Islam – The Divinely Guided Life – June 2022 Conference with Shaykh Abū Hakīm Bilāl and Shaykh Abū Idrīs Muḥammad

Bismillāh wa-Alḥamdulillāh wa al-Ṣalātu wa al-Salām ʿalá Rasūl Allāh ʿamma baʿd

By the Permission of Allāh, Muwahhideen Publications hosted another beneficial six day Islamic Conference entitled, “Islām – The Divinely Guided Life” with our honourable attending guests, our teachers, Shaykh Abū Hakīm Bilāl Davis and Shaykh Abū Idrīs Muḥammad ibn Aslam Khān, May Allāh preserve them. The seminar started on Wednesday 15^th June and concluded on Monday 20^th June 2022. The venues for this conference were Masjid-ul-Khalīfah, Longdenville, Chaguanas Masjid, Chaguanas and Masjid ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbaas, Tobago. It also included a public address to the people of Tobago and a LIVE television interview on Tobago’s public channel 5. Listen to the audios below:

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Day 1: Wednesday 15th June

[Lecture 1]  – The Ummah of Advising by Shaykh Abū Hakīm Bilāl Davis [49:00 Mins]

[Read/Download Full PDF Notes] – The Ummah of Advising by Shaykh Abū Hakīm Bilāl Davis

Points Covered In This Lecture:

• The Blessings Upon Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jamā’ah
• The Reality of The People of Bid’ah
• The Importance on Giving Advice (Naṣīḥah)
• In Islām
• The Linguistic Meaning of Naṣīḥa
• A Detailed Explanation on The Ḥadīth of Tamīm ibn Aus ad-Dārī who narrated the
• Prophet ﷺ said, “The dīn (religion) is naṣīḥah (advice).” We said, “To whom?” He ﷺ said, “To Allāh, His Book, His Messenger, and to the leaders of the Muslims and their common folk.” [Muslim]
• Statements From Imām Ibn Rajab Concerning Naṣīḥah
• The Meaning of Naṣīḥah In Relation To Allāh, His Book And His Messenger ﷺ
• The Importance Placed Upon Following The Book, The Sunnah of The Messenger ﷺ of Allāh And His Ṣaḥābah
• The Purity And Sincerity of Naṣīḥah In Islām
• Allāh’s Preservation of His Dīn
• The Conditions In Giving Naṣīḥah To The Muslim Leaders
• The Difference Between True Naṣīḥah And Publicly Ridiculing An Individual
• Qur’anic Evidences Regarding True Naṣīḥah To Allāh And His Messenger ﷺ
• The Obligation Placed Upon Fulfilling The Commandments of Allāh
• The Different Narrations In The Sunnah Regarding Naṣīḥah such as;
  • Jarir ibn Abdullāh reported: I pledged  allegiance to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, to establish prayer, to give charity, and to give advice to every Muslim. [Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Muslim]
  • Anas bin Mālik reported the Prophet ﷺ said:None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother that which he loves for himself. [Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Muslim]
• The Best Love One Can Have For Himself And His Muslim Brother
• The Benefits of Sincere Advice For The Sake of Allāh

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[Lecture 2]  – They Made Not A Just Estimate of Allāh by Abū Idrīs Muḥammad Khān [63:13 Mins]

[Read/Download Full PDF Notes] – They Made Not A Just Estimate of Allāh by Abū Idrīs Muḥammad Khān

Points Covered In This Lecture:

• The Explanation of The Verses 67 From Sūrah Az-Zumar Taken From The Tafsīr of Imām al-Baghawī and Imām ʿAbdurRaḥmān as-Saʿdī
• The Insignificance of The Earth To Allāh
• The Benefits And Harms Which Come From Allāh Alone
• The Greatest Form of Knowledge
• The Fruits And Benefits of Islāmic Knowledge
• The Greatest Means In Gaining Islāmic Knowledge
• The Benefits of Seeking Knowledge
• The Benefits of Having Good Companionship
• The Mentality of The Salaf Regarding Knowledge
• The Means Which Leads An Individual To Become A Grateful Servant of Allāh
• The Greatness of Allāh
• The Blessings of Allāh Upon His Servants
• The Importance of The Qur’ān In Our Daily Lives
• The Methodology of The Salaf With Regards To The Qur’ān And The Sunnah
• The Wisdoms And Benefits of Asking Questions In Regards To Seeking Knowledge
• The Obligation of Remembering And Singling Out Allāh In All Forms of Worship
• The Measure of One Provisions On The Day of Judgement
• The Beauty of The Qur’ān
• The Miracles of The Qur’ān
• The Preservation of The Qur’ān
• The Cure From The Qur’ān
• The Importance Regarding Having Knowledge of Allāh And His Religion
• The Best Gift One Can Give To His Family
• The Means Which Will Aid The Individual To Glorify Allāh
• The Benefits of Glorifying Allāh
• The Greatest Forms of Worship
• The Ultimate Success Given By Allāh To His Believing Servants

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Day 2: Thursday 16th June

[Lecture 3]  – I Used to Ask the Messenger (ﷺ) About Evil by Shaykh Abū Hakīm Bilāl Davis [70:02 Mins]

[Read/Download Full PDF Notes] – I Used to Ask the Messenger (ﷺ) About Evil by Shaykh Abū Hakīm Bilāl Davis

Points Covered In This Lecture:

• Ḥadīth of Ḥuthayfah ibn Al-Yamān (رضى الله عنه)
• Ḥuthayfah’s fear of falling into evil
• The Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned four stages that the Ummah will go through
• The meaning of Jāhiliyyah
• The first ten issues from Masāʿil Al-Jāhiliyyah
• Some people of our time are worse than the Pre-Islāmic Arabs
• Ahlul-Sunnah wal-Jamāʿah
• The word Salaf was used by the Prophet (ﷺ)
• Implications of saying “I am Salafi”
• The yardstick of the truth is the understanding of the companions
• The advice of Imām Al-Barbahārī(رحمه الله)
• Goodness will be tainted with dakhan
• The methodology of the daʿwah of Jamāʿat-at-Tajmīʿīyyah
• Our call is distinct from their call
• Preparing our children for worse times to come
• Prophet Yaʿqūb’s (ﷺ) illness

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[Lecture 4]  – Transition From Darkness Into Light by Abū Idrīs Muḥammad Khān [52:55 Mins]

[Read/Download Full PDF Notes] – Transition From Darkness Into Light by Abū Idrīs Muḥammad Khān

Points Covered In This Lecture:

• The Transition From Darkness Into Light
• The Mention of Darkness In The Qur’ān
• The Wisdom of Allāh Mentioning Darkness In A Plural Form And Light In A Singular Form
• The Explanation of The Verse of 2:257 From Sūrah Al-Baqarah Taken From The Tafsīr of Imām al-Baghawī and Imām ʿAbdurRaḥmān as-Saʿdī
• The Benefits of Guidance From Allāh
• The Fruits And Rewards of Having Light From Allāh
• The Different Meanings of Darkness Mentioned By Imām ʿAbdurRaḥmān as-Saʿdī
• The Means Towards Being Protected From The Punishment of The Grave And The Trials On The Day of Judgment
• The Fruits of Staying Firm Upon The Truth
• The Virtues And Benefits Given By Allāh To His Believing Servants
• The Story of ’Abdullāh ibn Amr al-‘Āṣ’s  Entrance Into Islām
• The Virtues of ’Abdullāh ibn ’Amr
• The Dangers of Being Upon Darkness And The Harms That It Leads To
• The Beauty of Islām, Hijrah and Ḥajj
• The Fruits of Having Īmān And The Good It Leads To
• The Principles of Understanding Guidance From Allāh
• The Importance of Asking Guidance From Allāh
• The Mercy of Allāh Bestowed Upon His Believing Servants
• The Obligation of Aiding One Another In The Religion of Allāh
• The Fruits of Allāh Bringing The Hearts Together
• The Favour of Allāh Upon His Believing Servants
• The Importance of The Qur’ān In Our Daily Lives
• The Qur’an Being The Greatest of Miracles
• The Importance On Capitalising One’s Life
• The Means of Measuring One’self With Knowledge One Has Gained
• The Dead Heart And The Means Towards Its Cure