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 Seven | 15/06/2025] 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.
– Answering the doubt regarding Christians, Jews or even polytheists saying it was faith in Jesus [or their deity] that cured them.
– The cure and healing specific for the people of Tawḥīd.
– From the lofty objectives present in Sūrah al-Fātihah: The refutation of all the people of falsehood from all creeds, and the people of innovation and misguidance from this ummah.
– The two types of evidences for the above.
– The reality of aṣ-Ṣirāṭ al-Mustaqīm (the Straight Path) and what it entails.
– Clarification that al-Ḥaqq (the truth) is only what emanates from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.
– The only three paths.
– The mental struggle when we recite Sūrah al-Fātiḥah in our prayer.
– The two types of people as it relates to affirmation of the Creator.
– Refutation of those who deny the creator (the atheists/people of Ilḥād).
– The reality that denying and rejecting the existence of the Creator (of the world) is equal to rejecting the existence of the world itself.
– The people of knowledge and insight vs the general people as it relates to understanding the Creator and the creation.
– Explanation of the statement of the Messengers, “أَفِى ٱللَّهِ شَكٌّ” [Sūrah Ibrāhīm 14:10].
– Refutation of the people of Ittihād (Waḥdatul-Wujūd).
– The connection between Ilḥād and Ittiḥād.
– The corrupt beliefs of the people of Ittiḥād and how al-Fātiḥah refutes them.
– The reason the people of disbelief push for unity of religions and how they insidiously use environmentalism as a step to kufr.
– The two types of people who affirm there is a Lord and He is the Creator of the world.
– Philosophical language used by the Jahmiyyah in their attempt to avoid ascribing a direction for Allāh.
– Two angles from which al-Fātiḥah refutes the Jahmiyyah.
– The two types of people who commit shirk [but affirm the Creator].
– Those who commit shirk in Allāh’s Rūbūbiyyah.
– The belief of the Majūs and how the Qadariyyah Majūsīyah resemble them.
– Explanation of how al-Fātiḥah refutes the Qadariyyah Majūsīyah.
– Those who commit shirk in Allāh’s Ulūhiyyah, and how al-Fātiḥah refutes them.
– The difference between َنَعبُدُك and إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ.
– How al-Fātiḥah refutes the Jahmiyyah.
– Three ways by which we deduce evidences from the Names of Allāh.
-How al-Fātiḥah refutes the Jabariyyah.
– Refutation of those who negate choice or will for Allāh and say the creation exists merely through His Essence.
– Thoughts that should come to mind while reciting Sūrah al-Fātiḥah.
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