Lectures – Ustādh Rayaan Barker

The Reality of Easter in Light of Islām, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• The importance of Muslims abiding by the regulations of Islām regarding celebrations, and the permissible and impermissible forms of them

• The false assumptions regarding ʿĪsā (ʿalayhis-salām) are clarified

• The origins of Easter, including the “Easter Egg”, the “Easter Rabbit” and other pagan roots

Recorded at Masjid al-Furqān, Stoke-on-Trent

Ramaḍān Is Approaching, Have You Prepared?, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• How the Salaf were eager to meet Ramaḍān's arrival with constant duʿāʾ, asking Allāh to let them witness it and benefit from it

• Preparing for it mentally and physically

• An overview of the virtues of Ramaḍān

• Key points a Muslim should be mindful of in order to benefit fully, and how to remain firm after it departs

Recorded at Masjid al-Furqān, Stoke-on-Trent

Achieving a Righteous Home and Children, a lecture by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh), at the Women in Islam Conference

• Islām shows care for the family: society is built upon individuals and families

• Islām commands both husband and wife to treat each other well, with mercy and kindness, and to fulfil each other's rights

• A husband and wife should discuss their expectations of each other and their roles

• The home should be built on Tawḥīd, Īmān, the remembrance of Allāh and seeking knowledge

• Knowledge is also the right of the women and children; a man should take his family with him to seek knowledge or share it with them at home

• “The best of you are the best of you to your wives”

• Husband and wife should make duʿāʾ for righteous children, even before they are blessed with them

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 21/4/17

Recorded at The Importance, Position and Rights of Women in Islam Conference (2017).

Do Not Be Deceived By The Life Of This World, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• The life of this world is a matter of moments whereas the life in the Hereafter will remain forever

• Many are occupied in the dunyā as if they will abide forever, neglecting their final abode

• There is no comparison between this feeble dunyā and the everlasting Jannah that awaits the Muwaḥḥidīn

Recorded at Masjid al-Furqān, Stoke-on-Trent

The Stance Of A Muslim Between Hope, Fear And Repentance, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• The importance of a Muslim's stance towards hope, fear and repentance towards Allāh

• They are to be carried out together, not in isolation from one another

• Some rely only on hope and fall astray; others think Allāh will not forgive them, and these false mentalities bring failure

Recorded at Masjid al-Furqān, Stoke-on-Trent

The Beginning Of The Revelation, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• The characteristics of our beloved Messenger Muḥammad ﷺ

• How the Revelation initially occurred, including the meeting with Jibrāʾīl in the Cave of Ḥirāʾ

• How the revelation used to descend and its effects upon the Messenger

• The great station of the Qurʾān

Recorded at Masjid al-Furqān, Stoke-on-Trent

The Blessing of Ramaḍān And How To Receive It, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• The importance of preparing for this great month

• The virtues of Ramaḍān, and why we need to take benefit from it while Allāh has given us the opportunity and ability

• Make this Ramaḍān a Ramaḍān of taqwā, istighfār, ʿibādah and change

Recorded at Masjid al-Furqān, Stoke-on-Trent

The wisdom behind fasting and important rulings, a khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• Fasting Ramaḍān is obligatory on every sane, pubescent Muslim; the sick, travellers, and women in menses or postnatal bleeding make up the days later

• The wisdom is taqwā and istiqāmah, to be kept after Ramaḍān; fasting means leaving sin in speech and action, not only food and drink

• The intention: made each night before Fajr, or one intention for the whole month (Ibn ʿUthaymīn, raḥimahullāh)

• What breaks the fast and what does not: forgetful eating, nutritious versus non-nutritious injections, relations, and vomiting

• Suḥūr: its blessing, delaying it, dates, a sip of water if need be, no special duʿāʾ, and no basis for stopping ten minutes before Fajr

• A reminder to reject terrorism as ḥarām and to protect the youth from the thought of the Khawārij

Ramaḍān Reminders 1438H: nightly reminders after Tarāwīḥ, by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• "The best provision is taqwā": Ramaḍān is the best time to build taqwā, which is the wisdom behind fasting (Ibn ʿUthaymīn, raḥimahullāh)

• Taqwā means obeying Allāh hoping for His reward and avoiding sin fearing His punishment; guard the intention and do not seek praise

• Taqwā must last through the other eleven months, not return to square one after Ramaḍān

• Advice from Shaykh al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh): fast the days, pray the nights and fill the hours with Qurʾān and dhikr rather than heedlessness

• Warning against those who know Ramaḍān only for its food and markets and whose minds stay on trade even in the masjid

• Follow the Prophet ﷺ, who strove harder in Ramaḍān than in other months, and stay consistent to the end of the month

Lead By Virtuous Actions This Ramaḍān, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• The importance of striving to perform virtuous actions throughout Ramaḍān

• Reciting the Qurʾān, giving ṣadaqah, contemplating over the Qurʾān and perfecting our manners

• We should leave Ramaḍān in a better state than we entered it

Recorded at Masjid al-Furqān, Stoke-on-Trent