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The Sickness & The Cure

Lectures by Shaykh Khālid al-Ẓufayrī (link) and Ḥasan al-Ṣumālī, during a visit to Toronto, Canada (June 2012). They spoke during the seminar entitled, The Sickness and the Cure on issues of disease and rectification (of the heart).

The Sickness and the Cure - Khālid al-Ẓufayrī, Ḥasan al-Ṣumālī

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The Fruits and Benefits of True Faith by Shaykh Hassan Somali

The Here-After Conference.
A touching and emotional discrption of Hellfire by Abu Idrees.

Descriptions Of The Hellfire And Its People By Abu Idrees

[2015] Khutbah at Masjid as-Sunnah an-Nabawiyyah, Germantown, Philadelphia.

Evils Of Music By Ḥaṣan Ṣomālī

[17/10/2016] The Remedy To Feeling Low & Weak In Your Faith (Īmān) - By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

- A principle with Ahlus-Sunnah regarding the increase and decrease of īmān.

- The reality that none of us are exempt from our īmān decreasing. 

- Reasons for a decrease in īmān. 

- 1. Turning away from the remembrance of Allāh. 

- The consequences of turning away from the remembrance of Allāh. 

- 2. Sins

- “…And whoever disobeys Allāh and His Messenger, he has indeed strayed in a plain error.” [Sūrah al-Ahzāb 33:36]

- Picking up each other when we are down, and using the scales of Ar-Rahmān to solve our problems.

- Ibn al-Mubārak (رحمه الله) on the grave consequences of sins. 

- 3. Abandoning the truth.

- “…then whenever there comes to you Guidance from Me, and whoever follows My Guidance, there shall be no fear on them, nor shall they grieve.” [Sūrah al-Baqarah 2:38]

- The condition for sadness, grief and fear to be removed from us. 

- Truthfully taking account of ourselves.

- What is making us fall short regarding the rights of our Lord?

- The vicious cycle of falling short and decreasing in īmān. 

- Diagnosing our problems in order to solve them. 

- 4. Companionship

- The harm of using your own intellect and scales to judge your companion.

- The true companion.

- The regret on the Day of Judgment for the one who chose the wrong companions.

- The best of the people.

- The sign that we need to change our companions.

- 5. Trials

- A warning against forsaking the dīn and using trials as an excuse to be distant from Allāh.

- Following the example of the Prophets (عليهم السلام) and Salaf (رحمهم الله) in drawing closer to Allāh by way of trials. 

- 6. Giving importance to the dunyā over the ākhirah.

- Hasan al-Basrī (رحمه الله) on the verse, “…So let not this present life deceive you, and let not the chief deceiver (Satan) deceive you about Allāh.” [Sūrah Fātir 35:5]

- How we should reflect when we hear/recite verses of the Qur’ān. 

- Caution against exchanging something that is worthless and will come to an end for something that is everlasting. 

-  Warnings from the Messenger ﷺ regarding the dunyā.

- A golden statement from the Salaf describing this dunyā and how we should navigate it.

- Yahyā b. Mu’ādh (رحمه الله) on the intoxication of this dunyā. 

- The remedy for weak īmān. 

- The heart and soul’s need for sustenance in order to survive. 

- The only thing that gives life to the heart and soul.

- A hadīth regarding the reality of the dunyā and the importance of the remembrance of Allāh. 

- The only thing in this world that is not cursed.

- Al-A’raj (رحمه الله) on what causes a blessing to turn into a calamity. 

- The critical role of knowledge in remedying weak īmān, sadness, anxiety and stress. 

- The wretched soul.

- Equipping ourselves for the battle against Shaytān and his relentless efforts to destroy us. 

- Resolving to analyse and rectify ourselves.

The Remedy To Feeling Low & Weak In Your Faith By Abu Idrees 181016

[07/04/2017] Means to a Happy Life - A Righteous Wife - By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Khutbah at Masjid As-Salafi, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this Khutbah:

- How to attain a good life.
- The best enjoyment of this world.
- Four things that are from happiness and four things that are from misery.
- Characteristics of a righteous wife:
1. She has correct ‘Aqīdah, due to seeking knowledge.
2. She is obedient to her husband.
3. She aids her husband in his īmān and dīn.
4. She safeguards the honour of her husband while he is present and also in his absence.
- The reply of the Messenger ﷺ when he was asked who is the best of the women.

Means To A Happy Life A Righteous Wife By Abu Idrees 07042017

Fiqh

Lowering the Gaze is Obligatory - Abū Uways

Selections from: My Advice to the Women (Umm ʿAbdillāh al-Wādiʿiyyah)

My Advice to the Women - The Rights of the Wife Over the Husband - Ḥasan al-Ṣūmālī

My people are the best people! My tribe is the most prestigious tribe - better than those other tribes! My country, my beloved country! A look at Sūrah al-Ḥujarāt, verse 13. A disease which is passed on generation by generation is the excessive love of one's tribe or nation, preferring them over others and building loyalty upon nationalism and tribalism.

The Sickness and The Cure

Tribes and Tribalism, Nations and Nationalism - Ḥasan al-Ṣūmālī

The noble scholar of the salaf, Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah is quoted on the topic of purification of the heart. Ibn al-Qayyim was famous for such topics.

Purification of the Heart from Filth and Impurities - Ḥasan al-Ṣūmālī

A discussion on some of the harms of internet technologies, specifically social media in its various forms. The misuse of these technologies for evil is commonplace today.

Comprehensive

Beware the Perils of the Internet - Ḥasan al-Ṣūmālī

How should a Muslim choose his/her friends? Good companions are beneficial in this life and towards the ākhirah, having bad companions can harm you in this life and in the hereafter.

Who is a Good Companion? - Ḥasan al-Ṣūmālī

A khuṭbah by our beloved brother Ḥasan al-Ṣumālī, during a visit to Toronto, Canada (June 2012). He spoke during the seminar entitled, The Sickness and the Cure on issues of disease and rectification (of the heart).

Be Mindful of Allāh and He Will Protect You - Ḥasan al-Ṣumālī

An advice we all need to hear, "being patient upon the truth." We live in a time of great fitnah and difficult challenges. Our Islām is always under attack from enemies of this blessed dīn, innovations, ḥizbiyyah, temptations. Translated by  Ḥasan al-Ṣumālī.

Being Patient Upon the Truth - Khālid al-Ẓufayrī

Seminar October 2019 - Rectify Your Life Before Death

A Guide To Being Content In Life, A Gift To The Sisters by Abū Idrīs Muḥammad

A post-Ramaḍān khuṭbah [2019.06.14] by Abū Idrīs Muḥammad Khān to the worshippers at Masjid al-Furqān (TROID) to battle on, to fight against their desires, to continue a path of obedience and righteousness after the departure of the blessed month.