Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

Lesson 6 - Kitāb aṭ-Ṭahārah from ‘Umdatul-Aḥkām (03.08.2025)

- The importance of the people of knowledge clarifying this newly invented matter that has been attributed to Islām. 
- The history of celebrating the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ.
- The intention one should have when reasoning with those who celebrate the mawlid.
- Points of benefit taken from a debate between Shaykh al-Albānī (رحمه الله) and an individual regarding the mawlid. 
- Is celebrating the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ a good thing or a bad thing?
- Was the Messenger ﷺ and his Companions (رضى الله عنهم) ignorant of this good you claim to know?
- Textual proof to show that this is impossible. 
- Statements from Imām Mālik and Imām ash-Shawkānī (رحمهما الله) on the implications of attributing an innovation to the dīn and deeming it to be good. 
- The obligation of taking the understanding of the dīn from the Companions of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- The importance of protecting the pure Sunnah from those who want to pollute it with innovations. 
- Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) on the manner in which an innovation first appears, and the consequences of not extinguishing it at its inception.
- Doubts/arguments brought by those who celebrate the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ and how to answer them: 
- 1. Celebrating the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ is not an innovation but is a sunnah ḥasanah/bid’ah ḥasanah. 
- What they cite as proof. 
- The story behind the usage of the terms sunnah ḥasanah/bid’ah ḥasanah. 
- The impossibility of there being any contradiction in the statements of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- The meaning of sunnah ḥasanah. 
- The correct understanding of the statement attributed to ‘Abdullāh b. Mas’ūd (رضى الله عنه), “What the Muslims see to be good, that is good with Allāh.”
- 2. If the mawlid is an innovation, then why is it accepted and celebrated by so many people across the world?
- Clarification that numbers are never a proof.
- “And if you obey most of those on earth, they will mislead you far away from Allāh's Path.” [Sūrah al-An’ām 6:116]
- 3. All we do in our gatherings is remember the Messenger ﷺ, make dhikr of Allāh, study the Sīrah and recite the Qur’ān. Are these things prohibited/incorrect?
- The problem of singling out one day to carry out these actions. 
- Loving and remembering the Messenger ﷺ throughout the year.
- 4. The dream regarding the lightening of Abū Lahab’s punishment due to him being happy with the birth of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- Clarification that there is nothing authentically documented regarding this narration/dream. 
- The only dreams taken as proof. 
- Distinguishing between a natural occurrence and taking something as an act of worship.
- 5. The Christians respect ‘Īsā (عليه السلام) and celebrate his birthday, and our Messenger is better than him so it is more deserving that we celebrate his birthday ﷺ. 
- The Christians are not to be followed in their kufr and misguidance. 
- 6. Blessings necessitate that we are thankful to Allāh. 
- Their misapplication of this principle.
- Their incorrect use of the ḥadīth regarding the reason for fasting the Day of ‘Āshūrā. 
- The correct way to thank Allāh for sending the Messenger ﷺ. 
7. The Messenger ﷺ would fast on Mondays because it was the day he was born. 
- Clarification that the Messenger ﷺ would fast on Mondays and Thursdays throughout the year. 
- The Messenger ﷺ and his Companions never took it as a day of celebration or instructed us to do so. 
- 8. Rejoicing and being happy with the birth of the Messenger ﷺ is required, with a clear proof from the Qur’ān. 
- Their incorrect tafsīr of the verse, “Say, ‘In the bounty of Allāh and in His mercy - in that let them rejoice’” [Sūrah Yūnus 10:58]. 
- The correct explanation of this verse. 
- How to counter the arguments/claims of Ahlul-Bid’ah. 
- Three things that are necessitated when a person celebrates the birthday of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- An example of the shirk present in the Burdah of al-Būṣayrī. 
- The du’ā of Ibn al-Jawzī (رحمه الله) for those upon misguidance. 

Refuting The Doubts Used To Celebrate The Birthday of The Prophet By Abu Idrees

●To believe in Allāh's lofty attributes.

●Four important principles regarding the belief in Allāh's beautiful names and lofty attributes. 

●Some of the lofty attributes of our Lord.

●The belief of the questioning in the grave and its trials.

●The belief in the Lake of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.

●The belief in the intercession of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم on the Day of Resurrection. 

●The belief in the scales on the Day of Judgement.


Q&A

●Clarifying a doubt regarding a hadeeth which clearly illustrates that Allāh is above the heavens.


Lesson Three The 'Aqeedah of Imām ibn Qudamah al-Maqdasī (d.620AH) رحمه الله

[10/09/2025] The Conditions, Pillars & Requirements of the Prayer

The Pillars of the Prayer are Fourteen.

The main point covered in this lesson:

Recap on the previous lessons:

– Conditions of the prayer
– Conditions of Wudū’
– Nullifiers of Wudū’
– The pillars of the prayer
– Explanation of at-Tahiyyāt continued.
– Sending Salām upon the Prophet ﷺ

– As-salām ‘alaina was ‘ala ‘Ibādullah as-Sāliheen.
– Making Du’ā that Allah’s mercy be upon the Prophet ﷺ as he is in need of that mercy.
– Allah عز وجل is not in need of anything.
– Worship is strictly for Allah alone.
– Making du’ā for the righteous individuals includes the righteous from mankind and the Jinn.
– The danger of calling upon other than Allah, like those who worship the graves.
– The angels seek forgiveness for the person.
– Sending blessings upon Muhammad ﷺ and his family.
– The minimum that needs to be recited in the at-Tahiyyāt that would necessitate fulfilling the pillar.
– Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه narrates that the Prophet ﷺ said: Seek refuge in the four greatest trials within the prayer.
1. Punishment of the grave
2. Punishment of the hellfire
3. Trials and tribulations of this life and death
4. Trials and tribulations of the one-eyed Dajjāl.
– Some of the scholars differ on whether this dua is an obligation or just recommended.
– The dua that the Prophet ﷺ taught Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه to say in the prayer.
– Seeking refuge in the feebleness of old age.
– The completion of the Tashahhud.
– Questions:

– A clarification regarding the angels seeking forgiveness for the Prophet ﷺ
– The permissibility of asking a sister for their wali’s number.
– A question regarding parents disliking their son walking a long distance to Jumu’ah.
– A clarification regarding a dua mentioned during today’s lesson.
– Is the Salāh Al-Ibrāhimiyyah included in the Tashahhud?
– Why does Allah عز وجل use ‘We’ when He is referring to Himself?
– Is the sitting of Tawarruk done only for the prayers that are 3 and 4 units?

31 Conditions Pillars and Obligations of the Prayer By Abu Idrees

●Further explanation of the description of the Lake of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and those who will be forbidden from drinking from it.

●The various types of intercession on the Day of Judgement. 

●What will be weighed on the scales on the Day of Judgement?

●The belief in the bridge over the Hellfire.

●The belief in the blowing of the Horn.

●The belief in the Resurrection.

●The belief in Paradise and Hellfire. 

●The creation of the father of mankind- Ādam (peace be upon him)

●Ibrāheem (peace be upon him) is the khaleel of Allāh, what is the meaning of khaleel?

●The belief that Allāh spoke to Mūsā (peace be upon him) directly. 

●The belief that Allāh will speak to us directly in the Hereafter. 

●The belief of the Night Journey of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

●Allāh will only be seen in the hereafter, not in this life.

●The belief of the scholars of the Sunnah that hearing and obeying the ruler is an obligation. 


●The belief of the people of Sunnah that Jihād is behind the ruler.

●The best of the generations are the first three generations.

●Q & A

●How to interact with non-Muslim parents.

●What is a weak hadeeth?

●Yāsir Qādhi and some of his misguidances.

●I work in a homeless hostel and have been asked by my manager to give them clean needles for drug taking, is this allowed?


Lesson Four The 'Aqeedah of Imām ibn Qudamah al-Maqdasī (d.620AH) رحمه الله

The Status of Patience by Ustadh Skander - Jumuah Khutbah 12/09/25

From the 2025 Canadian National Summer Conference at Masjid al-Furqān (TROID), 2025/07/27-29.

Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī’ al-Madkhalī’s Advice to the Students of Knowledge - Abū Khadījah

📚 The Three Fundamental Principles & The Conditions, Pillars & Obligations of The Prayer

By Shaykh ul-Islam Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Abdil-Wahhab (رحمه الله)

Read by Ustadh Abdul Rahman Mawsili (حفظه الله)

Delivered on:
13th Sep 2025

L1 The Three Fundamental Principles & The Conditions of The Prayer - Ustadh Abdul Rahman Mawsili

Shaykh Nizār gives closing remarks to the 2025 Canadian National Summer Conference at Masjid al-Furqān (TROID), 2025/07/27-29. He speaks of the strength of the daʿwah, its growth and positivity, and the need to remain steadfast upon it.

Remain Steadfast upon Calling to the Truth - Nizār ibn Hāshim al-Sudānī

[Lesson Nine | 13/09/2025] 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 lesson.
- The four categories of people as it relates to the actualisation of ‘ibādah and isti’ānah:
- 1. Those who worship Allāh (‘ibādah) and seek His aid (isti’ānah) in doing so. 
- The most excellent and beneficial type of supplication to Allāh. 
- The greatest of gifts a person can be granted. 
- An observation by Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) regarding the thing that all of the reported supplications revolve around. 
- Ibn Taymiyyah’s (رحمه الله) reflection on what he found to be the most beneficial supplication. 
- 2. Those who turn away from worshipping Allāh and seeking His aid.
- The reason they ask of Allāh, if they were to do so. 
- Proof that Allāh gives to even the one most hated to Him. 
- The one who is made distant from Allāh. 
- Clarification that Allāh’s responding and giving or not responding and withholding has no connection to the honour or disgrace of a servant. 
- The importance of istikhārah. 
- “As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): ‘My Lord has honoured me.’ But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: ‘My Lord has humiliated me!’” [Sūrah al-Fajr 89:15-16]
- True honour, and the sign of true humiliation. 
- 3. Those who worship Allāh but do not seek His aid in establishing that worship. 
- The two groups of people within this category:
- 3.1. The Qadariyyah/Mu’tazilah
- How their deviant belief that man creates his own actions prevents them from seeking Allāh’s aid in worship. 
- 3.2. The Jabariyyah
- What is necessitated by their belief, and how it impairs their worship. 
- Practical examples that highlight how an incorrect belief can be detrimental to a person’s worship and nearness to Allāh. 
- The meaning of Tawakkul, and a similitude that captures the manner in which the servant should depend upon his Lord. 
- “And whosoever puts his trust in Allāh, then He will suffice him.” [Sūrah aṭ-Ṭalāq 65:3]
- 4. Those who seek Allāh’s aid (in order to achieve their worldly objectives) but do not worship Him. 
- Affairs given to both the righteous and sinful. 
- The most ignorant and distant people from knowing Allāh and His religion. 
- The two foundational principles required to actualise إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ. 
- The four categories of people in regard to these two foundations:
- 1. Those who combine ikhlāṣ and mutāba’ah. 
- Affairs that are not from sincerity. 
- A beautiful similitude regarding how the people of ikhlāṣ and mutāba’ah view those around them. 
- Fuḍayl b. ‘Iyāḍ (رحمه الله) on the meaning of, “Who has created death and life, that He may test you which of you is best in deed.” [Sūrah al-Mulk 67:2]
- “So whoever hopes for the Meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord." [Sūrah al-Kahf 18:110]

For the full notes visit: https://www.salafisounds.com/nine-madarij-al-salikin-abu-iyaad/



L1 The Three Fundamental Principles & The Conditions of The Prayer - Ustadh Abdul Rahman Mawsili

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