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أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَن تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ

"Has not the time come for the hearts of those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism) to be affected by Allah's Reminder (this Quran)..." [Hadid 57:16]

Listen to the above lesson for a powerful reminder on why, as Muslims we must always and constantly be remembering Allah.

Khutbah delivered by Ustaadh Rayaan Barker on Friday 1st March 2019 @ Masjid al-Furqan, Stoke-on-Trent.

Sahih al-Bukhari – The Book of Tawheed – Lesson 84 (02/03/2019)

Narrated Al-Bara' bin 'Azib: Allah's Apostle said, "O so-and-so, whenever you go to your bed (for sleeping) say, 'O Allah! I have surrendered myself over to you and have turned my face towards You, and leave all my affairs to You and depend on You and put my trust in You expecting Your reward and fearing Your punishment. There is neither fleeing from You nor refuge but with You. I believe in the Book (Qur'an) which You have revealed and in Your Prophet (Muhammad) whom You have sent.' If you then die on that night, then you will die as a Muslim, and if you wake alive in the morning then you will receive the reward." (See Hadith No. 323, Vol. 8)

Today we covered: “He has sent it down (the Qu’raan) unto you, He has sent it down with His knowledge and the Angels are witness to that.” Surah An- Nisaa Ayah 166

• Allaah revealed the Qu’raan

• The meaning of Knowledge

• Allaah testifies to what He has revealed to you

• He revealed it with His knowledge

• Best reference points of tafseers we can take from

• The angels are witness to the Qu’raan being revealed

• The 7 heavens and the gaps in between each heaven

• The meaning of the 7 earths

• The punishment for the one who steals

• The du’aa you read before sleeping

• The reward for reciting the du’aa before sleeping

• 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 02/03/2019 and streamed live on www.SunnahRadio.Net

Khutbah delivered by Ustaadh Rayaan Barker on Friday 22nd February 2019 @ Masjid al-Furqan, Stoke-on-Trent.

Lesson 3 in the lecture series - A Guide to Sound Creed - Authored by Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan. Taught by Ustaadh Rayaan Barker @ Masjid al-Furqan, Stoke-on-Trent.

Sahih al-Bukhari – The Book of Tawheed – Lesson 83 (23/02/2019)

Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "There are angels coming to you in succession at night, and others during the day, and they all gather at the time of 'Asr and Fajr prayers. Then the angels who have stayed with you overnight ascend (to the heaven) and He (Allah) asks them though He perfectly knows their affairs. 'In what state have you left my slaves?' They say, 'When we left them, they were praying and when we came to them they were praying.' "

- Narrated Abu Dharr: The Prophet said, Gabriel came to me and gave me the glad tidings that anyone who died without worshipping anything besides Allah, would enter Paradise. I asked (Gabriel), 'Even if he committed theft, and even if he committed illegal sexual intercourse?' He said, '(Yes), even if he committed theft, and even if he Committed illegal sexual intercourse."

Today we covered: The speech of Allaah

• The Angels that alternate from Asar to Fajr

• The Angels that are with throughout the day

• The evidence of the highness of Allaah

• The narration of Angel Gabriel telling the Prophet about the glad tidings of worshipping Allaah alone

• Some of the Scholars have used this narration to say that the one who does not pray will not be a disbeliever

• The ruling for the one who abandons the prayer out of laziness

• The ruling for the one who rejects the prayer out of stubbornness

• The narration for the one who abandons the prayers

• What is shirk?

o Shirk is just that someone prostrates to others alongside Allaah

o If a person follows his desires that exits him from Islam then that act is shirk

• Scholars have said, any sin that has been committed it is a degree of shirk

• The different levels of shirk

• The 2 types of entry into paradise

• The one who abandons giving his zakaat

• The ruling on giving Zakaat on jewellery that is not being used and worn

• 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 23/02/2019 and streamed live on www.SunnahRadio.Net

Lesson 2 in the lecture series - A Guide to Sound Creed - Authored by Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan. Taught by Ustaadh Rayaan Barker @ Masjid al-Furqan, Stoke-on-Trent.

Khutbah delivered by Ustaadh Rayaan Barker on Friday 15th February 2019 @ Masjid al-Furqan, Stoke-on-Trent.

Sahih al-Bukhari – The Book of Tawheed – Lesson 82 (09/02/2019)

- Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If Allah loves a person, He calls Gabriel, saying, 'Allah loves so and so, O Gabriel love him' So Gabriel would love him and then would make an announcement in the Heavens: 'Allah has loved so and-so therefore you should love him also.' So all the dwellers of the Heavens would love him, and then he is granted the pleasure of the people on the earth." (See Hadith No. 66, Vol. 8)

Today we covered: The love of Allaah

• The speech of Allaah

• What a person can do to achieve the love of Allaah

• The more a person follows the Prophet the more Allaah loves that person

• The less you follow the sunnah the less Allaah will love you

• We follow the sunnah inwardly and outwardly

• If Allaah loves a person, he is given acceptability on the earth

• Whoever calls to evil (Bid’ah) upon him the sin of all of the evil

• The people who reject the names and attributes of Allaah

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 09/02/2019 and streamed live on www.SunnahRadio.Net

Lesson 1 in the lecture series - A Guide to Sound Creed - Authored by Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan. Taught by Ustaadh Rayaan Barker @ Masjid al-Furqan, Stoke-on-Trent.