Ramaḍān Reminders 1446H – Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell

Ramaḍān Reminders 1446H: nightly reminders after Tarāwīḥ, topics chosen from the speech of various scholars, taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• The meaning of having good thoughts of Allāh

• Good thoughts of Allāh in hardship and in ease, in trials and in times of happiness

• Ḥadīth qudsī: "I am as My servant thinks of Me"

• Ḥadīth of Jābir: "Let none of you die except while having good thoughts of Allāh", and the statement of Ibn Masʿūd

• Patience when a blessing is taken away, and Allāh replacing it with something better

• Ibn al-Qayyim on hope that comes with action versus mere wishful thinking

• Good thoughts of Allāh go hand in hand with uprightness, not neglecting obligations or falling into the ḥarām

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 16/3/25

Ramaḍān Reminders 1446H: nightly reminders after Tarāwīḥ, topics chosen from the speech of various scholars, taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Companionship upon the truth, in line with the Qurʾān and the Sunnah

• Blameworthy companionship: sitting with the people of innovation

• Ibn ʿAbbās: "Do not sit with the people of desires, for sitting with them sickens the hearts"

• The scholars: sitting with them and praising them softens one's religion and corrupts the creed of the people

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 10/3/25

Ramaḍān Reminders 1446H: nightly reminders after Tarāwīḥ, topics chosen from the speech of various scholars, taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Ḥadīth: "There is a piece of flesh in the body… indeed it is the heart"

• The sickness of doubts: its causes are ignorance and following falsehood

• The sickness of desires: its cure is patience, striving against the soul, fasting and remembrance of Allāh

• Showing off (riyāʾ) and its cure, sincerity: "Actions are only by intentions"

• A brief summary; the scholars have written whole books on each of these

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 9/3/25

Ramaḍān Reminders 1446H: nightly reminders after Tarāwīḥ, topics chosen from the speech of various scholars, taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• "But no, by your Lord, they will not truly believe until they make you judge…" (an-Nisāʾ 65)

• Following the Messenger ﷺ with complete submission

• Recap: tawḥīd is the foundation, and actions must also be in accordance with the Sunnah

• "Islām began as something strange…": holding to the Sunnah despite trials

• Seeking the pleasure of Allāh rather than the approval of the people

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 3/3/25

Ramaḍān Reminders 1446H: nightly reminders after Tarāwīḥ, topics chosen from the speech of various scholars, taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Ḥadīth of Ibn ʿAbbās: the Prophet ﷺ sending Muʿādh to Yemen

• Call first to the Shahādah, then the five daily prayers, then the zakāh taken from the rich and given to the poor

• "Fear the supplication of the oppressed, for there is no veil between it and Allāh"

• In daʿwah begin with the most important matter: rectify the foundation first

• Expiating sins: good deeds for minor sins, sincere repentance for major sins, and returning the rights of others

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 2/3/25

Ramaḍān Reminders 1446H: nightly reminders after Tarāwīḥ, topics chosen from the speech of various scholars, taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• Fasting in Ramaḍān is one of the pillars of Islām

• "Fasting has been prescribed for you… so that you may attain taqwā" (al-Baqarah 183)

• Taqwā through withholding from permissible food and drink and from the ḥarām

• "Whoever does not leave false speech and acting upon it…"

• Allāh has given us worship by day and by night in this month

• Guarding the heart, the tongue and the limbs while fasting

Streamed LIVE at The Salafi Centre of Manchester on 1/3/25