11 Points 07 and 08 by Shaykh Rasheed Barbee

Points covered in LESSON 13:

The Text: Secondly: Allāh is not pleased that anyone should be made a sharer in worship along with Him, neither any Angel brought near, nor any Prophet sent as a messenger, and the proof is the saying of Allāh, the Most High: 
{And the places of worship are for Allāh alone, so do not invoke anyone along with Allāh} [Surah Al-Jinn: 18]

– Explanation of Shaykh Fawzān:
If shirk is mixed with any form of worship, then it is nullified.

– Evidence from the Qur’ān explaining the above principle.

– Worship can only be called worship except that it includes tawheed.

– Examples from the Qur’ān where Allāh commands with worship and prohibits from shirk in the same verse.

– Correct worship necessitates the disbelieving of Taghūt.

– Explanation of Shaykh Zayd al Madhkhalī: Definition of worship derived from Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah’s statement.

– Whoever directs worship to other than Allāh and brings partners to Allāh has fallen into shirk.

– Explanation: If a person falls into shirk will they be forgiven?

– Definition of Taghūt derived from Ibn al-Qayyim statement.

– Emphasis for students of knowledge to check their hearts and actions so their good actions do not get mixed with acts of shirk.

– What the Messenger of Allah ﷺ feared the most for his Ummah – minor/ lesser shirk – showing off.

– Clarification of the different situations regarding seeking Allāh’s aid and seeking aid from the creation.

– Explanation of Mufti Muhammad Ibn Ibrāhīm Aal Ash-Shaykh:

Explanation of the two categories of calling (Du’ā): Du’ā of worship and Du’ā of request.
– Explanation of Shaykh Uthaymeen:

If Allah dislikes something then the believer should dislike it too.
Jannah is unlawful for the one that dies upon shirk

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13 Explanation of the Three Principles by Abu Idrees

[Lesson 14] Explanation of The Three Fundamental Principles – By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Lesson series at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

[16/09/24]
The Third: That whoever is obedient to the Messenger ﷺ and singles out Allāh with all worship, upon Tawhīd, then it is not permissible for him to have friendship and alliance with those who oppose Allāh and His Messenger, even if they are those most closely related to him, and the proof is the saying of Allāh, the Most High: 
{You will not find a people who believe in Allāh and the Last Day loving those who oppose Allāh and His Messenger, even if they are their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their kinsfolk. Rather Allāh has decreed true Faith, for their hearts and strengthened them with proof, light and guidance from Him; and He will enter them into the gardens of Paradise beneath whose trees rivers will flow, and they will dwell therein forever. Allāh is pleased with them and they with Him. They are the Party of Allāh. Indeed the party of Allāh are the successful} [Surah Mujadilah::22]

– Principle of Wala and Bara: allegiiance/ loving/ friendship for Allāh's sake and disassociation/ turning away/ freeing oneself from those who oppose Allāh.

– Shaykh Fawzān Explanation:
Having love and allegiance isn’t permissible towards those who oppose Allāh, even if they are closely related to you.

– Explanation of how Walā and Bara follow on from Tawhīd and is from the rights of Tawhīd.

– The different meanings of the terms Al Muwala and Walā

– The Muslim restricts his love for the awliyā and they are allies for each other.

– Explanation of mutual reasoning and this occurs between Muslims

– The matters that are forbidden between a Muslim and a disbeliever, such as inheritance and guardianship

– Difference between a Wali and a Wakīl

– Linguistic definition of the word Muhadda (opposing)

– The different methods that a person can become ‘close’ to another e.g. through breastfeeding

– Clarification that you don’t cut off with family that are not Muslim; rather you safeguard your dīn accordingly

– Obligatory to have walā with believers despite the difference in race, not from your lineage etc.

– Explanation of the Ayah {You will not find a people…}

– Lines of poetry from Ibnul Qayyim related to the above.

– Example of Prophet Ibrahīm alayhis salam and how he distanced himself from his father.

– Loving the disbelievers negates true faith in Allāh and the Last Day.

– The reason for the revelation of the above verse with its particular wording.

– The different meanings of “ar-Ruh”.

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14 Explanation of the Three Principles by Abu Idrees

[Lesson 15] Explanation of The Three Fundamental Principles – By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Lesson series at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Points covered:

The Third: That whoever is obedient to the Messenger ﷺ and singles out Allāh with all worship, upon Tawhīd, then it is not permissible for him to have friendship and alliance with those who oppose Allāh and His Messenger, even if they are those most closely related to him, and the proof is the saying of Allāh, the Most High: You will not find a people who believe in Allāh and the Last Day loving those who oppose Allāh and His Messenger, even if they are their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their kinsfolk. Rather Allah has decreed true Faith, for their hearts and strengthened them with proof, light and guidance from Him; and He will enter them into the gardens of Paradise beneath whose trees rivers will flow, and they will dwell therein forever. Allāh is pleased with them and they with Him. They are the Party of Allāh. Indeed the party of Allah are the successful. (Surah Mujadilah: (58):22)

Shaykh Fawzan’s Explanation of this point 

– Recap of the different meanings of “Ruḥ”

– Linguistic meaning of “Jannah”

– The description of Jannah and the reason for its name

– The reality of Jannah for the Believers – there will be no fear nor concerns for them

– Explanation of “…Allāh is pleased with them and they with Him…”

– Important point: what you trade for Allāh’s sake, is never lost

– Definition of the Party of Allāh “Hizbullah” and the Party of Shaytan “Hizbushaytan”

– How to be from the Party of Allāh and not from the Party of Shaytan

– Clarification of how to have the correct understanding of Wala and Barā, specifically in how we disassociate ourselves from the disbelievers

– List of points on how we should interact and behave with the disbelievers:
• Calling them to Islam - The importance and the reward of calling disbelievers to Islam
• ⁠Permissibility of negotiating peace treaties
• ⁠It is obligatory for the child to be dutiful to disbelieving parents
• ⁠Permissibility of trade and exchange with disbelievers

– Discussion of boycotting as a means of aiding the Muslims and harming the disbelievers

– List of permissible dealings with the disbelievers specifically the People of the Book:

• Marrying their women (with conditions)
• ⁠Eating their meat
• ⁠Being good to your neighbours 
• ⁠Impermissibility to treat
     them ⁠unjustly

– The principle of Barā (disassociating/ freeing oneself) applies to those who oppose the Quran and Sunnah, from the People of Innovation with various examples mentioned.

– Advice to the new Muslim/ newcomer regarding how we should understand this principle from the example of the Messenger ﷺ

15 Explanation of the Three Principles by Abu Idrees

Lesson 18 | 14/10/24 - Explanation of The Three Fundamental Principles – By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Lesson series at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

- [TEXT] Know, may Allāh direct you to obedience to Him, that the true and straight Religion, the way of Ibrāhīm, is that you worship Allāh alone making the religion purely and solely for Him. This is what Allah commanded all the people with, and it was for this that He created them. Allāh, the Most High, says: {I did not create jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me alone} [Surah Adh-Dhāriyāt: 56]
– Shaykh Zayd Al Madhkhali: Explanation of having Sincerity in actions.
– The importance of having the correct intention.
– Evidences from the Qur'ān regarding having sincerity in actions.
– The connection between Sincerity and worshipping Allāh alone.
– How a person should always be sincere.
– Evidences showing the obligation of being sincere.
– The virtues of Ibrāhīm عليه السلام - he was a Hanīf/Muslim and not from the Mushrikūn.
– Evidences to show that the People of Tawḥīd are more deserving to Prophet Musa عليه السلام than the Jews and also the Muslims are more worthy of laying claim to Prophet Ibrāhīm عليه السلام than others.
– The purpose of our creation is to follow the religion of Ibrāhīm عليه السلام. 
– Explanation of Shaykh Fawzan: Definition of Jinn.
– The reason behind the naming of Mankind “Insān” and the reason for the naming of Jinn and its meaning.
– “…And the meaning of worship here is to single Allāh out with all worship (Tawḥīd)…”
– Explanation of Shaykh Zayd al Madhkhali: Tawḥīd is the foundation of the religion.
– The benefits and virtues of Tawḥīd explained.
– Explanation of Shaykh Ubayd al Jābirī: Comprehensive benefits taken from Surah Adh-Dhāriyāt (51): 56.
– Definition of worship.
– Worship comprises of three: Love, Hope and Fear.


18 Explanation of the Three Principles by Abu Idrees

13 points of benefit from the introduction and point 1 of the 4 principles by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abdulwahhab
Based on the explanation  from Shaykh Salih Al- Fawzaan with benefits from Shaykh Rabee and Imaam Ibn Qayyim

- Meaning of Tawheed
- Importance of Tawheed
- Meaning of patience (and it's types)
- Meaning of Gratitude (and it's 5 constituents)
- Many benefits from Ibn Qayyim
- Seeking forgiveness from Sins
- The meaning of Haneef
- What is the definition of Shirk

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Explanation of The Three Fundamental Principles – By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Lesson series at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

– The Text: All the types of worship which Allah has commanded – like Islām, Imān, and Ihsān, and from that is du’a, reverential fear, hope and longing, trust and reliance, fervent desire, dread, reverence and humility, awe, turning repentantly, appealing for aid and assistance, seeking refuge, seeking deliverance and rescue, sacrificing, vows and the rest of the types of worship commanded by Allah, all of them are to be done exclusively for Allah, the Most High. The proof for this is the saying of Him, the Most High: “And the places of Prayer are for Allah alone, so do not invoke anyone along with Allah.” [Surah al-Jinn (72):18]
– Anyone who directs and part of that to anything besides Allah, then he is a mushrik, an unbeliever, and the proof is the Saying of Him, the Most High, “And whoever worships along with Allah any other object of worship has no proof for that; his reckoning will be with his Lord. Indeed the unbelievers will never prosper.” [Surah al-Mu’minun (23):117]. 
– In the Hadīth there occurs: “Invocation is the core of worship. And the evidence for this is the Saying of Allah, the Most High: Your Lord says: O people, invoke Me and supplicate to Me making your worship sincerely for Me alone, and I will answer you, and pardon you and have mercy upon you. Indeed those who disdain to worship Me alone will enter Hell-Fire in disgrace.” [Surah Ghafir (40): 60].
 
Explanation of Muhammad bin Ibraheem:
– Worship is not restricted to just the ones mentioned above in the text.
– Worship is restricted to everything that Allah loves, from statement and actions.
– Explanation of “…so do not invoke anyone along with Allah.”
– The permissible to call disbelievers those who do not worship Allah and call on others besides Him (Note: this is not absolute).
– The many forms of Ibādah.
– The teaching method that authors of old use by mentioning the general and then going on to specifics.
 
Explanation of Shaykh Fawzan:
– Meaning of Dua.
– The 2 categories of Dua: Supplication of worship and Dua of Requesting.
– Explanation of the 2 categories of Dua with examples.
– The meaning of “Masājid”
– The different meanings of “maintaining the masjid”
– Meaning of “…so do not invoke anyone along with Allah.”
– The comprehensive meaning of the word اَحَدَ “A-ha-da”.
– Explanation of “Your Lord says: O people, invoke Me and supplicate to me…”
– The great mercy of Allah as He commands us with that which we actually need.
– The three categories that mankind falls into regarding calling upon their Lord.
– The clarification of the hadith “Invocation is the core of worship,” and its meaning.
– Benefit from Shaykh Zayd Madhkhali regarding the pillars, benefits and meaning of Salah. For example: Salat can mean du’a as well as prayer.
– List of benefits of the Salah.
– Meaning and benefits of Zakah.
– Definition of Saum and benefits
Benefits of Hajj.

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