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2025-01-11 - The Importance of Istighfār and its Virtues - AbdulHakeem Mitchell

The Importance of Istighfār and its Virtues - Abdul-Hakeem Ibn Mitchell

[31/01/2025] Du'ā - A Great Act of Worship Beloved to Allāh - By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

– The great status and nobility of the act of worship: Dua
– Allah تعالى says: And when My slaves ask you (O Muhammad ‎ﷺ) concerning Me, then (answer them), I am indeed near (to them by My Knowledge). I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me (without any mediator or intercessor). Surah Baqarah (2):186
– How does Allah تعالى answer the Dua?
– We must answer the call of Allah first.
– How do we answer Allah’s Call?
– The example of the Prophet Nuh عليه السلام and his call to Allah.
– The call of Prophet Ayub عليه السلام and how Allah answered his call.
– Story of Prophet Yunus عليه السلام calling to Allah and his call being answered.
– Example of Prophet Zakariyah عليه السلام calling to Allah and how He answered his call.
– The keys for dua being answered.
– Hadīth highlighting the importance of staying away from haram for dua to be answered.
– Establish the means to make sure your duas are answered.
– Be aware of sins killing the heart.
– The evil effects of the sins upon the heart, bodies and the consequences.

Dua A Great Act of Worship Beloved to Allah By Abu Idrees

Criticism is a Legislative Methodology

Points Covered:

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Introduction - Supplicating to reach Ramaḍān & Preparing for it
- The Example of Imām Mālik (رحمه الله)

• Question no.1: With the Blessed Month of Ramaḍān approaching, it is a time period of worship & obedience, so could you give us some advice and direction for this Occasion, and what is obligatory from us to stimulate & encourage ourselves with concerning Ramaḍān?
- The 3 Noble Acts of Worship that Ramaḍān entails
- The Matter of giving Zakāt, the Plots of the Shayṭān & what our Attitude should be towards Zakāt
- The Virtue of giving Charity
- Punishment concerning hoarding what is due upon a person
- The True Benefit of Fasting
- A Hadīth that mentions a couple of affairs that harm one's Fast
- How should our days be when Fasting?
- The Virtue of Standing the Night in Prayer & Tarāwīḥ 
- The Virtue of Standing with the Imām in Prayer
- What is upon the Imāms who lead the people in Tarāwīḥ prayers?
- What do find from within our Prayer?
- What is from the Pillars of the Prayer that many Masājid neglect & the Mockery some do in their Tarāwīḥ prayer?
- What is Inābah?

• Question no.2: Some of the Youth, may Allah guide them, are lazy & negligent concerning Salah both inside and outside of Ramaḍān but they fast during the month (thus bearing the hunger & thirst) whilst not praying; What do you advise them with & What is the Ruling on the Validity of their Fast?
- The Evil of Abandoning the Prayer though one may fast & give charity
- A Benefit of Prophet Ādam (عليه السلام)
- What does praying lead to?

Lesson 1 - Questions & Answers on the Rulings of Fasting by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen (02.02.2025)

Nurturing the soul: Lessons in Cultivation from Ramadan - Shaykh Anwar Wright

9th February 2025
Our Shaykh Abū Hakīm Bilāl Davis (حفظه الله) gave an enormously comforting lecture regarding the position of the believer regarding having the best thoughts for his Lord, Allāh, highlighting the great status of the acts of worship of the heart: patience, trust, reliance and much more

The following are the points covered in this lecture:
• The Believers Will be Tested and Allāh Praises Aṣ-Ṣābirīn (The Patient)
• Qadr Revolves Around Four Main Areas:
• Allāh Gave Mankind Free Will:
• The Manner in Which One Deals With Those Afflictions Dictates Whether He Will Receive The Pleasure Or The Anger Of Allāh:
• How A Believer Should Deal With Those Trials:
• Regarding The Title ‘Wakīl’:
• Wakīl And Tawwakul Go Hand in Hand:
• Meanings Encompassed Within ‘Al- Wakīl’:
• The Difference Between Trusting in Allāh and Relying Upon Allāh:
• Reliance and Trust Must Be Accompanied By Good Thoughts Of Allāh:
• Hindrances To Duʿāʾ Being Answered:
• Acceptance Of Duʿāʾ Requires The Believer To Have Certain Characteristics:
• The Importance of Firmly Understanding That Allāh is In Control of Everything:
• The Story Of The Man Who Borrowed 1000 Dinars:
• 8 Ways To Achieve Contentment With Allāh’s Decree

Have Good Thoughts of Allāh and Be Pleased With His Decree by Shaykh Abū Hakīm Bilāl Davis

Shaykh Kāshiff Khān delivers the khuṭbah at Masjid al-Furqān (2024.06.28) where he speaks about the importance of purifying the hearts and using this focus to build the foundation of a strong marital relationship. 

A precursor to the June, 2024 conference entitled: The Crumbling Infrastructure of the Modern Family with Shaykh Kāshiff Khān and Shaykh Muḥammad Amīn al-Jazāʾirī.

Strengthening the Hearts: A Foundation for a Strong Marriage

The Here-After Conference.
A touching and emotional discrption of Hellfire by Abu Idrees.

Descriptions Of The Hellfire And Its People By Abu Idrees

The Manners of Husband and Wife

Propagating the Qur'an and the Sunnah in its purest form, just as the Prophet, peace be upon him, taught and conveyed it.

Nurturing the soul: Lessons in Cultivation from Ramadan - Shaykh Anwar Wright

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