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ʿUmdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - After the pillars and obligations of Ḥajj, the pillars and obligations of ʿUmrah - Leaving a pillar, an obligation or a Sunnah: the ʿUmrah is not complete, a sacrifice is due, or nothing is...

ʿUmdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Going through the ḥadīth that describes the Ḥajj of the Prophet ﷺ - Dhul-Ḥulayfah, the mīqāt of the people of Madīnah - From Minā to ʿArafah: Ẓuhr and ʿAṣr joined with nothing prayed betwee...

ʿUmdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Recap of the obligations of the prayer and the prostration of forgetfulness - Increasing in prostration as a means of being close to the Prophet ﷺ in Paradise - The twelve regular Sunnah pr...

ʿUmdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - The twelve pillars of the prayer listed by Ibn Qudāmah - Its obligations, such as the first tashahhud - Movements that are acceptable in the prayer, such as closing a gap in the row, stoppi...

ʿUmdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Recap of al-Fātiḥah: when it is recited and when it is not - The length of the recitation in the different prayers, from narrations in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim - Prostrating on the seven limbs, and "th...

ʿUmdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - The Chapter of the Description of the Prayer is built on the ḥadīth "Pray as you have seen me pray" - The imām says the takbīr aloud so that those behind him can hear it - "Its opening is t...

ʿUmdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Recap of the etiquette of walking to the prayer - The Chapter of the ʿĪd Prayer: Ibn Qudāmah counts it a communal obligation (farḍ kifāyah), and the two types of obligation - The practice o...

ʿUmdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Recap of covering the ʿawrah - The next condition: purity of the body, the clothing and the place of prayer - The ḥadīth about menstrual blood on a garment: scraping it, washing it, then pr...

ʿUmdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Recap of the prayer times, from Ẓuhr to ʿIshāʾ, whose chosen time ends at the middle of the night, and Fajr - The man's ʿawrah is from the navel to the knee - The woman's face and hands in...

ʿUmdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Recap of the Chapter of the Adhān and Iqāmah: facing the qiblah and turning right and left at "Ḥayya ʿalaṣ-ṣalāh" - The adhān is not obligatory upon women, and they do not raise their voice...

ʿUmdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - The Sharīʿah meaning of the prayer: specific actions that begin with the takbīr and end with the taslīm - Its obligation: "Indeed the prayer has been prescribed for the believers at fixed t...

ʿUmdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Bassām and Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī (raḥimahumallāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - The lessons resume earlier than planned, with an apology for the short notice - Ibn Qudāmah's summary of the obligations of wuḍūʾ: the intention, washing the face, arms and feet, wiping the...

Sharḥ as-Sunnah by Imām al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Recap: the reality of death, and that everything will perish - Mankind live in this world for action, then die and wait in the Barzakh until the Resurrection - The sinner must not despair of Allāh's mercy: repentance wipes out...

Sharḥ as-Sunnah by Imām al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Lessons on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday this week in place of Saturday, when the brothers are encouraged to travel to the Birmingham conference - Point 58: everything created will die and perish, then Allāh will resurrect them...

Sharḥ as-Sunnah by Imām al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Recap of marriage: the walī, two trustworthy witnesses, and the pillars of offer and acceptance - Point 57: the blood of a Muslim is unlawful except in three cases - Killing by mistake or without intent to kill: blood money, a...

Sharḥ as-Sunnah by Imām al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Resuming the series after a long break - Al-Barbahārī mentions matters of creed, methodology and fiqh, and all of it is from the Sunnah - Point 55: there is no marriage without a walī; the ruler is the walī of the one who has...

Sharḥ as-Sunnah by Imām al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Point 51: whoever claims to see Allāh in this world is a disbeliever; seeing Allāh in a dream is a separate matter - Point 52: reflecting on the Essence of Allāh is an innovation; reflect on His creation instead - The ḥadīth "...

Sharḥ as-Sunnah by Imām al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Point 39: stoning (rajm) is true - The definition of zinā and its prescribed punishment - The conditions for the punishment to be carried out - How zinā is established: four witnesses or a confession, and why other evidence is...

Sharḥ as-Sunnah by Imām al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Point 32: the Khilāfah remains in Quraysh until ʿĪsā descends: "Put Quraysh forward and do not go ahead of them" - Point 33: whoever rebels against a Muslim ruler is one of the Khawārij - The narrations about the reward for th...

Sharḥ as-Sunnah by Imām al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Revision of the ten promised Paradise - The imām of the congregation is appointed by the ruler or the one he authorises, as with the masjids of Saudi Arabia - Point 31: the prayer, Ḥajj and Jihād are with the rulers - A person...

Sharḥ as-Sunnah by Imām al-Barbahārī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - The first lesson of the series on Saturday evenings - Completing the biographies of the ten promised Paradise, including Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ - Point 29: hearing and obeying the Muslim rulers in what Allāh loves and is pleased...

ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām by al-Ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh): the Book of Purification, with explanations taken from various scholars, taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Ḥadīth 16 of Ibn ʿAbbās: the Prophet ﷺ passed by two graves whose occupants were being punished, one for not guarding against urine and one for spreading tales - He split a palm branch and placed half...

ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām by al-Ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh): the Book of Purification, with explanations taken from various scholars, taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - The final chapter of the Book of Purification: menstruation - The definitions of ḥayḍ and istiḥāḍah (irregular bleeding) - Ḥadīth of ʿĀʾishah about Fāṭimah bint Abī Ḥubaysh and her irregular bleeding -...

ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām by al-Ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh): the Book of Purification, with explanations taken from various scholars, taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - The passive verb "I was given", and why the doer is not mentioned - Ḥadīth of Jābir: "I have been given five things not given to anyone before me" - Victory through fear cast into the hearts of the ene...

ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām by al-Ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh): the Book of Purification, with explanations taken from various scholars, taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Continuing the chapter of ghusl - Ḥadīth of Abū Hurayrah: "When he sits between her four limbs and exerts himself, ghusl is obligatory", even without emission (Muslim) - The five categories of rulings...