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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)

• Increasing in remembrance of death, "the destroyer of pleasures", and why every Muslim needs to know its rulings

• What should be done when someone dies, and the five rights connected to the deceased's wealth

• The washing step by step: pressing the stomach, covering the ʿawrah, wuḍūʾ, then water and sidr starting on the right, three, five or seven times

• How the deceased is shrouded, and who may wash and shroud them

• Who has the most right to lead the funeral prayer: the ruler or his deputy, and the head of the household in his own home

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 2/10/23

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 3: "Woe to the heels from the Fire", narrated by ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr, Abū Hurayrah and ʿĀʾishah, and where each narration is found

• The Companions who narrated it

• Ḥadīth 4 of Abū Hurayrah: putting water in the nose and blowing it out, and cleaning oneself with an odd number of stones

• Washing the hands after waking before putting them in the vessel; the stronger view that it is obligatory

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 1/10/23

Thalāthat al-Uṣūl (The Three Fundamental Principles) by Shaykh al-Islām Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Zayd ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• The proofs for the types of worship: whoever calls upon another deity with Allāh has no proof (al-Muʾminūn 23:117)

• Whoever turns away from worshipping Allāh out of arrogance is under the threat of punishment

• Unable to refute the call, the people of falsehood attack the caller

• The second principle: Islām is submitting to Allāh with Tawḥīd, yielding to Him in obedience, and freeing oneself from shirk and its people

• Opposing the people of shirk, who neglect the rights of Allāh

• Encouragement to perform Ḥajj while one is able

Streamed LIVE from the Salafi Centre of Manchester's South Manchester lesson at the Phil Martin Centre, Moss Side, on 28/9/23

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)

• Recap of the introduction and Ḥadīth 1

• Ḥadīth 2 of Abū Hurayrah: "Allāh does not accept the prayer of one of you who has broken his wuḍūʾ until he performs wuḍūʾ"

• A brief biography of Abū Hurayrah, and the Companions who narrated the most aḥādīth

• Do we need wuḍūʾ for the funeral prayer, and why wuḍūʾ is mentioned here rather than ghusl

• The great status of the prayer: it is not accepted without purification

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 24/9/23

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)

• Jumuʿah is obligatory upon whoever must pray the obligatory prayers

• Shaykh ʿUbayd's five people upon whom Jumuʿah is obligatory, starting with the one who hears the call and the adult male

• The minimum number for Jumuʿah, and Shaykh al-Albānī's view that two are enough

• Listening to the khuṭbah and the prohibition of speaking during it

• The exception: answering the imām when he addresses you, as in the ḥadīth of the man asked whether he had prayed

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 25/9/23

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)

• The things Ibn Qudāmah lists as breaking the fast, starting with eating, drinking and anything made to enter the stomach

• What does not break the fast, such as a fly or dust entering the throat without choice

• Homework: researching the scholars' speech on a related issue

• Medical questions: taking the opinion of a trustworthy Muslim doctor who understands the value of fasting

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 6/3/23

The Status of the Sunnah in Islām, a lecture by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• The terms/words sunnah, Salafi, etc. are all praiseworthy

• 2 types of sinners

• The Sinner who is aware the he is sinful

• This individual commits sins while knowing himself to be sinful, and is under the threat of punishment

• This is because he is opposing the command of Allāh, and the Sunnah of the Messenger ﷺ

• This individual may be led to success through Tawbah/Repentance

• The other is the sinner who leaves off the Sunnah due to doubts

• This individual is considered to be from the people of desires and they are worse than the first, as he will believe he is upon the truth and will not repent/make Tawbah

• You must question the deeds that you have put forth

• The Sunnah is of great value, like treasure is in a worldly sense, so one must protect it

• The Companions were the original protectors of the Sunnah, and they are all trustworthy

• People become higher in our view when they are praised by scholars and trustworthy people, so what about the Companions, who were praised by Allāh in multiple places in the Qurʾān

• Those who question the character about the Companions are doing so in order to bring about doubts about the Sunnah

• Anas Ibn Mālik narrated little from the Messenger ﷺ out of fear of narrating that which is not from the Sunnah, and he was from the Mukthirūn (Those who narrated the most)

• Narration: “Whoever lies about me intentionally, then let him take his seat in the fire.”

• The Companions didn’t just narrate whatever they heard, unlike many speakers today

• People have been afflicted by their desire for fame/leadership, so they speak without confirming that they are narrating from the Sunnah

• That which you narrate can be a means for someone’s guidance/salvation, so be sure of it!

• Study/Revision of the Ḥadīth brings it to life

• The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said, “There will not cease to be a group of my Ummah uppermost upon the truth. They will not be harmed by those who forsake them, until Allāh’s affair comes to pass and they are uppermost.” [Reported by Muslim]

• The people of Ḥadīth are the people who will be saved from the misguides and the fire, so upon you is to be amongst them, therefore study:

• The Book of Allāh

• The Sunnah

• The lives of the companions

• The Tābiʿūn

• The Tābiʿ at-Tābiʿīn

• The Aʾimmah (Scholars upon the Sunnah, the Muḥaddithīn, Mufassirīn, etc.)

• Within all of this revelation and commentary of it, is a means for a person’s Istiqāmah

Recorded at the “A Simple Guide to Islam” Conference (2023).

Enter Into Islām Wholeheartedly, a lecture by Ustādh Abu Ukkaashah Abdul-Hakeem (hafidhahullāh), at the A Simple Guide to Islam Conference

• Sūrah al-Baqarah 2:208, and Imām as-Saʿdī on entering Islām fully and not obeying lowly desires

• All the Prophets and Messengers called to the worship of Allāh alone

• The two types of Ummah: ar-Risālah and al-Ijābah

• Ibn al-Qayyim on the four pillars of disbelief: Kibr, Ghibṭah, Ghaḍab and Shahwah

• How quick the Companions were to submit: ʿUmar and the prohibition of intoxicants, and the Muhājirāt and the āyāt of Khimār/Ḥijāb

• Advices on entering Islām wholeheartedly: being humble upon the truth, certainty in resurrection and accountability, fearing misguidance after guidance and an evil end, and appreciating the blessing of this religion

• Turning to the Book of Allāh, never stopping the fight with Shayṭān, and keeping the tongue moist with the remembrance of Allāh

Recorded in Manchester

The Meaning, Virtue & Excellence Of Islām, a lecture by Ustādh Abu Inaayah Seif ad-Deen (hafidhahullāh), at the A Simple Guide to Islam Conference

• The purpose of our lives is to sincerely worship Allāh alone

• The meaning of Islām is to submit to Allāh alone with Tawḥīd and to free yourself from shirk and its people

• Islām is the true religion that Allāh is pleased with and has chosen for the servant, and it purifies the heart

• Committing shirk corrupts the heart, soul, wealth and property

• Be firm upon Islām and die upon it

• The Book of Allāh has been sent down as a clarification for everything, a guidance and glad tidings for the Muslims

• This knowledge is carried through the generations by the trustworthy ones

Thalāthat al-Uṣūl (The Three Fundamental Principles) by Shaykh al-Islām Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Zayd ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Tawakkul: entrusting every affair to Allāh, especially what none but He can bring about

• Raghbah, rahbah, khushūʿ and khashyah; the heart is the place of hope and fear

• Inābah and istiʿānah: seeking the means while asking Allāh for help

• Istighāthah from the created, living or dead, for what only Allāh can do, such as children or provision, is shirk

• "Some of My servants woke up believing in Me and some disbelieving": attributing rain to the stars

• Sacrificing for other than Allāh is shirk; the conditional vow is disliked, and the one who makes it is called miserly

Streamed LIVE from the Salafi Centre of Manchester's South Manchester lesson at the Phil Martin Centre, Moss Side, on 21/9/23