Bite Size Lessons In The Explanation of The Forty Hadeeth of Imaam an-Nawawee by Abu Hakeem Bilaal Davis

Speaker: Abu Hakeem Bilaal Ibn Ahmad Davis

Country of Speaker: United Kingdom

Category: Hadeeth

Download / Listen – Class # 01 – [44:09 mins] – 30.04.2017

• Brief Biography of Imaam an-Nawawee
• The Virtue of The Book, the Forty Hadeeth of Imaam an-Nawawee
• Explantion of The First Hadeeth: Deeds are by intentions: Verily, deeds are only with intentions. Verily, every person will have only what they intended. Whoever emigrated to Allah and His Messenger, then his emigration is for Allah and His Messenger. Whoever emigrated to get something in the world or to marry a woman, then his emigration is for whatever he emigrated for.

Download / Listen – Class # 02 – [48:12 mins] – 07.05.2017

• The Ḥadīth of Jibrīl:ʿUmar ibn Khaṭṭāb narrated, “One day while we were sitting with the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ), there appeared before us a man dressed in extremely white clothes and with very black hair. No traces of journeying were visible on him, and none of us knew him…..

Download / Listen – Class # 03 – [34:50 mins] – 14.05.2017

• Ḥadīth Three: Islām is built upon five: On authority of ʿAbdAllah ibn ʿUmar ibn Khaṭṭāb who said I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) say, “Islām has been built on five [pillars]: testifying that there is no deity worthy of worship but Allāh and that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allāh, performing the prayers, paying the Zakāt, making the pilgrimage (Ḥajj), and fasting in Ramaḍān.”

Download / Listen – Class # 04 – [25:50 mins] – 21.05.2017

• Ḥadīth Four: Deeds Are By Their Final Actions: ‘AbdAllah ibn Mas’ūd reported: The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ), said: Verily, the creation of each one of you is brought together in his mother’s womb for forty days as a drop, then he is a clot for a similar period, then a morsel for a similar period, then there is sent to him the angel who blows the spirit into him and he is commanded regarding four matters: to write down his provision, his life span, his deeds, and whether he is happy or miserable. By Allah other than whom there is no God, one of you acts like the people of Paradise until he is but an arm’s length from it, and what is written overtakes him so he acts like the people of Hellfire and he enters it. Verily, one of you acts like the people of Hellfire until he is but an arm’s length from it, and what is written overtakes him so he acts like the people of Paradise and he enters it.

Download / Listen – Class # 05 – [41:38 mins] – 09.07.2017

• Ḥadīth Five: Religious Innovations: Aisha reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Whoever innovates something into this matter of ours which does not belong to it will have it rejected. 
• In another narration, the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Whoever performs a deed that is not in accordance with our matter will have it rejected.

Download / Listen – Class # 06 – [43:39 mins] – 16.12.2018

• Ḥadīth 6: Lawful and unlawful are clear: Al-Nu’man ibn Bashir reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Verily, the lawful is clear and the unlawful is clear, and between the two of them are doubtful matters about which many people do not know. Thus, he who avoids doubtful matters clears himself in regard to his religion and his honor, and he who falls into doubtful matters will fall into the unlawful as the shepherd who pastures near a sanctuary, all but grazing therein. Verily, every king has a sanctum and the sanctum of Allah is his prohibitions. Verily, in the body there is a piece of flesh which if upright then the entire body is upright, and if corrupt then the entire body is corrupt. No doubt it is the heart.
• In another narration, the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Make between yourself and the unlawful a barrier of what is lawful. Whoever does so will clear himself in regard to his honor and his religion. A shepherd who grazes near the side of a sanctum will nearly fall into it. Verily, every king has a sanctum and the sanctum of Allah is his prohibitions.

Download / Listen – Class # 07 – [18:04 mins] – 23.12.2018

• Ḥadīth 7: Religion is Sincere Advice: Tamim al-Dari reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Verily, the religion is sincerity. We said, “To whom?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said: To Allah, His book, His messenger, the leaders of the Muslims, and their common people.

Download / Listen – Class # 08 – [40:13 mins] – 30.12.2018

• Ḥadīth 8: Jihād in the path of Allah: Jabir reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I have been commanded to fight the people until they say there is no God worthy of worship besides Allah. If they say there is no God worthy of worship besides Allah, then they will be granted protection from me for their lives and property, except by right of justice, and their reckoning is with Allah.

Then, the Prophet (ﷺ) recited the verse:

إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

So remind them (O Muhammad (ﷺ)), you are only a one who reminds. You are not over them as a dictator.(88:21-22)

• Questions asked in the QA Session with corresponding answers for minute markers:
• Q.1) The ḥadīth about the five animals permissible to kill referring to the mad dog, does this refer to all animals that go mad? [00:29:49]
• Q.2) What is the ruling of vaginal discharge that necessities wuḍū? Does it refer to all discharge i.e non sexual secreted from a woman? As it is normal for woman to discharge. Does this mean she has to renew her wuḍūʿ for each ṣalāh ? As this discharge is pure, is she required to make Istinjā’ along with the wuḍūʿ? [00:32:35]

 Download / Listen – Class # 09 – [37:12 mins] – 06.01.2019

• Ḥadīth 9: Responsibility within one’s capacity: Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Avoid what I have forbidden for you and do what I have commanded you as much as you are able. Verily, the people before you were destroyed only because of their excessive questioning and differing with their prophets.
• In another narration, the Prophet (ﷺ) said:Leave me with what I have left you. When I narrate a saying to you, then take it from me. Verily, the people before you were destroyed only because of their excessive questioning and differing with their prophets.

 Download / Listen – Class # 10 – [41:38 mins] – 13.01.2019

• Ḥadīth 10: Restriction to what is lawful and wholesome: Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: O people, Allah is pure and He accepts only what is pure. Verily, Allah has commanded the believers as He commanded His messengers.

Allah said:

يَا أَيُّهَا الرُّسُلُ كُلُوا مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَاعْمَلُوا صَالِحًا ۖ إِنِّي بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِيمٌ

O (you) Messengers! Eat of the Taiyibat [all kinds of Halal (legal) foods which Allah has made legal (meat of slaughtered eatable animals, milk products, fats, vegetables, fruits, etc.], and do righteous deeds. Verily! I am Well-Acquainted with what you do.

And Allah said:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُلُوا مِن طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لِلَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

O you who believe! Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you with, and be grateful to Allah, if it is indeed He Whom you worship.(2:172)

• Abu Huraira added:

  Then, the Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned a man who traveled far, becoming disheveled and dusty and he raises his hands to the sky, saying, “O Lord! O Lord!” while his food is unlawful, his drink is unlawful, his clothing is unlawful, and he is nourished by the unlawful, so how can he be answered?

• Questions asked in the QA Session with corresponding answers for minute markers: 
• Q.1) What is the correct position regarding the ma’mūm’s [follower of the Imām] recitation of Sūrat al-Fātiḥah? [00:41:40]
• Q.2) The question is regarding the placement of the hands on the chest in ṣalāh for the women. Is the general vicinity on the chest/breasts, for example very endowed women find it more comfortable to place the hands below or under the bosom. Would this be considered too low? [00:53:43]
• Q.3) If it is know that a Salafī is affiliated with, prompted or defended an individual that was once Salafī but has now been refuted by the Ulamāʾ, are we to assume he is still with that person that has been refuted up until he has clarified his position? Or are we to assume he is with ‘Ulamāʾ that has refuted this individual? What is the aṣl of this person and this affair with regard to a scholar or a student of knowledge vs a layman? [00:57:10]

 Download / Listen – Class # 11 – [52:05 mins] – 20.01.2019

• Ḥadīth 9: Refrain from doubts: Al-Hasan ibn Ali reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Leave what makes you doubt for what does not make you doubt. Verily, truth brings peace of mind and falsehood sows doubt.
• Questions asked in the QA Session with corresponding answers for minute markers:
• Q.1) The question resolves around a narration in regards that Umm Salamah (may Allāh be pleased with her) was asked about what clothes a woman should pray in. She said: “She should pray in a khimār (head cover) and a long garment that covers the tops of her feet.” (Narrated by Abū Dawood, 639) Imām Ahmed said “two clothes minimum, a khimār and a long garment”. If a woman wears one flowing piece, from head to floor, then what would constitute the second piece? Is this one flowing piece sufficient if it fulfils all the conditions of the ḥijāb? Can a woman pray in this flowing piece without any clothes under (i.e pants, shirts etc), providing the clothes isn’t thin? Does the under garament consistute a second garment? Or is this for preventing transparency and clothes sticking to the body? [00:43:30]
• Q.2) What is the ruling on praying with a niqāb without any strange men present? Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azīz ibn ‘Abdullāh ibn Bāz says ‘It is makrūh’. And we also see some saying it is sunnah. Which is the correct opinion? [00:49:29]

 Download / Listen – Class # 12 – [61:35 mins] – 27.01.2019

• Ḥadīth 10: Leaving what does not concern the Muslim: Ali ibn Hussein reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Verily, from the perfection of Islam is that a person leaves what does not concern him.

• Questions asked in the QA Session with corresponding answers for minute markers:
• Q.1) In regards to this ḥadīth we have just covered ‘leaving alone that which does not concern you”, many of the people of desires use this narration to say that the Muslim should unrestrictedly not get involved in the disputes between the scholars and the mashāyikh, even if one of them is refuted and openly disparage by one of the major scholars. Is this correct? And what should be the stance of the laymen in these sort of disputes? [00:32:46]
• Q.2) Regrading the conditions of the ḥijāb, if a woman prays in clothes which imitates the men or the kuffar, even though it fulfils the other conditions of the ḥijāb, e.g covers the ‘awrah, not being transparent and not being tight etc. What effect would this have on her ṣalāh? Would this invalidate her ṣalāh or make it deficient? A further example, if a woman wears a man’s thobe at home to pray in and this those covers her ‘awrah and satisfies all the conditons of ḥijāb, how does affect her ṣalāh? [00:49:56]

 Download / Listen – Class # 13 – [37:12 mins] – 03.02.2019

• Ḥadīth 9: Perfection of faith: Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: None of you has faith until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.