[11/07/2025] The Obligation of Censuring Falsehood and its People - By Zayd bin Khālid حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

- Aiding one another upon establishing the truth.

- Four traits that protect a person from loss, and what they entail. 

- “You are the best nation ever raised up for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allāh.” [Sūrah Āli ‘Imrān 3:110]

- How unity and victory is achieved. 

- The obligation of being united, and the basis of this unity. 

- Proof from the Qur’ān and Sunnah regarding the consequence of not enjoining the good and forbidding the evil. 

- A warning against being from those who hide the truth. 

- The example of the noble scholar ash-Shaykh al-Muḥaddith Rabī’ b. Hādī al-Madkhalī (رحمه الله) who carried out the obligation of calling to unity amongst the Muslims and refuting evil and its people. 

- Praise of the major scholars of our time for Shaykh Rabī’: statements from al-Mashaykh al-Albānī, Ibn Bāz, al-‘Uthaymīn, Muqbil, Luḥaydān and Muḥammad b. ‘Abdul-Wahhāb Marzūq al-Bannā (رحمهم الله). 

The Obligation of Censuring Falsehood and its People By Zayd bin Khālid

The Calamity Of The Ummah Is In The Loss Of The Scholars Of The Ummah — Shaykh Dr. Khalid Al-Dhufayri/خطبة الجمعة: مصاب الأمة بفقد علماء الأمة — الشيخ الدكتور خالد بن ضحوي الظفيري

Abū Khadeejah—Points 23-27—09.08.25—Summer Conference 2025

 
- And we establish the obligation of Jihād and Ḥajj alongside the Muslim rulers in every time and age.
- An example of how people today oppose this principle and speak about the religion without knowledge.
- The obligation of performing jihād and Ḥajj behind the ruler of the Muslims.
- We do not hold it permissible to revolt against the rulers, and we do not fight in times of tribulation. And we hear and obey those whom Allāh has placed as rulers over our affairs, and we do not remove ourselves from the obedience to them.
- The Khawārij’s opposition of this principle, and disgraceful affairs they have fallen into. 
- Al-Kufr al-Akbar vs al-Kufr al-Aṣghar. 
- The command of the Prophet ﷺ to kill the Khawārij. 
- The path of the Khawārij in every time and place.
- The implausibility of the Prophet ﷺ not informing us of how to deal with the rulers. 
- The evil and corruption that results from opposing the guidance of the Messenger ﷺ.
- The meaning of kufr bawāḥ.
- The conditions that must be met in order to remove and replace the ruler.
- The Battle of al-Ḥarrah.
- Banū al-‘Abbās, Bayt al-Ḥikmah, and the destruction of Baghdād.
- The real golden age of Islām.
- The example of Somalia and Iraq regarding what results from rebellion against the rulers. 
- Clarification that demonstrations have nothing to do with Islām.
- The injustice present in foreign ideologies. 
- The obligation of obeying Ūlul-Amr.
- The instruction of the Messenger ﷺ regarding what should be done if there is fighting in times of fitnah. 
- The position of the Companions (رضى الله عنهم) when fighting occurred in times of fitnah. 
- The true aspirations of the Khawārij.
- We follow the Sunnah and the Jamā’ah—and we leave off contradiction, differing and splitting.
- The call of Salafiyyah.
- Proof for the prohibition of splitting.
- The audacity of Ahlul-Bid’ah to accuse the Salafīs of splitting the ummah. 
- The command of the Messenger ﷺ to cling to his Sunnah and abandon all of the sects.
- The one who dies the death of the people of Jāhiliyyah.
- The obligation of giving precedence to obeying the Messenger ﷺ over the opinion of anyone else.

9 Points 23 to 27 By Shaykh Abu Khadeejah

[Lesson Eight | 23/08/2025] Selected Benefits from Madārij Al-Sālikīn of Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله– By Shaykh Abu ‘Iyaad Amjad Rafīq حفظه الله. Monthly class at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this lesson:
- Recap of the previous lessons. 

- An explanation of how al-Fātiḥah comprises a refutation against those who deny that Allāh’s Knowledge is connected to the particulars.

- The reason this issue is discussed. 

- How the misguided philosophers (Aristotle, Plato etc) tried to make sense of the world in the absence of revelation. 

- Examples that explain the meaning of this corrupted statement. 

- The two groups of the Qadariyyah. 

- How misguided Muslims used these ideas to solve what they deemed to be problems they could not understand with their intellect. 

- Clear proof that Allāh has knowledge of the particulars. 

- Seven angles by which the claims of the philosophers and those affected by them are nullified. 

- Ten matters present in al-Fātiḥah that are repeatedly used to refute every false belief and sect. 

- How al-Fātiḥah is a refutation of those who deny/reject the notion of prophethood.

- Ten angles of refutation. 

- How the one who denies prophethood is like the one who denies the Attributes of Allāh or the one who affirms partners for Allāh. 

- The reality of Rūbūbiyyah. 

- The two types of Allāh’s governance of His creation. 

- The three groups the creation is divided into. 

- Refutation of those who deny the resurrection of the bodies to be rewarded or punished. 

- The reality of ar-Risālah. 

- The affirmation of Speech for Allāh. 

- How those who deny Allāh’s Speech negate the messengership of all of the Messengers and resemble the pagan Arabs. 

- How these deviant beliefs lead to pure atheism. 

- Three angles by which al-Fātiḥah refutes those who say the world is eternal. 

- Examples of āyāt in which Allāh is being praised for His actions.

- How Allāh being praised necessitates that He has actions.

- The impossibility of something being simultaneously marbūb and qadīm. 

- An explanation of how al-Fātiḥah comprises a refutation of the Rāfiḍah.

- The one most worthy of being upon the Straight Path. 

- The impossibility that the Companions of the Messenger ﷺ were ignorant of or rejected the truth while the Rāfiḍah knew and acted upon it. 

- The effects of the Companions upon the lands and the people vs the Rāfiḍah. 

- The Rāfiḍah’s intense hate for the Companions of the Messenger ﷺ and Ahlus-Sunnah.

- Sūrah al-Fātiḥah’s refutation of the Khawārij.

- The reason they are called Rāfiḍah.

- The claims of the Rāfiḍah and Khawārij against the four Rightly Guided Calips. 

- The explanation of إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ.

- How al-Fātiḥah is divided. 

- The meaning of al-‘Ibādah, and its two foundations. 

- The two foundations of al-Isti’ānah.

- The connection between tawakkul and isti’ānah. 

- Eight reasons why Allāh put إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ before إِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ.

- Summary of the lesson. 


8 Madārij As Salikīn By Abu Iyaad 23082025

[22/11/2024] The Pure and Pious Heart - By Sh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān  حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

- An extremely important affair that is required in order to receive success and salvation. 

- “The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children, But only one who comes to Allah with a sound heart.” [Sūrah ash-Shūrā 26: 88-89]

- Fruits of possessing a sound heart. 

- Narrations highlighting the importance of a sound heart and righteous actions. 

- The currency on the Day of Judgement. 

- A du’ā the Messenger ‎of Allāh ﷺ would make plentifully.

- Qualities we should strive to inculcate within ourselves to become from the best of the people. 

- The Messenger’s ﷺ instruction to ask Allāh for a sound heart. 

- Beautiful words from Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) describing the sound heart, and five affairs that create a barrier between the servant and his Lord.


The Pure and Pious Heart By Abu Idrees 22112024

[12/09/2025] Return Back to Allāh, He Will Not Forsake You - By Sh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

– "All of the Children of Ādam are erroneous and sinful, the best of those who sin and err are those who repent." Hadith.
– Allāh تعالى says: {Say: “O ‘Ibadi (My slaves) who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah, verily Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful} [Surah Zumar (39):53].
– Hadith Qudsi: "O my slaves. Indeed, you sin during the day and you sin during the night but I will forgive all sins".
– An encouragement to come back from sin and return back to Allāh.
– Narrations highlighting that Allāh is the Oft-Forgiving and Most-Merciful.
– The ways and means to return to Allah:
- Changing one’s condition.
- ⁠Du'ā – "Sayyidul Istighfār".
– Explanation of the du'ā.
– Du'ā for wellbeing in this life and the hereafter.
– Allāh does not change the state of a person until they change themselves.
– Those who do wrong then they seek forgiveness. And who seeks forgiveness..do not continue on with the sin.


Return Back to Allah He Will Not Forsake You By Abu Idrees

01 - Masā’il Al-Jāhiliyyah - Abu Ukkasha

40 Ḥadīth—Lesson 44—Abū Idrees—12.09.25 

- Ḥadīth # 13: From the Perfection of Īmān 
- Brief biography of the narrator of the ḥadīth, Anas b. Mālik (رضى الله عنه).
- The Messenger’s ﷺ du’ā for him.
- His birth, his parents, how he came to serve the Messenger ﷺ, and the length of time he served the Messenger ﷺ. 
- The Messenger’s ﷺ kind treatment and cultivation of Anas b. Mālik. 
- The battles he took part in and his proficiency in archery. 
- His appointment by Abū Bakr aṣ-Ṣiddīq (رضى الله عنه) to collect the zakāh in Baḥrayn. 
- His move to Baṣrah where he taught the people. 
- The encounter between Anas b. Mālik and Ḥajjāj b. Yūsuf. 
- An example of the tarbiyah of the Messenger ﷺ and his good treatment of Anas. 
- The ḥirṣ of the Ṣaḥābah (رضى الله عنهم). 
- The reason Anas b. Mālik (رضى الله عنه) was crying when Imām az-Zuhrī (رحمه الله) entered upon him in Damascus. 
- The response of Anas b. Mālik when Ghaylān b. Jarīr (رحمه الله) asked him about the origin of the title al-Anṣār. 
- Narrations regarding the prayer of Anas b. Mālik and how closely it resembled that of the Prophet ﷺ. 
- A mention of some of whom he narrated from and those who narrated from him.
- The great impact he had on the people. 
- When and where he died, and the item he instructed Thābit al-Bunānī (رحمه الله) to bury with him. 
- A statement that encompasses the immense loss that was felt when he passed away (رضى الله عنه). 
- The calamity of the passing away of the scholars. 
- Explanation of Shaykh al-Fawzān (حفظه الله). 
- Clarification that the statement “none of you truly believes” is not a complete negation of a person’s īmān. 
- A reflection on how jealousy affects our īmān. 
- “The believers are but brothers (to one another in Islām)…” [Sūrah al-Ḥujurāt 49:10]
- The strength of the connection based upon faith. 
- A reminder to continue making du’ā for our brothers and sisters in Palestine. 
- Sharing in the pain and happiness of our brothers and sisters, exchanging benefits and refraining from harming one another. 
- Intangible and tangible ways we can benefit one another. 
- The requirement of sincerity when giving advice. 


Text of the ḥadīth:

عن [أبي حمزةَ أنسِ بنِ مالكٍ] رَضِي اللهُ عَنْهُ خادمِ رسولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عن النَّبيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قالَ: لاَ يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لأَِخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ. رواه البخاريُّ ومسلمٌ.

From Abū Ḥamzah Anas b. Mālik (رضى الله عنه), the servant of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, from the Prophet ﷺ, that he said, "None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself." [Related by al-Bukhārī and Muslim]

44 Forty Hadith of Nawawi By Abu Idrees

Kitāb At-Tawheed: Saying: 'If Only...'(Part 3)


●From the rewards and benefits of having good thoughts about Allāh.

●The deep insight of the wife of the Prophet (peace & blessings of Allāh be upon him) Khadeejah and how she comforted him.

●From the noble qualities our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him).

●Having good thoughts of Allāh when making du'ā.

●Have certainty that Allāh will answer your supplications.

●Having good opinion and thoughts of Allāh at the point of death.

●Having bad thoughts of Allāh leads to destruction and ruin.


Part 2 The Appearance Of Fitn In Our Times By Abu Hakeem

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