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Reminder to Our Noble Brothers and Sisters at Masjid Al-Furqan [Stoke]

Assalaamu alaykum warahmatullaahi wabarakaatuhu

Pray you are all well.

All praise is due to Allaah that now you have regular lessons twice a week and this is a great blessing. May Allaah bless you all and grant you Thabaat Aameen.

However, it is also very important that we all strive to acquaint ourselves with other issues of this blessed Salafi Manhaj provided by many of the students in the various beneficial websites. We have come across some people who do not read in order to acquaint themselves with important issues, or they suffice themselves with short audio clips and twitter messages. Indeed, if this was sufficient, the students would not have set up the website salafipublications.com during the early years; rather the likes of salafipublications.com contained and still contain valuable information on many affairs of the Salafi Manhaj.

Brother Naeem – one who preceded all of us in Salafiyyah- will testify to the fact that hours were spent reading material at Salafipublications.com in the early days in order to acquaint ourselves with important issues of the Manhaj. By the grace of Allaah, we learnt a lot.

Yes indeed, it is not possible for all of us to allocate a lot of time on reading due to our different worldly commitments, but I am quite sure that we can all allocate 30 mins every week to visit some of the useful websites that are being constantly updated. Sometimes we ask the same questions whenever something occurs, however had we allocated time to read, the affair would have been made easier by the Tawfeeq of Allaah.

There is no harm asking and seeking clarification, but there are many issues we usually ask about that have already been clarified by the elder students in various websites based on the works of the scholars. Therefore, let us not isolate ourselves with only what is going on in our masjid or centre, or the other lessons we attend in Manchester; rather we must allocate time to read other issues which are not addressed in the Duroos we attend. The following websites are among those useful ones and there are others as well.

http://salafipublications.com/sps/

http://www.abukhadeejah.com/

http://www.manhaj.com/manhaj/index.cfm

http://www.takfiris.com/takfir/index.cfm

http://www.themadkhalis.com/md/

I ask Allaah to grant all of us beneficial knowledge, Ikhlaas, Thabaat and Husnul Khaatimah. Aameen

Abu Faatimah (Abdullah al-Gambi)

 

A Personal Reminder to my noble brothers and sisters @ Masjid Furqaan (Stoke-On-Trent)

Assalaamu alaykum warahmatullaah

Pray all the brothers and sisters are well. I remind myself and you all of Allaah’s favours upon us;

Firstly: Allaah (The Most Merciful) guided us to this blessed Manhajus Salafi and this is enough as a blessing. Our manhaj is clear—free from all the people of Bidah, Hizbiyyah and Tamyi.

Secondly: We have a Salafi Masjid that is well known to the students of knowledge in the UK. Our beloved brother Abu Haleemah (Naeem), who preceded all of us in Salafiyyah is well known to the students of knowledge in the UK. He has never compromised the sound Manhaj positions and all praise is due to Allaah. May Allaah protect us and him, and may Allaah reward Ajmal, Qamar and all the other brothers who look after the affairs of the Masjid. Aameen.

Thirdly: The Islamic School is a huge effort and may Allaah reward Naeem, Ajmal, Mahfooz, Imraan and all those who continue to strive to run this school (noble sisters included). Aameen

Fourthly: Even though we do not have a resident student of knowledge, however this cannot be a means by way of which we allow shaytaan to afflict us with laziness; rather much good can be achieved. So besides the occasional visits by Ustaadh Bilaal Davis, Ustaadh Abu Idrees, Ustaadh Taqweem Aslam and Ustaadh Abdul Ilaah (may Allaah reward them), we also have sittings in the Masjid every Monday to share the benefits from the audio translations of Ustaadh Amjad Rafiq. And as soon as any of these students- including Ustaadh Abu Khadeejah- find time for us in their busy schedule, we will grab the opportunity to enjoy their company and benefit from them.

Likewise, on Yawmul Juma’ah, we do our best to convey reminders on basic affairs of Tawheed, the authentic Sunnah, Manhaj, Fiqh, affairs related to rectification of the heart etc

Therefore, there is a lot of good taking place, so let none of us belittle the blessings of Allaah or become disheartened just because we are not moving as fast as the other Maraakiz; rather let us constantly remind ourselves of Ikhlaas, Thabaat and hoping for Allaah’s reward in the Aakhirah:

فَمَن كَانَ يَرۡجُواْ لِقَآءَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلۡيَعۡمَلۡ عَمَلاً۬ صَـٰلِحً۬ا وَلَا يُشۡرِكۡ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِۦۤ أَحَدَۢا

So whoever hopes for the Meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord.”

Ustaadh Abu Khadeejah (may Allaah preserve him) said to me about 11years ago- whilst I was residing in Manchester and taking an active role in running the affairs of Al-Markazus Salafi- ‘’Abdullah do the little you can and be sincere, Allaah will bring others to carry this Dawah.’’

So I remind my beloved brothers Naeem (my predecessor in Salafiyyah), Ajmal (a brother I have known since he was 14years old), Imran, Qamar, Mahmooz and others, lets us not allow shaytaan to turn our attention away from what we are slowly trying to achieve. The most important thing is consistency, regardless the amount of effort being carried out.  Therefore, we should be grateful to Allaah and hope for more of His blessings, as Allaah (The Most High) said:

وَإِذۡ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمۡ لَٮِٕن شَڪَرۡتُمۡ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمۡ‌ۖ وَلَٮِٕن ڪَفَرۡتُمۡ إِنَّ عَذَابِى لَشَدِيدٌ۬

And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed, ‘If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor]; but if you deny, indeed, My punishment is severe.’

So let us acknowledge the blessings of Allaah; praise Him for bestowing such blessings upon us and utilize them in obedience to Allaah. The life of this world is short and let us constantly be reminded of the fact that nothing else will benefit a person in the grave except righteous actions (deeds carried out upon Ikhlaas and Mutaa-ba’ah). I ask Allaah to grant us and all the Salafis, Ikhlaas, Thabaat and Husnul Khaatimah. Aameen.

 

Your Salafi brother

Abu Mu-aawiyyah (Abdullaah Al-Gambi)