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[Lesson 11 | 08/12/2025] Selected Benefits from Madārij Al-Sālikīn of Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله– By Shaykh Abu ‘Iyaad Amjad Rafīq حفظه الله. Monthly class at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.
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Some points covered during this lesson:
– Recap of the previous lesson.
– The stations of إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ through which we reach Allāh (سبحانه وتعالى).
– 1. al-Yaqẓah (اليقظة) – Wakefulness
– The disturbance of the heart that awakens it from slumber.
– The necessity of this awakening.
– 2. al-‘Azm (العزم) – Determination
– The firm, resolute intention needed to embark upon the journey to Allāh.
– The reason many people do not advance in their journey.
– 3. al-Fikrah (الفكرة) – Thought/Contemplation
– The thought process prior to commencing the journey.
– 4. al-Baṣīrah (البصيرة) – Insight
– The awareness of the heart that has been granted baṣīrah.
– The state in which one benefits from what the Messengers called to.
– Definitions of al-Baṣīrah.
– The three levels of baṣīrah:
– 1. Baṣīrah in the Names and Attributes of Allāh.
– The way we should treat doubts related to the Names and Attributes of Allāh.
– What the vision of the heart witnesses as it relates to belief in Allāh.
– The perfection of Allāh’s Names and Attributes.
– 2. Baṣīrah in the Commands and Prohibitions of Allāh.
– Three things that come in between a person and his knowledge.
– 3. Baṣīrah in Allāh’s Threat and Promise.
– Al-Harawī’s (رحمه الله) explanation of al-Baṣīrah, and its three levels:
– 1. Believing in and acting upon the reports of the Messenger ﷺ with certainty and without fear of any consequences.
– 2. Seeing the justice and wisdom of Allāh in everything.
– 3. The emanation of specific types of knowledge and awareness from the heart that cannot be taught/studied.
– Al-Firāsah aṣ-Ṣādiqah.
– “Indeed, in that are signs for al-Mutawassimīn.” [Sūrah al-Ḥijr 15:75]
– The capability of every heart to receive guidance.
– Two things that will be a ḥujjah against mankind on the Day of Resurrection.
– The dark, blinded heart.
– “Nay! But on their hearts is the Rān (covering of sins and evil deeds) which they used to earn.” [Sūrah al-Muṭṭaffifīn 83:14]
– The two types of Firāsah.
– The primary concern of the truthful ones who have knowledge of Allāh.
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