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Sharḥ as-Sunnah by Imām al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Recap: the reality of death, and that everything will perish

• Mankind live in this world for action, then die and wait in the Barzakh until the Resurrection

• The sinner must not despair of Allāh's mercy: repentance wipes out what came before

• Questions and answers, including stating one's conditions politely when proposing marriage

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 13/5/25

Sharḥ as-Sunnah by Imām al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Lessons on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday this week in place of Saturday, when the brothers are encouraged to travel to the Birmingham conference

• Point 58: everything created will die and perish, then Allāh will resurrect them and bring them to account

• "Every soul shall taste death", and remembering often the destroyer of pleasures

• "Worship your Lord until the certainty comes to you"

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 12/5/25

Sharḥ as-Sunnah by Imām al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Recap of marriage: the walī, two trustworthy witnesses, and the pillars of offer and acceptance

• Point 57: the blood of a Muslim is unlawful except in three cases

• Killing by mistake or without intent to kill: blood money, and what returns to the ruler

• Keep away from anyone who harms your religion; we want Paradise and to be saved from the Fire

• Questions and answers: the Companions did not differ in the fundamentals of the religion

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 26/4/25

Sharḥ as-Sunnah by Imām al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Resuming the series after a long break

• Al-Barbahārī mentions matters of creed, methodology and fiqh, and all of it is from the Sunnah

• Point 55: there is no marriage without a walī; the ruler is the walī of the one who has none

• A walī must share the woman's religion, as with a woman who has embraced Islām

• Point 56: three divorces pronounced together, and when repeating the words for emphasis does not count as three

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 8/2/25

Sharḥ as-Sunnah by Imām al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Point 51: whoever claims to see Allāh in this world is a disbeliever; seeing Allāh in a dream is a separate matter

• Point 52: reflecting on the Essence of Allāh is an innovation; reflect on His creation instead

• The ḥadīth "Reflect on the creation of Allāh" and what a ḥasan ḥadīth means

• Dealing with the whispers of the Shayṭān: reject them, increase in knowledge and do not show that they affect you

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 23/11/24

Sharḥ as-Sunnah by Imām al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Point 39: stoning (rajm) is true

• The definition of zinā and its prescribed punishment

• The conditions for the punishment to be carried out

• How zinā is established: four witnesses or a confession, and why other evidence is not enough

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 20/7/24

Sharḥ as-Sunnah by Imām al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Point 32: the Khilāfah remains in Quraysh until ʿĪsā descends: "Put Quraysh forward and do not go ahead of them"

• Point 33: whoever rebels against a Muslim ruler is one of the Khawārij

• The narrations about the reward for the one who kills the Khawārij

• Whether the Khawārij are Muslims: the positions of the scholars, including Shaykh Ibn Bāz and Shaykh ʿUbayd (raḥimahumallāh)

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 8/6/24

Sharḥ as-Sunnah by Imām al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Revision of the ten promised Paradise

• The imām of the congregation is appointed by the ruler or the one he authorises, as with the masjids of Saudi Arabia

• Point 31: the prayer, Ḥajj and Jihād are with the rulers

• A person does not go out to fight on his own authority; punishing those who rebel belongs to the ruler

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 1/6/24

Sharḥ as-Sunnah by Imām al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• The first lesson of the series on Saturday evenings

• Completing the biographies of the ten promised Paradise, including Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ

• Point 29: hearing and obeying the Muslim rulers in what Allāh loves and is pleased with

• There is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator

• Point 30: the three ways a ruler is established: chosen by the people of influence (the scholars, leaders and commanders), appointed by the previous ruler as Abū Bakr appointed ʿUmar, or taking control when there is no ruler

Recorded at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 25/5/24

ʿUmdatul Aḥkām by al-Ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh): the Book of Purification, with explanations taken from various scholars, taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Ḥadīth 16 of Ibn ʿAbbās: the Prophet ﷺ passed by two graves whose occupants were being punished, one for not guarding against urine and one for spreading tales

• He split a palm branch and placed half on each grave

• The urine of a breastfeeding boy and girl, and why they differ

• Using the siwāk while fasting: the narration of ʿĀmir ibn Rabīʿah, and ash-Shāfiʿī's view that it is disliked

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 17/12/23