Sharing a Benefit With Those Who Asked For Some of The Details of The Jumu’ah Khutbah On 01/01/17 -at Masjid Al-Furqaan- Titled: The Three Pillars of Servitude In Soorah Al-Faatihah
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy Indeed, remembrance of Allaah and drawing close to Him through righteous deeds and statements cannot be accepted by Allaah unless the worshipper fulfils them based on three Pillars, and they are: Love, fear and hope.These three pillars are the pillars of servitude of the […]
Eedul Adhaa Khutbah at The Park 01/09/17-Masjid Al-Furqaan [Stoke On Trent] Based On ‘Some of The Means to Safety For The Ummah’- By Shaikh Saaleh Al-Fawzaan [may Allaah preserve him]
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy Some of The Means to Safety For The Ummah Imaam Maalik [rahimahullaah] said: لنْ َيصْلُحَ آخِرُ هَذِهِ الْأمة الَّا مَا أَصْلَحَ أَوَّلَهَا The latter part of this Ummah [i.e. those who will come after the Salaf] will not be rectified except by way […]
A Summary of The Khutbah Today at Masjid Al-Furqaan
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy Allaah [The Most High] said: [وَعِنْدَهُ مَفَاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا هُوَ – And with Him are the keys of the Ghaib (all that is hidden), none knows them but He] [6:59] In his explanation of the above Ayah, Imaam Ash-Shanqeetee [rahimahullaah] cited a number of […]
The Statement ‘You [Allaah] alone we worship’ – By Imaam Ash-Shanqeetee [rahimahullaah]
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy [إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ – You (Alone) we worship] [Al-Faatihah Ayah 5] This statement establishes the meaning of [لَا إله إلا الله – There is no deity worthy of worship except Allaah] because its meaning is built upon two affairs- negation and affirmation. Negating all […]
A Supplication of Yusuf [alayhis-salaam] Contains Affirmation of Tawheed; Submission to Allaah; Asking for a Good End in This Worldly Life and The Companionship of The Righteous
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Besstower of Mercy Allaah [The Most High] said that Yoosuf [alayhis-salaam] said: أَنتَ وَلِيِّي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ۖ تَوَفَّنِي مُسْلِمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ You [Allaah] are my Wali [Protector, Helper, Supporter, Guardian, etc.] in this world and in the Hereafter, cause me to die as a Muslim […]
Whenever The Filthy Doctrine of The Khawaarij Emerges, It Has To Be Rebutted | Shaykh Saaleh Al-Fawzaan (Hafithahullah)
Shaikh Saaleh Al-Fawzaan [may Allaah preserve him] says: “The people of knowledge [i.e. the scholars] are of the view that it is obligated on the Muslims in every era that if they are certain about the presence of this filthy doctrine [i.e. the doctrine of the khawaarij], they should remedy it through calling to Allaah […]
Among The Virtues Of The Prophet’s City | Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen (Rahimahullah)
Among The Virtues of The Prophet’s City- By Imaam Muhammad Ibn Saaleh Al-Uthaymeen (Rahimahullah) Imaam Muhammad Bin Saaleh al-Uthaymeen (rahimahullaah) was asked about the statement of the Messenger (sallal-laahua-alayhi-wasallam) that: ‘’Verily Imaan returns and goes back to Madeenah as a snake returns and goes back to its hole.’’[1] Answer: In this hadeeth the Messenger (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) […]
Among The Means To Tasting The Sweetness of Imaan | Benefits from Shaykh ‘Ubayd al – Jaabiree and Imaam Ibn-ul Qayyim
Among The Means To Tasting The Sweetness of Imaan Abbaas Bin Abdul Muttalib [radiyallaahu-anhu] said that he heard Allaah’s Messenger [sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam] saying: ذَاقَ طَعْمَ الإيمَانِ مَنْ رَضِيَ بِالله رَبّا وَ باْلإِسْلاَمِ دِيناً و بِمُحَمّدٍ رسولا “The one who pleased that Allah is his lord and Islam is his religion and Muhammad is his […]
“There Is No Good Except In Nine….” | Rabee bin Khuthaym (Rahimahullah)
Rabee Bin Khuthaym [rahimahullaah] used to say: There is no good in speech except in nine[affairs]: Tahleel [i.e. uttering Laa-ilaaha ilal-laah]; Takbeer [i.e. uttering Allaahu Akbar]; Tasbeeh [i.e. uttering Subhaanallaah]; Tahmeed [i.e. uttering Al-Hamdulil-laah]; Enquiring about good; Seeking refuge from evil; Enjoining good; Forbidding evil and Recitation of the Qur’aan’’. [Source: ‘Kitaab As-Samt’ by Ibn […]
“You Alone We Worship And You Alone We Ask For Help” | Imaam ibn-ul Qayyim (Rahimahullah)
Imaam Ibnul Qayyim [rahimahullaah] said: “ I used to hear Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah [rahimahullaah)] often saying: [إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ] – “You alone we worship” repels Riyaa [ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ] – “And you alone we ask for help” repels Pride.” Source: Badaa’i At-Tafseer’ 1/41-53
