Lectures – Ustādh Rayaan Barker

The Virtue of Giving Ṣadaqah in Ramaḍān, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• The virtue of giving in the month of Ramaḍān: giving from your wealth for the sake of Allāh is among the most noble acts of worship

• Spending one's wealth in obedience to Allāh is a type of striving in the path of Allāh

• Voluntary charity is a recommended action; do not deprive yourself of the reward, especially in this blessed month

• Do not look down upon even a little: Allāh saves people from the Hellfire by charity even of half a date

Recorded in Stoke

Hope and Fear, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• The importance of having hope and fear in worship for the sake of Allāh

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

The Means To Provision, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• The means by which we attain our sustenance and bring blessings to our lives

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

Tawḥīd, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• Tawḥīd and the implications of shirk

• Allāh protects those who fear Him and guides those He is pleased with

• It is compulsory on every Muslim to understand and apply the principles of Tawḥīd

• Allāh created mankind and the jinn to worship Him alone; every command in the Qurʾān to worship is a command to Tawḥīd

• The dangers and categories of shirk

• Shirk spoils your worship and actions and nullifies their rewards; whoever dies upon major shirk will enter the Hellfire

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

Non-Islamic Celebrations, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• The Islamic stance regarding non-Islamic celebrations and participating in them

• Various narrations about abstaining from them and instead partaking in the two blessed Eids

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

The Means For Your Duʿāʾ To Be Accepted, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• Allāh may reject our duʿāʾ because of what is in our hearts or the actions of our limbs

• Narrations from the Messenger ﷺ about the types of people whose duʿāʾ is accepted, with the explanations of the scholars

• The things that create barriers to our duʿāʾs being accepted

• Do not hasten to expect your duʿāʾ to be answered, for Allāh is near and responds

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

When Is The Last Hour, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• The coming of Yawm al-Qiyāmah and the signs leading up to it

• Narrations regarding the severity of this day, with the explanations of the scholars

• A very important question for every person: “What have you prepared for this tremendous day?”

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

Sūrat al-Fātiḥah, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• A brief explanation of the meaning of each verse of the greatest Sūrah in the Book of Allāh

• Reciting al-Fātiḥah is an essential part of our daily prayers: ʿUbādah ibn aṣ-Ṣāmit narrated that whoever does not recite it in his prayer, his prayer is invalid

• Understanding its meanings helps in keeping khushūʿ in the prayer

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

Khuṭbah: Perseverance During the Last Ten Nights, by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh), drawing on the words of Shaykh Ibn Bāz (raḥimahullāh)

• The last ten nights are the best nights of the year, because Laylat al-Qadr is in them

• Laylat al-Qadr is better than a thousand months: about 83 years and 4 months of worship

• "Whoever stands in prayer on Laylat al-Qadr with īmān and seeking reward will have his past sins forgiven"

• Ask Allāh for the Hereafter, Jannah and forgiveness, not only for worldly things

• Shaykh Ibn Bāz on seeking it in the odd nights, its signs, and that one may attain it without seeing any sign

• Safeguarding the eyes, ears, hands, feet and tongue during these nights, and hastening to repent

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

Sūrat al-Falaq and an-Nās, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• The Ḥadīth of ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir (raḍiyallāhu ʿanhu): the Messenger ﷺ said that certain āyāt were revealed the night before, the like of which there is no precedence: Sūrah 113 and Sūrah 114 (Muslim)

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