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This is the 5th lesson of the "Book of Knowledge" from Sahih Bukhari taught by Ustaadh Abu Humayd using the explanation of Shaykh Zayd al-Madhkalee.

Ustaadh Abu Humayd reads the Arabic text line by line and translates this into English, aiding the students in strengthening their Arabic.

We discussed:

- The virtues of knowledge

- The benefits of the date palm tree

- Asking questions

- Shyness, its virtues and place in Islam

- The use of parables and examples in the Qur'an and Sunnah

Recorded at Masjid Sunnah Bradford on 14/9/2019 and streamed live on Mixlr.com/Albaseerah

Sahih al-Bukhari – The Book of Tawheed – Lesson 94 (14/09/2019)

Narrated 'Abdullah: Two person of Bani Thaqif and one from Quarish (or two persons from Quraish and one from Bani Thaqif) who had fat bellies but little wisdom, met near the Ka'ba. One of them said, "Did you see that Allah hears what we say? " The other said, "He hears us if we speak aloud, but He does not hear if we speak in stealthy quietness (softly)." The third fellow said, "If He hears when we speak aloud, then He surely hears us if we speak in stealthy quietness (softly)." So Allah revealed the Verse:-- 'And you have not been screening against yourselves, lest your ears, and your eyes and your skins should testify against you..." (41.22)

Today we covered:

• On the day of Judgement your body parts will testify against you

• The knowledge of Allaah – It encompasses everything

• The belief of the decree

• The pillars of eemaan

• The basics and beginner books for the salafis that should be studied in detail

• The affirmation of the hearing of Allaah

• Everyday Allaah is upon an affair

• The actions of Allaah

• Affirming the attributes of Allaah

• Q&A session

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-Ma’iyahndhoMa’iyahh-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 14/09/2019 and streamed live on www.SunnahRadio.Net

This is the Second lesson of the "Book of Knowledge" from Sahih Bukhari taught by Ustaadh Abu Humayd using the explanation of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen.

We discussed:

- The reason this chapter followed the last

- The various terminology used in narrating hadith

- The various manners in which a student can narrate a hadith from his Shaykh

- Why is Sahih Bukhari considered more authentic than Sahih Muslim

Recorded at Masjid Sunnah Bradford on 31/8/2019 and streamed live on Mixlr.com/Albaseerah

Sahih al-Bukhari – The Book of Tawheed – Lesson 93 (07/09/2019)

Narrated 'Abdullah: I asked Allah's Apostle "What is the biggest sin in the sight of Allah?" He said, "To set up rivals unto Allah though He alone created you." I said, "In fact, that is a tremendous sin," and added, "What next?" He said, "To kill your son being afraid that he may share your food with you." I further asked, "What next?" He said, "To commit illegal sexual intercourse with the wife of your neighbour."

Today we covered:

• How many names does Allaah have?

• The names and attributes of Allaah

• Allaah has the most beautiful names

• We don’t distort the names and attributes of Allaah

• A detailed explanation into what tawheed is

• The word tawheed means to make something single and unique

• Affirmation and negation within the Shahaadah

• The greatest sin is to make partners alongside Allaah

• Q&A session

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-Ma’iyahndhoMa’iyahh-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 07/09/2019 and streamed live on www.SunnahRadio.Net

Sahih al-Bukhari – The Book of Tawheed – Lesson 92 (31/08/2019)

Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri: The Prophet said, "Allah will say to the people of Paradise, "O the people of Paradise!" They will say, 'Labbaik, O our Lord, and Sa'daik, and all the good is in Your Hands!' Allah will say, "Are you satisfied?' They will say, 'Why shouldn't we be satisfied, O our Lord as You have given us what You have not given to any of Your created beings?' He will say, 'Shall I not give you something better than that?' They will say, 'O our Lord! What else could be better than that?' He will say, 'I bestow My Pleasure on you and will never be angry with you after that.' "

Narrated Abu Huraira: Once the Prophet was preaching while a bedouin was sitting there. The Prophet said, "A man from among the people of Paradise will request Allah to allow him to cultivate the land Allah will say to him, 'Haven't you got whatever you desire?' He will reply, 'yes, but I like to cultivate the land (Allah will permit him and) he will sow the seeds, and within seconds the plants will grow and ripen and (the yield) will be harvested and piled in heaps like mountains. On that Allah will say (to him), "Take, here you are, O son of Adam, for nothing satisfies you.' "On that the bedouin said, "O Allah's Apostle! Such man must be either from Quraish or from Ansar, for they are farmers while we are not." On that Allah's Apostle smiled.

Today we covered:

• Recap over last lesson

o Al Israa wal Miraaj

o The timings of the 5 prayers

o 50 prayers were commanded at first

o What is the true dawn

o How to judge when Maghrib has come in

o At what time the Prophet ﷺ was taken up to the heavens

o How many rewards does one receive for the prayers preformed at masjid alHaraam

o Buying and selling is not permissible within the boundaries of the masjid

o Is it better for the women to pray in the hotels or masjid alHaram

o On that night (Al Israa wal Miraaj) Allaah spoke to the Prophet ﷺ

• The narration of when the flag was given to the one that Allaah and His messenger loves

• The narration of when Allaah speaks to the people of paradise

• Thanking Allaah is an act of worship

• Remembering Allaah will cause Allaah to remember you

• The narration of Prophet Nuh

• Q&A session

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-Ma’iyahndhoMa’iyahh-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 31/08/2019 and streamed live on www.SunnahRadio.Net

A very beneficial reminder to Muslims all over the world of the role played by The Houses of Allah within their local community.

The lecture was given by Ustaadh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (Hafidhahullah) in what was the very first lecture at Masjid Abi Hurairah, Stoke-on-Trent

Lesson 6 – Studying the book of Sunnah from Sunan Abi Dawood

In this lesson ustaadh Abdulhakim Mitchell brings benefits form Shaykh Ubayd al-Jaabiree, Shaykh Ahmed an-Najmee and Shaykhul Islam ibn Taymiyyah.

In this lesson we covered the chapter of Tafdheel (precedence).

- Very brief introduction to Abdullah ibn Umar, the narrator

- The most virtuous of people after the prophet is Abu Bakr, then ‘Umar then Uthmaan.

- This important, because the Shia when they first started did not consider this order to be important. They considered Ali better than Uthmaan but still had respect for Abu Bakr and Umar

- What is the difference between Zuhd & Wara’?

- What did Shaykhul Islaam ibn Taymiyyah say on the topic of Tafdheel?

- How did Sayyid Qutb oppose the Salafi in this topic?

Recorded at the Salafi Centre of Manchester on 26/08/2019 and streamed live on www.SunnahRadio.Net

Lesson 5 – Studying the book of Sunnah from Sunan Abi Dawood

In this lesson Ustaadh Abdulhakim brings benefits from a wide variety of scholars such as Shaykh Ubayd, Shaykh Ahmed an-Najmee, Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan, Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalee and others

We covered:

- That asking too many questions is disliked by Allah, ie

o Asking to the extent that the questions are no longer beneficial

o Asking for the wealth of the people

- In the same hadith, other disliked matters are, “he said, she said” and to waste wealth.

- The rebuke to the ones who asks unnecessary questions

Ustaadh Abdulhakim Mitchell mentions a number of benefits regarding:

1. The mannerisms of the student of knowledge with himself

2. The mannerisms of the student of knowledge with his Shaykh

3. The mannerisms of the student of knowledge with this fellow students

Shaykh Fawzaan – acting upon knowledge is from the characteristics of a da’ee. For indeed, he should benefit from that which knows and calls to. He should not be a means for those who oppose his dawah, to use him as a proof as to why they reject the truth.

Recorded at the Salafi Centre of Manchester on 25/08/2019 and streamed live on www.SunnahRadio.Net

Lesson 4 – Studying the book of Sunnah from Sunan Abi Dawood

In this lesson we recapped:

- who the “mukthiroon” are, the companions who narrated the most ahaadeeth

- The actual name of Sahih Bukhari

- What is the difference between a “Jaami” book of hadith and a “musnad”?

- What does the full title of Sahih Bukhari mean?

We covered:

- Manners of asking questions

- The harms of constant questioning that lead to harm

- If two hadiths appear to contradict each other, how do you deal with them?

- Asking questions that are beneficial are from the attributes of the student of knowledge. Particularly if it benefits the questioner and those around him.

Recorded at the Salafi Centre of Manchester on 25/08/2019 and streamed live on www.SunnahRadio.Net

Lesson 3 - Studying the book of Sunnah from Sunan Abi Dawood

In this lesson Ustaadh covered the next Chapter of the Book, also titled "Chapter: Holding Fast to the Sunnah". This title is the same as the previous chapter and is a completion of it. In this chapter: "Sunnah" is a reference to it's linguistic meaning of "Way" or "Path".

From the benefits of this lesson:

1) A mention of the "Mukthiroon" - those who narrated the most Hadith.

2) Brief description of Abu Hurayrah

3) 2 types of callers to Allaah

4) How the scholars approach texts that appear to contradict themselves.

Recorded at the Salafi Centre of Manchester on 24/08/2019 and streamed live on www.SunnahRadio.Net