[29/04/2024 - 03/04/2024] Introduction to Studying the Dīn of Allāh - By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Part 2: Importance of Sincerity

- Ikhlāṣ (sincerity) and its relation to seeking knowledge.
- Statements from Imām Aḥmad (رحمه الله) regarding the tremendous ḥadīth “Actions are based upon the intentions…”.
- ‘Umar b. al-Khaṭṭāb (رضى الله عنه) on how people were judged during the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ vs after his death. 
- That which the relationship between a slave and his Lord is built upon.
- Explanation from Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) regarding how two individuals may utter the same statement but one is rewarded and the other is held to account.
- Aḥādīth that highlight the weightiness of one’s intention and how it can destroy a person.
- The shining example of Shaykh Abū Talḥah (رحمه الله) and what was witnessed from him.
- Statements from Ibn al-Ḥāj and Ḥamdūn al-Qaṣṣār (رحمهم الله) regarding that which separates us from our rightly guided predecessors. 
- A statement from Ibn Abī Jamrah (رحمه الله) that emphasises the importance of intention.
- The rotten fruits of corrupted intentions.
- The description of a righteous action by Ibn al-Qayyim and Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمهم الله). 
- Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) on why merely having knowledge is of no benefit to a person.
- The definition of ikhlāṣ by Abū ‘Uthmān Sa’īd b. Ismā’īl an-Naysābūrī (رحمه الله).
- The cure for showing off, self-amazement and hastiness. 
Ibn ‘Abdil-Barr and Ḥāfiẓ Abul-‘Abbās al-Qurṭubī (رحمهم الله) on the sufficiency and requirement of sincerity.
- The frightening affair on the Day of Judgement for the one who learnt knowledge for worldly gain.
- Bakr Abū Zayd (رحمه الله) on how seeking knowledge can turn into the most degrading violation.

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