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

• The ḥadīth of Ḥudhayfah ibn al-Yamān on the Prophet ﷺ cleaning his mouth with the siwāk at night, and his biography

• Cleanliness as an important part of Islam, and cleaning the teeth, gums and tongue

• The ḥadīth of ʿĀʾishah on the siwāk at the time of the Prophet's ﷺ death, and ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr

• Using the siwāk at every time

• The virtue of ʿĀʾishah and how a wife serves and helps her husband

• The permissibility of a soft, green siwāk

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

• Not declaring the people of the Qiblah disbelievers because of their sins

• Minor sins wiped out by good deeds, and major sins needing repentance

• Sūrat an-Nisāʾ, verse 48: shirk is not forgiven, and the people of major sins are under the will of Allāh

• The verse on two parties of the believers fighting, and the error of the Khawārij

• The error of the Murjiʾah that actions are not part of īmān

• The balanced position of Ahl as-Sunnah: īmān increases and decreases with actions

The Aqeedah & Manhaj of Imam Sufyaan ath-Thawri, taught by Shaykh Abdulilah Lahmami (hafidhahullāh)

• A brief biography of Imām Sufyān ath-Thawrī (d. 161 H), the Amīr al-Muʾminīn in ḥadīth

• The preservation of the Qurʾān and the Sunnah, and ʿUthmān gathering the Companions on one reading

• Testifying to Paradise only for those named by the Prophet ﷺ, and the status of the Companions

• Correcting printing errors in the text being explained

• Answering a question about those who defend ʿAlī al-Ḥalabī

• Returning to the proof and to what the scholars have clarified

Lecture 2 of the Salafi Nigeria Aqeedah & Manhaj Series of Year 1442

Maximising the benefit from one's time, a lecture by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Guarding one's time: Shaykh Ibn Bāz (raḥimahullāh) said time is more valuable than gold

• The worship of Allāh, the purpose of our creation, with the words of Ibn Kathīr (raḥimahullāh)

• Good companionship: "The person is upon the religion of his companion", and loving for your brother what you love for yourself

• Righteous actions and striving upon them: this world is the place of sowing for the Hereafter

• ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz: the night and day work for you, so work in them

• Abū Hurayrah dividing his night into sleep, revising ḥadīth and worship

ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām (Book of Purification) by ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Shaykh Uways at-Taweel (hafidhahullāh)

• Introduction to the chapter on the siwāk, and the meanings of siwāk

• Benefits of using the siwāk, for health and for worship

• Encouragement to use the siwāk regularly, especially for the prayer

• Three fiqh principles the scholars extracted from the ḥadīth

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

• Belief in the Resurrection as a pillar of Īmān, and its great importance

• Several proofs from the Qurʾān and Sunnah affirming the Resurrection

• Three affairs included in the proofs of the Resurrection: Allāh's perfect ability, knowledge and justice

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Patience is a means of attaining good in this life and the Hereafter.

Shaykhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah) mentioned that Patience is upon 3 affairs.

- Patience upon the obedience of Allah

- Patience in staying away from disobedience

- Servant patience upon calamities

Benefits from the speech of Shaykhul Islaam ibn Taymiyyah on affairs that aid the servant in remaining patient.

A lot of the affairs he refers to are in relation to pardoning one another and forgiving one another because from the hardest means of being patient is being patient with the creation. The soul leans towards seeking vengeance and by way of this its important that the person remains patient with the harms of the person and he does not go beyond bounds in seeking vengeance.

Summary of Benefits:

- Nothing occurs except that Allah has willed it – this aids a person in protecting them from depression and anxiety.

- How to recognise if a difficult affair is a blessing or a calamity for you.

- Virtue of forgiving and pardoning the harms of others as mentioned in the Quran.

- Pardoning and having good relations with others brings about goodness and peace within the hearts and brings an increase in benefit, much more than would be achieved by seeking vengeance.

- The one who is patient and pardons and does not seek vengeance for himself, this increases the person in honour, due to his forgiving and pardoning. If a person pardons, he will increase in humility inwardly and outwardly will increase in honour – and Allah Knows best.

- When a person pardons the people, then Allah will pardon him because the reward/recompense is based upon the form of the action itself – Shaykhul Islam said, this benefit alone is sufficient for a person to forgive and pardon others.

- Being focused on vengeance causes his heart to be preoccupied with vengeance and causes a loss and waste of time, causing more harm than the calamity itself.

• The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa salam) NEVER sought vengeance for himself, whilst we know he was harmed severely due to his religion and he is the example for us to follow.

Please listen to the full lecture for further benefits

ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām (Book of Purification) by ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Shaykh Uways at-Taweel (hafidhahullāh)

• A brief biography of the Companion Abū Qatādah al-Anṣārī (raḍiyallāhu ʿanhu)

• Islamic etiquette: not using the right hand in the bathroom or when cleaning oneself, and not blowing into vessels when drinking

• The perfect nature and comprehensiveness of Islām

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

• Proofs from the Qurʾān and Sunnah for the existence of the angels, and their great and noble characteristics

• The duties of some angels, including the writing down of people's deeds by al-Kirām al-Kātibīn (the Honourable Scribes)

• Advice from Shaykh Rabīʿ (raḥimahullāh) to fear Allāh in all our deeds, to be shy of Allāh who sees and hears us, and to be shy of the Noble Scribes writing our actions

Recorded in Nigeria

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

• The ḥadīth of Ibn ʿAbbās on the two graves whose occupants were being punished

• The biography and virtue of ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās

• Taking care to keep clean of urine before the ṣalāh, without giving in to whispers (waswās)

• The danger of tale-carrying (namīmah), which the Prophet ﷺ likened to magic

• The punishment of the grave as part of the ʿaqīdah of Ahl as-Sunnah, denied by the Jahmiyyah