A Lecture concerning the life of the Great Shaikh Rabee Ibn Haadi al Madkhali - Part 1

Al 'Allaamah Shaikh Rabee _ His Life and Legacy (Part 1)

Shaykh Abū ʿIyāḍ Amjad Rafīq summarises key points from the works of al-ʿAllāmah Rabī b. Hādī al-Madkhalī (raḥimahullah) namely: The Methodology of the Prophets in Calling to Allāh. The three-part lecture series hones in on five key points that define the true callers to Islām: 

1. They adhere to the methodology of the prophets in da'wah
2. They call to adherence to the Book and the Sunnah connecting People to its evidences 
3. They follow the sunnah and adhering to the jamāʿah (in the correct sense) and they warn against splitting and differing
4. They enjoin the good and prohibiting the evil 
5. They refute the opposers to this way

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

Distinguishing Principles of the Salafī Daʿwah and Manhaj 3/3 - Abū ʿIyāḍ

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

Beware of Oppression! By Ustadh Abu Ishaaq Nadeem - Jumu'ah Khutba 15/08/25

Abū Ishaq - Points 7-11 — 08.08.25 — Summer Conference 2025 

- The importance of understanding the Names and Attributes of Allāh, and matters we must stay away from as it relates to them. 
- And that Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic, is over His Throne. He is separate and distinct from His creation just as He has described Himself in His Book and upon the tongue of His Messenger ﷺ without asking how.
- The differences between Istiwā and al-‘Uluww.
- The two categories of Allāh’s Attributes, with examples. 
- Five ways in which the proof for al-‘Uluww is established.
- Imām al-Awzā’ī (رحمه الله) on ijmā’ regarding ‘uluww. 
- How the fitrah and sound intellect establishes ‘uluww. 
- The blessing of learning about this issue.
- The three categories of ‘uluww. 
- The category that is the point of contention between the innovators and Ahlus-Sunnah. 
- Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) on how the one who denies Allāh’s ‘Uluww is in opposition to the fitrah, sound intellect and all the divine scriptures. 
- The meaning of Allāh being separate and distinct from His creation.
- The two main approaches as it relates to those who deviated regarding the Names and Attributes of Allāh. 
- Ibn ‘Uyaynah (رحمه الله) on the reality of those who compare Allāh to the creation and those who deny His Attributes. 
- The impermissibility of describing how Allāh rose above His Throne. 
- The famous narration regarding what occurred between Imām Mālik (رحمه الله) and the man who asked about this issue. 
- How Ahlul-Bida’ah try to misrepresent this narration. 
- Seven clear verses from the Qur’ān that establish al-Istiwā. 
- Shaykh as-Sa’dī and Shaykh Rabī’ (رحمهما الله) on the verse, “Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six Days. Then He Istawā (rose over) the Throne. The Most Beneficent! Ask Him, as He is Al-Khabīr.” [Sūrah al-Furqān 25:59]
- How the verse, “There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer” refutes the Mushabbihah and Mu’aṭṭilah. 
- Four uses of the word istawā. 
- Explanation of the proofs for al-Istiwā from the Qur’ān and Sunnah.
- He encompasses everything with His Knowledge.
- The two types of ta’wīl. 
- Imām aṭ-Ṭabarī (رحمه الله) on the Knowledge of Allāh encompassing everything from His creation. 


3 Points 7 to 11 By Shaykh Abu Ishaq Nadeem

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

- The danger of distorting īmān in Allāh. 
- The error of restricting the knowledge of ‘aqīdah to merely an academic study without fruits. 
- Āyāt that mention the fruits of īmān. 
- Affairs that should increase us in certainty regarding the meeting with Allāh. 
- Paradise and Hellfire are real and true. Both have been created and will never perish. Paradise is a reward for His beloved allies whilst the Fire is a punishment for those who were disobedient to Him—except for those to whom Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic, shows mercy.
- The closeness of Paradise and the Fire to each of us.
- “The Forgiver of sin, the Acceptor of repentance, the Severe in punishment, the Bestower (of favours), La ilāha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), to Him is the final return.” [Ghāfir 40:3]
- The correct understanding of the verse “Verily! Allāh forgives not (the sin of) setting up partners in worship with Him”.
- What it means to believe in Paradise and the Fire. 
- The description of Paradise and the Fire in the Qur’ān.
- The reason the Salafīs give great importance to teaching the books of ‘Aqīdah.
- The true awliyā’ of Allāh vs the Ṣūfiyyah.
- How Ahlul-Bid’ah try to cause separation between Shaykh Muḥammad b. ‘Abdul-Wahhāb (رحمه الله) and the scholars who came before him.
- The debate between Paradise and the Fire, and Allāh’s judgement regarding them.
.- The belief of the Khawārij and Mu’tazilah regarding the sinners from the believers. 
- Means by which a person with īmān can be removed from the Fire.
- Shaykh ‘Ubayd al-Jābirī (رحمه الله) on the ijtihād of Shaykh Ḥammād al-Anṣārī (رحمه الله) regarding the level of Jahannam that Ahlut-Tawḥīd will be taken out from. 


5 Points 12 to 16 By Shaykh Abu Hafsah Kashiff Khan

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

Abū Khadeejah—Points 23-27—10.08.25—Summer Conference 2025


- Principles regarding prohibiting and removing evil. 
- The response of Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (رحمه الله) when he was approached by some youth who wanted to rebel against Ḥajjāj b. Yūsuf. 
- The end result of all of the rebellions and revolutions of the political agitators. 
- Clarification that prohibiting and removing evil must be done in accordance to what has been legislated in the Sharī’ah. 
- Those who are the tools of Shayṭān used to weaken the Islamic nations.
- Jihād remains in place from the time Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic, sent His Messenger ﷺ until the establishment of the Hour behind those in authority from the Muslim rulers—there is nothing that cancels it—and likewise is said regarding Ḥajj.
- The jihād in the time of Makkah. 
- The correct understanding of jihād remaining until the establishment of the Hour.
- Jihād ad-Difā’ vs Jihād al-Fatḥ.
- Examples of the mentality of the kāfir in warfare vs the Muslim. 
- Clarification that Jihād al-Fatḥ does not mean compulsion. 
- How Islām creates the atmosphere of justice such that the people willingly enter into the religion, and remain upon it.
- The reason westerners, communists and socialists fear (the legislated) jihād. 
- The reality that the vast majority of the ummah have deviated in their dīn and dunyā. 
- The only way to exit this cycle of humiliation and misguidance that has come upon the Muslims. 
- The treatment of the Jews under the rule of the Muslims vs the non-Muslims. 
- How the political activists allow bid’ah and shirk but wage war against Ahlus-Sunnah. 
- The fiqh of Shaykh al-Islām Muḥammad b. ‘Abdul-Wahhāb (رحمه الله). 
- The strangeness of Ahlus-Sunnah in every land. 
- Clarification that the only Abrahamic faith is Islām. 
- The true meaning and intent of jihād.
- The obligation and importance of hijrah.
- A ḥadīth that refutes the lies invented by the enemies of Islām regarding jihād. 
- The Zakāh due upon beasts and cattle is to be paid to those in authority from the Muslim rulers.
- The wars of apostasy in the time of Abū Bakr (رضى الله عنه).
- Proof that the ruler has a right to take zakāh. 
- The apparent and hidden zakāh. 
- Clarification that zakāh is not just upon cattle.

10 Points 23 to 27 By Shaykh Abu Khadeejah

14 The Distinguishing Signs of Ahlul-Bid’ah & Ahlus-Sunnah By Shaykh Abu Khadeejah

The Pillars of The Salafi Da'wah - Part 4

Shaykh Abū Khadījah discusses the manhaj of Ahl al-Haqq. From the 2025 Canadian National Summer Conference at Masjid al-Furqān (TROID), 2025/07/27-29.

6 Points 12 to 16 By Shaykh Abu Hafsah Kashiff Khan

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