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The Hellfire and the justice of Allāh, a khuṭbah by Ustādh Abu Arwa Ali (hafidhahullāh)

• "Fear the Fire whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the disbelievers"

• The descriptions of the punishment of the Fire in the Qurʾān

• The fear the Companions had of the Fire, and ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb's state at his death

• Allāh is praised even for the punishment He sends down: "So the last remnant of those who did wrong was cut off, and all praise is for Allāh"

• Ibrāhīm (ʿalayhis-salām) asking Allāh to keep him from idol worship

• The ongoing grief of the people of the Fire, and their regret over wasted youth

Recorded in Bradford

Preserving health: guidelines from the Book and the Sunnah, a lecture by Shaykh Abu Iyaad Amjad Rafiq (hafidhahullāh)

• The Qurʾān, the Sunnah and the prophetic medicine legislate many matters of worship, purification and lifestyle that preserve health

• "Whoever wakes up safe in his body, secure, with his day's food, it is as if the whole world has been given to him"

• Cleanliness of the body and the garments: "Rectify your garments, for you are coming to your brothers"

• Physical strength and training: the Companions practising archery and with the shield

• Removing harm, and the prohibition of eating the flesh and drinking the milk of animals that feed on filth

• Moderation in food and drink as one of the greatest foundations of health, and Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah on seeking treatment

A Ramaḍān reminder on the taqwā of Allāh by Shaykh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khan (hafidhahullāh)

• How fasting builds taqwā: knowing Allāh sees you and the angels are recording

• Allāh's command to fear Him as He deserves to be feared, and Ibn Masʿūd's explanation

• ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz: taqwā is leaving what Allāh forbade and doing what He obligated

• If we kept even a quarter of our Ramaḍān effort all year, what could we reach?

• Taqwā as the key to all good

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Save yourselves and your families from the Hell Fire, a lecture by Shaykh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khan (hafidhahullāh)

• The Fire as the punishment of Allāh, and the sins and love of this dunyā that lead people to it

• Trials as a test from Allāh, and good tidings for the patient

• The worth of Paradise compared with this world

• "All of you are shepherds": learning the religion in order to teach and protect the family

• Prevention is better than the cure: monitoring what children watch, use and absorb online

• Building a good Islāmic home: no arguing in front of the children, gentleness and wisdom like the Salaf

• Not exposing people's sins and shortcomings, while making clear errors in ʿaqīdah and manhaj

Preparation for Ramaḍān by Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Recap: the virtue of the Qurʾān and its revelation in Ramaḍān

• Fasting as an act of gratitude for the revelation of the Qurʾān

• Ḥadīth qudsī: "Every deed of the son of Ādam is for him, except fasting; it is for Me and I reward it"

• Good deeds multiplied ten to seven hundred times and more

• The fasting person leaves his food, drink and desires for Allāh's sake

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 12/3/23

Staying firm after Ramaḍān, a lecture by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Remaining upright (istiqāmah) on obedience after Ramaḍān ends

• Continuing the good deeds built up during the month

• The three kinds of taqwā

• Questions and answers, including on celebrating the Mawlid

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester, 8/6/19

Preparation for Ramaḍān, from the words of Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Opens a short series welcoming Ramaḍān, after the 40 Ḥadīth of Imām an-Nawawī was completed the week before

• Shaykh al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh): the Salaf asked Allāh to reach Ramaḍān, then to be aided in it, then for their deeds to be accepted

• Ramaḍān is the month in which the Qurʾān was revealed

• Fasting it is an act of worship and gratitude for the blessing of the Qurʾān

• Whoever stands (prays at night) in Ramaḍān with faith and hoping for reward is forgiven his previous sins, and likewise Laylat al-Qadr

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 5/3/23

A lecture by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh), in collaboration with the teachers of Ummahātul Muʾminīn

• "The religion is sincere advice": what naṣīḥah to the Book of Allāh entails

• Shaykh al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh): believing the Qurʾān is the Speech of Allāh, revealed and not created

• How the Qurʾān becomes a proof for a person or a proof against him

• The obligation to adhere to the Book of Allāh in the correct manner

• Questions and answers, including a question on courses that require picture-making (taṣwīr)

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 12/2/23

Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• The ḥadīth of ʿUmar: actions are only by intentions – a foundation of the religion

• Ikhlāṣ (sincerity) is one and the same as Tawḥīd al-Ulūhiyyah

• "And they were not commanded except to worship Allāh, making the religion sincerely for Him"

• The three people (the fighter, the scholar, the generous man) who sought the praise of people and gained only that

• The creation cannot give you reward in the Hereafter, so seek nearness to Allāh, not to the people

• Only the first khuṭbah was captured

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 18/11/22

Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• The ḥadīth: the strong believer is better and more beloved to Allāh than the weak believer

• Shaykh Ibn ʿUthaymīn (raḥimahullāh): the strength meant is strength of Īmān, not of the body

• Īmān according to Ahl as-Sunnah: belief of the heart, statement of the tongue and action of the limbs; it increases and decreases

• The pillars of Īmān from the ḥadīth of Jibrīl

• Īmān shown on the limbs: speaking good or staying silent, loving for your brother what you love for yourself

• Striving to increase in Īmān and be among the strong believers

• Delivered partly in Arabic with English explanation; only the first khuṭbah was captured

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 11/11/22