The Causes of Deviation and the Importance of Unity – Conference 2022

True unity is founded upon the Book of Allāh and the Sunnah, a lecture by Ustādh Abu Rayhaanah Yahya (hafidhahullāh), at the 2022 Conference: The Causes of Deviation and the Importance of Unity

• A claim of following the truth must be substantiated by statements and actions

• Correcting the people's ʿaqīdah comes before everything else

• The harms of splitting, a trait that originates from the mushrikīn

• "Hold fast to the rope of Allāh all together and do not become divided"

• The people of desires call to unity upon falsehood, which opposes a great foundation of the religion

Recorded at The Causes of Deviation and the Importance of Unity Conference, Masjid Abī Hurairah, Stoke-on-Trent on 22/10/22

Seven causes of disunity, a lecture by Ustādh Abu Ukkaashah Abdul-Hakeem (hafidhahullāh), at the 2022 Conference: The Causes of Deviation and the Importance of Unity

• The Salaf did not stay silent about those who broke away from the unity upon the Sunnah

• The example of Mūsā (ʿalayhis-salām), the sincere and chosen Messenger

• The Messenger ﷺ becoming angry at the one who spoke about the religion in ignorance

• The one given knowledge who did not act upon it and was misguided after guidance

• The causes that lead to splitting and how to avoid them

Recorded at The Causes of Deviation and the Importance of Unity Conference, Masjid Abī Hurairah, Stoke-on-Trent on 22/10/22

Following desires misguides from the path of guidance, a lecture by Ustādh Abu Abdir-Rahmān Hilāl (hafidhahullāh), at the 2022 Conference: The Causes of Deviation and the Importance of Unity

• Desires (hawā) in the Qurʾān, the Sunnah and the speech of the imāms: the most evil sickness of the heart

• Mufaḍḍal ibn Muhalhal on the deception of the person of innovation, from al-Ibānah al-Kubrā of Ibn Baṭṭah

• The one upon guidance follows the truth, not his own desire or the desire of his shaykh

• A sign of desires: referring to the ambiguous texts rather than the clear ones

• Following desires distances one from the Sunnah and leads to innovation

Recorded at The Causes of Deviation and the Importance of Unity Conference, Masjid Abī Hurairah, Stoke-on-Trent on 22/10/22

Questions & Answers session with Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh), at the 2022 Conference: The Causes Of Deviation & The Importance Of Unity

1. A youth has a non-Muslim friend who places doubts in his mind concerning the religion: what is the advice?

Recorded at Masjid Abī Hurairah, Stoke-on-Trent on 22/10/22

Recorded at The Causes of Deviation and the Importance of Unity Conference (2022).

Protecting The Muslim Child From Deviation, a lecture by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh), at the 2022 Conference: The Causes Of Deviation & The Importance Of Unity

• Children are a blessing from Allāh: either the coolness of the parents' eyes or a source of grief

• If parents do not take responsibility for nurturing their children upon the religion, no one else will, and the children are left neglected

• A young child does not understand what is harmful or beneficial, so habits formed early become his behaviour

• Watch the child's companions and conduct, and choose a good school where belief and manners are protected

• Things are tied to their means: nurturing is not only food, clothing and shelter, and parents will be asked about it on the Day of Judgement

Recorded at Masjid Abī Hurairah, Stoke-on-Trent on 22/10/22

Recorded at The Causes of Deviation and the Importance of Unity Conference (2022).

Be in the gatherings of the good and not the evil, a lecture by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh)

• A person is upon the religion of his close friend

• Keeping the masjid alive with the congregational and Jumuʿah prayers

• The gatherings of those whose concern is the Hereafter

• The call of all the prophets began with Tawḥīd

• Shaykh ʿUbayd: the difference between companionship and advising

2022 Conference: The Causes of Deviation & The Importance of Unity, Masjid Abi Hurairah, Stoke-on-Trent, 22/10/22