Tafseer atTakathur and Intro to Ramadhan by Yasir Qadhi

asSalaam ‘alaykum,

Br. Burhanuddin sent me this lecture alhamdulillah. His message is quoted below.

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 Assalamualaikum Wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu

Here is an Mp3 of the Jummah Khutbah that Shaykh Yasir Qadhi done on his last visit to Cardiff, so please download it: http://www.4shared.com/file/33574426/5f4e2a94/Tafseer_Of_Surah_At-Takathur__An_Introduction_To_Ramadhan.html

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Jazakallah Khair
Wassalamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu”

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Abu Zahirah Abdullah Smith: Events in Houston 02/22 to 02/23

asSalaam ‘alaykum wa Rahamtullah,

We have an exciting week coming up for Houston, about which I am too excited about. We are having a speaker come down from Daytona Beach, Florida insha’Allah. His name is Abu Zahirah Abdullah Smith, a graduate form the Islamic University of Medina. He graduated fromt he College of Hadith with honors, ranking #15 in his class. He is also Hood‘s buddy while they went to school together. And the weekend is action packed, and I don’t have too much work either. Well to start off the first Event is on Thursday at 1.00 to 2.30 PM. It is a da’wah event for non-muslims (usually a lot of muslims end up coming which is also awesome) for Black History Month. The Flier:

MSA @ UH presents…

A LEGACY OF CONTRIBUTIONS
1:00 – 2:30PM at UH – Pacific Room UC
Free Food!

Then following this we have our monthly thursday night dinners where all the MSA peeps get together to just eat and have fun. The event itself is at Maghrib.

Then we move onto friday. We have the jumu’ah khutbah by Abdullah Smith and then followed by a talk by him: Tafseer of the last 3 verses of Surat alHashr a little after the jumu’ah khutbah. Followed by the Qur’an Competition.

Friday Night he will be speaking at a sister’s only halaqa at a Sister’s house.

Saturday is the class on hadith studies by Abdullah Smith again. He will be explaining a 34 line didactic poem written by Imam alBayquni (d. 1080 AH) on hadith terminologies. It is one of the msot popular traditional texts int he field of hadith studies and is taught all over the Muslim world. Insha’Allah I am working with one of the brothers to have a Live online class with this with not only audio feed but video feed as well. Insha’Allah I am really excited about this and I will post the information when itis available to me. Until then here is the flier for the explanation of Mandhumat alBayquniyya event:

You will recieve the poem in arabic and it’s translation for free for attending this event, insha’Allah.

Just for the record all this brought to you by the MSA @ the University of Houston. You can ask one of our elders, Amad or his wife Umm Reem or Irtiza Hasan, more about the legacy and history of our MSA.

Types of Kufr (Disbelief): Imam Ibn Katheer

Types of Kufr (Disbelief)
Imaam ibn Kathīr (rahīmahullaah – b. 701 AH – d. 774 AH)
Adapted from ‘Tafseer ibn Katheer’

The Qur’ān uses the word Kufr to denote people who cover up or hide realities. The Qur’ān uses this word to identify those who denied Allāh’s favors by not accepting His Dominion and Authority. Kufr thus is an antonym for īman or disbelief in Allāh and a Kāfir is a non-believer. This type of Kufr is called Kufr al Akbar or major kufr. There are many types of Kufr al Akbar:

1. Kufrul ‘Inād: Disbelief out of stubborness. This applies to someone who knows the truth and admits to knowing the truth and admits to knowing it with his tongue, but refuses to accept it and refrains from making a declaration. Allāh subhānahū wa ta’ālā says:

أَلْقِيَا فِي جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

Throw into Hell every stubborn disbeliever
[Sūrah Qāf (50), Ayah 24]

2. Kufrul Inkār: Disbelief out of denial. This applies to someone who denies with both heart and tongue. Allāh subhānahū wa ta’ālā says: They recognize the favors of Allāh, yet they deny them. Most of them are disbelievers. [Sūrah Nahl (16), Ayah 83]

3. Kufrul Kibr: Disbelief out of arrogance and pride. The disbelief by the devils (Iblīs) is an example of this type of Kufr.

4. Kufrul Juhūd: Disbelief out of rejection.This applies to someone who acknowledges the truth in his heart, but rejects it with his tongue. This types of kufr is applicable to those who calls themselves Muslims but who reject any necessary and accepted norms of Islām such as Salāt and Zakāt. Allāh subhānahū wa ta’ālā says: They denied them (Our Signs) even though their hearts believed in them , out of spite and arrogance. [Sūrah Naml (27), Ayah 14]

5. Kufrul Nifāq: Disbelief out of hypocrisy.This applies to someone who pretends to be a believer but conceals his disbelief. Such a person is called a Munāfiq or hypocrite. Allāh subhānahū wa ta’ālā says: Verily the hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of Hell. You will find no one to help them. [Sūrah An Nisā (4), Ayah 145]

6. Kufrul Istihlāl: Disbelief out of trying to make Harām into Halāl. This applies to someone who accepts as lawful (Halāl) that which Allāh has made unlawful (Harām) like alcohol or adultery.Only Allāh subhānahū wa ta’ālā has the prerogative to make things Halāl and Harām and those who seek to interfere with His right are like rivals to Him and therefore fall outside the boundaries of faith.

7. Kufrul Kurh: Disbelief out of detesting any of Allāh’s subhānahū wa ta’ālā commands. Allāh subhānahū wa ta’ālā says: Perdition (destruction) has been consigned to those who disbelieve and He will render their actions void. This is because they are averse to that which Allāh has revealed so He has made their actions fruitless. [Sūrah Muhammed (47), Ayah 8-9]

8. Kufrul Istihzaha: Disbelief due to mockery and derision. Allāh subhānahū wa ta’ālā says: Say: Was it at Allāh, His signs and His apostles that you were mocking? Make no excuses. You have disbelieved after you have believed. [Sūrah at Taubah (9), ayah 65-66]

9. Kufrul I’rādh: Disbelief due to avoidance. This applies to those who turn away and avoid the truth. Allāh subhānahū wa ta’ālā says: And who is more unjust than he who is reminded of his Lord’s signs but then turns away from them. Then he forgets what he has sent forward (for the Day of Judgment) [Sūrah Kahf (18), Ayah 57]

10. Kufrul Istibdāl: Disbelief because of trying to substitute Allāh’s Laws. This could take the form of:

(a) Rejection of Allāh’s law (Sharī‘ah) without denying it

(b) Denial of Allāh’s law and therefore rejecting it, or

(c) Substituting Allāh’s laws with man-made laws. Allāh subhānahū wa ta’ālā says: Or have they partners with Allāh who have instituted for them a religion which Allāh has not allowed. [Sūrah Shūrā(42) V. 8] Allāh subhānahū wa ta’ālā says: Say not concerning that which your tongues put forth falsely (that) is lawful and this is forbidden so as to invent a lie against Allāh. Verily, those who invent a lie against Allāh will never prosper. [Sūrah Nahl (16) V. 116]

(Alternate Spellings: Kathir, Katheer)