Lesson 28 | 26/06/2025: Usūl us-Sunnah of Imām Ahmad – by Abu Ukkāshah ‘Abdul-Ḥakīm. Lesson series at Tower Hamlets, East London, UK.

28 Usūl us-Sunnah of Imām Ahmad by Abu Ukkāshah ‘Abdul-Ḥakīm (26/06/2025)

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

Taʿaṣṣub (Bigotry) and the Rejection of Truth 2/2 - Muḥammad Amīn al-Jazāʿrī

Based on the works of al-ʿAllāmah ʿUbayd al-Jābirī. From the 2025 Canadian National Summer Conference at Masjid al-Furqān (TROID), 2025/07/27-29.

Providing Relief Through Clarifying the Truth in Times of Differing 2/2 - Uways al-Ṭawīl

Kitāb At-Tawheed: The Prohibition of saying, "My Slave..." & Asking in the Name of Allah...

Kashiff Khan—Points 12-16—09.08.25—Summer Conference 2025

PART 2

- Accepting evidences upon their apparent meanings.
- How Ahlul-Bid’ah give precedence to their intellect over the texts.
- Imām ash-Shāṭibī (رحمه الله) on those who rely on the Qur’ān and Sunnah vs those who rely on their intellects. 
- As-Safārīnī (رحمه الله) on the one who tries to understand ‘aqīdah with his intellect.
- Ibrāhīm’s (عليه السلام) affirmation of the existence of Jannah.
- The Bridge [over Hellfire] is real and true.
- Shaykh as-Sa’dī (رحمه الله) on the āyah, “There is not one of you but will pass over it (Hell); this is with your Lord; a Decree which must be accomplished.” [Sūrah Maryam 19:71]
- The different opinions regarding what is intended by wurūd. 
- The two types of ṣirāṭ.
- The Scale [on Judgement Day] is real—it has two pans. The weighing of the good and evil deeds of the servants is true and real.
- Affirmation of this in the Qur’ān.
- Those whose deeds will be weighed and those for whom there will be no weighing. 
- Proof for the three things that will be weighed.
- Clarifying what is intended by ikhtilāf and refuting the claim of Ahlul-Bid’ah that the Ṣaḥābah differed in affairs of ‘aqīdah.
- The Lake that our Prophet ﷺ has been honoured with is true and real.
- The reason some of Ahlul-Bid’ah deny the Lake of the Prophet ﷺ. 
- Description of the Lake of the Prophet ﷺ.
- The intercession [on the Day of Resurrection] is true—and it is true that the people who worshipped none but Allāh will be taken out of the Fire due to the intercession.
- The three meanings of shafā’ah according to the language, ‘urf and sharī’ah.
- Explanation of ash-Shafā’atul-Manfiyyah and ash-Shafā’atul-Muthbitah.
- The two types of intercession established in the religion. 
- The three categories of people as it relates to their belief in the intercession.
- The conditions for intercession to be accepted.  
- The three categories of Muwaḥḥidīn. 



Questions:
1. When a person enters Islām, are the good deeds he did before Islām counted?
2. A brother’s parents say he is not at the age of going to conferences to gain knowledge. What advice would you give to both him and his parents?
3. Some people kiss their thumbs and wipe their eyes during the shahādah in the adhān. We know this is a bid’ah but what is the evidence for this?
4. If a person engages in ribā to gain a degree, would money earned from using the degree be ḥarām?
5. Question regarding ḥadīth al-biṭāqah. 
6. How do we advise those who have doubt regarding the sun’s orbit around the earth even after the evidence is shown to them?
7. Does saying statements such as ‘what the hell’ take a person out of the fold of Islām?

6 Points 12 to 16 By Shaykh Abu Hafsah Kashiff Khan

Shaykh ‘Abdulilah—Points 17-22—09.08.25—Summer Conference. 

PART 2

- Those who commit major sins are subject to the Will of Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic. We do not declare those who face the qiblah (in prayer) to be unbelievers due to their sins—and we entrust what is concealed of their affairs to Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic.
- Proof that all of the Prophets and Messengers (عليهم السلام) warned against shirk.
- The destructive nature of shirk. 
- That which will give us security and guidance.
- The great station of the ‘ulamā’. 
- How the ‘ulamā’ considered the Khawārij.
- The levels of īmān and kufr.
- Proof that the Qur’ān is the Speech of Allāh and is not created.
- A lesson from Abān b. ‘Uthmān b. ‘Affān and ‘Abdullāh b. ‘Umar (رضى الله عنهم) on how to respond to the innovators. 
- The danger of speaking about the affair of takfīr without knowledge.
- A ḥadīth that illustrates tasfiyah and tarbiyah. 
- Establishing the proof and not rushing to make takfīr.
- Clarification from Shaykh Muḥammad b. ‘Abdul-Wahhāb (رحمه الله) regarding the claims that he unjustly makes takfīr of the Muslims.
- The conditions for declaring a person to be a kāfir.
- Rebuke of the Khawārij.
- Jihād vs fasād.
- Sayyid Quṭb’s blanket takfīr of the ummah, and how the scholars combat this deviant ideology.
- The takfīrīs’ revilement of the scholars.
- A ḥadīth that is glad tidings for Ahlus-Sunnah.
- Warning against debating with innovators and giving them the opportunity to be famous and spread their doubts.
- The humiliation and destruction of falling into sins. 
- The believer vs the hypocrite regarding how they see their sins. 
- The misguidance of adding a fourth category to Tawḥīd. 
- Clarification that the three categories of Tawḥīd are directly derived from the Qur’ān and is not a matter of ijtihād.
- Examples from the Sunnah of not changing an evil if it will lead to a greater evil.
- The chaos created by not following this principle.
- How ‘izzah is attained.
- Refuting bid’ah and establishing the Sunnah upon justice.
- Glad tidings to those who adhere to this blessed path. 


8 Points 17 to 22 By Shaykh Abdulilah Lahmami

Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl—Points 28-32—10.08.25—Summer Conference 2025

—PART ONE—

- The people are considered as believers as far as the [Sharī’ah] regulations and inheritance are concerned—and we do not know their true state in front of Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic. 
- What is intended by this statement, and evidence for it from the Sunnah. 
- So, whoever claims that he is truly a believer is an innovator. And whoever claims that he is a believer in the sight of Allāh, then he is from the liars. And whoever states that he is truly a believer in Allāh, then he is correct.
- The issue of al-Istithnā, its meaning, and the first group to delve into it.
- ‘Abdur-Raḥmān b. Mahdī (رحمه الله) on the foundation of irjā. 
- The reason the scholars disliked that one should be asked if he is a believer. 
- The innovated answer to this question. 
- Reasons why the Salaf emphasised al-Istithnā’.
- Al-Īmān al-Muṭlaq.
- The balanced nature of the Salafī manhaj. 
- The blameworthiness of commending yourself and deeming your soul to be purified. 
- Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (رحمه الله) on the āyah, “So do not praise and ascribe purity to yourselves…” [Sūrah an-Najm 53:32]
- Clarification that al-Istithnā’ is not due to doubt. 
- Evidence from the Qur’ān and Sunnah for al-Istithnā’.
- Clarification that al-Istithnā’ is regarding (the acceptance of) one’s actions, not regarding belief in the foundations of īmān. 
- Wordings used by the scholars as it relates to the affair of īmān, and responses to the question, ‘Are you a believer?’
- The Murji’ah are misguided innovators.
- The manhaj of prophethood in warning against bid’ah and deviant groups.
- Abū Kilābah (رحمه الله) on the consequences of sitting and debating with the people of desires. 
- The emergence and progression of bid’ah.
- The linguistic and religious definition of irjā. 
- Offshoots of the Murji’ah and how they define īmān. 
- 1. al-Jahmiyyah 
- 2. al-Karrāmiyyah
- 3. al-Mu’tazilah
- 4. al-Ashā’irah
- 5. Murji’atul-Fuqahā
- How Sūrah al-Anfāl, verses 2-4, the ḥadīth on the branches of īmān and Sūrah al-Mu’minūn, verses 1-9 dismantle the ‘aqīdah of the Murji’ah.
- The Qadariyyah are misguided innovators—and whoever amongst them denies that Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic, knows what is to occur before it takes place is an unbeliever. 
- The emergence of the Qadariyyah.
- The two groups of the Qadariyyah and their beliefs: Jahmiyatul-Jabariyyah and Mu’tazilatul-Qadariyyah.
- An āyah that refutes the Jabariyyah. 
- Two general categories of actions of the servant, and a ḥadīth that illustrates both. 
- Shaykh ‘Uthaymīn’s (رحمه الله) response to someone who asked if the servant is compelled or has a choice in carrying out actions. 
- Refutation of Mu’tazilatul-Qadariyyah from the Qur’ān. 
- The wretchedness and contradictions of Ahlul-Bid’ah. 
- “Do they not then consider the Qur’ān carefully? Had it been from other than Allāh, they would surely have found therein much contradictions.” [Sūrah an-Nisā’ 4:82]
- Yaḥyā b. Sa’īd al-Qaṭṭān (رحمه الله) on his certainty that the Qadariyyah are kuffār. 
- Imām Aḥmad (رحمه الله) on the ruling of the Qadariyyah.

11 Points 28 to 32 By Shaykh Uways Taweel

Uways aṭ-Ṭawīl—Points 28-32—10.08.25—Summer Conference 2025

—PART TWO—

- Fruits of īmān in al-Qadar, with proof from the Qur’ān and Sunnah.
- 1. Being pleased and having certainty that you will get something better
- 2. Expansion of the heart/tranquility
- 3. Patience
- 4. Contentment
- 5. Not having regret over what has missed you
- The Jahmiyyah are unbelievers.
- The figureheads of the Jahmiyyah.
- The isnād of misguidance for the ‘aqīdah of the Jahmiyyah, which goes back to Labīd b. al-A’ṣam, the Jew who performed magic on the Messenger ﷺ. 
- Beliefs of the Jahmiyyah. 
- Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) on the first to negate all of Allāh’s Names and Attributes.
- Textual and intellectual refutation of their doubt that affirming Allāh’s Names necessitates associating partners with Him.
- Their negation that Allāh loves the servants and the servants love Allāh.
- Textual and intellectual refutation of their claim that affirming Allāh’s Attributes is making Him like the creation. 
- Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) on their three jīms of deviation.
- The angle by which the ‘ulamā deem the Jahmiyyah to be kuffār.
- Their agreement with the Khawārij.
- Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn ‘Uthaymīn (رحمهم الله) on the three categories of Jahmiyyah and the rulings upon them. 
- The Rāfiḍah rejected Islām.
- The linguistic meaning of rafḍ, and its meaning in the books of ‘Aqīdah.
- The two groups of the Shī’ah.
- Deviant beliefs of the Rāfiḍah, quoted from their books.
- Refutation of their claims from the Qur’ān, Sunnah and statements of the scholars.
- The claims:
- 1. The people are slaves to their imāms. 
- 2. ‘Ali b. Abī Ṭālib (رضى الله عنه) and other imāms know the unseen.
- 3. ‘Ali b. Abī Ṭālib is given Rūbūbiyyah explicitly.
- 4. Their imāms are the faces and eyes of Allāh in His creation.
- 5. All of the Companions apostated after the death of the Messenger ﷺ except for four.

12 Points 28 to 32 By Shaykh Uways Taweel

Abū Iyad—Points 33-36—Summer Conference 2025


- The Khawārij shoot out of Islām.
- The meaning of murrāq, and its basis in the Sunnah.
- The two types of khurūj. 
- The matter all of the Khawārij unite upon. 
- The position of Shaykh Ibn Bāz (رحمه الله) regarding the Khawārij. 
- Names and descriptions of the Khawārij. 
- The two categories of the Khawārij (leaders and followers). 
- The motivation of the Khawārij and the excuse they use to cover their real objective. 
- The two types of Khawārij (al-Muḥāribah and al-Qā’idiyyah).
- The two types of Muhāribah, examples of such groups, and how they are to be dealt with by the ruler. 
- The type of debate/argumentation that is permitted in the Sunnah. 
- The reason for the harsh punishment prescribed for the Khawārij.
- Their evil views on Muslim societies.
- The issue of debating with the Khawārij.
- Characteristics of the Qā’idiyyah, how they are to be dealt with, and the spring of this ideology in the modern era. 
- Whoever claims that the Qur’ān is created is an unbeliever with the unbelief that removes him from the religion—and whoever doubts the unbelief of such a person from those who understand this matter, then he too is an unbeliever.
- What is necessitated by the claim that the Qur’ān is created.
- The ruling on the different groups and their positions regarding the Qur’ān. 
- Whoever doubts in the Speech of Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic, and withholds regarding it due to doubt, saying, “I do not know whether it is created or not created”, such a person is a Jahmī. As for the one who withholds in the affair of the Qur’ān out of ignorance, then he is taught and accused of innovation [for withholding] but he is not declared to be an unbeliever.
- The reason for these classifications. 
- Schemes employed by Ahlul-Bid’ah to create doubts and spread their poisonous ideologies. 
- The reason for the revelation of the āyah, “O you who have believed, say not [to Allāh 's Messenger ﷺ], ‘Rā’inā’ but say, ‘Unẓurnā’, and listen. And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment.” [Sūrah al-Baqarah 2:104]
- Proof that the voice and the Qur’ān are two different things.
- The tawfīq given to the scholars by Allāh to recognise and close the doors to misguidance.
- How deviants play games in order to avoid clearly stating their positions.
- The importance of returning to the books of the Salaf and the imāms of Ahlus-Sunnah in every era.

13 Points 33 to 36 By Shaykh Abu Iyaad

Lesson 31 | 24/07/2025: Usūl us-Sunnah of Imām Ahmad – by Abu Ukkāshah ‘Abdul-Ḥakīm. Lesson series at Tower Hamlets, East London, UK.

31 Usūl us-Sunnah of Imām Ahmad by Abu Ukkāshah ‘Abdul-Ḥakīm (24/07/2025)

●The importance of learning the 'Aqeedah (correct belief).

●Biography of the author.

●Being pleased and content with the Decree of Allāh.

●Eemān (faith) is speech, action and intention.

●Eemān: it increases with obedience and decreases with disobedience.

●Belief in the Pre-Decree, the good of it and the bad of it.

Q&A

●What are the recommended books on manners?

●Advice for one who is beginning their path in pursuit of knowledge of the religion.

●An advice to Markaz Anas bin Maalik in Brisbane, Australia.


12 Points 28 to 32 By Shaykh Uways Taweel

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