True Success by Ustadh Skander - Jumuah Khutbah 22/08/25

- 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

Khutbah: Aid One Another & Seeking Knowledge

[29/09/2025] – The Text: The second level: Imān – and it has seventy odd branches, the highest of them is the saying that ‘None has the right to be worshipped except Allah’, the lowest of them is removal of that which is harmful from the path, and a sense of shame is a branch of Imān. Its pillars are Six: To truly believe in Allah; His angels: His Books; His Messengers; the Last Day; and that you truly believe in pre-decree its good and its evil. The proof for these six pillars is the saying of Allah, the Most High, “It is not righteousness that you turn your faces to the east or the west, but rather righteousness is the righteousness of those who truly believe in Allah, and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Books, and the Prophets.” [Surah Baqarah (2): 177]
– Examples of the places where Allah has mentioned the general and thereafter the specific.
– Explanation of Shaykh Ubayd al Jabiri:
– Linguistic meaning of Imān.
– Definition of Imān in the religion.
– Proofs from the Qur’an showing that actions are a part of Imān.
– Hadith referring to Imān consisting of sixty odd branches.
– Benefits from the hadith, specifically how to teach others and the way of giving Da’wah.
– The importance of the order mentioned of the pillars of Imān.
– The significance of each pillar of Imān.
– Linguistic meaning of Qadr.
– The Four levels of Qadr.
– Explanation of Shaykh Uthaymin
– The linguistic meaning of “Bid’u” and “Shu’bah”.
– The meaning of “harm being removed from the path”.
– Definition of Haya.
– The comprehensive meaning of Imān and the general branches of Imān.
– Imān in Allah is comprised of four ways and its evidence.
– Beautiful story of the companion Jubayr Ibn Mut’im in relation to how Imān entered his heart.
– Intellectual example to show that there is a creator that created the creation.

39 Explanation of the Three Principles by Abu Idrees

●The people of knowledge are granted a rank above others.

●The inheritance of the Prophets (peace and blessings of Allah be upon them).

●Everything seeks forgiveness for the scholars of the Sunnah — even the fish in the sea.

●The death of a scholar of the Sunnah leaves a gap that cannot be filled.

●The calamity of the death of scholars.

●How knowledge is taken away.

●The death of the scholars of the Sunnah leads people to take the ignorant as scholars.

●The importance of seeking knowledge from the scholars before they depart.

●The death of the Mufti of Saudi Arabia — Shaykh 'Abdul 'Azeez aali ash-Shaykh (may Allāh have mercy upon him).

●Those who falsely claim knowledge.

●Honouring our elders and showing mercy to our young.


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Part Two:

- Mankind’s greatest need.
- The land wherein the Prophet ﷺ was born.
- The Prophet ﷺ became an orphan at a young age.
- Those around the Prophet ﷺ during his childhood.
- The character of the Prophet ﷺ before prophethood.
- The tribe of Quraish.
- The visit of the angel Jibra’īl.
- The description of the Prophet’s ﷺ character by Khadījah رضي الله عنها.


Part 2 The Beginning of the Life of the Prophet By Abu Zayd

• How Allāh allows His servant to be used for goodness.

• The need to beg Allāh every single day to keep us firm upon His religion until the moment we meet Him.

• Who are those whom the angels descend upon with glad tidings of Paradise at the time of death?

• Those who remain steadfast and sincere upon Allāh’s religion until their final breath will neither fear nor grieve when death approaches.

• What is the “statement of firmness”?

• Who are the ones who will remain upright when questioned in the grave?

• The supplication the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) would say most often.

• The righteous constantly fear for themselves and their deeds.

• The greatest blessing from Allāh is that He keeps you upright and firm upon His religion.

• Many people today are slipping and weakening in their practice of the religion.

• Fudālah ibn ‘Ubayd (d. 53 AH) said: If I only knew that Allāh had accepted from me a single good deed equal to a mustard seed, it would be more beloved to me than the whole world and everything in it.



39 Explanation of the Three Principles by Abu Idrees

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