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[14/11/2025] The Bequest of the Lion of Sunnah Al-‘Allāmah Rabee’ Al-Madkhalī (Raḥimahullāh) – By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Lesson at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.
Some points discussed during this lesson:
– The great concern Shaykh Rabī’ had for this ummah.
– His first wasiyah (bequest), the year it was written, and who he addressed it to.
– Fearing Allāh and holding firmly to the Rope of Allāh.
– Proof that the Shaykh desired unity and only wanted good for this ummah, despite being relentlessly disparaged and attacked.
– Adhering to the manhaj of the Salaf as-Sālih in all aspects of Islām and life.
– His firm adherence to the truth without compromising.
– Cooperating upon righteousness and piety and defending the oppressed, regardless of who the oppressor is.
– Giving importance to jihād in the path of Allāh and striving to elevate Tawhīd.
– How innovation and misguidance have corrupted the Muslims and brought about weakness and humiliation for the ummah.
– Guiding those who have erred back to the Book of Allāh (سبحانه وتعالى), Sunnah of the Messenger ﷺ and understanding of the rightly guided caliphs and imāms.
– His second wasiyah, the year it was written, and who the Shaykh requested to write and spread it.
– Fearing Allāh as He should be feared, collectively holding fast to the Rope of Allāh and not dividing.
– Wherein lies happiness in this life and the hereafter.
– The outcome of division and discord.
– The only means of attaining unity.
– Judging ourselves by what we learned from our Shaykh.
– The necessity of sincerity and truthfulness.
– Exerting effort in reforming and rectifying the state of the Muslims.
– Following the example of Shaykh Rabī’ in being humble, truthful and not wanting the dunyā or position.
– Servicing and calling to the Qur’ān and Sunnah, not ourselves.
– The humility of the major scholars.
– The Shaykh’s advice to the students of knowledge and scholars regarding guiding the ummah back to the teachings of the Book and Sunnah upon the understanding of the Salaf as-Sālih.
– A warning against differing and following desires.
– The reason this ummah is superior to other nations.
– The passing away of the righteous, and a description of those who will remain.
– That which is imperative upon the bearers of knowledge.
– Humbling ourselves to the judgement of Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ.
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