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[29/09/2023] The Dunya!! O Mankind! Drown Not in The Deep Ocean of its Deception! – By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Khutbah at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khutbah:

A warning against chasing the dunyā to the extent that our loving and hating revolves around it.

The fitnah of the dunyā being the greatest of our concerns and limit of our knowledge.

Āyāt wherein Allāh informs us of the reality of this dunyā.

Striving for our real home.

The evil of this dunyā and the state of confusion it causes us to be in.

The Messenger’s ﷺ command to fear the dunyā, and that which he feared for us.

The advice of the Messenger ﷺ to Ibn ‘Umar (رضى الله عنهما), and how he understood and acted upon it.

Yaḥyā b. Mu’ādh (رحمه الله) on the dunyā being the devil’s intoxicant and the only point at which the intoxicated one will regain consciousness.

Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (رحمه الله) on the verse, “O mankind! Verily, the Promise of Allāh is true. So let not this present life deceive you, and let not the chief deceiver (Satan) deceive you about Allāh.” [Sūrah Faṭir 35:5]

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[20/12/2024] O Believer Know The Worldly life Is Less Than Worthless To Allāh! - By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

- Praising Allāh in all situations. 
- A reminder regarding Allāh’s description of this dunyā. 
- The insignificance of the dunyā with Allāh. 
- That which the Messenger ﷺ feared for his ummah. 
- The only things in this dunyā that are not cursed. 
- The Messenger’s ﷺ instruction on how to live in this world. 
- Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (رحمه الله) on the verse, “…let not this present life deceive you, and let not the chief deceiver (Satan) deceive you about Allāh.” [Sūrah Faṭir 35:5]
- Guidelines from the Salaf regarding this deep ocean of fitnah we live in. 
- A powerful statement from Yaḥyā b. Mu’ādh (رحمه الله) highlighting mankind’s intense fear of poverty. 
- The best and worse of the people. 

O Believer Know The Worldly life Is Less Than Worthless To Allah By Abu Idrees

●The importance of learning the 'Aqeedah (correct belief).

●Biography of the author.

●Being pleased and content with the Decree of Allāh.

●Eemān (faith) is speech, action and intention.

●Eemān: it increases with obedience and decreases with disobedience.

●Belief in the Pre-Decree, the good of it and the bad of it.

Q&A

●What are the recommended books on manners?

●Advice for one who is beginning their path in pursuit of knowledge of the religion.

●An advice to Markaz Anas bin Maalik in Brisbane, Australia.


Lesson One The 'Aqeedah of Imām ibn Qudamah al-Maqdasī (d.620AH) رحمه الله

- The importance of the people of knowledge clarifying this newly invented matter that has been attributed to Islām. 
- The history of celebrating the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ.
- The intention one should have when reasoning with those who celebrate the mawlid.
- Points of benefit taken from a debate between Shaykh al-Albānī (رحمه الله) and an individual regarding the mawlid. 
- Is celebrating the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ a good thing or a bad thing?
- Was the Messenger ﷺ and his Companions (رضى الله عنهم) ignorant of this good you claim to know?
- Textual proof to show that this is impossible. 
- Statements from Imām Mālik and Imām ash-Shawkānī (رحمهما الله) on the implications of attributing an innovation to the dīn and deeming it to be good. 
- The obligation of taking the understanding of the dīn from the Companions of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- The importance of protecting the pure Sunnah from those who want to pollute it with innovations. 
- Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) on the manner in which an innovation first appears, and the consequences of not extinguishing it at its inception.
- Doubts/arguments brought by those who celebrate the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ and how to answer them: 
- 1. Celebrating the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ is not an innovation but is a sunnah ḥasanah/bid’ah ḥasanah. 
- What they cite as proof. 
- The story behind the usage of the terms sunnah ḥasanah/bid’ah ḥasanah. 
- The impossibility of there being any contradiction in the statements of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- The meaning of sunnah ḥasanah. 
- The correct understanding of the statement attributed to ‘Abdullāh b. Mas’ūd (رضى الله عنه), “What the Muslims see to be good, that is good with Allāh.”
- 2. If the mawlid is an innovation, then why is it accepted and celebrated by so many people across the world?
- Clarification that numbers are never a proof.
- “And if you obey most of those on earth, they will mislead you far away from Allāh's Path.” [Sūrah al-An’ām 6:116]
- 3. All we do in our gatherings is remember the Messenger ﷺ, make dhikr of Allāh, study the Sīrah and recite the Qur’ān. Are these things prohibited/incorrect?
- The problem of singling out one day to carry out these actions. 
- Loving and remembering the Messenger ﷺ throughout the year.
- 4. The dream regarding the lightening of Abū Lahab’s punishment due to him being happy with the birth of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- Clarification that there is nothing authentically documented regarding this narration/dream. 
- The only dreams taken as proof. 
- Distinguishing between a natural occurrence and taking something as an act of worship.
- 5. The Christians respect ‘Īsā (عليه السلام) and celebrate his birthday, and our Messenger is better than him so it is more deserving that we celebrate his birthday ﷺ. 
- The Christians are not to be followed in their kufr and misguidance. 
- 6. Blessings necessitate that we are thankful to Allāh. 
- Their misapplication of this principle.
- Their incorrect use of the ḥadīth regarding the reason for fasting the Day of ‘Āshūrā. 
- The correct way to thank Allāh for sending the Messenger ﷺ. 
7. The Messenger ﷺ would fast on Mondays because it was the day he was born. 
- Clarification that the Messenger ﷺ would fast on Mondays and Thursdays throughout the year. 
- The Messenger ﷺ and his Companions never took it as a day of celebration or instructed us to do so. 
- 8. Rejoicing and being happy with the birth of the Messenger ﷺ is required, with a clear proof from the Qur’ān. 
- Their incorrect tafsīr of the verse, “Say, ‘In the bounty of Allāh and in His mercy - in that let them rejoice’” [Sūrah Yūnus 10:58]. 
- The correct explanation of this verse. 
- How to counter the arguments/claims of Ahlul-Bid’ah. 
- Three things that are necessitated when a person celebrates the birthday of the Messenger ﷺ. 
- An example of the shirk present in the Burdah of al-Būṣayrī. 
- The du’ā of Ibn al-Jawzī (رحمه الله) for those upon misguidance. 

Refuting The Doubts Used To Celebrate The Birthday of The Prophet By Abu Idrees

The lives of the three sons of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم): al-Qāsim, 'Abdullāh, and Ibrāheem (رضي الله عنهم) and the life of his daughter Umm Kulthūm (رضي الله عنها)

A glimpse into the lives of the children of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم.

● The life of the daughter of the Prophet  (صلى الله عليه وسلم)- Zaynab (رضي الله عنها)

The life of the daughter of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم): Fātimah (رضي الله عنها)

The life of the daughter of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)-Ruqayyah (رضي الله عنها)

[10/10/2025] The Agonising Cries and Pleas of The People of the Hellfire - Sh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:

– The reality of death.
– The conversation that will occur between the slave and His Lord regarding the moment of death.
– The conversation occurring during the moment when the hell fire is witnessed at the crossing of the bridge.
– The conversation that will occur by the body parts and the skins of the slaves of Allah.
– Description of the conversation between Allah and the slave during the Last Day.
– Admonishment to rectify ourselves and not be from the wrongdoers before death.
– Conversation between the people of Paradise and the people of the Fire.
– Description of what will occur to Death on the Last Day.
– The reality of the punishment that will be inflicted on the people of the Fire.
– Conversation between the Gatekeeper of the Fire to its inhabitants.
– Description of what will occur to Shaytan and his speech to the people of the Fire.


The Agonising Cries and Pleas of The People of the Hellfire By Abu Idrees 101025

[11/10/2025] {O mankind! Verily, the Promise of Allāh is true. So let not this worldly life deceive you, and let not the chief deceiver deceive you about Allāh} [Surah Fāṭir (35:5)] - By Abu 'Inaayah Seif حفظه الله. Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this lesson:

- The supplication of the righteous as it relates to the fulfilment of Allāh’s promise. 

- Our need to remind ourselves of the promise of Allāh (سبحانه وتعالى). 

- Imām as-Sa’dī (رحمه الله) on how belief in the promise of Allāh aids a person upon being patient. 

- Allāh’s promise to the believers in the dunyā, and the condition for this promise to be fulfilled. 

- Allāh’s promise to the believers in the hereafter. 

- The statement of the believers when they are admitted into Paradise. 

- The discussion that will take place between the inhabitants of Paradise and the inhabitants of the Hellfire as it relates to the promise of Allāh. 

- The humility of the Prophet ﷺ and how he treated the dunyā.

- Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) on the description of those who have been deceived by the worldly life. 

- A sign of istidrāj. 

- “And Shayṭān will say when the matter has been decided, ‘Verily, Allāh promised you a promise of truth. And I too promised you, but I betrayed you. I had no authority over you except that I called you, so you responded to me. So blame me not, but blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor can you help me. I deny your former act in associating me (Shayṭān) as a partner with Allāh (by obeying me in the life of the world). Verily, there is a painful torment for the Ẓalimūn (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.)." [Sūrah Ibrāhīm 14:22]

- How Shayṭān deceives a person concerning Allāh. 

- Caution against having evil thoughts about Allāh (عز وجل). 

- Explanation of terrifying verses from Sūrah al-Ḥadīd that should make us fear for ourselves.

- Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) on how the people of īmān are deceived into delaying tawbah. 

- The greatest of those who are deluded concerning their Lord. 

- The one who is deceived from every angle.  

- What is upon us in times of weakness and hardship?


The Promise of Allāh is True. So Let Not This Wordly Life Deceive You By Abu Inaayah Seif

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- Āyāt regarding the inevitability of being tested and put to trial.
- The fitnah of shubuhāt; examples and what it leads to.
- The most severe of all the fitan thrown at the hearts of the people.
- The du’ā of those most grounded in knowledge (الراسخون في العلم).
- The fitnah of shahawāt; examples and what it leads to.
- How a person can strengthen his īmān.
- Being cautious regarding falling into sins and following one’s desires.
- The cowards who try to infiltrate the ranks of Ahlus-Sunnah.
- ‘Umar b. al-Khaṭṭāb  (رضى الله عنه) on judging the people based upon what is apparent.
- Recognising the ḥizbiyyūn by their characteristics.
- The fitnah of the tongue; examples and what it leads to.
- That which Salafiyyah calls to.
- Not being deceived by those who claim to be upon Salafiyyah but desire to turn the people away from the truth.
- The unity of Ahlus-Sunnah.
- The actions of the munāfiqūn of old.

Stop Hating & Start Aiding: That is Better For You! - By Abu Khadeejah

Treatise Regarding Worshipping Allaah Alone

Treatise Regarding Worshipping Allaah Alone - Part 1

[22/08/2020] How to Deal With Anxiety, Stress and Depression – The Advice of Ibnul-Qayyim رحمه الله – by Abu Idrees حفظه الله. Masjid as-Salafi, Birmingham, UK.

- Allāh cures all diseases.
- Facing the reality that we will be tested, and preparing ourselves for these moments.
- The difference between al-Ḥuzn, al-Hamm and al-Ghamm.
- Āyāt that mention sadness. 
- The Messenger’s ﷺ seeking refuge with Allāh from sadness.
- The most beneficial words to say in times of hardship, and two tremendous foundations it entails.
- The course of action if the calamities are due to our sins and shortcomings.
- Looking at the blessings we still have in times of calamity/loss and being grateful for them.
- Understanding the reality that sadness and anxiety will not cause the problems to go away. 
- Losing the reward for patience is far greater than the calamity itself.
- The evil effects of jaz’ (anxiety, sadness, grief, sorrow), and the benefits of remaining patient.
- The outcome of patience and seeking reward with Allāh.
- Those whom Bayt al-Ḥamd (the House of Praise) is built for in Jannah. 
- Finding comfort in knowing that the promise of Allāh is true and Allāh never breaks His promises.
- The reason why some people [on the Day of Judgement] would wish they were afflicted in this life.
- The only thing that cannot be replaced.
- The difference between choosing to be patient and being forced to be patient.
- The best medicine for the slave.
- The reason Allāh sends down calamities upon His slaves.
- The bitterness and sweetness of this life and the hereafter.
- The most beneficial and the most detrimental thing for the slave.

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