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Shaytaan never stops in his attacks against the Son of Adam. So it is a must that followers of the sunnah remain steadfast against all of his plots and plans.

Recorded at Masjid Furqan in Stoke in 2011 - Courtesy of our brothers @IslamStoke (twitter.com/IslamStoke) | www.masjidfurqan.co.uk

"O You Who believe, if you fear Allah, Allah will give you a criterion." Anfal 8:29

This verse deals with a few issues. The first is taqwa - an advice which has been given to those before us and in our time.

The definition of taqwa as mentioned by Talq ibn Habib is that you:

- Act in obedience to Him

- Comply with His legislation with ‘ilm hoping for the mercy of Allah

- Leave disobedience to Allah with a light from Allah (‘ilm) based upon that which you have learnt from the legislation, fearing his punishment.

Another explanation of the meaning of taqwa taken from Abu Hurairah is when he asked a person “Have you ever taken a path where there are dangerous obstacles?” and he explained “I would avoid and be cautious it in order not to be harmed by those obstacles and this is taqwa.”

Allah has said that He is not going to leave you just to believe until he distinguishes between those that are impure and those that are pure. He is the One who created life and death to see who is best in good deeds. The one who is from the muttaqoon walks with precaution. You walk carefully for the short time that we are here, be in this world as if you are a stranger. We should be cautious as it relates to taqwa.

As for taqwa in the Quran the command of having taqwa is often attributed to the name of Allah ,for example, in the verse which tells us to fear Allah, The One who you be gathered and the statement “Oh you who believe fear Allah and say a statement that is correct and your actions will be correct.

When Allah mentions His name then taqwa or His Punishment. It means have this cautiousness, fearing His Anger when Allah says to fear Him. If you fear Allah then avoid his anger with ‘ilm. When He mentions taqwa then his punishment, for example in these following verses:

“And Fear the Hellfire that has been prepared for the disbelievers” Aali Imraan 3:131

“And fear fire, the one whose fuel is men and stones that has been prepared for the disbelievers” Baqarah 2:24

“And fear that day that you will return to Allah” Baqarah 2:281

In the statement “Oh you who believe have taqwa” the benefits of having taqwa are that:

- Your actions are accepted.

- Allah does not accept from those who have no taqwa, as it says in The Quran: "Verily, Allah accepts only from those who are Al-Muttaqun” Maidah 5:27

- Allah is with those who have taqwa

In a tafsir of the Quran it is mentioned that this means that He will give you an exit from bidah. If you have taqwa you will not fall into bidah, and those are the people from Ahlus-Sunnah. If you have taqwa he will make you free and distance you from shubhat and misconceptions, and if you have them, you are weak in your taqwa. You are weak in your taqwa if you have doubts about Salafiyyah, fear Allah. There is fitnah everyday, this is from the sunnah. In the hadith of Abdullah ibn Zubair it says that there does not come a time except the one which comes after it worse, and it will get worse. You need this light from Allah (seeking knowledge the Quran and the Sunnah). Abdullah ibn masood said:

"knowledge is not just talking, it is that light which Allah puts in the heart."

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Sahih al-Bukhari – The Book of Tawheed – Lesson 15 (04/03/17)

Chapter 9: The Statement of Allah: "And Allah is Ever All-Hearer All-Seer”. (An-Nisaa’ 4:134)

Today we covered:

• The Tawheed of Allah’s Names and Attributes

Explanation by Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen:

• Two names of Allah: As-Samee, Al-Baseer

• These two names are often mentioned together; Allah hears all your statements and Allah sees all your actions

• Meaning of As-Samee:

o (1) Allah encompasses all that is to be heard.

o (2) Answering the invocations of the one making dua

• The first meaning has three categories:

1. General encompassing Hearing of Allah

2. Meaning of threat and warning

3. Allah is in your aid

• Know that the Hearing and the Seeing of Allah is a hearing and seeing of reality.It doesn’t just mean in the general sense the knowledge of Allah. It is affirmed that Allah has Hearing and Seeing and in addition He Knows everything

• What are the fruits and benefits in learning about these names and attributes, specifically that Allah is All-Hearing and All-Seeing?

Hadith 1: narrated by Narrated Abu Musa:

We were with the Prophet on a journey, and whenever we ascended a high place, we used to say, "Allahu Akbar." The Prophet said, "Don't trouble yourselves too much! You are not calling a deaf or an absent person, but you are calling One Who Hears, Sees, and is very near." Then he came to me while I was saying in my heart, "La hawla wala quwwatta illa billah (There is neither might nor power but with Allah)." He said, to me, "O 'Abdullah bin Qais! Say, 'La hawla wala quwwata illa billah (There is neither might nor power but with Allah), for it is one of the treasures of Paradise." Or said, "Shall I tell you of it?"

• From the first hadith, we learn when ascending we say Allahu Akbar, due to Allah’s Greatness and when descending we say SubhaanAllah, because in general going down denotes deficiency so we say SubhaanAllah – Allah is free from any deficiency

• Benefit from Shaykh Uthaymeen, saying Allahu Akbar when going up in a plane and SubhaaanAllah when descending can be done

• The prophet highlighted that we don’t need to raise our voices loud and burden ourselves, for Allah hears and Allah is near

o What does this mean, that Allah is near?

o Is Allah everywhere?

o Is Allah below us?

o Is Allah the same location as us? Equal to us?

Next week: We will finish the section of Allah Hearing and Seeing, and then begin the section on Allah Forgiving

Benefit: To gain further understanding when we discuss the chains, follow our “Bayqooniyyah in the Sciences of Hadith” lessons on LearnAboutIslam: http://www.learnaboutislam.co.uk/2016/01/18/al-mandhomah-al-bayqooniyah/

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Recorded at the Salafi Centre of Manchester on 04/03/17 and streamed live on www.SunnahRadio.Net

Who was the prophet of Islam, Muhammad (peace be upon him)?

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The first lecture of the Islam against Extremism conference in Masjid Furqan in Stoke.

Sahih al-Bukhari – The Book of Tawheed – Lesson 14 (25/02/17)

Chapter 7: The Statement of Allah: " It is He Who has created the heavens and the earth in truth”. (Al-An'am 6:73)

Today we covered:

• The Tawheed of ruboobiyyah

Explanation by Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen:

• Allah created the heavens and the earth in Truth (he truly created it) and it was done with a true purpose.

• To create – meaning to cause to be from non-existence.

• In how many days did Allah create the heavens and the earth?

o What are the lessons we can take from this?

Hadith 1: narrated by ibn ‘Abbas:

The Prophet used to invoke Allah at night, saying, "O Allah: All the Praises are for You: You are the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth. All the Praises are for You; You are the Maintainer of the Heaven and the Earth and whatever is in them. All the Praises are for You; You are the Light of the Heavens and the Earth. Your Word is the Truth, and Your Promise is the Truth, and the Meeting with You is the Truth, and Paradise is the Truth, and the (Hell) Fire is the Truth, and the Hour is the Truth. O Allah! I surrender myself to You, and I believe in You and I depend upon You, and I repent to You and with You (Your evidences) I stand against my opponents, and to you I leave the judgment (for those who refuse my message). O Allah! Forgive me my sins that I did in the past or will do in the future, and also the sins I did in secret or in public. You are my only God (Whom I worship) and there is no other God for me (i.e. I worship none but You)."

Hadith 2: Narrated by Sufyan:

(regarding the above narration) that the Prophet added, "You are the Truth, and Your Word is the Truth."

• We went through the narrators of the hadith, their names and biographies

• The hadith starts with praise of Allah

• What does Rubb mean? What / who are the ‘Aalimeen?

• We go through the full explanation of each phrase in the above dua.

• What is the ruling on wearing a talisman or “ta’weez”?

• The phrase “I’m depending on you” what do the scholars say about it?

Next week: The attributes of Allah of hearing and seeing

Benefit: To gain further understanding when we discuss the chains, follow our “Bayqooniyyah in the Sciences of Hadith” lessons on LearnAboutIslam: http://www.learnaboutislam.co.uk/2016/01/18/al-mandhomah-al-bayqooniyah/

The English translation of the hadiths and all the audio are available on: www.learnaboutislam.co.uk/bukhari

Recorded at the Salafi Centre of Manchester on 25/02/17 and streamed live on www.SunnahRadio.Net

The following is an explanation of the Hadeeth “The religion is Sincere advice” given by Shaykh Rabee’ al-Madhkali.

In this first part of double sitting in Manchester Abdulilah translates this explanation giving advice to the Salafis to work together upon birr and taqwaa.

Recorded at the Salafi Centre of Manchester

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Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan asked about Shaykh Muhammad ibn Haadee

Translation:

Questioner: Oh Shaykh - may Allah preserve you.

There are gatherings [of knowledge] and lessons by Shaykh Muhammad bin Hadee Al Madkhali - do you advise us to attend?

Shaykh Fawzan: Yes!

Questioner: BarakAllahu feekum wa JazakaAllahukhair

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Q&A with Abu Khadeejah at the Salafi Centre of Manchester

Full conference series available on:

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An extract from a lecture delivered by Abu Khadeejah at the Salafi Centre of Manchester during a solar eclipse in April 2010.

Abu Khadeejah explains the wisdom behind eclipses, how the prayer should be performed and what actions one should do.