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[15/07/2025] Some of What Ahl al-‘Ilm Have Mentioned Regarding the Great Scholar Shaykh Rabī’ b. Hādī al-Madkhalī (رحمه الله) – By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.
Some points discussed during this lesson:
– Benefits from the book of Shaykh Khālid aẓ-Ẓafīrī (حفظه الله) titled, ath-Thanā’ al-Badī’ min al-‘Ulamā’ ‘alā ash-Shaykh Rabī’.
– Shaykh Rabī’s striving to aid and advise the ummah.
– The blessing placed in the time of the scholars.
– The sunnah of Allāh (سبحانه وتعالى) with His slaves that will never change.
– The constant attacks faced by the Shaykh from Ahlul-Bid’ah.
– The methodology of the people of innovation and misguidance in disparaging the carriers of the truth.
– The reality that it is nobility from Allāh to be disparaged by the people of innovation and misguidance.
– The trial of social media and wanting to be known.
– A mention of some of the mountains of knowledge who praised Shaykh Rabī’.
– The praise of Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azīz b. Bāz for Shaykh Rabī’ (رحمهم الله)
– His response when he was asked about Shaykh Muhammad Amān al-Jāmī and Shaykh Rabī’ (رحمهم الله).
– His praise for the scholars of Madīnah.
– His comments after Shaykh Rabī’ delivered a lecture in Tā’if titled, Clinging on to the Manhaj of the Salaf.
– His advice to Shaykh Rabī’ to refute everyone who opposes the truth and the Sunnah.
– Three examples of letters Shaykh Ibn Bāz sent to Shaykh Rabī’ (رحمهم الله)
– The manner in which he referred to himself, and how he addressed Shaykh Rabī’.
– A letter he sent in 1413 asking the Shaykh to send him a copy of the refutation he wrote against Abul-A’lā al-Mawdūdī.
– A letter he sent in 1415 asking the Shaykh to review some documents in order to ascertain the state of an individual.
– A reminder that it is not needed for you to put yourself forward; Allāh raises whom He wills.
– Another letter Shaykh Ibn Bāz sent to Shaykh Rabī’ in 1415 asking him to refute Nazīh Hammād who spoke about the Sifāt of Allāh.
– His instruction to Shaykh Rabī’ to refute and rectify the mistakes of anyone who errs, even himself (i.e Shaykh Ibn Bāz).
– The great position Shaykh Rabī’ had with Shaykh Ibn Bāz.
– An example of how Allāh raises whom He wills: Abū Talhah Dāwūd Burbank (رحمه الله), who was sincere, humble, and fled from the limelight.
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