[26/08/2022] Paradise Is For The Strangers - National Conference 2022 - By Abdulilah Lahmami حفظه الله. Khutbah at Masjid As-Salafi, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khutbah:

- “Indeed Islām began as something stranger…”
- The statement of Shaykh Ibn Bāz (رحمه الله).
- How the Prophet ﷺ warned against all innovations.
- “Those who rectify what the people corrupted…”
- Those who have a good ending…
- Those who abandon all transgressions.
- Who are the happiest people on the Day of Judgement?
- The singular path to paradise.
- Understanding the Shahādah.
- The statement of Sufyān At-Thawrī (رحمه الله) regarding bid’ah.
- Those who the Prophet ﷺ described as “my brothers”.
- Allāh is sufficient for the believers.
- Imām Sa’dī (رحمه الله) upon Allāh aiding and protecting the believers.
- The scholars are the inheritors of the Prophets (عليهم السلام).
- Living during the “days of deception”.
- The revival of the Dīn.
- The sufficiency of the Qur’ān and the Sunnah.
- Who are the people of rectification?
- The Paradise that the believers are promised.

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– The evidence for sacrificing (Adh-Dhabh) is the saying of Allah, the almost High: Say, O Muhammad, indeed my prayer, my sacrifice, my living and my dying are all purely and solely for Allah, Lord of all creation. There is no share of that for other than Him.” Surah Al An’am 6: 162-163
– Also the Prophet ‎ﷺ said: Allah has cursed anyone who sacrifices for other than Allah.
– Explanation of Shaykh Fawzan:
– Sacrificing and slaughtering: its types and proofs.
– The 4 types of sacrificing and its rulings in Islam.
1: Sacrificing for Allah alone.
2: Purpose of eating meat.
3: Sacrificing due to good news and happiness.
4: in order to give the meat to charity.
– Benefit regarding the above Ayah specifically the word “say (O Muhammad).”
– The meaning of “my prayer” from the above Ayah.
– The meaning of “my sacrifice” and the linguistic word used in this Ayah: nusuki.
– Allah mentions salah and nusuk together as they are the greatest of acts of worship related to the limbs.
– Explanation of Shaykh Ubaid Al-Jabiri.
– Meaning of the Ayah above - Allah commands sincerity.
– Meaning of “my prayer, my sacrifice.
– Difference between Hady and Udhiyyah.
– The timings of when Hady and Udhiyyah occurs.
– The location of Hady and Udhiyyah taking place.
– The rulings of Hady and Udhiyyah.
– The difference in rulings between those carrying out the hady and Udhiyyah.
– The difference in regards to who can consume the hady and Udhiyyah.

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Class 04 Selections from 40 Hadīth on Jurisprudence by Imām al-Mundhirī

- 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. 

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