Girls' Youth Club Reminders – Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell

Perfecting good character, a reminder by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• The Prophet ﷺ said: "I was only sent to perfect good character"

• Actions follow the heart, so purify it of envy, hatred and self-amazement, and humble yourself for Allāh

• "Whoever believes in Allāh and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent"

• The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ is the best example, and good manners are a means of calling people to Islām and the Sunnah

• Whoever revives a good Sunnah has its reward and the reward of those who follow it

• Guidance is the most valuable thing a person can carry, so let it show in how you carry yourself

The strong believer, a reminder by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• "The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allāh than the weak believer" (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim): strength of īmān, not physical strength

• Īmān is belief in the heart, speech on the tongue and action with the limbs; it increases with obedience and decreases with disobedience

• Rectifying the heart with Tawḥīd, sincerity and knowledge, and purifying it of envy, hatred and arrogance

• "Two words light on the tongue, heavy on the Scales": subḥānallāhi wa biḥamdihi, subḥānallāhil-ʿaẓīm

• Guarding the tongue from backbiting, tale-carrying and lying, for one careless word can lead to the Fire

• Knowledge comes before speech and action, and loving Allāh means following the Messenger ﷺ

Recorded on 15/8/26

ʿĀshūrāʾ and the story of Mūsā, a reminder by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Firʿawn's tyranny over the Children of Isrāʾīl, and how Allāh protected the baby Mūsā in the river and in Firʿawn's own house

• Mūsā's duʿā that his brother Hārūn be made a prophet with him

• The magicians of Egypt, Mūsā's staff, and the magicians falling down in prostration: "We believe in the Lord of all creation"

• The parting of the sea: "Nay, verily with me is my Lord, He will guide me"

• Mūsā fasted the tenth of Muḥarram in gratitude, and the Prophet ﷺ said: "We have more right to Mūsā than you"

• Fasting the day before or after as well, and the hope that it expiates the sins of the previous year

• ʿĀshūrāʾ is a day of gratitude and worship, not a day of mourning

Recorded on the day of ʿĀshūrāʾ, 26/6/26

Be with the truthful, a reminder to the Girls' Youth Club by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• "O you who believe, fear Allāh and be with the truthful" (at-Tawbah 9:119)

• Truthfulness begins with being truthful with Allāh: in belief, in Tawḥīd and in the Shahādah

• Truthfulness leads to righteousness and Jannah, and a person keeps being truthful until he is written with Allāh as truthful; lying leads to wickedness and the Fire

• People trust the one known for truthfulness and turn away from the one known for lying

• ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Mubārak: the isnād is part of the religion, and the preservation of the religion rests on truthfulness

• A lie is still a lie when joking, and the first sign of the hypocrite is that when he speaks he lies

• Whoever finds that lying has become a habit should not despair: make duʿā, for Allāh is able to change it

Recorded at the Girls' Youth Club, Salafi Bookstore & Islamic Centre, Manchester, on 1/5/26

Choosing good companions, a reminder to the Girls' Youth Club by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• "O you who believe, fear Allāh and be with the truthful": Allāh commands us to keep the company of the truthful

• Truthfulness leads to righteousness and righteousness leads to Jannah, while lying leads to wickedness and wickedness leads to the Fire

• "A person is upon the religion of his close friend, so let each of you look at whom he befriends"

• Friends always invite one another, either to good or to evil, so choose those who will help you in this life and the Hereafter

• A true friend advises you and does not simply agree with you when you are wrong; enjoining the good and forbidding the evil is part of īmān

• Keep to the gatherings of good, for a person will be with those he loves, and be keys to good and locks against evil

Recorded at the Girls' Youth Club, Salafi Bookstore & Islamic Centre, Manchester, on 24/4/26