All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation—and may He extol the Messenger in the highest company of Angels, and grant him peace and security—likewise to his family, Companions, and true followers.
[Lesson Eight | 23/08/2025] 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 discussed during this lesson:
– Recap of the previous lessons.
– An explanation of how al-Fātiḥah comprises a refutation against those who deny that Allāh’s Knowledge is connected to the particulars.
– The reason this issue is discussed.
– How the misguided philosophers (Aristotle, Plato etc) tried to make sense of the world in the absence of revelation.
– Examples that explain the meaning of this corrupted statement.
– The two groups of the Qadariyyah.
– How misguided Muslims used these ideas to solve what they deemed to be problems they could not understand with their intellect.
– Clear proof that Allāh has knowledge of the particulars.
– Seven angles by which the claims of the philosophers and those affected by them are nullified.
– Ten matters present in al-Fātiḥah that are repeatedly used to refute every false belief and sect.
– How al-Fātiḥah is a refutation of those who deny/reject the notion of prophethood.
– Ten angles of refutation.
– How the one who denies prophethood is like the one who denies the Attributes of Allāh or the one who affirms partners for Allāh.
– The reality of Rūbūbiyyah.
– The two types of Allāh’s governance of His creation.
– The three groups the creation is divided into.
– Refutation of those who deny the resurrection of the bodies to be rewarded or punished.
– The reality of ar-Risālah.
– The affirmation of Speech for Allāh.
– How those who deny Allāh’s Speech negate the messengership of all of the Messengers and resemble the pagan Arabs.
– How these deviant beliefs lead to pure atheism.
– Three angles by which al-Fātiḥah refutes those who say the world is eternal.
– Examples of āyāt in which Allāh is being praised for His actions.
– How Allāh being praised necessitates that He has actions.
– The impossibility of something being simultaneously marbūb and qadīm.
– An explanation of how al-Fātiḥah comprises a refutation of the Rāfiḍah.
– The one most worthy of being upon the Straight Path.
– The impossibility that the Companions of the Messenger ﷺ were ignorant of or rejected the truth while the Rāfiḍah knew and acted upon it.
– The effects of the Companions upon the lands and the people vs the Rāfiḍah.
– The Rāfiḍah’s intense hate for the Companions of the Messenger ﷺ and Ahlus-Sunnah.
– Sūrah al-Fātiḥah’s refutation of the Khawārij.
– The reason they are called Rāfiḍah.
– The claims of the Rāfiḍah and Khawārij against the four Rightly Guided Calips.
– The explanation of إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ.
– How al-Fātiḥah is divided.
– The meaning of al-‘Ibādah, and its two foundations.
– The two foundations of al-Isti’ānah.
– The connection between tawakkul and isti’ānah.
– Eight reasons why Allāh put إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ before إِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ.
– Summary of the lesson.
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