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[LESSON 38] Readings from “Beneficial Answers to Questions Regarding The Innovated Methodologies” of Ash-Shaykh Al-‘Allāmah Saliḥ Al-Fawzān حفظه الله, lessons by Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul-Wāhid حفظه الله.

- Question 59: How does a youth who is new (to studying the religion) deal with the innovators and those who carry with them destructive ideologies and misguided beliefs?
- Distinguishing between the callers to innovation and those who are ignorant. 
- The only means of rectification for the ummah.
- The obligation of keeping away from the innovators in every regard (i.e. not listening to them or reading their books).
- Understanding that large numbers are not indicative of being upon the truth.
- The obligation of clinging to the people of knowledge and baṣīrah.
- The major role of teachers, and the evil outcome of taking knowledge from an innovator.
- The bid’ah of al-Muwāzanah, and how its proponents try to infiltrate into the Salafī methodology. 
- The falsehood of the statement, a person of innovation is better than a thousand kuffār.
- Clarification of the reality that the harm of Ahlul-Bid’dah upon the Muslims and Islām is worse than that of the Jews and Christians.
- Caution against being deceived by the slip of an ‘Ālim, and the harm of praising Ahlul-Bid’ah. 
- A trait of aṭ-Ṭā’ifatul-Manṣūrah.

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[LESSON ONE] 'Umdahtul-Aḥkām: Benefits From Shaikh Ṣāliḥ bin Muḥammad Al-Luḥaydān Raḥimahullāh - The Study of Fiqh Rulings for Everyday Life – By Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul-Wāhid. Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Points covered during this lesson:

- Introduction to the explanation of ‘Umdatul-Aḥkām.
- Biography of the author: his name and ascription, notable family members, early life, and extensive travels to seek knowledge.
- The importance of following the way of the Salaf in travelling to seek knowledge and sit with the scholars.
- The reason for the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate. 
- The Translation Movement, its purpose and outcome. 
- The invasion of Baghdad by the Mongols. 
- Historical events that took place in the lifetime of Imām ‘Abdul-Ghaniy al-Maqdisī (رحمه الله):
- 1. The parallel caliphate running in Spain (al-Andalus), alongside the caliphate of Banul-‘Abbās in Baghdād. 
- 2. That which befell Egypt of drought and pestilence. 
- 3. The enormous earthquake that took place in Shām.
- 4. The shaking and wavering of the stars in the skies over Baghdād.
- Allāh’s raising of a group that is manifest upon the truth and call to it in every age, despite the turmoil taking place in the ummah.
- The need for scholars, and the effects upon society when they are few.

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[05/01/2024] Chapter: The Virtues of Ammār b. Yāsir (رضي الله عنه) – Explanation of Kitāb As-Sunnah from Sunan Ibn Mājah [Lesson 110] – By Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul-Wāhid حفظه الله.

Some points covered by Abu Khadeejah حفظه الله during this lesson:

- An overview of that which has been covered in the past lessons
- The Virtue of ‘Ammar ibn Yāsir رضي الله عنه
- Hadīth # 146
- Narration graded “weak” by Shaykh Al-Albānī رحمه الله
- Hadīth #147
- Hadīth declared “Ṣaḥīḥ” by Shaykh Al-Albānī رحمه الله
- ‘Ammar bin Yãsir described as “Ṭayyib”.
- The Characteristics of the Prophet ﷺ before he received revelation.
- Idolatry in Makkah before the coming of the Prophet ﷺ.
- The character of the Prophet ﷺ and many of his companions prior to revelation.
- The importance of upright morals and character
- The Imān of ‘Ammar bin Yāsir.
- The station of the ‘chain of narration’ (Isnād) within Islām.
- The commentary of Shaykh Al-Albānī رحمه الله upon this narration.
- A word on the narrators of this narration.

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[07/06/2024] Dhul-Ḥijjah: A Great and Tremendous Month - By Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul Wāḥid حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

- Capitalising on the seasons of goodness throughout the year. 
- Actions carried out by the pilgrims on the days of Hajj. 
- Proof from the Qur’ān and Sunnah for the great virtue of the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah. 
- An example of how the Salaf were in these ten days. 
- The legislation of men raising their voices with the dhikr of Allāh, and the manner in which women are to carry this out. 
- The takbirāt that should be said throughout the ten days. 
- The prohibition of saying the takbirāt in unison. 
- Fasting in these days. 
- The tremendous virtues of the Day of ‘Arafah. 
- Allāh’s boasting to His angels on the Day of ‘Arafah. 
- That which is legislated on the Day of ‘Arafah for those who are not performing Hajj. 
- The best supplication to be said on the Day of ‘Arafah. 
- The greatest day of the year. 
- The emphasised Sunnah of sacrificing for men and women, and some rulings regarding it. 
- Strong speech from Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn (رحمه الله) regarding sending money overseas to make the ‘Eid sacrifice.

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[LESSON TWO] Umdatul-Aḥkām: Benefits From Shaikh Ṣāliḥ bin Muḥammad Al-Luḥaydān Raḥimahullāh – The Study of Fiqh Rulings for Everyday Life – By Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul-Wāhid. Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

- Imām ‘Abdul-Ghaniy’s (رحمه الله) level of knowledge, and the qualities he was described with. 
- His waging of war against bid’ah and its people, and his expulsion from Damascus and Egypt due to that. 
- Beautiful words from Muwaffaq ad-Dīn Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī regarding al-Ḥāfiẓ ‘Abdul-Ghaniy al-Maqdisī (رحمهم الله).
- The number of aḥādīth in ‘Umdatul-Aḥkām, the reason for its authorship, and its intent. 
- A mention of some of the well-known explanations of this book.
- The importance of studying this book. 
- A mention of books that are similar to ‘Umdatul-Aḥkām.
- The ‘aqīdah of Imām ‘Abdul-Ghaniy al-Maqdisī.
- The number of books authored by Imām ‘Abdul-Ghaniy, and a mention of some of their titles. 
- The author’s introduction to the book.

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[14/06/2024] Appreciation of the Bounty of Islam Upon Us - By Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul Wāḥid حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

- Being grateful and dutiful to Allāh.  
- The blessing of Islām. 
- Allāh ordained for you the same religion as He ordained for the Prophets. 
- Opposing the guidance of the Qur’ān and Sunnah, and the way of the believers. 
- The purification of mankind. 
- That which Allāh has enjoined upon mankind. 
- The path of happiness, and avenues to bliss. 
- The performance of Hajj, and the reward therein. 
- The athkār of the Salaf within these blessed days. 
- The delusion of the corrupt ideologies. 
- From the time of Ādam عليه السلام till the day of judgement. 
- Imitation of the disbelievers. 
- The characteristics of a true believer. 
- Trials faced by Bilāl bin Rabbah رضي الله عنه.  
- Examples of the trials of some of the Ṣahābah. 
- The trails faced by the youth today. 
- The trials faced by the people of Palestine today. 
- The slaughter of the Muslims of Bosnia in the 1990s.

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[LESSON THREE] ‘Umdatul-Aḥkām: Benefits From Shaikh Ṣāliḥ bin Muḥammad Al-Luḥaydān Raḥimahullāh – The Study of Fiqh Rulings for Everyday Life – By Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul-Wāhid. Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

- The introduction of the author, and the tremendous du’ā he made for anyone who writes, hears, reads, memorises or looks into this book. 
- Chapter 1: Kitāb aṭ-Ṭahārah
- Ḥadīth #1: “Indeed, actions are only by the intention…”
- Explanation of the ḥadīth by Shaykh al-Luḥaydān (رحمه الله).
- Four aḥādīth the Islamic legal rulings revolve around. 
- The importance of building our deeds upon sincere intention and continuously taking account of our souls. 
- The evil outcome of outwardly carrying out tremendous acts without the required intention. 
- The necessity of both ikhlāṣ and mutāba’ah for our deeds to be accepted. 
- Explanation of the difference between innovation in worldly affairs and innovation in the religion. 
- Clarification regarding the adhān of ‘Uthmān (رضى الله عنه) and the compilation of the Qur’ān. 
- Actions carried out for the benefit and preservation of the religion vs innovations in the religion. 
- Clarification that acts of worship must conform to the Sunnah in their manner, time, location, type and number, with examples.  


Questions:
1. Is it permissible to wear a temporary silver cap on your tooth for beautification purposes as a man?
2. What advice do you give to the youth who embrace Salafiyyah but do not make an effort to listen to audios as they do not find them engaging?
3. Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to go to a mixed-sex university or college?
4. What is the ruling on sisters travelling without their maḥram? Some say that travelling with a group of sisters is allowed. 
5. Can you eat meat from the People of the Book in the UK, such as Mc Donalds etc?
6. Does brushing your teeth with a toothbrush have the same reward as a siwāk?
7. Is it permissible to give money to non-Muslims to assist them in burying their deceased relatives?

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LESSON FOUR: ‘Umdatul-Aḥkām: Benefits From Shaikh Ṣāliḥ bin Muḥammad Al-Luḥaydān Raḥimahullāh – The Study of Fiqh Rulings for Everyday Life – By Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul-Wāhid. Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

- Chapter 1: Kitāb aṭ-Ṭahārah
- Ḥadīth # 1: “Indeed, actions are only by the intention…” [cont’d]
- Proof that intending the love of Allāh must be accompanied by mutāba’ah.
- Statements from the scholars regarding the story of Muhājir Ummi Qays (the man who migrated to marry Umm Qays) as it relates to the ḥadīth.
- The necessity of rectifying our souls and ensuring that our deeds are in accordance to the intent of Allāh (عز وجل) and His Messenger ﷺ. 
- The reality of the one who has taqwā of Allāh and follows the Sunnah of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- Basing speech upon the intention in the heart, and being called to account according to the meaning of words.
- Safeguarding ourselves from the deception of Shayṭān as it relates to our intentions. 
- Benefits from Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn (رحمه الله) regarding one’s intention and doubts in acts of worship.
- An important principle regarding the one who has doubts about his act of worship after completing it, with examples.
- Doubt that enters during an act of worship.
- Differentiating between legitimate doubt and whisperings from Shayṭān. 
- The makhraj Allāh has given us from the whisperings of Shayṭān.
- Obeying Allāh, building actions upon certainty and not answering the doubts of Shayṭān.

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LESSON SEVEN: The Conditions, Pillars and Obligations of the Prayer – By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Lesson series at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.


- The Fourth Condition: Obligations of Wuḍū’ [cont’d].
- Explanation of Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī (رحمه الله).
- The permissibility of narrating a ḥadīth with meaning, and the condition to do so. 
- Proof from the Sunnah for the obligation of muwālah.
- Explanation of Shaykh ‘Abdul-Muḥsin (حفظه الله).
- The meaning of muwālah.
- Aḥādīth that show the obligation of muwālah. 
- The meaning of وجه الاستدلال (Wajhul-Istidlāl).
- The meaning of تسمية (Tasmiyah). 
- Explanation of Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī (رحمه الله).
- The condition that makes the tasmiyah wājib before wuḍū’.
- Discussion on whether saying Bismillāh before wuḍū is wājib or mustaḥabb. 
- The position of the jumhūr. 
- The proof utilised by those who hold the tasmiyah is obligatory. 
- The proof utilised by those who hold the tasmiyah is not obligatory. 
- Questions posed to Shaykh Ibn Bāz (رحمه الله) regarding (1) invalidating one’s wuḍū’ due to intending to sleep, (2) bringing a child to the masjid who has understanding/well-mannered but is younger than seven years old, (3) bringing a young child who is attached to their father to the masjid.

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[19/07/2024] Chapter: The Virtues of the Companions of the Messenger ﷺ [Part 24] – Explanation of Kitāb As-Sunnah from Sunan Ibn Mājah [Lesson 114] – By Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul-Wāhid حفظه الله.

Some points covered by Abu Khadeejah حفظه الله during this lesson:
- A reminder of the importance of calling upon Allāh on Yawmul-Jumu’ah in the hour before maghrib. 
- The Virtues of the Companions of the Messenger ﷺ [Part 24]
- Chapter: The Virtues of Khabbāb (رضى الله عنه)
- Ḥadīth #153. 
- The torture endured by Khabbāb and other powerless, poor Companions in Makkah.
- The reason ‘Umar honoured him (رضى الله عنهما). 
- Proof for the excellence of Khabbāb b. ‘Aratt and ‘Ammār b. Yāsir (رضى الله عنهم). 
- Honouring and giving people the rank they are deserving of due to their striving in the Cause of Allāh. 
- Chapter: The Virtues of Zayd b. Thābit (رضى الله عنه)
- Ḥadīth #154.
- Proof for the distinction of a Companion in a specific aspect of the religion. 
- The aspects of the religion in which Abū Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthmān, ‘Alī, Ubayy b. Ka’b, Mu’ādh b. Jabal, Zayd b. Thābit and Abū ‘Ubaydah b. al-Jarrah (رضى الله عنهم أجمعين) were distinguished. 
- Understanding that a Companion being specified with a particular trait does not mean that that trait is not present in the rest of the Companions. 
- Chapter: The Virtues of Abū Dharr (رضى الله عنه)
- Ḥadīth #156.
- Proof for the truthfulness of Abū Dharr and that he was far removed from lying and at-Tawriyah. 
- The meaning of التورية (at-Tawriyah). 
- An example of Sufyān ath-Thawrī (رحمه الله) using tawriyah. 
- Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) on when it is acceptable to employ tawriyyah, and the reason he prohibited utilising it if there is no need. 
- Proof that there is some scope for using indirect speech in order to avoid lies (if there is a need).
- Caution regarding continuously using tawriyah. 


Questions:
1. What is advised for parents to do when they have a newborn? Is the taḥnīk and reciting the adhān in the ear from the Sunnah?
2. Should the father do anything specific in the delivery room?
3. For the one who is memorising Sūrah al-‘Alaq, if he is repeating the āyah of prostration many times, is it upon him to make sajdah every time?
4. What is your view regarding what some of the ‘ulamā say with respect to wearing garments and sports gear made by Nike?
5. Is it allowed for women to wear what is referred to as the tikka (the jewellery Indian and Pakistani women wear on the forehead)?

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Beneficial Answers to Questions on Innovated Methodologies—By Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul Wāḥid —Lesson 41—11.12.24

- Question 62: What is Salafiyyah, and is it obligatory to proceed and act upon its methodology and hold fast to it?
- Clarification regarding the meaning of Salafiyyah, and proof for the obligation of traversing this path. 
- ‘Abdullāh b. Mas’ūd’s (رضى الله عنه) description of the Salaf and his instruction to follow them. 
- A fatwā from the Permanent Committee regarding Salafiyyah. 
- The obligation of following the scholars from the early generations (the Mutaqaddimīn). 
- Other titles that refer to the Salafiyyūn. 
- The obligation of giving precedence to the revelation over opinions and intellect. 
- The aided and victorious group in every generation. 
- Salafiyyah vs the innovated groups. 
- Question 63: There is a new thinking that has become widespread that tabdī’ is not to be made upon the one who makes apparent bid’ah up until there is established upon him the proof, and tabdī’ is not to be made until there is certainty regarding his bid’ah without referring back to the scholars, people of knowledge and the people of fatwā. So what is the Salafī methodology regarding this important matter (i.e. declaring a Muslim to be an innovator)?
- The meaning of bid’ah and proof of its prohibition.
- The manner in which sunnah and bid’ah is measured. 
- The one who does an innovated action due to ignorance. 
- The gravity of speaking about Allāh without knowledge. 
- Shaykh Rabī’ (حفظه الله) on declaring a person to be an innovator as it relates to those from the well-known sects of innovation, a person from Ahlus-Sunnah, the general people and those who are outright kuffār. 
- Question 64: Whomsoever opposes the fundamentals of the Salafī path from those who are around us and he supports the deviated methodologies and praises their founders and ideologues, is it a must that he be aligned to those he supports and praises so the people are warned and are not deceived by him and his methodology?
- Those counted amongst the people of opposition and how to deal with them. 
- Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) on the one who has good suspicion towards the opposers, and the one who says their speech can be interpreted in a way that agrees with the Sharī’ah. 
- Shaykh Bakr Abū Zayd (رحمه الله) on the one who aids and praises an innovator and spreads his books. . 


Question: How do we advise the one who opposes the Sunnah when those who do it are many in number? For example there are many who shave their beards and allow their garments to fall below their ankles. 


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- Chapter 1: Kitāb aṭ-Ṭahārah
- Ḥadīth #2: “Allāh will not accept the prayer of any of you if he has broken his wuḍū up until he performs it.”
- The two types of purification. 
- All acts of worship are tawqīfiyyah and not open to opinions. 
- “Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated. Labouring hard, exhausted. They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot, blazing fire.” [Sūrah al-Ghāshiyah 88:2-4]
- Explanation of how a person can work hard performing deeds in this world and still enter the Fire. 
- Shurūṭ (conditions) vs arkān (pillars). 
- The two states of impurity and how they are removed. 
- Examples of the ease Allāh has placed in our religion. 
- Those excused from performing ablution, and what is done in its place. 
- Performing tayammum in a hospital room. 
- Fulfilment of the āyah, “So keep your duty to Allāh and fear Him as much as you can” [Sūrah at-Taghābun 64:16]
- Commands vs prohibitions as it relates to ability. 
- “Whoever disbelieved in Allāh after his belief, except him who is forced thereto and whose heart is at rest with Faith…” [Sūrah an-Naḥl 16:106]
- The story of ‘Ammār b. Yāsir (رضى الله عنهما) who was compelled by the mushrikīn to disparage the Prophet ﷺ. 
- Whisperings that lead a person to transgress the limits, and how to combat them. 
- The wuḍū of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- The meaning of the term wuḍū, and its purpose. 
- The most complete of stations for the son of Ādam. 
- Adorning ourselves for the prayer and presenting ourselves before our Lord in the best of conditions. 
- The response of Ibn ‘Umar (رضى الله عنهما) when he saw one of his sons praying in a single garment. 
- The meaning of the āyah, “O children of Ādam, take your adornment at every masjid…” [Sūrah al-A’rāf 7:31]
- Being eager to give the prayer its due right. 


Questions
1. If a person is afflicted with siḥr and they are not 100% in their speech, actions and thought processes and they utter words of divorce to their wife, is the divorce valid/accepted?
2. If a woman is on her period can she wake up in the last third of the night and supplicate?
3. When do you make the du’ā for leaving the masjid? 
4. My mother is elderly and I am her only son. I have a good job and a spacious home where I can accommodate a wife, however, many sisters reject living with a mother-in-law. Is this attitude correct? 
5. After a lesson in the masjid can I go home and pray Maghrib and ‘Ishā together?
6. Is my dad’s uḍḥiyah enough for me and my wife if we live in the same house?
7. Is it permissible to carry out jumu’ah in a Deobandi masjid as it is closest to my work?
8. I travel from Birmingham to Wolverhampton and Dudley for work, can I combine Ẓuhr and ‘Asr and shorten them?
9. A new muslim falls into sins or bad habits and finds it difficult to carry out obligations and stay away from prohibitions. What do you advise? 
10. Is it permissible to accept a gift from someone you know has partially ḥarām earnings?
11. Question regarding intention in the prayer. 

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