[Winter Conference 2023] “Corruption Has Appeared Upon The Land & Sea Due to What the Hands of Men Have Earned” – By Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul Wahid حفظه الله

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[23/12/2023] SalafiPublications Winter Conference – “Corruption Has Appeared Upon The Land & Sea Due to What the Hands of Men Have Earned” – By Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul Wahid حفظه الله حفظه الله. Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during these lessons:

Part 1-

• Qatādah and Imām as-Sa’dī (رحمهم الله) on the āyah, “Evil has appeared on land and sea because of what the hands of men have earned, that Allāh may make them taste a part of that which they have done, in order that they may return.” [Sūrah ar-Rūm 30:41]
• Reflecting upon this āyah in light of what is going on in the world today.
• Ibn Mas’ūd (رضى الله عنه) and Qatādah (رحمه الله) on the āyah, “And if Allāh were to punish men for that which they earned, He would not leave a moving (living) creature on the surface of the earth, but He gives them respite to an appointed term, and when their term comes, then verily, Allāh is Ever All-Seer of His slaves.” [Sūrah Fāṭir 35:45]
• A mention of some of the punishments of the previous nations.
• The impermissibility of opposing the command of the Messenger ﷺ with the opinion of an ‘ālim of the Sunnah.
• Imām Aḥmad (رحمه الله) on those who are on the very edge of destruction.
• Examples from the Ṣaḥābah (رضى الله عنهم) regarding their staunch adherence to the Sunnah of the Messenger ﷺ and not putting the opinion of anyone alongside or above his command.
• The foundation of our da’wah.
• The Prophet’s ﷺ explanation of the āyah, “They (Jews and Christians) took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides Allah…” [Sūrah at-Tawbah 9:31]
• A clear example of this today with the Catholic Church.
• The exchange between Ibn Mas’ūd (رضى الله عنه) and Umm Ya’qūb regarding the women who change the creation of Allāh.
• The incremental decline of the Muslim ummah from the time of Banul-‘Abbās.
• ‘Imrān b. Ḥusayn (رضى الله عنه) on the foolishness of the one who only accepts from the Qur’ān and not the Sunnah.
• A strong argument from ‘Abdullāh b. al-Mubārak (رحمه الله) against the naming of men as proof.
• Following the madhhab of Ahlul-Ḥadīth, past and present, in clinging to the evidence and not personalities.
• The way to defeat the opposers of the Sunnah.

Questions:

1. How do you advise us with hijrah starting from scratch and where to?
2. How does one repent from zina?

Salafi Publications · Part One Corruption Has Appeared Upon The Land & Sea Lesson by Abu Khadeejah

Part 2-

• Allāh’s seizure of the wrongdoers.
• The clear connection between sins and punishment from Allāh.
• Events the Messenger ﷺ informed us will occur close to the Hour.
• The command to enter into Islām completely and avoid the handiwork of Shayṭān.
• A warning against the shayāṭīn from mankind and jinn.
• The result of the ummah breaking the covenant of obedience to Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ.
• The futility of using the methods of the unbelievers to rectify the ummah and establish Islām.
• The genocide and atrocities that took place in Bosnia (1992-1995).
• The first level of jihād and hijrah.
• The methodology of the Salafīs vs the self-serving, political tactics of the deviant groups in rectifying the ummah.
• Helping the Cause of Allāh and earning His Aid.
• The solution for what the ummah is currently facing.
• The state of many Muslims today and their involvement in ḥarām.
• A call to make tawbah.
• Those who will be raised with the unbelievers on Yawmul-Qiyāmah.
• Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) on sins weakening the journey of the heart to Allāh.
• Eight necessary consequences of sins.
• Shaykh al-Albānī (رحمه الله) on the future being for Islām.
• Shaykh al-Albānī and Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمهم الله) on the āyah, “It is He who has sent His Messenger (Muḥammad) with guidance and the religion of truth to make it manifest  over all other religion, even though the polytheists may dislike it.” [Sūrah at-Tawbah 9:33 & Sūrah aṣ-Ṣaff 61:9]
• Proof that al-Lāt and al-‘Uzzah will be worshipped again close to the Hour.
• Proof that the dīn will reach what is reached by night and day.
• The lands conquered by the Muslims within 118 years of the death of the Messenger ﷺ, and what is required to return to this spreading of Islām.
• The conquering of Constantinople at the hands of Muḥammad al-Fātiḥ (Sulṭān Mehmed II), which was prophesied by the Prophet ﷺ 
• The flourishing of Jerusalem, the second conquering of Constantinople, the emergence of the Dajjāl, the Mahdī, the return of ‘Īsā and the killing of the Dajjāl.
• The manner in which the Muslims will conquer Constantinople.
• The manhaj of ‘Īsā b. Maryam (عليه السلام) when he returns.
• Glad tidings from the Messenger ﷺ of the return of the Khilāfah.
• Anas b. Mālik (رضى الله عنه) on times getting progressively worse up until we meet our Lord.
• The crux of the issue.

Questions:

1. What is your advice for men who are gentle in nature regarding how they can balance that gentleness with their families and knowing when to be firm?
2. How do you know your sin has been forgiven? Can you be forgiven for a major sin?
3. Advice to the one who wants to study but memorisation of Qur’ān and mutūn cause him to be demotivated?
4. If I join the Jumu’ah prayer after the second rak’ah and the people are in sujūd, do I pray two rak’āt or four?
5. What is the reason for using the term Salafī and not just Sunnī?
6. What is the ruling on braids and plaits [for men]?

Salafi Publications · Part Two Corruption Has Appeared Upon The Land & Sea Lesson By Abu Khadeejah

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