ʿIbādah

Lesson: Ṣalāh al-Istikhārah Explained - Mūsá Richardson

In this introductory lesson, focus is placed on the lofty status of women in Islam and their prominent and fundamental role in society.

Notes on Rulings Related to the Believing Women

Notes on Rulings Related to the Believing Women - Uways At-Taweel - L1 - Status of Women in Islam

Notes on Rulings Related to  Believing Women - Uways At-Taweel - L1 - The  Status of Women in Islam

Chapter: Reliance Upon Allāh
Chapter: Overlooking the Shortcomings of the People

08 Reliance Upon Allāh and Overlooking the Shortcomings of the People by Shaykh Rasheed Barbee

[12/08/2023]My Last Day in This World – By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān (حفظه الله) – SalafiPublications Summer Conference 1445 | 2023. Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points covered by Abu Idrees حفظه الله during this lesson:

- The first step on the road back from sin: Understanding that Allāh is the Most Merciful.
- Āyāt from the Book of Allāh regarding His Mercy.
- Not falling into despair.
- The Forgiveness of Allāh.
- The second step: Recognising that we do not know where or when we will die.
- How ‘Abdullāh b. ‘Umar (رضى الله عنهما) implemented the advice of the Prophet ﷺ.
- Imaging tomorrow is our last day in this dunyā, and some of the things we can possibly do on that day to get closer to Allāh.
- The morning supplications.
- The reward for perfecting one’s wuḍū’ and saying the supplication after it.
- The virtue of the sunnah of Fajr.
- Glad tidings to those who walk to the masjid in darkness.
- Praying Fajr, making dhikr of Allāh until the sun rises and then offering two rak’āt. 
- The du’ā known as ‘Sayyidul-Istighfār’, and the reward for saying it.
- A du’ā that if said the servant will have 100 good deeds written, 100 bad deeds wiped away and would have a shield against shayṭān that day.
- The du’ā to be said when leaving home, which suffices, protects and guides the person.
- Specific actions that will enter a person into Jannah.
- The reason these narrations do not have an effect upon our hearts.
- Narrations regarding those for whom the hellfire will be made impermissible.
- Crying from the fear of Allāh.
- Three types of people whose eyes will not be touched by the hellfire.
- Encouragement to rectify broken relationships with our loved ones.
- An example of the softness we should have when we address our parents.
- The reward for having patience upon the death of a child.
- Advice to our relatives before we depart from this world.
- Specific advice for the men of our families.
- Advice to the women.
- Remembering the deceased, and actions that can aid them.
- Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī’s (رحمه الله) farewell waṣiyyah.
- Advice to the jamā’ah, loved ones and close companions.
- Aiding our brothers/sisters who have fallen short.
- Taking the best people as companions and staying away from the foolish.
- Reminding our families and loved ones to attend our funerals.
- One of the greatest gifts we will definitely utilise if it were our last night in the dunyā.
- A heartfelt du’ā asking Allāh for a good end.

SalafiPublications

My Last Day in This World By Abu Idrees 12082023

[13/08/2023] [Part 3] Three Stories of Repentance From Grave Sins – By Abul-Ḥasan Mālik Al-Akhdar (حفظه الله) – SalafiPublications Summer Conference 1445 | 2023. Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

- Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī’s (رحمه الله) refutation of those who tried to say music is permissible.
- The seeker of truth vs the seeker of falsehood regarding accepting evidence.
- A ḥadīth regarding a people from this ummah who will consider illegal sexual intercourse, wearing silk (for men), consuming intoxicants and musical instruments to be lawful, and how they will be punished.
- The way of the people of desires in playing with the chains of narration in order to support their desires.
- How the wording of the ḥadīth proves that the four affairs mentioned are impermissible.
- Shaykh Mubārakfūrī (رحمه الله) on the meaning of al-Mazā’if. 
- The importance of referring to the books of language. 
- The great virtue of the scholars of Ḥadīth from India.
- Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (رحمه الله) on what falls under the banner of musical instruments. 
- Clarification that Allāh is free from oppression and will only punish for something that is ḥarām.
- A question for those who claim that music and musical instruments are not ḥarām.
- The great wara’ of the Companions (رضى الله عنهم).
- Shaykh Ibn Bāz (رحمه الله) on the Salaf’s severe repudiation of those who played musical instruments.
- The evil results of busying oneself with music.
- Research regarding the effect of music on people’s mood.
- How music affects the culture of the people.
- A verse from the Qur’ān that is evidence for the prohibition of music and musical instruments. 
- Shaykh ‘Ubayd’s (رحمه الله) advice on being mindful regarding weak narrations and attributing to the Salaf that which they are free from.
- The story of the tawbah of Zādhān al-Kindī (رحمه الله) at the hands of ‘Abdullāh b. Mas’ụd (رضى الله عنه).
- Refutation of those who say they are utilising their “gift” when warned against engaging in music (and other impermissible affairs).
- The importance of advising and reminding the people.


Questions:
1. What is your advice regarding a person who wronged another person and wants to repent to Allāh but is fearful that if he informs the person that he harmed him behind his back it may cause a greater fitnah?
2. Is concealing sins only for the major sins or does it also include the minor sins?
3. I would like to memorise asanīd, narrators and their biographies but I find my memory is weak. How do I improve my memory and precision?
4. Are you allowed to expose your sins from the past to teach someone a lesson that these things are not good for you?
5. In a sit down, are women allowed to ask a man if he hits his wife or anything to do with sins in general?
6. Can you please clarify the ḥadīth of the Abyssinians playing the duff on Eid?
7. Question regarding encouraging sisters to accept polygyny.

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Part 3 Three Stories of Repentance From Grave Sins By Abul Hasan Malik 13082023

Selected Benefits from Madārij Al-Sālikīn of Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله - By Abu 'Iyaad Amjad Rafīq حفظه الله. Monthly class at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this lesson:

-The reason the scholars encourage those involved in da’wah to focus on the books of Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمهم الله).  
-The importance of tying historical facts to what is being studied in order to have a holistic understanding.
-The meaning of the title of the book. 
-The āyah that encapsulates the essence of every single revealed book.  
-A description of the contents of the book (Madārij as-Sālikīn). 
-Manāzil as-Sā’irīn of Shaykh al-Islām Abū Ismā’īl al-Harawī al-Anṣārī (رحمه الله). 
-The political situation in Khurāsān in the late 4th century Hijrī.
-The effect of a ruler on his subjects. 
-The golden age when the people of Khurāsān were upon istiqāmah.
-One of the main reasons Abū Ismā’īl adopted the way of the Salaf. 
-How the ‘Abbāsid Khalīfah al-Qādir Billāh and deputy leader Sulṭān Maḥmūd b. Sabuktakīn  (رحمهم الله) benefitted Ahlus-Sunnah and dealt with Ahlul-Bid’ah. 
-The danger of arguing with kalām and how it leads to inventing principles in creed. 
-The death of Sulṭān Maḥmūd and Khalīfah al-Qādir Billāh. 
-The state of affairs as it relates to knowledge and the ‘ulamā in the time of Shaykh al-Islām Abū Ismā’īl al-Harawī.
-Adh-Dhahabī on the great imām Yaḥyā b. ‘Ammār, a shaykh of Abū Ismā’īl al-Harawī (رحمهم الله). 
-The heads of various fields in that time. 
-Brief biography of Shaykh al-Islām Abū Ismā’īl al-Harawī. 
-Ibn al-Qayyim’s great service to Abū Ismā’īl in exonerating him from the Sūfīs’ misuse of his book. 
-Trials faced by Abū Ismā’īl al-Harawī.  
-Honorary titles given to him after forty years of trials. 
-His tafsīr of the Qur’ān. 

My Last Day in This World By Abu Idrees 12082023

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