Weekly Audio Class: Explanation of The ʿAqīdah Ar-Rāziyayn Taught by Shaykh Abū Ḥakīm Bilāl Davis

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

Muwahhideen Publications in conjunction with the Salafi Sisters Qur’an Support Group & Book Club in Trinidad is pleased to announce a weekly class with our Shaykh Abū Ḥakīm Bilāl Davis (may Allāh preserve him) on the ʿAqīdah Ar-Rāziyayn of the two great Imāms of ḥādīth, Abū Zurʿah Ar-Rāzī and Abū Ḥātim Ar-Rāzī. The Shaykh is from the well known mashāyikh of the West. O Allāh! Benefit us with what You have taught us, teach us what will benefit us and provide us with knowledge that will benefit us.

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Lesson 01 – [49:24 mins]

Date: 16^th April, 2023 CE Points Covered by The Shaykh:

• Abū Zurʿah Ar-Rāzī and Abū Ḥātim Ar-Rāzī (رحمه الله) were imāms of ḥādīth.
• Abū Ḥātim’s son, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Ar-Raḥmān ibn Abī Ḥātim (رحمه الله) compiled Ar-Rāziyayn.
• Abū Zurʿah was referred to as ‘Sayyid Al-Ḥuffāẓ’ – Leader of the Memorisers of Ḥadīth. He memorised 100,000 aḥādīth.
• On his deathbed, Abū Zurʿah still continued teaching his students through which he was given the tawfīq to recite the shahādah before he passed.
• Abū Ḥātim Ar-Rāzī (رحمه الله) was referred to as ‘Al-Imām’. He was a shaykh and teacher of the Scholars of Ḥadīth.
• Abu Ḥātim travelled for 7 years, over 3000 miles on foot at age 20 seeking knowledge.
• ʿAbdurraḥmān Ibn Abī Ḥātim’s first teacher was his father.
• Allāh granted ʿAbdurraḥmān Ibn Abī Ḥātim tawfīq to perform his first Ḥajjatul-Islām.
• ʿAbdurraḥmān ibn Abī Ḥātim (رحمه الله) had exemplary zeal for knowledge and acts of ʿibādah.
• The two methods of reviewing and attaining knowledge with a student:
  • At-Taḥdīth – when the ʿālim recites the ḥādīth to the students.
  • Al-ʿArḍ – where a student reads a text to the teacher and the teacher listens and affirms.
• An example of Al-ʿArḍ is where the Prophet’s (ﷺ) used to revise Qurʾān with Jibrīl during Ramaḍān.
• From his tarbiyah is that his father (Abī Ḥātim) did not let him memorise aḥādīth or any other knowledge, until after he had memorised the Qurʾān.
• Seeking knowledge has a step-by-step system.
• Some benefits derived from the question Ibn Abī Ḥātim asked the two imāms:
  • Knowledge is taken from the scholars.
  • We are steadfast upon what they were upon.
  • There is ijmāʿby the scholars on the creed of Ar-Rāziyayn.

Download The Workbook Here: Al-ʿAqīdah Ar-Rāziyayn of Abū Zurʿah Ar-Rāzī and Abū Ḥātim Ar-Rāzī

[Class 1] Notes