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al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Ḥadīth 36: "Whosoever removes a worldly distress from a believer, Allāh will remove from him…" – Seeking Knowledge

• Relieving a brother's distress by a loan, charity or comfort is repaid in kind on the Day of Resurrection

• Easing a debtor is by giving him more time without adding to the debt, or by waiving it, which is better

• Concealing a Muslim means advising him privately about his fault, not exposing him in gatherings

• Only Sharīʿah knowledge shows the path to Paradise; it is sought by travelling, reading, memorising and study

• One held back by his deeds will not be raised by his lineage

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 19/2/23

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Ḥadīth 35: "Do not envy one another; do not inflate prices one to another…" – Brotherhood and Piety

• Envy, wishing a blessing removed from another, divides the Muslims; wishing for the like of it is ghibṭah

• Najsh is raising a price with no intention to buy; selling over a brother's sale is not allowed

• Do not belittle a Muslim: the measure is the īmān in the heart, not looks, wealth or status

• A Muslim's blood, wealth and honour are sacred; backbiting is forbidden and advice is given privately

• This ḥadīth is no proof for keeping silent about innovation and its people; the Salaf spoke the truth about them

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

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Ḥadīth 34: "Whosoever amongst you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand…" – Correcting the Evil

• Enjoining good and forbidding evil is one of the foundations of Islām, because it reforms society

• Evil (munkar) is what Allāh and His Messenger forbade, rejected by sound nature and sound minds

• Changing by hand belongs to those with authority: the rulers, the ḥisbah, and the head over his own home

• One with knowledge but no authority uses his tongue: he explains, advises and informs those in charge

• The weakest level is the heart: hating the evil and its people and keeping away from them

• The ruler is advised, not opposed by hand or by public speech; protests are not a legislated way of forbidding evil

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 29/1/23

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Ḥadīth 32: "There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm" – There Should Be No Harm

• It comes both connected and mursal (Mālik), and is strong through its chains; what a mursal ḥadīth is

• "No harm": you harm no one; "no reciprocating": you do not repay harm with harm

• Equal retribution is permitted, but pardoning is better and spreads love between people

• Ḥadīth 33: "…the onus of proof is upon the claimant…" – The Proof is Upon the Claimant

• No one, even the most truthful, is given what he claims by the claim alone, or corruption would follow

• Without valid proof the defendant swears by Allāh to deny the claim; if he refuses, he is judged against

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 22/1/23

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Ḥadīth 30: "Allāh the Exalted has obligated religious duties, so do not neglect them…" – The Limits of the Sharīʿah

• Allāh's limits mark the lawful and unlawful: the lawful is not exceeded and the unlawful not even approached

• What He is silent about is left unasked out of mercy, not forgetfulness, for Allāh does not forget

• Becoming comfortable with small sins leads a person to bigger ones

• Ḥadīth 31: "Abstain from (pursuit of) the world and Allāh will love you…" – Abstinence From the World

• Zuhd is leaving the excess you have no need of, not what you and your children need or lawful earning

• People dislike being asked, whereas Allāh loves to be asked, for He is rich and generous

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

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Ḥadīth 26: "For every day on which the sun rises an act of charity is due for every joint…" – The Paths of Goodness

• Reconciling between two people is a great charity, and the one who reconciles must be just

• A good word, every step to the prayer, and removing harm from the road are each a charity

• Two rakʿahs of the ḍuḥā prayer suffice in place of all 360 charities

• Ḥadīth 27: "Righteousness (birr) is good morality…" – Righteousness and Sin

• Sin is what troubles the believer's soul and what he hates people to see

• Do not rely on a fatwā alone until your soul rests with it; picking whichever fatwā suits one's desires is a sin

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 20/11/22

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Ḥadīth 24 (continued): "…any more than a needle decreases the sea if put into it"

• Allāh is Self-Sufficient and Generous, and His dominion is vast

• Reward is by deeds, not lineage: whoever finds good praises Allāh, and whoever finds otherwise blames himself

• Ḥadīth 25: "Every tasbīḥ is a charity, every takbīr is a charity, every taḥmīd is a charity…" – The Excellence of Dhikr

• Allāh has made the paths of good many and easy for everyone, rich or poor

• Enjoining good and forbidding evil is a great charity; guiding others can benefit them more than money

• Ordinary habits, even fulfilling one's desire lawfully, become worship with a good intention

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 13/11/22

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Ḥadīth 24: "O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself…" – Prohibition of Oppression

• A ḥadīth qudsī: its wording and its meaning are from Allāh

• Oppression is of three kinds: shirk against Allāh, sinning against oneself, and wronging other people

• Oppressing anyone is forbidden, even a disbeliever, and the supplication of the oppressed is answered

• Guidance of explaining reaches everyone; guidance of acceptance is for the believers, so ask Allāh for it

• Allāh is not harmed by sin nor benefited by obedience; it is we who need to worship Him

• Shaykh an-Najmī: what keeps a person from oppression, such as his īmān and his mercy

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 16/10/22

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Ḥadīth 22: "If I pray the prescribed prayers, fast in Ramaḍān… shall I enter Paradise?" – The Path to Paradise

• Whoever does the obligations, leaves the forbidden and is content with the lawful will enter Paradise

• He is the moderate one of the three kinds of believer: wronging himself, moderate, and foremost in good

• Gratitude for blessings: attributing them to Allāh and using them in His obedience

• Ḥadīth 23: "Purity is one-half of faith, (saying) 'alḥamdulillāh' fills the scales…" – Purity is Half of Īmān

• Purification is of two kinds: of the body with water, and inwardly from sins

• Prayer is light, charity is a proof of true īmān, and patience is a stronger light still

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 9/10/22

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Ḥadīth 21: "Say: I believe in Allāh and thereafter remain steadfast" – Having Istiqāmah Upon Islām

• From this lesson the explanation of Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī is used

• Two short phrases of the Prophet's ﷺ concise speech that gather all good, as in Fuṣṣilat 30

• Īmān is saying with the tongue, belief in the heart and action with the limbs

• Istiqāmah is balance between extremism and laxity, keeping to what is commanded without adding to it

• No one is free of shortcomings, so Allāh prescribed seeking forgiveness to repair them

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 25/9/22