of the Sunnah leads people to take the ignorant as scholars.

●The importance of seeking knowledge from the scholars before they depart.

●The death of the Mufti of Saudi Arabia — Shaykh 'Abdul 'Azeez aali ash-Shaykh (may Allāh have mercy upon him).

●Those who falsely claim knowledge.

●Honouring our elders and showing mercy to our young.


Jumu'ah Khutbah 26/09/2025  The profound loss in the death of a scholar of the Sunnah.

Khutbah: Allah is Sufficient for us, and He is the Best Disposer of Affairs

• 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

[24/10/2025] Be Dutiful to Parents - By Abu 'Abdir-Raḥmān Hilāl حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.


Be Dutiful to Parents By Abu Abdir Rahman Hilal

[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.


10 Madārij As Salikīn By Abu Iyaad 25102025

• How Allāh allows His servant to be used for goodness.

• The need to beg Allāh every single day to keep us firm upon His religion until the moment we meet Him.

• Who are those whom the angels descend upon with glad tidings of Paradise at the time of death?

• Those who remain steadfast and sincere upon Allāh’s religion until their final breath will neither fear nor grieve when death approaches.

• What is the “statement of firmness”?

• Who are the ones who will remain upright when questioned in the grave?

• The supplication the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) would say most often.

• The righteous constantly fear for themselves and their deeds.

• The greatest blessing from Allāh is that He keeps you upright and firm upon His religion.

• Many people today are slipping and weakening in their practice of the religion.

• Fudālah ibn ‘Ubayd (d. 53 AH) said: If I only knew that Allāh had accepted from me a single good deed equal to a mustard seed, it would be more beloved to me than the whole world and everything in it.



Jumu'ah Khutbah 28/11/2025  From the Signs That Allāh Wants Good for You

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