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Charity and Helping Those in Need, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh) • Islām and īmān are among the greatest favours of Allāh, and we should reflect on them and be constantly grateful • Using our blessings in what pleases the One who gave them, and remembering that wealth is a trust from Allāh • We indulge in our spending, eating and drinking, yet forget the brothers and si...

The Five Questions on the Day of Judgement, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh) • Taqwā of Allāh is honour and success in this world and the Hereafter, and the best provision • We prepare for a worldly exam without lifting an eyelid, yet neglect to prepare for the questioning of the Day of Judgement • The Salaf and the man of sixty: "Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn" means...

Ramaḍān Reminders 1438H: nightly reminders after Tarāwīḥ, by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh) • Laylat al-Qadr is the most virtuous night of the year: the Qurʾān was revealed in it, Allāh decrees the coming year in it, and it is better than a thousand months (over 83 years) • Shaykh al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) on its great status and the descriptions Allāh has given it • Whoever strives througho...

Ramaḍān Reminders 1438H: nightly reminders after Tarāwīḥ, by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh) • Fasting is beloved to Allāh, with the reminder from Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh): renew the intention that we fast to please Him and to draw near to Him • Patience upon the hunger and thirst of fasting, which are difficulties borne in the path of obedience • Fasting means guarding the tong...

Ramaḍān Reminders 1438H: nightly reminders after Tarāwīḥ, by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh) • The punishment of the grave is established by the Book of Allāh, the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ and the consensus of the scholars • The Barzakh: the grave as the stage between this world and the Hereafter, and the three stages of a person's existence (the dunyā, the grave and the ākhirah) • The questio...

ʿAqīdat ar-Rāziyyayn, taught by Shaykh Uways at-Taweel (hafidhahullāh) • The statement of the two imāms against saying "I am a believer in truth": the correct saying is "I believe in Allāh with certainty", while hoping, not claiming, to have perfect īmān • "Allāh only accepts from those who have taqwā" (5:27): we cannot claim that our deeds are accepted, so we stand between hope and fear, which is...

Important Lessons for the Muslim Nation by Shaykh Ibn Bāz (raḥimahullāh), taught by Shaykh Abu Hafsah Kashiff Khan (hafidhahullāh) • Returning to the book after a long break, and why every Muslim should study it • Knowledge-based actions are higher in status than actions built on ignorance • Zakāh purifies the heart and the wealth, and is paired with the prayer in the Book and the Sunnah • The ḥad...

Important Lessons for the Muslim Nation by Shaykh Ibn Bāz (raḥimahullāh), taught by Shaykh Abu Hafsah Kashiff Khan (hafidhahullāh) • Completing the pillar of the prayer and beginning the third pillar of Islām: zakāh • Zakāh is proven by the Book of Allāh and the Sunnah, and it is the third pillar of Islām • The ruling on one who denies its obligation • It was made obligatory in the second year aft...

Important Lessons for the Muslim Nation by Shaykh Ibn Bāz (raḥimahullāh), taught by Shaykh Abu Hafsah Kashiff Khan (hafidhahullāh) • Completing the section on the prayer with a portion of al-Mulakhkhaṣ al-Fiqhī by Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) • The final tashahhud and sending ṣalāh upon the Prophet ﷺ, and the evidence that he always did it: "Pray as you see me pray" (al-Bukhārī) • The ob...

Important Lessons for the Muslim Nation by Shaykh Ibn Bāz (raḥimahullāh), taught by Shaykh Abu Hafsah Kashiff Khan (hafidhahullāh) • Recap of the conditions of the prayer, including removing impurity and facing the Qiblah • The intention is a condition: it is in the heart, paired with the particular prayer, and must continue throughout it • The ḥadīth of ʿUmar, "Actions are only by intentions" • T...

Important Lessons for the Muslim Nation by Shaykh Ibn Bāz (raḥimahullāh), taught by Shaykh Abu Hafsah Kashiff Khan (hafidhahullāh) • Beginning the conditions, pillars, obligations and sunan of the prayer, which is establishing the prayer as perfectly as one is able • The prayer as a means of thanking Allāh for His blessings • Covering the awrah for men and women: "Take your adornment at every masj...

Important Lessons for the Muslim Nation by Shaykh Ibn Bāz (raḥimahullāh), taught by Shaykh Abu Hafsah Kashiff Khan (hafidhahullāh) • Recap: the two testifications are the foundation of the religion and must not be underestimated • Allāh has chosen this religion for us, and we must not die except as Muslims • The second pillar of Islām: establishing the prayer • The story of the night journey and h...

Important Lessons for the Muslim Nation by Shaykh Ibn Bāz (raḥimahullāh), taught by Shaykh Abu Hafsah Kashiff Khan (hafidhahullāh) • The importance of mothers learning the foundations, as the first teachers of the children of the Ummah • Continuing the explanation of the testification that Muḥammad ﷺ is the Messenger of Allāh • The intellect is a tool from Allāh, but it does not enter into the aff...

Important Lessons for the Muslim Nation by Shaykh Ibn Bāz (raḥimahullāh), taught by Shaykh Abu Hafsah Kashiff Khan (hafidhahullāh) • The conditions of the testification that Muḥammad ﷺ is the Messenger of Allāh, including believing his reports of the unseen, loving him above self, wealth and family, and giving his words precedence over everyone else's • Why we must also know what nullifies the two...

Important Lessons for the Muslim Nation by Shaykh Ibn Bāz (raḥimahullāh), taught by Shaykh Abu Hafsah Kashiff Khan (hafidhahullāh) • Why this book: knowledge is built up from the foundations, not from the most intricate matters, and Shaykh Ibn Bāz wrote it for the common Muslim • Skipping the opening chapter on the short sūrahs, to return to it at the end of the book • The first pillar of Islām: t...

A reminder at the sisters' fundraiser on the ḥadīth of Abū Dharr, "Fear Allāh wherever you are", by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) • The ḥadīth of Abū Dharr: three pieces of advice, with Shaykh ʿUbayd’s explanation • Taqwā in every time and place: do not let Shayṭān deceive you into thinking taqwā is only for Ramaḍān or only in the lands of the Muslims • Knowing Allāh through His Nam...

Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) • "And worship your Lord until the certainty comes to you": the certainty is death, and our task in this world is worship • Three things follow the deceased: his family and his wealth return, and only his actions remain with him • The dunyā is the abode of action, not of indulgence; preparing for death with righteous deeds • Ramaḍān a...

ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām by al-Ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh): the Book of Fasting, a Ramaḍān three-day workshop shared between several teachers (session 1 of 10, part 2), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) • The second ḥadīth of the sitting, from Ibn ʿUmar: "When you see it, fast, and when you see it, break your fast; and if it is hidden from you, complete the count" • T...

ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām, taught by Shaykh Uways at-Taweel (hafidhahullāh) • The ḥadīth of Anas ibn Mālik: the Bedouin who urinated in the masjid • Its wordings: al-aʿrābī, and the dhanūb (a vessel full of water) • The Prophet ﷺ stopped the Companions from rebuking him and let him finish • Purifying ground soiled by urine by pouring water over it; soap is not a condition • Gentleness in teaching the ignora...

ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām, taught by Shaykh Uways at-Taweel (hafidhahullāh) • The ḥadīth of Umm Qays bint Miḥṣan: the baby boy who urinated on the Prophet's ﷺ garment, and the ḥadīth of ʿĀʾishah • The biography of Umm Qays, sister of ʿUkkāshah ibn Miḥṣan • Purifying clothing from the urine of a baby boy who has not started eating food • Sprinkling water for the baby boy, and washing for the baby girl • The...

ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām, taught by Shaykh Uways at-Taweel (hafidhahullāh) • The ḥadīth of ʿAbdullāh ibn Zayd: "He should not leave until he hears a sound or finds a smell" • The narrator ʿAbbād ibn Tamīm, and who the man who complained was (ʿAbdullāh ibn Zayd himself, in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī) • The maxim: certainty is not removed by doubt, with examples from the prayer and from divorce • The three opinions on...

ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām, taught by Shaykh Uways at-Taweel (hafidhahullāh) • Beginning the chapter on madhy (prostatic fluid) and other things that nullify wuḍūʾ • The ḥadīth of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, who was shy to ask the Prophet ﷺ and sent al-Miqdād to ask for him • Biographies of ʿAlī, Fāṭimah and al-Miqdād ibn al-Aswad (raḍiyallāhu ʿanhum) • Must the whole private part be washed, or only the affected par...

Unity upon the Sunnah, a lecture by Ustādh Abu Arwa Ali (hafidhahullāh) • The false paths to unity offered today: military coups against the rulers, the Tablīghī "tours", and the slogans of the Ikhwān and ISIS • The linguistic meaning of the Sunnah, and its wider meaning with the early scholars: whatever conforms to the Qurʾān, the Sunnah and the way of the Companions in belief and worship • Why m...

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...

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...