Lectures on methodology by Abu Khadeejah

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L1 Beneficial Answers On Methodology By Abu Khadeejah 02122021

[09/12/2021] [Lesson 02] 

- Introduction [cont’d].
- Being cautious of the callers to misguidance.
- The means of attainting Istiqāmah.
- The waves of attack upon the Salafī Da’wah and the response of the Salafī scholars to them.
- Question 01: Advice for those in charge of summer schools and centres.
- The importance of attending the gatherings of knowledge in the masājid.
- Question 02: Using plays and anāshīd as a means of da’wah.
- The speech of Shaykh Fawzān (حفظه الله) and Shaykh ‘Uthaymīn (رحمه الله) on ‘Islamic’ Anāshīd.
- The response to those who compare the poems chanted in the presence of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) to singing nashīds.

L2 Beneficial Answers On Methodology By Abu Khadeejah 09122021

[16/12/2021] Lesson 3: Current Affairs - The intent of the term "Fiqh al-Wāq'i" - Readings From "Beneficial  Answers to Questions Regarding The Innovated Methodologies" - Lessons with Abu Khadeejah 'Abdul-Wāhid حفظه الله.

[Lesson 03]

- Question 03: The intent of the term Fiqh al-Wāq'i.
- Figureheads and activities of the deviant political movements in the early-mid 90s.
- The atmosphere in which the term Fiqh al-Wāq'i came about.
- Some claims of these deviants regarding the scholars of the Sunnah and rulers of the Muslim lands.
- The response of the Salafī scholars to these groups and their leaders.
- The Fiqh the Muslim must give importance to and learn. 
- The intent of these groups when they use the term Fiqh al-Wāq'i, and the correct understanding of this term.
- The importance of studying the Sīrah of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم).

L3 Beneficial Answers On Methodology By Abu Khadeejah 16122021

[23/12/2021] Lesson 4: Avoiding sects that ascribe to Islām but oppose the Sunnah - Readings From "Beneficial  Answers to Questions Regarding The Innovated Methodologies" - Lessons with Abu Khadeejah 'Abdul-Wāhid حفظه الله.

[Lesson 04]

- Question 04: Avoiding sects that ascribe to Islām but oppose the guidance of the Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم).
- The solution when differing occurs.
- Giving consideration to realities as opposed to titles.
- The reason it is better to use the term ‘firaq’ instead of ‘jamā’āt’ when referring to the deviant groups.
- Question 05: Innovation is worse than sin.
- The reason innovation is worse and more dangerous than sin.
- Warnings from the Salaf against the people of innovation.
- The different titles used for those upon the truth.
- Question 06: Whoever affiliates himself to the groups that oppose the Book and the Sunnah is an innovator.
- Basing allegiance and enmity on other than the Book, Sunnah and Ijmā’.
- The nurturing of the scholars upon following the evidences and not blindly following the speech of men.

L4 Beneficial Answers On Methodology By Abu Khadeejah 23122021

[30/12/2021] Lesson 5: The Ruling on the Various Groups/Sects & Mixing With Them - Readings From "Beneficial  Answers to Questions Regarding The Innovated Methodologies" - Lessons with Abu Khadeejah 'Abdul-Wāhid حفظه الله.

Some points discussed during this lesson:[Lesson 05]

- Question 07: The ruling on groups (sects).
- Question 08: Mixing with the various sects and parties.
- The permissible and impermissible mixing with the people of innovation.
- The importance of knowledge and insight when giving da’wah.
- The scales utilised by the people of innovation.
- Giving da’wah to a Tablīghī and clarifying some of their false beliefs.

L5 Beneficial Answers On Methodology By Abu Khadeejah 30122021

[13/01/2022] [Lesson 6] Warning Against Those who Oppose Ahlus-Sunnah & not Mentioning Their "Good" - Readings From "Beneficial  Answers to Questions Regarding The Innovated Methodologies" - Lessons with Abu Khadeejah 'Abdul-Wāhid حفظه الله.

- Question 09: Warning against those who oppose the methodology of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamā’ah.
- The impermissibility of opposing the Sunnah and the obligation of clinging to the path of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamā’ah in major and minor issues.
- Warning against those who oppose the Sunnah and criticising those who remain silent regarding the opposers.
- The virtue of speaking against Ahlul-Bid’ah over voluntary acts of worship.
- Question 10: Mentioning the good deeds of a person when warning against him.
- The reason a person’s good deeds are not mentioned when he is being warned against.
- The example of the Salaf in how they refuted Ahlul-Bid’ah.
- An important point regarding biographical compilations.

L6 Beneficial Answers On Methodology By Abu Khadeejah 13012022

[27/01/2022] [Lesson 8] Seventy-Two Sects That Will be in The Hellfire & Calling Oneself "Salafī" - Readings From "Beneficial Answers to Questions Regarding The Innovated Methodologies" - Lessons with Abu Khadeejah 'Abdul-Wāhid حفظه الله.

Some points discussed during this lesson:[Lesson 08]

- Question 12: Those who fall into the seventy-two sects that will be in the Hellfire.
- Question 13: Calling oneself Salafī.
- The permissibility of calling oneself Salafī and ascribing to Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamā’ah if the ascription is true.
- The purpose of using titles such as Sunnī, Salafī, Atharī.
- Proof from Ibn Taymiyyah regarding the permissibility of calling oneself Salafī.
- The conditions of repentance for the caller to bid’ah.
- The repentance of Ibn ‘Aqīl and Abul-Ḥasan al-Ash’arī.
- The real reason Ahlul-Bid’ah criticise the usage of the term Salafī.
- Statements from scholars of the early generations using the term Salafī.
- Titles used by the Prophet ﷺ to distinguish the group upon the truth, and the command for the believers to distinguish themselves from the people of falsehood.

L8 Beneficial Answers On Methodology By Abu Khadeejah 27012022

A talk delivered in Tower Hamlets by Abu Abdillah Zubair on 01/06/25. Follow @DawahTH on Twitter for updates on more lessons and lectures.

Say (to them O Muhammad), if you truly love Allāh then follow me... [Al 'Imran 31]

Selected aḥādīth from the powerful introduction to Sunan Ibn Mājah, a section rich in ʿaqīdah, manhaj, and foundational guidance for every Muslim. Explanations from al-ʿAllāmah ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (رحمه الله), Imām Muḥammad ʿAlī Ādam al-ʿIthyūbī (رحمه الله), and other scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah.

Gems from the Introduction to Sunan Ibn Majah 02- Munīb al-Ṣumālī

Lesson 3 | The 3 Principles of Islām - Explanation of Shaykh Khālid al-Dhafīri - 23.06.2025

Telelink at the Salafi Centre of Manchester with Shaykh Mustafa Mabram

- What is the status of the scholars in Islam?
- Why do the scholars say that knowledge is more beneficial than food?
-  What are the virtues of the Scholars?
- Allah mentioned the scholars as those testifying alongside Himself that None has the right to be worshipped but Him. 
- What are the benefits mentioned by Ibn Qayyim about this verse?
- What are the benefits from the verse - "Allah raises those who believe among you, and those with knowledge by levels"
- Allah will raise some people with knowledge and debase others
- Many more benefits from verses from the Qur'an explaining the virtues of the scholars.
- How can you benefit and gain knowledge these days?
- Brief advice to the one who is able to travel for knowledge

Recorded at the Salafi Centre of Manchester on 19/7/25. Translated by Ustaadh Abu Ukkashah Abdul-Hakim

The Virtues of the Scholars - Shaykh Mustafa Mabram Telelink

Class 41 Explanation of Kitab Al-Tawheed by Shaykh Hassan Somali

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.

L4 Beneficial Answers On Methodology By Abu Khadeejah 23122021

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