Lectures – Shaykh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khan

Following the Qurʾān and Sunnah, a lecture by Shaykh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khan (hafidhahullāh)

• The Prophet ﷺ was sent to explain the Qurʾān to mankind

• Referring disputes back to Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ

• Following the Sunnah as the sign of loving Allāh

• The two conditions of an accepted deed: sincerity (ikhlāṣ) and following the Sunnah

• Why the understanding of the Companions is needed

• The virtues of the Muhājirūn and Anṣār, and the command to follow the rightly guided khulafāʾ

The importance of Tawḥīd, a lecture by Shaykh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khan (hafidhahullāh)

• Allāh created us for His worship, and His favour in sending the Messenger ﷺ

• Shirk is the one sin Allāh does not forgive for whoever dies upon it

• The Prophet ﷺ warned against exaggerating in praising him, as was done with ʿĪsā

• Warnings against taking graves as places of worship, and closing every door to shirk

• Travelling for worship only to the three mosques, and correct wording in oaths and speech

• Islam is a religion of prevention, as in "do not come near zinā"

How the Salaf utilised their time, a lecture by Shaykh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khan (hafidhahullāh)

• The best generations and why they were blessed

• The Companions as a safeguard for the Ummah

• The Salaf's fear of Allāh, built on knowledge of their Lord

• Statements of the Salaf, including al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī on not taking the religion by intellect

• The danger of the world dominating one's life and pushing aside the rights of Allāh

• Rectifying the heart, and the signs of a dying heart

Who is your Creator?, a lecture by Shaykh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khan (hafidhahullāh)

• Every child is born upon the fitrah

• People at sea calling upon Allāh alone in a storm, then forgetting Him

• Rational proofs that the universe did not create itself or come about by chance

• The purpose of creation: to worship Allāh alone

• Islam's rejection of terrorism and the killing of innocent people

• Jesus as a Prophet, and the example of Ādam, created without a father or mother

"O you who believe! Fear Allāh as He should be feared", a lecture by Shaykh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khan (hafidhahullāh)

• Verses and aḥādīth commanding taqwā of Allāh wherever you are

• The meaning of taqwā according to the Salaf

• ʿUmar's reaction on hearing the verse of punishment in Sūrah aṭ-Ṭūr

• Taqwā is leaving what Allāh has forbidden and doing what He has obliged

• Allāh is watching, and the angels record every deed

• Taqwā in one's family, and the blessings promised to the people of taqwā

Explanation of the āyah "This is my path…" [Yūsuf:108], a lecture by Shaykh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khan (hafidhahullāh)

• Allāh tests the believers to distinguish the good from the bad

• Remaining patient and firm on one's principles in times of fitnah

• Following the Companions, who took the religion from the Messenger ﷺ with correct intent

• Refuting the mistake of a person of the Sunnah with evidence while preserving his honour

• Clinging to the senior scholars as a safeguard

• The truth is one and the straight path is one

Obedience to the Muslim ruler, a lecture by Shaykh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khan (hafidhahullāh)

• Aḥādīth on the best and worst of leaders

• Obeying the leader in good is obedience to the Prophet ﷺ, and the leader is a shield

• Narrations of the Salaf on patience and not revolting

• Verifying news and not acting on rumours or internet clips

• Conditions and impediments before declaring anyone a disbeliever

• Refuting the argument used to justify revolt against Muslim rulers

How to truly love the Prophet ﷺ and a warning against bidʿah, a lecture by Shaykh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khan (hafidhahullāh)

• The best speech is the speech of Allāh and the best guidance is the guidance of Muḥammad ﷺ

• No one's words may be put before the words of Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ

• Holding to the Qurʾān and Sunnah brings guidance, light and salvation

• Understanding the religion with the understanding of the Companions

• The status Allāh gave the Messenger ﷺ: he must be obeyed and followed

• Islam is the Sunnah and the Sunnah is Islam, and the danger of newly invented matters

What is the Qurʾān?, a lecture by Shaykh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khan (hafidhahullāh)

• What the Qurʾān is, for non-Muslims, and the belief of a Muslim about it

• Its contents: the lawful and unlawful, stories of past nations, and news of the Hereafter

• The consequence of turning away from the Qurʾān in this life and the next

• The one message of all the Prophets: worship Allāh alone

• How the Qurʾān was revealed in Ramaḍān and then in stages, and the first verses revealed

• The virtues of reciting and studying the Qurʾān, and the status of its people