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Advice to the Women from selected aḥādīth of Riyāḍ aṣ-Ṣāliḥīn by Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn (raḥimahullāh) and other scholars, taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• The ḥadīth: "I stood at the gate of Paradise… and at the gate of the Fire, and most who entered it were women"

• The poor entering Paradise first: wealth is good only when used in obedience to Allāh

• Allāh's justice and wisdom in this

• The reason: ingratitude to the husband ("I have never seen any good from you")

• Arrogance keeps a person from righteous actions; humility raises him

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 23/7/23

Advice to the Women from selected aḥādīth of Riyāḍ aṣ-Ṣāliḥīn by Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn (raḥimahullāh) and other scholars, taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Chapter: the husband's right over his wife

• "Men are the protectors and maintainers of women" (an-Nisāʾ 4:34)

• The ḥadīth: when a man calls his wife to bed and she refuses, the angels curse her until morning

• Ḥayḍ and nifās: she makes up the fasts but not the prayers

• Each spouse should strive to fulfil the other's rights

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 16/7/23

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 7: beware of small innovations, for they grow until they become large

• How to present the truth to people upon an innovation: bring the evidence and replace it with the Sunnah (the example of the Mawlid)

• Major and minor sins, and the danger of persisting upon minor sins

• The narration in Sunan ad-Dārimī: a time will come when the Sunnah is called Bidʿah and Bidʿah is called Sunnah

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 9/7/23

The Obligation of Gratitude, a lecture by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Islām itself is built upon gratitude: one cannot truly adhere to it without being a grateful servant (ʿabd shakūr)

• Recognising the worth of the blessing of Islām by reflecting on the shirk and misguidance around us

• Gratitude of the heart, the tongue and the limbs, with the explanation of the scholars

• How ingratitude leads a person to oppress himself and others with the blessings Allāh gave him

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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)

• Walking to the prayer with tranquillity and dignity (as-sakīnah wal-waqār), from the ḥadīth of Abū Hurayrah

• Taking short steps close to one another on the way to the masjid

• Rushing leaves the mind flustered and harms the khushūʿ; the aim is to perfect every action of the prayer

• Q&A: praying during battle as a case of necessity, and why any concession needs a proof

Recorded at The Salafi Centre of Manchester

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)

• Shaykh Zayd's questions on the pillars: the meaning, benefits and fruits of each

• The shahādah negates everything worshipped besides Allāh and affirms all worship for Him alone

• Tawḥīd attaches the heart to Allāh, not to creation that is itself in need, and brings happiness in both abodes

• Fasting: "Whoever does not leave false speech and acting upon it, Allāh has no need of his leaving food and drink"; the intention

• Belief in the books, the Tawrāh, the Ṣuḥuf of Ibrāhīm, the Injīl and the Qurʾān, and in the messengers

• Iḥsān: worshipping Allāh as if you see Him, and if not, knowing that He sees you

Recorded at the Salafi Centre of Manchester's South Manchester lesson

The Importance of Safeguarding the Tongue, a lecture by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• The most evil of speech, and regret on a Day when regret will not benefit

• Speaking about Allāh without knowledge: declaring things ḥalāl or ḥarām

• Backbiting (ghībah) and tale-carrying (namīmah), and the difference in their rulings

• The permissible forms of mentioning others, and the principle that clarification may not be delayed beyond the time of need

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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)

• Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah's definition of worship

• The types of worship Allāh commanded: Islām, Īmān and Iḥsān, the levels of the religion

• The Ḥadīth of Jibrīl and the signs of the Hour: barefoot shepherds competing in tall buildings

• Tawḥīd in knowledge and affirmation, and Tawḥīd in intent and request

• Islām makes the blood, wealth and honour of the Muslim sacred, bringing security and tranquillity

• Its fruits: Paradise, safety from the Fire and seeing the Face of Allāh

Recorded at the Salafi Centre of Manchester's South Manchester lesson

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)

• "O mankind, worship your Lord who created you" (al-Baqarah 2:21–22): the address is to all mankind, Arab and non-Arab, male and female

• The Prophet ﷺ was sent to all of mankind

• Gratitude for being created and for blessings we cannot count is shown by worshipping Him alone

• Tawḥīd is not a vehicle for revolutionary methods against the rulers

• "So that you may attain taqwā": obeying His commands and keeping away from His prohibitions

• The earth spread out, the sky as a canopy, and rain as the means of our provision

Recorded at the Salafi Centre of Manchester's South Manchester lesson

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