[Winter Conference 2023] The Cause Of Corruption Upon the Earth – By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khan حفظه الله

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.

[23/12/2023] SalafiPublications Winter Conference – The Cause Of Corruption Upon the Earth – By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khan حفظه الله. Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this lesson:

• The path to Allāh is one and has been made clear.
• A statement from Fuḍayl b. ‘Iyāḍ oft-quoted by Shaykh ‘Ubayd (رحمهم الله).
• The meaning of fasād.
• Āyāt that mention fasād.
• Textual evidence from the Qur’ān and Sunnah regarding the causes of corruption upon the earth:
• 1. A corrupted heart.
• The emphasis on the rectification of the heart, and examples of supplications from the Sunnah in this regard.
• 2. Not hastening to marry your daughter to the one whose character and dīn you are pleased with.
• 3. Not rectifying between the people when resentment and corruption comes between them.
• 4. Open fāḥishah, cheating in the scales and measures, withholding zakāh, beaking the covenant with Allāh and the Messenger ﷺ, and rulers who do not judge by the Book of Allāh.
• 5. Partaking in usury, holding on to the tails of cattle, becoming satisfied with cultivation and abandoning jihād.
• 6. Siḥr (magic).
• Proof from the Qur’ān that siḥr is kufr.
• A warning against going to those who claim to cure magic by working with “good jinns”.
• 7. Blind following what your forefathers were upon.
• The necessity of employing wisdom when addressing our relatives in this regard.
• 8. Yearning for wealth and status.
• An illustration of the great harm upon the dīn of the one who seeks wealth and status. 
• The Salaf’s dislike of being known. 
• Two things that grow old with the son of Ādam.
• Al-A’mash (رحمه الله) on the āyah, “And thus We do make the ẓālimūn (oppressors) awliyā’ (supporters and helpers) one to another, because of that which they used to earn.” [Sūrah al-An’ām 6:129]
• Concealing the sins of our brothers and sisters, and not searching for the faults of the people.

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