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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 lesson before Ramaḍān - The ḥadīth of the fiṭrah: five things, including trimming the moustache and removing the underarm hair, and their wisdom - Leaving all five is the worst of appearances...

Thalāthat al-Uṣūl (The Three Fundamental Principles) by Shaykh al-Islām Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Zayd ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - The author's questions: who is your Lord, and how did you come to know Him? - He is known by His signs, the night and day and the sun and moon, and His cr...

Thalāthat al-Uṣūl (The Three Fundamental Principles) by Shaykh al-Islām Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Zayd ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Recap: knowing the Lord, the religion of Islām with its proofs, and the Prophet ﷺ - Allāh's general nurturing of all creation, believer and disbeliever, a...

Thalāthat al-Uṣūl (The Three Fundamental Principles) by Shaykh al-Islām Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Zayd ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - The lesson moved from the Phil Martin Centre to the masjid, so it revises the main points covered so far - Beginning with the basmalah, in line with the B...

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 25 of Umm Qays bint Miḥṣan: her young boy who had not yet eaten food urinated on the Prophet ﷺ and he sprinkled water over it - Shaykh an-Najmī on the meaning of "had not eaten food" - The Bedou...

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 24 of ʿAbdullāh ibn Zayd: the one who thinks he has broken wind in the prayer does not leave unless he hears a sound or finds a smell - Doubts in the prayer and in purification - The principle t...

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 22 of Ḥudhayfah: the Prophet ﷺ urinated, then made wuḍūʾ and wiped over his khuffs - Ḥadīth 23 of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib about madhī, and his biography - Madhī requires washing the private part and...

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 20 of Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī: he saw the Prophet ﷺ using the siwāk to the back of his tongue - Ḥadīth 21 of al-Mughīrah ibn Shuʿbah: "Leave them, for I put them on in a state of purity", and he wip...

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 second ḥadīth of the chapter of siwāk: Ḥudhayfah, when the Prophet ﷺ woke at night he would clean his mouth with the siwāk - Ḥudhayfah ibn al-Yamān and his father: prevented from Badr, present at U...

ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām by al-Ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Recap: why Ḥadīth 1 opens the book, and renewing the intention when seeking knowledge - Ḥadīth 2 of Abū Hurayrah: "Allāh does not accept the prayer of one of you who has broken his wuḍūʾ until he...

ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām by al-Ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Recap of the previous lesson: the sciences of ḥadīth and the author's methodology - Shaykh Ibn ʿUthaymīn's explanation of Ḥadīth 1 - The method the scholars follow when explaining a ḥadīth: the n...

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Ḥadīth 16: A man said, "Advise me." He said, "Do not become angry," and repeated it – Prohibition of Anger - Anger is a natural trait placed in people for a benefit,...

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Ḥadīth 11: "Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt" – Leaving Doubt - al-Ḥasan, the Prophet's ﷺ grandson, gave up the caliphate to Mu...

ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām by al-Ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Maqdisī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanation of Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - The first lesson of a series on ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām, to become acquainted with aḥādīth of the Prophet ﷺ and the main rulings of the religion - The author's introduction and his methodology; authors e...

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Ḥadīth 12: "From the excellence of a man's Islām is his abandonment of that which does not concern him" - A ḥasan ḥadīth ranks just below ṣaḥīḥ, because of lighter pr...

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Ḥadīth 40: "Be in the world as though you were a stranger or a traveller" – Be in the World as a Stranger - The dunyā is not the Muslim's home; he takes from it only...

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Ḥadīth 37: "Allāh has written down the good deeds and the bad deeds" – Righteous Deeds Explained - Good deeds are multiplied by Allāh's grace; leaving an intended sin...

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Ḥadīth 36: "Whosoever removes a worldly distress from a believer, Allāh will remove from him…" – Seeking Knowledge - Relieving a brother's distress by a loan, charity...

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Ḥadīth 35: "Do not envy one another; do not inflate prices one to another…" – Brotherhood and Piety - Envy, wishing a blessing removed from another, divides the Musli...

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Ḥadīth 34: "Whosoever amongst you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand…" – Correcting the Evil - Enjoining good and forbidding evil is one of the foundations...

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Ḥadīth 32: "There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm" – There Should Be No Harm - It comes both connected and mursal (Mālik), and is strong through its...

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Ḥadīth 30: "Allāh the Exalted has obligated religious duties, so do not neglect them…" – The Limits of the Sharīʿah - Allāh's limits mark the lawful and unlawful: the...

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Ḥadīth 26: "For every day on which the sun rises an act of charity is due for every joint…" – The Paths of Goodness - Reconciling between two people is a great charit...

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Ḥadīth 24 (continued): "…any more than a needle decreases the sea if put into it" - Allāh is Self-Sufficient and Generous, and His dominion is vast - Reward is by dee...

al-Arbaʿūn an-Nawawiyyah (40 Ḥadīth) of Imām an-Nawawī (raḥimahullāh), with the explanations of Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān (hafidhahullāh) and Shaykh Aḥmad an-Najmī (raḥimahullāh), taught by Ustādh Abdul Hakeem Mitchell (hafidhahullāh) - Ḥadīth 24: "O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself…" – Prohibition of Oppression - A ḥadīth qudsī: its wording and its meaning are from Allāh - Oppress...