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Make the Most of the Last Ten Nights, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) • Allāh swears by time in the Qurʾān, which shows its importance: time is a blessing to be used in His obedience • "Be keen on what benefits you and seek the help of Allāh": no good deed is done except by the tawfīq of Allāh • Ramaḍān is the month of fasting, night prayer and recitation of the Q...

Taqwā, a lecture by Shaykh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khan (hafidhahullāh) • "We have instructed those who were given the Book before you, and you, to have taqwā of Allāh", and "Fear Allāh as He should be feared, and do not die except as Muslims" • What is forbidden is left entirely, while what is commanded is done to the best of one's ability: the example of Ḥajj for the one who is able • "Fear Allāh an...

Hold Fast to the Rope of Allāh Altogether and Do Not Become Divided, a lecture with questions and answers by Shaykh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khan (hafidhahullāh) • The verse "Hold fast to the rope of Allāh altogether and do not become divided" is quoted even by those who oppose the Sunnah, and what it really commands • The causes of splitting: the People of the Book took what suited them and left the r...

A reminder to the students of the Salafi School by Shaykh Abdulilah Lahmami (hafidhahullāh) • Sincerity and truthfulness to Allāh, and seeking His help in every prayer: "You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help" • The path to Paradise needs patience and steadfastness, humility, and Tawḥīd and the Sunnah • Learning is for action: the more you know of Allāh's names and attributes, the more...

Advice and Reminder during Ramaḍān, a lecture by Shaykh Abu Iyaad Amjad Rafiq (hafidhahullāh), based on khuṭbahs of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) • The danger of fasting becoming a habit rather than an act of worship as Ramaḍān goes on • How Allāh distinguished this month: fasting made obligatory, with even the sick and the traveller making it up and the elderly feeding a poor person • Th...

Benefits from Sūrat al-Fātiḥah, a lesson by Ustādh Abu Rayhaanah Yahya (hafidhahullāh), from the words of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Ibn ʿUthaymīn (raḥimahullāh) • Al-Fātiḥah is the greatest sūrah in the Qurʾān: the ḥadīth "I will teach you the greatest sūrah in the Qurʾān before I leave the masjid" • Reciting al-Fātiḥah at gatherings, sermons and occasions without evidence...

The Importance of Tawḥīd, a lecture by Ustādh Abu Rayhaanah Yahya (hafidhahullāh), based on the words of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) • Tawḥīd must be spoken about constantly, clarified, learned and acted upon, because happiness in this life and the next is attained through it • Its definition: singling out Allāh with all worship and abandoning the worship of everything besides Him; hard...

In Defence of Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdil-Wahhāb (raḥimahullāh), from the explanation of The Conditions of the Prayer by Shaykh ʿAbdul-Muḥsin al-ʿAbbād (hafidhahullāh), translated and explained by Shaykh Abdulilah Lahmami (hafidhahullāh) • The false claim that Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdil-Wahhāb made takfīr of Muslims, and Shaykh ʿAbdul-Muḥsin al-ʿAbbād's defence of him • The general ruling (whoever...

In Defence of Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdil-Wahhāb (raḥimahullāh), from the explanation of The Conditions of the Prayer by Shaykh ʿAbdul-Muḥsin al-ʿAbbād (hafidhahullāh), translated and explained by Shaykh Abdulilah Lahmami (hafidhahullāh) • The false claim that Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdil-Wahhāb made takfīr of Muslims, and Shaykh ʿAbdul-Muḥsin al-ʿAbbād's defence of him • The general ruling (whoever...

Recorded at the Bolton conference, Saturday 31 May 2008.

Recorded at the Bolton conference, Saturday 31 May 2008.

Sixty Names of the Qurʾān, from the Qurʾān and the Sunnah, a lecture by Shaykh Abu Iyaad Amjad Rafiq (hafidhahullāh) The first few minutes of this lecture were not recorded. • The many names of the Messenger ﷺ, and of the Qurʾān, show their status: the more names a thing has, the greater its nobility • The names of the Qurʾān all refer to one thing, yet each carries its own meaning • Al-Muṣḥaf and...

Advice to the Tuition Club students on good manners, a talk by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) • The Prophet ﷺ said he was sent to perfect good character, so every good manner is from his Sunnah • "Whoever believes in Allāh and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent": this is part of our īmān • Help your brother whether he is the oppressor or the oppressed: advise the one w...

Take advantage of five before five, a talk by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) • The ḥadīth: your youth before your old age, your health before your illness, your wealth before your poverty, your free time before you become busy, and your life before your death • Every blessing calls for gratitude, and gratitude is shown by using the blessing in obedience to Allāh • Youth is the time t...

Perfecting good character, a reminder by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) • The Prophet ﷺ said: "I was only sent to perfect good character" • Actions follow the heart, so purify it of envy, hatred and self-amazement, and humble yourself for Allāh • "Whoever believes in Allāh and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent" • The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ is the best example, and good...

The strong believer, a reminder by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) • "The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allāh than the weak believer" (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim): strength of īmān, not physical strength • Īmān is belief in the heart, speech on the tongue and action with the limbs; it increases with obedience and decreases with disobedience • Rectifying the heart with Tawḥīd, sincer...

ʿĀshūrāʾ and the story of Mūsā, a reminder by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) • Firʿawn's tyranny over the Children of Isrāʾīl, and how Allāh protected the baby Mūsā in the river and in Firʿawn's own house • Mūsā's duʿā that his brother Hārūn be made a prophet with him • The magicians of Egypt, Mūsā's staff, and the magicians falling down in prostration: "We believe in the Lord of all...

Be with the truthful, a reminder to the Girls' Youth Club by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) • "O you who believe, fear Allāh and be with the truthful" (at-Tawbah 9:119) • Truthfulness begins with being truthful with Allāh: in belief, in Tawḥīd and in the Shahādah • Truthfulness leads to righteousness and Jannah, and a person keeps being truthful until he is written with Allāh as trut...

Choosing good companions, a reminder to the Girls' Youth Club by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) • "O you who believe, fear Allāh and be with the truthful": Allāh commands us to keep the company of the truthful • Truthfulness leads to righteousness and righteousness leads to Jannah, while lying leads to wickedness and wickedness leads to the Fire • "A person is upon the religion of hi...

Beacons of Light, a lecture by Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī (raḥimahullāh), in Arabic with an English translation • Strive for knowledge: two types of striving, of the heart (a great desire to seek and spread knowledge) and of the body (travelling, or in our time using the internet to connect with scholars) • Be with the ʿUlamāʾ: life cannot be upon goodness unless affairs are returned to the scholars,...

Selected aḥādīth from Kitāb al-Iʿtiṣām bil-Kitāb was-Sunnah (Holding Fast to the Book and the Sunnah) of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī by Imām al-Bukhārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) • Resuming after a short break with the third ḥadīth • The blessing of the Prophet ﷺ being sent to an unlettered p...

Family, marriage, health and mental well-being (Part 3): raising children, a lecture by Ustādh Abu Sara Haroon (hafidhahullāh) • A simple way to teach children the names of the Mothers of the Believers • Ibn al-Qayyim in Tuḥfat al-Mawdūd: whoever neglects teaching his child what benefits him has wronged him greatly • Choosing a good name for the child; the most beloved names to Allāh are ʿAbdullāh...

The Precise Verdicts on Deviant Methodologies: questions and answers on the Salafī methodology and the deviant groups, by Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) • The groups: the Ikhwān al-Muslimīn, the followers of Ḥasan al-Bannā • Their negligence in tawḥīd al-ʿibādah; why "tawḥīd al-ḥākimiyyah" is not a further category • Their sil...

ʿAqīdat ar-Rāziyyayn, taught by Shaykh Uways at-Taweel (hafidhahullāh) • The Rāfiḍah: the origin of the name, and their founder ʿAbdullāh ibn Sabaʾ the Jew • The Zaydiyyah and how the Shīʿah split over Zayd ibn ʿAlī • Statements from their own books that oppose the Qurʾān, including their extremism over ʿAlī and likening Allāh to His creation • Their hatred of the Companions, and the virtue of the...

Explanation of al-Mandhūmah al-Ḥāʾiyyah of Imām Abū Bakr ibn Abī Dāwūd as-Sijistānī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī, taught by Ustādh Abu Maymūnah Saʿīd Ali (hafidhahullāh) • The line on seeing Allāh: "Say as he ﷺ said", and the ḥadīth of Jarīr: "You will see your Lord as you see this moon" • The ḥadīth likens the seeing to the seeing, not Allāh to the moon; guardin...