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Attributes of the Slaves of the Most Merciful, taught by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• The verses studied: Sūrah al-Furqān, verses 63 to 77

• Shaykh ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-ʿAbbād (hafidhahullāh) on ʿubūdiyyah, servitude to Allāh, as the noblest of stations

• Why Allāh ascribes them to His name al-Raḥmān: He showed them mercy by guiding them, and they worship Him hoping for His mercy

• When the foolish address them, they reply with gentle words free of harm and do not argue in vain

• The fasting person who is insulted says, "I am fasting"

• The Muslim beautifies himself with good manners and meets evil with good

Attributes of the Slaves of the Most Merciful, taught by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• Review of verse 63: walking upon the earth in humility and replying to the foolish with peace

• Verse 64: they spend the night in prostration and standing for their Lord

• Why the standing and the prostration are singled out as the most honourable parts of the prayer

• Seeking help through patience and prayer, and the note that there is no special "ṣalāt al-ḥājah"

• The night prayer and witr: how to pray three rakʿahs, and the Prophet's ﷺ usual eleven

• Allāh's descent in the last third of the night, and a closing question on reading from the muṣḥaf in the night prayer

Attributes of the Slaves of the Most Merciful, taught by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• Review: they constantly seek forgiveness and ask Allāh to avert the punishment of the Fire

• Verse 67: when they spend, they are neither wasteful nor stingy, but in between

• The meanings of isrāf (spending in disobedience to Allāh) and iqtār (withholding the right of Allāh)

• Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī: spending in the path of Allāh is never wastefulness

• The right amount changes with circumstances, so long as it stays between the two extremes

• A person is rewarded even for the morsel he places in his wife's mouth, if he has the intention

Attributes of the Slaves of the Most Merciful, taught by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• Verse 68: they do not invoke another deity besides Allāh, nor take a life Allāh has forbidden except by right, nor commit zinā

• Not invoking others includes both supplication by speech and worship with the limbs

• Asking the living for what they are able to do, versus asking the dead or the absent, which is shirk

• Islām forbids taking the life of a non-Muslim who enters Muslim lands with protection, or the dhimmī who pays the jizyah

• Supplicating to the dead at graves is shirk: they cannot answer anyone's duʿāʾ

Kashf ush-Shubuhaat – The removal of the doubts – Lesson 17 (31/07/21)

Recap Lesson- Introduction into the book Kashf ush Shubuhaat

Today we covered:

• The reason as to why the Shaykh wrote the book

• The reason as to why we were created

• A brief description of the life of Prophet Nuh, Adam and Muhammad ﷺ

• The religion of Prophet Ibrahim

• An explanation into the categories of Tawhid

• Q&A session

The English translation of the workbook are available on: file:///D:/Learn%20About%20Islam/Audio/Abu%20Muaadh%20Taqweem%20Aslam/Kashf%20Ush-Shubuhaat/Kashf%20ash-Shubuhaat%20workbook.pdf

Recorded at the Salafi Centre of Manchester on 31/07/21 and streamed live on www.SunnahRadio.Net

Kashf ush-Shubuhaat – The removal of the doubts – Lesson 16 (19/12/20)

8th DOUBT – Their claim: “Shirk is worshipping idols but we do not worship idols”

Then know that the Shirk of the earlier generations was not as severe as the Shirk [practiced] in our time for two reasons:

1. The First Matter: The earlier people did not commit Shirk and supplicate to the angels, awliyā’ and idols except in times of ease, whereas in times of hardship they would supplicate purely to Allāh, as Allāh says: “And when faced with adversity at sea, those whom you invoke besides Him disappear. But when He delivers you to land you turn away. Ever is mankind ungrateful.” [Sūrah al-Isrā’ 17:67]

And He said: “Say: Haven’t you considered that if the punishment of Allāh reached you, or if the hour was established, would you call upon other than Allāh; if you should be truthful. But no, it is Him alone that you would call upon, and He would remove the reasons for which you called upon Him - if He so willed - and you would forget what you used to associate with Him.” [Sūrah al-An’ām 6:40-41]

And He said: “And if mankind is touched by hardship, they call upon their Lord turning to Him alone.” [Sūrah al-Zumar 39:8]

Until His statement: “Say: Enjoy your disbelief temporarily; indeed you will be from the people of the Hellfire.” [Sūrah al-Zumar 39:8] And He said: “And when they are engulfed in waves like mountains they call upon Allāh sincere in their Religion to Him” [Sūrah Luqmān 31:32]

So whoever understands the affair which Allāh has clarified in His Book – which is that the polytheists whom the Messenger of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وسلم (fought against used to call upon Allāh and other than Allāh in times of ease – while in times of difficulty and hardship they would not call upon anything besides Allāh without a partner and they would forget about calling upon the righteous from amongst them – then it would become clear to this person the difference between the Shirk practiced by the people of our time and the Shirk of the earlier generations. But where are those who truly understand this matter with conviction of their heart? And aid is sought from Allāh.

2. The Second Matter: That the earlier generations used to call upon people besides Allāh that were close to Allāh whether it was a Prophet, the awliyā’, Angels, or they would call upon trees and stones, all of which are obedient to Allāh and do not disobey him.

However, the people of our time call upon people who are from the most disobedient of individuals, and those who call upon them are the ones who have mentioned their sins like fornication, theft, abandonment of prayer and other than this.

So the one who believes this about the righteous person or the one that cannot be disobedient like the wood or stone is less severe than the one who believes this belief about a person who he knows to be immoral, corrupt and renowned for these things.

Today we covered:

• The belief of the mushrikoon

• It is only Allaah that you call upon

• All the above Ayaat are in reference to the mushrikoon that called upon Allaah in difficulty

• Q&A session

The English translation of the workbook are available on: file:///D:/Learn%20About%20Islam/Audio/Abu%20Muaadh%20Taqweem%20Aslam/Kashf%20Ush-Shubuhaat/Kashf%20ash-Shubuhaat%20workbook.pdf

Recorded at the Salafi Centre of Manchester on 19/12/20 and streamed live on www.SunnahRadio.Net

ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām, taught by Shaykh Uways at-Taweel (hafidhahullāh)

• The ḥadīth of Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī on the Prophet ﷺ using the siwāk on his tongue, and its benefits

• Wiping over the leather socks (khuffayn) as a Sunnah opposed by the people of bidʿah, and why books of ʿaqīdah mention it

• Its proofs from the Qurʾān (Sūrat al-Māʾidah, verse 6), the Sunnah and consensus

• The difference of the scholars over thin and thick socks

• The condition of putting the socks on in a state of purity

• The virtue of serving the scholars, the people of virtue and one's parents, from the example of al-Mughīrah

ʿAqīdat ar-Rāziyyayn, taught by Shaykh Uways at-Taweel (hafidhahullāh)

• The consensus of the imāms on following the Sunnah and the Jamāʿah, and leaving differing and splitting

• Calling to the Qurʾān and the Sunnah and holding firm to the rope of Allāh

• The impermissibility of the parties and groups that divide the Ummah

• The ḥadīth of Ḥudhayfah on the callers to the gates of the Fire, and recognising them today

• Measuring people by their closeness to the Sunnah

• Sticking to the ruler, advising him and not revolting against him

Kashf ush-Shubuhaat – The removal of the doubts – Lesson 15 (12/12/20)

8th DOUBT – Their claim: “Shirk is worshipping idols but we do not worship idols”

If he says: “Shirk is the worship of idols and we do not worship idols.” Then say to him: “What does it mean to worship idols? Do you think that they believe that these idols – made from wood and stone – create, sustain, and regulate the affairs of those who call upon them? This is an understanding that the Qur’ān denies and rejects.”

And if he says: “They turn in devotion – to wood, stone, or a building erected upon a grave, or other than this – by calling upon them and sacrificing to them while saying that this practice brings us closer to Allāh in station. And so that Allāh repels from us any harm due to its blessing or grants us our requests due to its blessing.”

Then say: “You have spoken the truth – and this is exactly what you do with stones and buildings erected upon graves and other places.” So, this person has admitted that their practices are indeed worship of idols, which is what we were trying to establish.

It is also said to him: “As for your statement that Shirk is the worship of idols, do you mean by this to restrict Shirk to this alone and do you believe that relying upon the righteous and supplicating to them is not considered to be Shirk?”

This notion is refuted by what Allāh mentions in His Book regarding the disbelief of whoever attaches themselves to and directs worship to the Angels, ‘Īsā or the righteous. So it is incumbent upon him to admit to you that whoever makes one of the righteous to share in the worship of Allāh has indeed committed Shirk, and that this is the Shirk mentioned in the Qur’ān, and this is what we have been seeking to establish.

Today we covered:

• What is the meaning of worshipping idols

• The mushrikoon did not used to believe that their idols could control the affairs and give sustenance.

• They would say,”This brings us closer to Allaah.”

• They would believe that going to the idols would be just an intermediary between them and Allaah

• Even if this same practise of going to the dead was done to the Prophet ﷺ this would also be deemed as shirk

• Q&A session

The English translation of the workbook are available on: file:///D:/Learn%20About%20Islam/Audio/Abu%20Muaadh%20Taqweem%20Aslam/Kashf%20Ush-Shubuhaat/Kashf%20ash-Shubuhaat%20workbook.pdf

Recorded at the Salafi Centre of Manchester on 12/12/20 and streamed live on www.SunnahRadio.Net

ʿAqīdat ar-Rāziyyayn, taught by Shaykh Uways at-Taweel (hafidhahullāh)

• Establishing jihād and Ḥajj with the Muslim rulers in every age

• The position of Ahl as-Sunnah towards a ruler who makes mistakes

• Advising the ruler in private, not in public as the Khawārij do

• How the Khawārij of today took their principles from Sayyid Quṭb, Ḥasan al-Bannā and al-Mawdūdī

• Not spreading the ruler's errors and not inciting the people against him

• A comprehensive statement of Imām al-Ājurrī on the rulers