Seven Levels for the Total Annihilation of Humans by Iblees arRajeem

Ustadh Muhammad alShareef gave a lecture about 5 years ago in Dallas, TX (Banu Ra’d) at an AlMaghrib Institute promotional event. The lecture was entitled “When Wolves become Shepherds: Devil’s Dawah Techniques”. It was recorded and later available for sale from EmanRush Audio (link). Part of the lecture focused on how Shaytaan or Iblees puts people in different levels in order of how to call them to evil. The following article is based on that part of the lecture.Shaytaan’s steps to misguide us are many. Each and everyone of us would fall into certain level with Shaytaan and Shaytaan would take the appropriate steps according to what level a person would fall in to take that person to their destruction. If Iblees were to write a business book he would entitle it something along the lines of, ‘Seven Levels for the Total Annihilation of Humans’, and thus the title of this article – Seven Levels for the Total Annihilation of Humans by Iblees arRajeem.

The Seven Levels for the Total Annihilation of Humans

Level One: Shirk and Kufr (Associating partners with Allah and disbelief)
This is the highest level. When a person reaches the highest level, they actually become part of the army of Iblees. This is for people who have reached this level after turning their backs on the truth in arrogance or heedlessness after knowing it or hearing about it. This can be made analogous to how vampires or werewolves work. When a vampire or werewolf bites someone, the person who is bitten turns over to the other side.

Purification of the Soul Between Sunnah and Innovation: Complete

Purification of the Soul Between Sunnah and Innovation
Transcribed by
ibn alHyderabadee
from a lecture by
Muhammad AlShareef and Ali At Tamimi

Muhammad alShareef
Part 1: 5 Symptoms of the Weakness of Īmān
Part 2: 5 Reasons for the Weakness of Īmān
Part 3: 5 Solutions for the Weakness of Īmān

Ali Tamimi
Part 4: Intro to Innovations in Purification of Soul
Part 5: Innovations in Purification of Soul in Beliefs
Part 6: Innovations in Purification of Soul in Acts of Worship

How to Give Shahaada in Ten Minutes!

asSalaam’alaykum wa Rahmatullah,

DawahCorps and MSA @ UH(my alma mater) present one of the greatest da’wah courses ever designed for the West:

How to Give Shahaada in Ten Minutes!

by Yusha Evans

A course Written and Directed by Kamal el Mekki

Saturday, November 01, 2008 from 10:00 AM – 03:00 PM (CT)

Register for the Event Here!

I took this course twice or three times with Br. Kamal el Mekki, and alhamdulillah it was definitely one of the best courses on da’wah I have ever taken. I did use the techniques when I would go out on the streets with the brothers, and they seemed very effective. No one way will ever work each and every person you meet, in the end the caller always needs to use wisdom when calling someone to Islam because everyone is a different case. But the course did lay a good foundation and did give some tools to approach different people differently and reply to different objections/excuses differently. I will tell you this from my own experience that this method actually works. alhamdulillah.

The other thing I wanted to mention is the website/project – dawahcorps.com. Masha’Allah this is one of the most beneficial and well organized projects I have seen come up in the past year or so. Everytime I go back to Houston everything, almost everything seemed the same, without much change. Except new standards for the level of organization and professionalism in the field of Islamic Da’wah. And a lot of the credit for this high opinion of mine goes to DawahCorps, alhamdulillah. I am/have been very excited about this project, but too bad I can’t show it as much due to the physical distance from this project as well as my constriction on time on this island(Islamic Da’wah on the island is different, left for another post). I encourage everyone to go to the Dawah Corps website – www.DawahCorps.com – and check out all their services and definitely consider using their material and perhaps arranging some of their seminar in your cities.

I leave you with this interview of Yusha Evans by The Deen Show:

How I came to Islam!

Napoleon from the Outlawz – Darkness2Light Event Video

asSalaam ‘alaykum wa Rahamtullah,

alhamdulillah

Mad props to Belal from LeechOn Films for recording and producing this and putting it up on YouTube. And not to forget the Rutgers MSA who put this event on back on March 24th. I don’t have to say much else but read this first and then of you haven’t watched the previous video, watch it. And then insha’Allah watch the following videos-

Part 1 -Opening Recittation

Part 2 – The Fitrah

Part 3 – Introduction

Part 4 – The Beginnings

Part 5 – Death Coming

Part 6 – Redemption

Part 7 – Sense

Part 8 – Destination

Islamic Relief Dinner for Kashmir this Friday

 asSalaam ‘alaykum warahamtullah,

Got the following message from a dear brother – please read!

Assalamoalaikum warahmatullah,

The largest earthquake to hit South Asia in a century devastated the region on the morning of Saturday, October 8, 2005. The 7.6 magnitude earthquake affected Kashmir, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, destroying entire towns and villages. Over 40,000 people were reported dead, and an additional 3 million were left homeless. Over 5 million people, men, women, children, and elderly have been affected by this disaster whose epicenter was close to Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani-administered Kashmir.

On behalf of Islamic Relief, you and your family are cordially invited to attend our dinner to learn about the current situation of your brother’s and sister’s in the land of Kashmir. The earthquake may have been in late 2005, but the effort to rebuild their lives is far from over.
Our dinner will be held this Friday May 11th at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Houston, University Center, located at 4800 Calhoun Rd. The evening will begin promptly with Maghrib salah, heart felt stories and updates about the situation in Kashmir and Islamic Relief project updates from Br. Azhar Azeez and Imam Johari Abdul Malik, a video presentation, eye-witness accounts, and nasheed and poetry performances to end the night. Tickets are $15 per individual and $40 per family and you may purchase them at your masjid or at the door. Babysitting is also provided by Straight Path Center at $10 a child.
It is our sincere wish to see you all there this Friday, insha’Allah. Please bring your family and all your family friends. If you have invitations this Friday, postpone then, and instead invite your friends to this more than worthy cause. Our Beloved Prophet (peace be upon him) once said: “Give charity without delay, for it stands in the way of calamity” (At-Tirmidhi). And Allah the Most High says, “And be steadfast in your prayer and pay charity; whatever good you send forth for your future, you shall find it with Allah, for Allah is well aware of what you do (2:110)”.
If you found yourself in a similar situation you would hope the people of Kashmir and your brother’s and sister’s around the world would come running to your aid. Please take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to help those who are in desperate need of our help. We hope that you make this event your priority to answer the cries of our Muslim brother’s and sister’s half-way across the world!
For more information, please feel free to contact me at (832) 656-7618 or you may email me at imran@crescentyouth.com. If you are unable to attend, please be sure to generously donate online at http://www.irw.org.
Wasalamualikum warahmatullah
Imran Abbas
Public Relations                     

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an international relief and development organization, dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the world’s poorest people. Islamic Relief Worldwide has full-time offices in 33 countries and provides assistance in over 35 different countries across the globe.

Ahmed Sidky: The Hereafter Workshop

asSalaam ‘alaykum wa Rahamtullah,

Masha’Allah this is an awesome workshop by Ahmed Sidky. The recording was done at UT Austin on Friday February 9th, 2007. The same workshop but a little bit more detailed and intensive one was done at Masjid alHamza – Mission Bend Masjid on Saturday, February 10th, 2007 from ‘Asr to Isha which was recorded by Muslim Audio, alhamdulillah! So look out for the professional and official recording of this product soon from Muslim Audio!

This is a decent quality recording of the workshop by a brother from the UT MSA. I have edited the tracks due to the enormous length and split them according to the stages that Ahmed Sidky talked about. The Hereafter which includes Death, the Grave, the Last Day, Hellfire and Paradise, are fundamental concepts that every Muslim should know about. The more one knows about these concepts the more he or she will find his/her eeman increasing. Other concepts from the Hereafter like the Signs of the Day of Judgment are not mentioned in this lecture. Ahmed Sidky also did this awesome talk at the ISNA Dallas Conference in the summer of 2006 about Paradise which literally had the entire crowd in tears. Insha’Allah once I get a hold of that I will try to upload it as well. Allah Knows Best. The Total Run time for the entire recording of this workshop is about 3 Hours and 4 Minutes! Enjoy!

The Hereafter
by Ahmed Sidky

Track 1 – Intro by UT MSA
3:35 Minutes

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Track 2 – Ahmed Sidky’s Introduction and Stage 1: The Journey to Death
24:29 Minutes

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Track 3 – Satge 2: The Grave
16:28 Minutes

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Track 4 – Stage 3: The Last Day Part 1
22:15 Minutes

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Track 5 – Stage 4: The Last Day Part 2
33:57 Minutes

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Track 6 – Stage 5: The Hell Fire
24:52 Minutes

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Track 7 – Stage 6: Paradise Part 1
29:21 Minutes

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Track 8 – Stage 6: Paradise Part 2 and Conclusion
29:42 Minutes

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Waleed Basyouni: In the Footsteps of the Prophet (SAW) – Shaykh Bin Baz (RA)

In the Footsteps of the Prophet (SAW) – Shaykh Bin Baz (RA) by Shaykh Waleed Basyouni

The quality of the lecture isnt that great so you might need to increase the volume pretty high.

Lecture given at the ISAT (Islamic Society of Arlington Texas) conference in Arlington, TX on April 28th, 2007 entitled “A Muslim is Like a Palm Tree!”

 Mad props to Br. Haytham for recording it and getting it to me. May Allah have Mercy on him!

Waleed Basyouni: Preserving Our Eeman

Preserving Our Eeman by Shaykh Waleed Basyouni
Lecture given at the ISAT (Islamic Society of Arlington Texas) conference in Arlington, TX on April 28th, 2007 entitled “A Muslim is Like a Palm Tree!”

 Mad props to Br. Haytham for recording it and getting it to me. May Allah have Mercy on him!

 

Purification of the Soul between Sunnah and Innovation: Ali atTamimi – Part 6

Purification of the Soul between Sunnah and Innovation
Part 6
Transcribed from a lecture by Muhammad AlShareef and Ali At Tamimi
The following is Part 6:Ali At Tamimi

Part 1: 5 Symptoms of the Weakness of Īmān
Part 2: 5 Reasons for the Weakness of Īmān
Part 3: 5 Solutions for the Weakness of Īmān
Part 4: Intro to Innovations in Purification of Soul
Part 5: Innovations in Purification of Soul in Beliefs
Part 6: Innovations in Purification of Soul in Acts of Worship

Innovation in Purification of the Soul in the Acts of Worship

The acts of worship are acts that the Qur’aan and Sunnah inform or command us to do. Therefore each and every act of worship should have a basis in the Qur’aan and Sunnah of the Prophet (SAW) and what extends from that. The first acts of Worship are the 5 pillars and then the rest. Something common with the people who use innovated form of purifying their souls get these adhkar or du’aas that their shaykh gives them, and they say that my Shaykh had a dream where the Prophet (SAW) appeared and gave him this adhkar or du’aa. In fact one group of them says that if you say this special du’aa then the Prophet (SAW) and Abu Bakr and Umar, and Uthman and Ali will attend the majlis. So in one instance they wrote in an English book not to say this in a car, because if you do this then there will not be enough room in the car for them to appear. They also tell their followers to wear special types of clothes and special types of food. They begin to take on the characteristics of a cult and slowly cut them off from the community or general muslim body. They tell the person, whom they call a mureed, that in order for you to be a proper devotee with the shaykh you must be like a dead person with that one who is washing. When a person is deceased they just lie there and when someone comes to them to wash their body they don’t complain because they can’t. They don’t complain about the water being too hot or cold, and when the washer raises his hands they raise it as well. They dead body just does what ever the washer does without any resistance. This is the manner they need to be with their shaykh in order to be a good mureed. Never commenting on what the shaykh does and just blindly follow them.

Some people might say that isn’t it true that throughout Islamic history very prominent scholars were identified as Sufis, or they entered into tasawwuf. Here we have to question what does this term mean? The term tasawwuf is a generic term and it means different things to different people. One cannot say that historically if a person or scholar was known as a sufi, you cannot assume that that person is practicing the same tasawwuf that is being practiced today, as mentioned above. One cannot make that assumption. I will put forth a challenge to the Sufis, that any Sufi order in the world today can bring us your books that you read in your private circle with your shaykh, and let us see if your books have those matters that have been outlined or not. I guarantee that there isn’t an order in the world that doesn’t have these matters contained within them. All the issues mentioned above of the issues in vleiefs and actions, like wahdat alwujood, and relying only on love, and ascribe divinty to the Prophet (SAW) or one or many of their awliyaa, and also the issue of the shaykh, that he can’t be questioned. In the issue mentioned last, they go to the extreme to even say that if the shaykh commits zina or theft it is okay because you will not understand the shaykhs actions. Yet the Prophet (SAW)’s seerah is clean and clear for all to see and he didn’t have a separate lifestyle in home and outside, and his wives, and family and companions confirm this.

Had Allah wanted us to join these tariqas and be these kinds of men, He would’ve mentioned it in the Qur’aan and Sunnah. I don’t want brothers to take everything I am saying and accept it, I would like them to be critical. I want them to take what I am saying or what anyone else says and put it against and the Qur’an and Sunnah and see if it is found in it or it agrees with it or not. I don’t want people to be deceived by names and titles and personalities because that is not the criteria, it is the bookof Allah and the Sunnah of the Prophet (SAW). If it agrees we accept it and if it contradicts then we reject it. This doesn’t mean that the person whose words oppose it is wicked or evil, rather he could be ignorant or misguided and we should teach him in a nice manner.

Part 1: 5 Symptoms of the Weakness of Īmān
Part 2: 5 Reasons for the Weakness of Īmān
Part 3: 5 Solutions for the Weakness of Īmān
Part 4: Intro to Innovations in Purification of Soul
Part 5: Innovations in Purification of Soul in Beliefs
Part 6: Innovations in Purification of Soul in Acts of Worship

Uloom alHadeeth with Shaykh Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips

asSalaam ‘alaykum wa Rahamtullah,

In spirit of the next alMaghrib seminar – Chain of Command: Intro to Hadith Sciences – I make yet another post in the field of the Sciences of Hadith. These are a 10 part lecture series by Shaykh Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips entitled “Uloom alHadeeth”. The series is about 9 1/2 Hours long, alhamulillah, and very intensive. I received these from an awesome brother masha’Allah from the alMaghrib forums. Listen, Enjoy, Gain Knowledge, and most importantly act upon what you learn, insha’Allah!

60.38 MB – 65:56 Minutes
[Part 1]

42.05 MB – 45:55 Minutes
[Part 2]

56.17 MB – 61:20 Minutes
[Part 3]

20.45 MB – 22:19 Minutes
[Part 4]

82.07 MB – 89:37 Minutes
[Part 5]

28.29 MB – 30:53 Minutes
[Part 6]

54.43 MB – 59:26 Minutes
[Part 7]

55.95 MB – 61:05 Minutes
[Part 8]

85.05 MB – 92:53 Minutes
[Part 9]

42.21 MB – 46:05 Minutes
[Part 10]