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ʿUmdatul Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Recap of the obligations of the prayer and the prostration of forgetfulness

• Increasing in prostration as a means of being close to the Prophet ﷺ in Paradise

• The twelve regular Sunnah prayers, and keeping the two rakʿahs before Fajr light

• Voluntary prayers prayed in congregation: tarāwīḥ, the eclipse prayer and the prayer for rain, with memories of the rain prayer in Madīnah

• The night prayer is two by two, and the one who prays sitting has half the reward

• The ten promised Paradise are not the only Companions promised it

• The Sunnah is easier to practise in the lands of the Muslims, so do not become complacent

Recorded at The Salafi Centre of Manchester

ʿUmdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

- The twelve pillars of the prayer listed by Ibn Qudāmah

- Its obligations, such as the first tashahhud

- Movements that are acceptable in the prayer, such as closing a gap in the row, stopping someone passing in front, or opening a door

- Doubting how many rakʿahs were prayed: building on certainty, the lesser number

- Following the imām even where one holds a different view

- Men alert the imām to a mistake by saying "Subḥān Allāh" and women by clapping

Recorded at The Salafi Centre of Manchester

ʿUmdatul Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Recap of al-Fātiḥah: when it is recited and when it is not

• The length of the recitation in the different prayers, from narrations in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim

• Prostrating on the seven limbs, and "the masjids belong to Allāh"

• Moving the finger continuously in the tashahhud

• The taslīm ends the prayer

• Women pray as men do: "Pray as you have seen me pray" is general for the whole Ummah

• An obligation left deliberately means repeating the prayer, while one left through forgetfulness is made up with the prostration of forgetfulness

Recorded at The Salafi Centre of Manchester

ʿUmdatul Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• The Chapter of the Description of the Prayer is built on the ḥadīth "Pray as you have seen me pray"

• The imām says the takbīr aloud so that those behind him can hear it

• "Its opening is the takbīr and its closing is the taslīm": talking and laughing become forbidden once the prayer begins

• "There is no prayer for the one who does not recite al-Fātiḥah", and the one praying behind the imām

• Reciting quietly by moving the lips, and not raising the voice behind the imām

Recorded at The Salafi Centre of Manchester

ʿUmdatul Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Recap of the etiquette of walking to the prayer

• The Chapter of the ʿĪd Prayer: Ibn Qudāmah counts it a communal obligation (farḍ kifāyah), and the two types of obligation

• The practice of the Prophet ﷺ and the Khulafāʾ after him, from the ḥadīth of Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī in al-Bukhārī

• Severely weak and slightly weak narrations, and when narrations strengthen one another

• The one who misses the first rakʿah of the ʿĪd prayer

• The takbīr from the night of ʿĪd until the prayer

• Going by one route and returning by another, to greet as many people as possible and show the strength of the Muslims

Recorded at The Salafi Centre of Manchester

ʿUmdatul Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Recap of covering the ʿawrah

• The next condition: purity of the body, the clothing and the place of prayer

• The ḥadīth about menstrual blood on a garment: scraping it, washing it, then praying in it

• Places where the prayer is not established, such as graveyards and toilets

• Facing the qiblah, and those excused from it, such as the sick person who cannot turn and the one in fear during battle

• Working out the direction from what is around you; praying in its general direction is enough, and long straight rows fit more people

Recorded at The Salafi Centre of Manchester

ʿUmdatul Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Recap of the prayer times, from Ẓuhr to ʿIshāʾ, whose chosen time ends at the middle of the night, and Fajr

• The man's ʿawrah is from the navel to the knee

• The woman's face and hands in the prayer, with the narration of Ibn ʿAbbās and the woman in iḥrām who does not cover them

• Chains such as "from his father, from his grandfather" explained

• Silk and gold are forbidden for the men of this Ummah and permitted for its women, and the exception of a nose made of gold

• Praying in a stolen garment: how can a person seek nearness to Allāh through disobedience?

Recorded at The Salafi Centre of Manchester

ʿUmdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

- Recap of the Chapter of the Adhān and Iqāmah: facing the qiblah and turning right and left at "Ḥayya ʿalaṣ-ṣalāh"

- The adhān is not obligatory upon women, and they do not raise their voices

- The times of the prayer: Ẓuhr from when the sun passes its zenith until an object's shadow equals its length, from the ḥadīth of Jibrīl leading the Prophet ﷺ

- ʿAṣr has a time of necessity until sunset, and it is not permissible to delay it without a legislated excuse

- Fajr begins with the true dawn, whose light spreads across the horizon, unlike the false dawn

- Q&A: amulets and bracelets worn as a cure, and why a cure must be established by the Sharīʿah or by experience

Recorded at The Salafi Centre of Manchester

ʿUmdatul Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• The Sharīʿah meaning of the prayer: specific actions that begin with the takbīr and end with the taslīm

• Its obligation: "Indeed the prayer has been prescribed for the believers at fixed times"

• The four types of people who leave the prayer: the one who denies its obligation, the one who leaves it through laziness or negligence, the one who refuses even under threat of execution, and the one who misses it through sleep or forgetfulness

• The one who sleeps or forgets prays when he wakes or remembers, unless he was negligent, such as going to sleep shortly before Fajr

• The ḥadīth of the five prayers, "whoever preserves them has a covenant with Allāh", and which position it supports

• The prayer is obligatory on every Muslim who is sane and has reached puberty

• Extreme Ṣūfīs who claim their shaykhs reach a level where the obligations no longer apply to them: this belief is disbelief

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 1/5/23

ʿUmdatul Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Ibn Qudāmah's summary of the obligations of wuḍūʾ: the intention, washing the face, arms and feet, wiping the whole head, and doing it in order

• The proof for the order: the āyah of Sūrat al-Māʾidah and "Begin with what Allāh began with"

• From the Sunnahs of wuḍūʾ: washing the hands three times, with Shaykh ʿUbayd's comment

• Using too much water can lead to whispers and to carelessness in washing each limb

• Wiping over the socks: the ḥadīth of Ṣafwān ibn ʿAssāl, three days and nights for the traveller except from janābah

• Q&A: whether anything can replace the miswāk, and touching the private parts

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 26/12/22