[Summer Conference July 2024] Part One - Extracts From: The Tree of Faith of Al-‘Allāmah ‘Abdur-Raḥmān As-Sa’dī - By ‘Abdulilah Lahmami حفظه الله. Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during lesson one:


- Benefits from the description of the believers mentioned in Sūrah al-Mu’minūn.
- The meaning of khushū’.
- A description of aṣ-Ṣalātul-Khāshiyah.
- Allāh’s division of the prayer between Himself and His servant.
- Asking ourselves if we are truly upon worshipping Allāh alone and sincere in seeking His aid.
- Proof that aṣ-Ṣalāh is from the names of Sūrah al-Fātiḥah.
- The consequence of leaving/neglecting the ṣalāh.
- A warning against being loose with our tongues.
- The weight of adherence to Tawḥīd on the Day of Judgement.
- Guarding the prayer and the tongue.
- The true life that is given to the heart and the soul.
- Allāh’s warning to those who do not answer the call of Allāh (عز وجل) and His Messenger ﷺ.
- Three signs that a person has tasted the sweetness of īmān.
- Loving the Companions (رضى الله عنهم) and hating those who speaking ill of them.
- The blameworthiness of argumentation.
- How to attain the love of Allāh.
- A warning against pride and arrogance.
- Different names for the hellfire.
- The one who has perfected īmān.
- Examples of the scholars’ love for each other.
- The plotting and planning of Ahlul-Bid’ah.
- A warning against commanding good but not practising it and forbidding evil while falling into it.
- Aḥādīth on the prohibition of picture-making.

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Pt 1 The Tree of Faith of Al Allamah Abdur Rahman As-Sadi By Abdulilah Lahmami

[16/08/2024] Be Patient and Paradise is Yours - By Abu Fuḍayl ‘Abdur Raqīb حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

- Striving to attain the key characteristic of sabr (patience).
- The necessity of responding to trials and afflictions with patience.
- Allāh’s command to have patience.
- The one whom Allāh makes patient.
- The reward for those who were patient.
- The patience of Umm Zufar (رضى الله عنها).
- The permissible and impermissible type of complaining.
- The patience of Ya’qūb and Ayyūb (عليهما السلام).
- Patience in the face of our enemies, and the forbiddance of going beyond bounds.
- The necessity of having firm resolve.
- The importance of studying the stories of the Prophets and Messengers (عليهم السلام).
- The three categories of patience.

Be Patient and Paradise is Yours By Abu Fudayl

A must listen lecture titled; Remaining Patient upon the Sunnah delivered by our beloved Shaykh Khalid al-Dhafiri translated by our teacher Abu Ukkaashah. Allaah preserve them both.

Shaykh Khalid al-Dhafiri - Remaining Patient upon the Sunnah

[30/08/2024] Adhering & Clinging to The Sunnah - By Shaykh Dr Khālid Adh-Dhafirī حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK. 

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

- The great virtue of the sending of the Messenger Muḥammad ﷺ.
- The intent of the testification “Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allāh”.
- The coupling of obedience to the Messenger ﷺ with obedience to Allāh (سبحانه وتعالى).
- Allāh’s stern reprimand of those who oppose the Messenger ﷺ.
- Statements from ‘Umar b. ‘Abdul-‘Azīz and Imām Aḥmad (رحمهم الله) warning against opposing the Sunnah of the Messenger ﷺ.
- The means of success and salvation.
- Statements from Ḥudhayfah, Ibn Mas’ūd (رضى الله عنهما) and Imām Aḥmad (رحمه الله) regarding following to the Sunnah, clinging to what the Companions were upon and abandoning innovation.

Adhering & Clinging to The Sunnah - By Shaykh Dr Khālid Adh-Dhafirī

[30/08/2024] The Evil & Destruction of a Loose Tongue حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

– The blessing of the tongue.
– Every blessing can be utilised for good or evil.
– Reflection upon how different types of people use the blessing of the tongue with various examples.
– The Messenger ﷺ feared for his ummah regarding the tongue.
– Various aḥadīth clarifying the dangers of the tongue.
– {They may hide from men, but they cannot hide (them) from Allah, for He is with them (by His Knowledge), when they plot by night in words that He does not approve, And Allah ever encompasses what they do} (Surah Al-Nisa:108).
– The story of "al-Ifk" demonstrates the consequences of the utterance of evil from the tongue.
– A further example of the great consequences of vile rumours that were spread about the noble companion Uthmān ibn Affān
رضي الله عنه. 
– Blessings should be utilized to draw closer to Allāh.
– Ḥadīth highlighting the significance and weightiness of a single word and its dire consequences.
– Reflection from the Prophet’s ﷺ Night Journey specifically regarding the punishment of backbiting, lying, slandering.
– Beautiful principle: If you truly believe in Allāh and the Messenger, speak good or remain silent.
– Various aḥadith showing the path to Jannah and salvation which are linked to the safety of the tongue.
– Encouragement to increase in the du'ā made by the Prophet ﷺ related to seeking refuge with Allāh from the evil of our tongue, sight, hearing etc.

The Evil & Destruction of a Loose Tongue By Abu Idrees

Chapter on Repentance - Lesson 1

[05/08/2024] Pertinent advice to the community of Nur el Huda - By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Nur el Huda, Tetouan, Morocco.

Pertinent Advice to the Community of Nur el Huda By Abu Idrees

🖊️ Lesson 1 [Lines 1-9]

- The author’s objective for these lines of poetry.
- The obligation of searching for the truth, and the importance of returning to the elder scholars and benefitting from them. 
- Following the truth and not becoming disheartened by the few followers who thread this path or the many opposers who are heading to destruction. 
- The requirement of being grateful to Allāh for choosing us to be from the few upon the truth. 
- The servant’s need for Allāh’s guidance. 
- The general and specific guidance. 
- Proof from the Qur’ān for the three categories of Tawḥīd, and removing the doubt that these three categories were brought about by Ibn Taymiyyah or Muḥammad b. ‘Abdul-Wahhāb (رحمهم الله). 
- The definition of worship. 
- Three pillars that must be actualised for an act to be considered worship. 
- The two fundamental conditions that must be fulfilled for an act of worship to be accepted. 
- That which is denoted and necessitated by al-Ḥamd, al-Majd and ath-Thanā. 
- Allāh’s perfection, and the creation’s glorification of Him. 
- Three foundations regarding the Names and Attributes of Allāh. 
- Two fundamental points in affirming that Allāh is free from any deficiency. 
- Four matters of caution relating to the Names and Attributes of Allāh.
- Explanation of taḥrīf, ta’ṭīl, tamthīl and takyīf. 
- The deviation of the Jahmiyyah, Mu’tazilah and Ashā’irah regarding the Names and Attributes of Allāh. 
- The three ways of establishing the true nature of something.

Lesson 1 Manhaj Al Haqq by Shaykh Khalid Ad Dhafiri

Khutbah: Know Your Lord

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 12] Explanation of The Forty Hadīth of Imām An-Nawawi (رحمه الله) – By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Lesson series at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Points covered in LESSON 12:

- Ḥadīth #2: The Levels of the Religion [cont’d]
- Explanation of قالَ: فَأَخْبِرْني عَنِ الإحسانِ؟ قالَ: أَنْ تَعْبُدَ اللهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَرَاهُ فإِنَّهُ يَرَاكَ - He said, "Then tell me about īḥsān." He said, "It is to worship Allāh as if you can see Him, and even though you cannot see Him, He most certainly sees you."
- Explanation of Shaykh ‘Abdul-Muḥsin (حفظه الله).
- The levels of belief.
- Proof that not every Muslim is a Mu’min.
- The meaning of worshipping Allāh as if you see Him. 
- Fearing that Allāh sees us in a state of disobedience to Him. 
- Explanation of Shaykh al-Fawzān (حفظه الله)
- The linguistic meaning of ‘iḥsān’. 
- Iḥsān between a slave and his Lord, and iḥsān between a slave and the people. 
- The action that is considered to be a good deed (iḥsān). 
- The belief of Ahlus-Sunnah regarding seeing Allāh. 
- The intent of seeing Allāh mentioned in this ḥadīth. 
- The meaning of murāqabah. 
- Explanation of Shaykh ‘Uthaymīn (رحمه الله). 
- Iḥsān with the Creator and the creation. 
- The two levels of Iḥsān. 
- The level of īmān we must all strive to attain.

Adhering & Clinging to The Sunnah - By Shaykh Dr Khālid Adh-Dhafirī

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