Taken from a khutbah, November 2019
Masjid Ash-Shura, Norfolk, VA

Celebrating the Prophet's Birthday is NOT FROM ISLAM

Class 01 Gateway to Arabic Book 01

PART 2 | The Types of Hearts - by Allāmah Rabee al-Madkhali (رحمه الله) - Ustādh Abu ʿAbdur-Raḥmān Hilāl (حفظه الله)

A Poem Regarding the Ten Companions Promised Paradise for Children

●Further explanation of the description of the Lake of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and those who will be forbidden from drinking from it.

●The various types of intercession on the Day of Judgement. 

●What will be weighed on the scales on the Day of Judgement?

●The belief in the bridge over the Hellfire.

●The belief in the blowing of the Horn.

●The belief in the Resurrection.

●The belief in Paradise and Hellfire. 

●The creation of the father of mankind- Ādam (peace be upon him)

●Ibrāheem (peace be upon him) is the khaleel of Allāh, what is the meaning of khaleel?

●The belief that Allāh spoke to Mūsā (peace be upon him) directly. 

●The belief that Allāh will speak to us directly in the Hereafter. 

●The belief of the Night Journey of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

●Allāh will only be seen in the hereafter, not in this life.

●The belief of the scholars of the Sunnah that hearing and obeying the ruler is an obligation. 


●The belief of the people of Sunnah that Jihād is behind the ruler.

●The best of the generations are the first three generations.

●Q & A

●How to interact with non-Muslim parents.

●What is a weak hadeeth?

●Yāsir Qādhi and some of his misguidances.

●I work in a homeless hostel and have been asked by my manager to give them clean needles for drug taking, is this allowed?


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

[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

From the 2025 Canadian National Summer Conference at Masjid al-Furqān (TROID), 2025/07/27-29.

Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī’ al-Madkhalī’s Advice to the Students of Knowledge - Abū Khadījah

Advices Regarding the Issue of Plural Marriage--Raha Batts

The Methodology of the Salaf in Seeking Knowledge

[Lesson Nine | 13/09/2025] 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 lesson.
- The four categories of people as it relates to the actualisation of ‘ibādah and isti’ānah:
- 1. Those who worship Allāh (‘ibādah) and seek His aid (isti’ānah) in doing so. 
- The most excellent and beneficial type of supplication to Allāh. 
- The greatest of gifts a person can be granted. 
- An observation by Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) regarding the thing that all of the reported supplications revolve around. 
- Ibn Taymiyyah’s (رحمه الله) reflection on what he found to be the most beneficial supplication. 
- 2. Those who turn away from worshipping Allāh and seeking His aid.
- The reason they ask of Allāh, if they were to do so. 
- Proof that Allāh gives to even the one most hated to Him. 
- The one who is made distant from Allāh. 
- Clarification that Allāh’s responding and giving or not responding and withholding has no connection to the honour or disgrace of a servant. 
- The importance of istikhārah. 
- “As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): ‘My Lord has honoured me.’ But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: ‘My Lord has humiliated me!’” [Sūrah al-Fajr 89:15-16]
- True honour, and the sign of true humiliation. 
- 3. Those who worship Allāh but do not seek His aid in establishing that worship. 
- The two groups of people within this category:
- 3.1. The Qadariyyah/Mu’tazilah
- How their deviant belief that man creates his own actions prevents them from seeking Allāh’s aid in worship. 
- 3.2. The Jabariyyah
- What is necessitated by their belief, and how it impairs their worship. 
- Practical examples that highlight how an incorrect belief can be detrimental to a person’s worship and nearness to Allāh. 
- The meaning of Tawakkul, and a similitude that captures the manner in which the servant should depend upon his Lord. 
- “And whosoever puts his trust in Allāh, then He will suffice him.” [Sūrah aṭ-Ṭalāq 65:3]
- 4. Those who seek Allāh’s aid (in order to achieve their worldly objectives) but do not worship Him. 
- Affairs given to both the righteous and sinful. 
- The most ignorant and distant people from knowing Allāh and His religion. 
- The two foundational principles required to actualise إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ. 
- The four categories of people in regard to these two foundations:
- 1. Those who combine ikhlāṣ and mutāba’ah. 
- Affairs that are not from sincerity. 
- A beautiful similitude regarding how the people of ikhlāṣ and mutāba’ah view those around them. 
- Fuḍayl b. ‘Iyāḍ (رحمه الله) on the meaning of, “Who has created death and life, that He may test you which of you is best in deed.” [Sūrah al-Mulk 67:2]
- “So whoever hopes for the Meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord." [Sūrah al-Kahf 18:110]

For the full notes visit: https://www.salafisounds.com/nine-madarij-al-salikin-abu-iyaad/



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