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[Dec 2025] The Impeccable Manners of the Companions – By ‘Abdulilah Lahmami حفظه الله. Winter Conference 2025 Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.
Part One:
– “Just as We have sent among you a messenger from yourselves reciting to you Our verses and purifying you and teaching you the Book and wisdom and teaching you that which you did not know.” [Sūrah al-Baqarah 2:151]
– Those primarily referred to when “O you who believe” is mentioned in the Qur’ān.
– An example of how the da’wah of the Messenger ﷺ carries both inner and outward benefit.
– The solution for differing.
– The Messenger’s ﷺ warning against innovation and innovators before innovation appeared in the religion.
– An example of how the Ṣaḥābah warned against bid’ah.
– Akhlāq with Allāh (سبحانه وتعالى).
– Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) on the importance of ikhlāṣ and protecting our actions.
– Shaykh al-‘Uthaymīn (رحمه الله) on two reasons why Abū Bakr aṣ-Ṣiddīq is the best of the Ṣaḥābah.
– Āyāt in the Qur’ān about Abū Bakr (رضى الله عنه).
– Some of the virtues of Abū Bakr (رضى الله عنه).
– Imāms Ibn Kathīr, as-Sa’dī, al-Baghawī and al-‘Uthaymīn (رحمهم الله) on the meaning of «قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا».
– Measuring our words before we speak.
– Analysing benefits and harms and carrying out what is most beneficial.
– The great importance and fruits of guarding the prayer.
– Proof for Abū Bakr being the Khalīfah after the death of the Messenger ﷺ.
– Respecting our elders and treating everyone according to their station.
– Examples of the calibre of the Ṣaḥabah, their impeccable manners and how they feared for themselves.
– Allāh’s praise of the Ṣaḥabah in the Qur’ān.
– ‘Abdullāh b. ‘Umar’s (رضى الله عنهما) manners with Allāh and defence of the ‘Aqīdah.
– “And the slaves of the Most Beneficent (Allāh) are those who walk on the earth in humility and sedateness, and when the foolish address them (with bad words) they reply back with mild words of gentleness.” [Sūrah al-Furqān 25:63]
– The permissible joking, with examples from the Prophet ﷺ, the Ṣaḥābah and ourthe scholars.
– ‘Ā’ishah (رضى الله عنها) on the magnitude of humility.
– Supplications from the Messenger ﷺ that teach us to be humble.
– Two evil ways by which Shayṭān tries to enter into our lives.
– Be keys to good and locks to evil.
– Proof that unconditional obedience is only to Allāh (عز وجل) and His Messenger ﷺ.
– Preparing for the grave.
Part Two:
– “O man, verily, you are labouring (with your deeds) towards your Lord with a sure return (to Him), and then you will meet Him (with your deeds, good or evil).” [Sūrah al-Inshiqāq 84:6]
– The reason we study the lives of the Ṣaḥābah (رضى الله عنهم أجمعين).
– The meaning of Al-Laṭīf.
– The evil consequences of oppression on the Day of Resurrection.
– An example of the deep knowledge and courage of the Ṣaḥābah.
– Reasons why a person cannot use the debate of ‘Abdullāh b. ʿAbbās (رضي الله عنهما) with the Khawārij as proof to debate innovators.
– Examples of how the Ṣaḥābah accepted correction.
– The Rāfiḍah’s celebration of the killing of ‘Umar b. al-Khaṭṭāb (رضى الله عنه) and their veneration of the murderer Abū Lu’lu’ah al-Majūsī.
– Umar’s concern for the prayer.
– The love ‘Alī b. Abī Ṭālib had for ‘Umar (رضى الله عنهما).
– Establishing the prayer correctly and not being neglectful regarding it.
– The necessity of returning to Ahl al-‘Ilm.
– The Prophet’s ﷺ rebuke of the Khawārij.
– “…and you will be uppermost if you are (true) believers.” [Sūrah Āli ‘Imrān 3:139]
– Worshipping Allāh (عز وجل) until our last breath.
– “And whomsoever Allāh wills to guide, He opens his breast to Islām” [Sūrah al-An’ām 6:125]
– The reason the shayṭān flees when the mu’adhdhin calls the adhān.
– Imām Mālik and Imām ash-Shāfi’ī (رحمهما الله) on the foolishness of the Sūfīs.
– Proof that the Messenger ﷺ did not know the unseen unconditionally.
– Opposing the Sunnah and opening the door to bid’ah through constant debating.
– Impermissible vs permissible Tawassul.
– A warning against backbiting.
– The blameworthiness of abundant speech.
– A statement from Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (رحمه الله) that highlights the stark difference between the mu’min and the munāfiq.
– Following up sins with good deeds.
– The best gift we can give to our mothers, and the example of Abū Hurayrah (رضى الله عنه) in this regard.
– Caution against wasting time on social media.
– “O you who believe, fear Allāh (and be righteous). And let (each) soul look (and reflect over) what it has put forth for tomorrow (on the Day of Reckoning)” [Sūrah al-Ḥashr 59:18]
– From the best manners of a Muslim.
– Fuḍayl b. ‘Iyyāḍ (رحمه الله) on what should be done if a man comes to you complaining about another man.
– Imām Mālik (رحمه الله) on the ill effects of disputation.
– Āyāt on pardoning.
– Ibn Rajab (رحمه الله) on the manner in which the scholars of the Salaf would advise each other.
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