The official workbook for Friday night classes at al-Masjid al-Awwal in Pittsburgh, and everywhere else through our online broadcasts. These classes are broadcast live for free. Then, high quality edited MP3 recordings replace the live versions, and you can download and listen at your convenience, in shaa' Allah, from this link: https://www.spreaker.com/show/waasitiyyah-basic-muslim-creed This workbook includes the fully-voweled Arabic text of Waasitiyyah and its English translation by Moosaa Richardson, split up over 100 lessons, a complete Arabic manuscript of the text, an isnaad (chain of transmission) back to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah, as well as the complete uninterrupted text of Waasitiyyah, the Arabic original, as wall as the English translation. Here are some of the topics: [3] THE CREED OF THE SAVED SECT: AHLUS-SUNNAH WAL-JAMAA'AH [4] AFFIRMING DIVINE ATTRIBUTES WHILE AVOIDING FOUR ERRORS [7] ALLAH'S NAMES AND ATTRIBUTES IN SOORAH AL-IKHLAAS [8] ALLAH'S NAMES AND ATTRIBUTES IN AAYAT AL-KURSEE [9] THE FIRST, THE LAST, THE EVER-LIVING [10] THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALLAH: ABSOLUTE & COMPREHENSIVE [12] AFFIRMING HEARING & SEEING AS ATTRIBUTES OF ALLAH [13] ALLAH'S DIVINE WILL: MASHEE'AH AND IRAADAH [14] AFFIRMING ALLAH'S LOVE AS A DIVINE ATTRIBUTE [16] AFFIRMING ALLAH'S MERCY AS A DIVINE ATTRIBUTE [17] THE PLEASURE OF ALLAH AND HIS ANGER [18] ALLAH'S MAJESTIC ARRIVAL ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT [19] ALLAH'S MAJESTIC FACE AND HANDS [20] ALLAH'S EYES [24] PARDONING AND FORGIVING [25] ALLAH'S MAJESTIC HONOR [26] THE BLESSED NAME OF ALLAH AND HIS DIVINE UNIQUENESS [27] ALLAH'S UNSHARED SOVEREIGNTY [30] THE PROHIBITION OF SPEAKING ABOUT ALLAH WITH SIMILITUDES [31] THE ASCENSION ABOVE THE THRONE IN SEVEN CLEAR QURANIC PASSAGES [33] ALLAH'S DIVINE LOFTINESS: MORE QURANIC PROOFS [34] THE "MA'IYYAH" OF ALLAH: HE IS WITH HIS CREATION [36] ALLAH SPEAKS WITH REAL SPEECH [39] ALLAH HAS SENT THE QURAN DOWN FROM ABOVE THE CREATION [40] BELIEVERS WILL SEE ALLAH IN THE HEREAFTER [41] ALLAH'S DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AS FOUND IN THE SUNNAH [42] ALLAH DESCENDS EVERY NIGHT IN A MANNER THAT BEFITS HIS MAJESTY [43] ALLAH'S HAPPINESS AND LAUGHTER AS ESTABLISHED IN THE SUNNAH [44] THE FOOT OF ALLAH AS ESTABLISHED IN THE SUNNAH [45] ALLAH SPEAKS TO HIS CREATION AS ESTABLISHED IN THE SUNNAH [46] ALLAH'S LOFTINESS AS ESTABLISHED IN THE SUNNAH [48] ALLAH IS WITH HIS CREATION AS ESTABLISHED IN THE SUNNAH [49] ALLAH'S NEARNESS AS ESTABLISHED IN THE SUNNAH [51] SEEING ALLAH ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT [52] AHLUS-SUNNAH WAL-JAMAA'AH AFFIRM ALL THESE ATTRIBUTES [53] AHLUS-SUNNAH WAL-JAMAA'AH: THE MIDDLE COURSE OF BALANCE [54] PROOF OF ALLAH'S LOFTINESS AND "MA'IYYAH" COMBINED [55] ALLAH'S "MA'IYYAH" DOES NOT MEAN HE IS WITHIN THE CREATED REALM [56] SHUNNING FALSE NOTIONS ABOUT ALLAH'S "MA'IYYAH" [57] ALLAH IS THE EVER-NEAR, THE EVER RESPONDING [58] THE QURAN IS THE SPEECH OF ALLAH, NOT CREATED [59] REJECTING FALSE NOTIONS ABOUT THE SPEECH OF ALLAH [60] ALLAH WILL REALLY BE SEEN IN THE HEREAFTER [61] THE REALM OF THE GRAVE AFTER A PERSON DIES [62] THE SCALES OF JUSTICE ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT [63] THE RECORD BOOKS DISTRIBUTED [64] PEOPLE FACE THEIR RECKONING ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT [65] THE PROPHET'S DRINKING POOL ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT [66] THE BRIDGE OVER THE HELLFIRE ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT [67] ALL DISPUTES ARE SETTLED BEFORE ENTERING PARADISE [68] THE PROPHET'S INTERCESSIONS ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT [69] OTHER INTERCESSIONS ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT[70] ALLAH CREATES MORE PEOPLE FOR THE REMAINING SPACE IN PARADISE [71] QADAR (DIVINE DECREE) There are a total of 100 topics in the book.

The Reason this Creed was WrittenIbn Taimiyah said:"A Shafi'ite judge from Wasit (in Iraq) whose name is Radiy ad-Din al-Wasiti, visited me on his wayto Hajj (pilgrimage). This Sheikh was a man of goodness and faith. He complained to me of thepeople's situation in that country (i.e., Iraq ) under the Tatars (Mongols) rule of ignorance, injustice,and loss of faith and knowledge.He asked me to write him an 'Aqidah (creed) as a reference to him and his family. But I declinedsaying: Many creeds have been written. Refer to the scholars of the Sunnah. However, he persistedin his request, saying: I do not want any creed but one you write. So I wrote this one for him while Iwas sitting one afternoon.Many copies of it are dispersed throughout Egypt, Iraq and other provinces. (Majmu' Fatawa IbnTaimiyah, VIII, p.164)

This workbook is not for individual self-study, rather it is the workbook used to follow along with the new class at al-Masjid al-Awwal (live in Pittsburgh or online from anywhere), beginning in the first week of 1440, in shaa' Allah. Classes are taught live from this workbook, broadcast worldwide. No registration is required. Simply get the workbook and follow along from wherever you are. Also, the recorded lessons are available on al-Masjid al-Awwal's Spreaker Channel.This workbook contains all 131 narrations of Kitaab al-Jaami' from Buloogh al-Maraam, along with an English translation of each one. It has been designed to provide structured guidance for note-taking. With each hadeeth, as a routine, we learn about the Companion(s) who narrated it and the imam(s) who collected it. Important points, based primarily on the explanation of Shaykh Saalih al-Fowzaan, follow in numbered lists, with adequate space for notes. It is hoped that students who may normally struggle with note-taking may learn how to identify the most important points of a class and improve this essential skill.In this study of 131 hadeeth narrations, we will learn and/or be reminded about -in shaa' Allah- the importance of refining one's character, some good manners to work on, some bad manners to avoid, and some important personal supplications to be used throughout our day and night. In Section One, we study 16 narrations about essential everyday manners in basic interactions. Then, 14 narrations zoom in on some of the most important manners connected to kindness and keeping ties in Section Two. In Section Three, 11 narrations inspire us to be more pious, more focused on the Hereafter, and less materialistic, in shaa' Allah. Section Four includes 40 narrations warning us from various manifestations of bad character, while Section Five includes 19 more narrations about more ways to apply good character. Finally, in the last section, we study 31 narrations about remembrance and supplication. While memorizing all of these narrations is indeed quite helpful, the last section, most specifically, should be given special attention.CONTENTS:SECTION ONE: MANNERSHADEETH 1: SIX BASIC RIGHTS OF ISLAMIC BROTHERHOODHADEETH 2: HOW TO APPRECIATE ALLAH'S FAVORSHADEETH 3: PIETY AND SIN GENERALIZEDHADEETH 4: THE PROHIBITION OF EXCLUDING A THIRD PERSONHADEETH 5: THE PROHIBITION OF TAKING PEOPLE'S SEATSHADEETH 6: LICKING THE FINGERS AFTER EATINGHADEETH 7: WHO SHOULD INITIATE THE GREETING?HADEETH 8: ONE PERSON MAY GREET ON BEHALF OF THE GROUPHADEETH 9: INTERACTING WITH NON-MUSLIMSHADEETH 10: MANNERS RELATED TO SNEEZINGHADEETH 11: THE DISCOURAGEMENT OF DRINKING WHILE STANDINGHADEETH 12: EATING AND DRINKING WITH THE RIGHT HANDHADEETH 13 & 14: MANNERS OF WEARING SHOESHADEETH 15: THE PROHIBITION OF DRAGGING GARMENTSHADEETH 16: ENJOYING ALLAH'S BLESSINGS WITHOUT EXTRAVAGANCESECTION TWO: KINDNESS AND KEEPING TIESHADEETH 17: MAINTAINING GOOD FAMILY TIESHADEETH 18: THE SEVERITY OF BREAKING FAMILY TIESHADEETH 19: SIX DESTRUCTIVE MAJOR SINSHADEETH 20: THE IMPORTANCE OF PLEASING ONE'S PARENTSHADEETH 21: A BELIEVER'S CONCERN FOR HIS NEIGHBORSHADEETH 22: THE GREATEST OF ALL MAJOR SINSHADEETH 23: THE CRIME OF PROVOKING OTHERS INTO SINFUL BEHAVIORHADEETH 24: NOT BOYCOTTING MUSLIMS FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYSHADEETH 25: EVERY GOOD DEED IS A CHARITYHADEETH 26 & 27: SIMPLE DEEDS THAT COUNT AS ACTS OF CHARITYHADEETH 28: AIDING YOUR BROTHERS AND ALLEVIATING THEIR BURDENSHADEETH 29: DIRECTING OTHERS TO GOOD DEEDSHADEETH 30: GRACIOUS INTERACTIONS IN THREE SITUATIONSSECTION THREE: ASCETICISM AND VIGILANCE HADEETH 31: THE HALAAL AND HARAAM ARE CLEARHADEETH 32: RUINED ARE THE WORSHIPPERS OF MATERIAL THINGSHADEETH 33: BE IN THIS LIFE LIKE A STRANGERHADEETH 34: THE PROHIBITION OF IMITATING NON-MUSLIMSHADEETH 35: OBSERVING THE LIMITS SET BY ALLAHHADEETH 36: WORLDLY AMBITION VS. EARNING ALLAH'S LOVE... and more.

Explanation of a Summary of al Aqeedatul Hamawiyyah of Ibn Taymiyah is the commentary on one of Ibn Taymiyyah's works "al-Fatwaa al-Hamawiyyah" which he wrote as an answer to a question presented to him in the Hijrah year of 698 from Hamaah, a place in ash-Shaam. In it, he was asked what the scholars and Imaams of the religion say concerning the Aayaat and the Ahaadeeth of the Sifaat, or the attributes and characteristics of Allaah. So he answered in about 83 pages and due to which, he suffered trials and afflictions. May Allaah reward him on behalf of Islaam and the Muslims with the best of rewards. Due to the difficulty in understanding and comprehending this answer from many readers, Ibn Uthaymeen has summarized the most important points from it along with some other needed additions.

NOT for independent self-study, this workbook is your study guide for the summer seminar at Masjid as-Sunnah an-Nabawiyyah in Germantown, Philadelphia (USA) this year (2019). The workbook includes the Arabic text of Thathaatul-Usool wa Adillatuhaa (The Three Fundamental Principles and Their Evidences), translated into English, and spread out over 92 points. The full text of the translation, as well as the complete original Arabic text (both vowelled and unvowelled) are also included as appendixes, as well as a chain of transmission and a manuscript of the text. This allows beginner students to begin reading a basic text, vowelled for beginners, and continue their studies all the way to proficiency in reading Arabic manuscripts! A unique learning opportunity awaits you this summer, in shaa' Allah. 1: An Introduction to the Text and its Author 2: Four Essential Matters We Must learn 3: One Short Soorah as Comprehensive Proof 4: Knowledge Precedes Statements and Actions 5: The Purpose of Mankind's Creation 6: Messengers Must be Obeyed: The Proof 7: Allah is not Pleased with Shirk 8: The Absolute Prohibition of Shirk 9: Religious Loyalty Must be for Allah's Sake Alone 10: True Believers and Their Religious Loyalty 11: The Religion of Ibraaheem: Islamic Monotheism 12: Allah Created Mankind to Worship Him 13: The Greatest of All Obligations 14: The Most Severely Forbidden Sin 15: A Specific Order and a Broad Prohibition 16: What are the Three Fundamental Principles? 17: The First of the Three Fundamental Principles 18: The One True Lord, Creator, and Sustainer 19: How a Worshipper Knows about his lord 20: Among the Greatest of Allah's Signs 21: The Creation and the Command Belong to Allah 22: The Lord and Creator Alone Deserves Worship 23: The Three Levels: Islam, Eemaan, and Ihsaan 24: All Acts of Worship are Due to Allah Alone 25: Places of Prostration are for Allah Alone 26: Directing Worship to Other than Allah 27: Calling Upon False Deities is Disbelief 28: Supplication is the Core of Worship 29: Allah Refers to Supplication as Worship 30: Fearing Allah Alone is a Form of Worship 31: The Worship of Hope and Aspiration 32: The Worship of Trust and Reliance 33: Hope and Fearful Awe are Forms of Worship 34: Knowledge-based Fear is a Form of Worship 35: Repentance is a Form of Worship 36: Seeking Help as a Form of Worship 37: Seeking Allah's Help in All Affairs 38: Seeking Refuge as a Form of Worship 39: Seeking Relief as a Form of Worship 40: Slaughtering Sacrificial Animals is Worship 41: Sacrificing Animals to Other than Allah 42: Taking a Vow is a Form of Worship 43: The Second of the Three Fundamental Principles 44: The Three Levels of the Religion 45: The Five Pillars of Islam 46: Allah Himself Testifies to His Oneness 47: The Meaning of the Testimony of Towheed 48: A Fine Example of Implementation of Towheed 49: Another Quranic Explanation of Towheed 50: Testifying to the Messengership of Muhammad 51: The Meaning of the Testimony to His Messengership 52: The Upright Religion of Towheed, Prayer, & Zakaat 53: Fasting is an Act of Worship 54: Hajj (Pilgrimage): An Act of Worship 55: THe Second Level of the Religion: Eemaan 56: The Six Pillars of Eemaan (Faith) 57: Five Pillars of Eemaan in a Quranic Verse 58: Belief in Qadar, the Sixth Pillar of Eemaan 59: The One Singular Pillar of Ihsaan 60: Allah is with the People of Ihsaan 61: The All-Seeing, All-Hearing, All-Knowing 62: Allah Witnesses Whatever We Do, Always 63: The HAdeeth of Jibreel (Part One) 64: The HAdeeth of Jibreel (Part Two) 65: The HAdeeth of Jibreel (Part Three) 66: The HAdeeth of Jibreel (Part Four) 67: The HAdeeth of Jibreel (Part Five) 68: The HAdeeth of Jibreel (Part Six) 69: The HAdeeth of Jibreel (Part Seven) 70: THE Lineage of the Prophet Muhammad 71: 23 Years as a Prophet and Messenger 72: The Opening Verses of...

Using as a framework the most famous and authentic of all the classical definitions of Islam - the Jibril hadith - the author takes the reader step by step through all the basic practices and beliefs which make up the daily lives of every Muslim, giving a picture of Islam that is both completely traditional and also excitingly contemporary.

Translated, annotated, and introduced by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, this title is a simple yet profound expression of the essential points of Muslim belief.

This is the official workbook of the 1441 (2019) Winter Seminar at the Germantown Masjid in Philadelphia. This workbook can now be used to study the recorded lessons from that monumental seminar. The recordings are freely available on the Germantown Masjid''s SoundCloud page: https://soundcloud.com/germantown-masjid/sets/winter-seminar-2019 THE BOOK Masaa''il al-Jaahiliyyah is a unique and powerfully insightful work warning against the worst traits of the days of ignorance, authored by one of the most knowledgeable and authoritative scholars of the past few centuries, Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn ''Abdil-Wahhaab at-Tameemee (may Allah have Mercy on him). Shaykh Saalih ibn ''Abdil-''Azeez Aal ash-Shaykh (may Allah preserve him) said, "These are tremendous points which, no doubt, we are in need of in every time, and especially in this time. Reviewing them and reminding the people about them is a necessity." THE WORKBOOK In this workbook, you will find the original Arabic text of the book, Masaa''il al-Jaahiliyyah, paired with its translation, with ample space to take notes for each point. Appendices in the back provide a chain of transmission for the text, the complete, uninterrupted text of the English translation, and the fully voweled Arabic text of the book as well. THE NEW CHALLENGE You will also find a total of 12 quizzes to challenge your understanding and memorization of this important text. Five daily quizzes with multiple choice questions have been prepared to check your understanding of the lessons of each of the five days of the seminar. A 25-question mastery test awaits you once you have studied the entire book and reviewed the five quizzes. For more advanced students who choose to memorize the Arabic text along with its study, five more daily quizzes and another comprehensive test are also included. The following are some of the topics as cited in the Table of Contents: ASPECT 1: CALLING UPON SAINTS FOR THEIR INTERCESSION ASPECT 2: SPLITTING INTO RELIGIOUS FACTIONS ASPECT 3: DISREGARDING AND OPPOSING THE AUTHORITIES ASPECT 4: TAQLEED: A SHARED PRINCIPLE OF ALL DISBELIEVERS ASPECT 5: THE MAJORITY VOTE: BEING DELUDED BY NUMBERS ASPECT 6: USING THE WAYS OF THE ANCESTORS AS PROOFS ASPECT 7: USING THE RICH AND POWERFUL AS PROOFS ASPECT 8: REJECTING THE TRUTH BECAUSE THE WEAK FOLLOW IT ASPECT 9: TAKING EVIL SCHOLARS AS ROLE MODELS ASPECT 10: CLAIMS ABOUT THE FOLLOWERS OF TRUTH ASPECT 11: USING FALSE ANALOGIES AS PROOFS ASPECT 12: REJECTING SOUND ANALOGIES ASPECT 13: FANATICISM TOWARDS THE SCHOLARS AND RIGHTEOUS ASPECT 14: MISGUIDED NEGATIONS AND AFFIRMATIONS ASPECT 15: PRETENDING NOT TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH ASPECT 16: TRADING IN REVELATION FOR BOOKS OF MAGIC ASPECT 17: ATTRIBUTING THEIR OWN FALSEHOOD TO THE PROPHETS ASPECT 18: FALSE AND CONTRADICTORY CLAIMS ASPECT 19: REVILING THE RIGHTEOUS BECAUSE OF THEIR FOLLOWERS ASPECT 20: CONSIDERING MAGIC TRICKS A SIGN OF PIETY ASPECTS 21-22: WHISTLING, CLAPPING, AND FRIVOLITY AS WORSHIP ASPECT 23: BEING DELUDED BY THEIR WORLDLY PROSPERITY ASPECT 24: REJECTING TRUTH BECAUSE THE WEAK EMBRACED IT FIRST ASPECT 25: TAKING THE PREVIOUS ASPECT A STEP FURTHER ASPECT 26: CHANGING THE BOOK OF ALLAH INTENTIONALLY ASPECT 27: INVENTING FALSE SCRIPTURE AND ATTRIBUTING IT TO ALLAH ASPECT 28: NOT ACCEPTING THE TRUTH FROM OUTSIDE THEIR GROUP ASPECT 29: NOT EVEN TRULY PRACTICING THEIR OWN RELIGION ASPECT 30: EACH GROUP REJOICING WITH WHAT THEY HAVE ASPECT 31: HYPOCRITICAL HATRED FOR WHAT THEY ASCRIBE TO ASPECT 32: DESPISING PEOPLE, REJECTING THE TRUTH THEY HAVE ASPECT 33: REJECTING PARTS OF THEIR OWN RELIGION ASPECT 34: EVERY SECT CLAIMED IT WAS THE SAVED ONE... There are a total of 128 aspects to study in the book!

NOTE: NOT for independent self-study, this large-sized workbook is to be used as a study tool for those listening to the live broadcasts or the recordings of Ustaadh Moosaa Richardson's lessons in Ramadhaan 1440 (2019). Get your copy and brace yourself for another Ramadhaan of serious study, in shaa' Allah. Details for how you can access the live broadcasts and freely available high-quality MP3 recordings are found in the workbook's introduction.THIS YEAR'S TOPICS: LESSON 1: From the Traits of the HypocritesLESSON 2: The Man with Two FacesLESSON 3: The Changing of the Qiblah DirectionLESSON 4: Prayer to the Wrong Direction by MistakeLESSON 5: A Treasure from Beneath the ThroneLESSON 6: Making Distinctions Between ProphetsLESSON 7: Hastening to Allah's ForgivenessLESSON 8: Being Patient With People's HarmsLESSON 9: The Importance of Hijrah (Emigration)LESSON 10: Is There Any Repentance for Mass Murderers?LESSON 11: Islamic Punishments for TerroristsLESSON 12: The Story of the Criminals from 'UraynahLESSON 13: Only Allah Has All Knowledge of the UnseenLESSON 14: He Came to Teach the People Their ReligionLESSON 15: Ten Commandments in the QuranLESSON 16: Following Allah's Straight PathLESSON 17: True Believers Described in DetailLESSON 18: The Seven Shaded Under Allah's ThroneLESSON 19: How Religious Allies Must InteractLESSON 20: Focusing on Yourself Primarily, Not ExclusivelyLESSON 21: Allah Alone Controls All Benefit and HarmLESSON 22: Obedience to Allah & True Reliance Upon HimLESSON 23: A Reminder for All Those Who RememberLESSON 24: Piety, Repentance, and Good MannersLESSON 25: The Great Merits of Upright SpeechLESSON 26: The Seeds From Which the Trees of Paradise GrowLESSON 27: The Futility of False Objects of WorshipLESSON 28: Closing Off the Pathways to PolytheismLESSON 29: Islam Emphasizes Individual AccountabilityLESSON 30: Supplicating for Ten Important ThingsNEW Feature: This year's lessons include a daily fatwa on topics relative to Ramadhaan from the Fatwa Collection of the great scholar, Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azee ibn Baaz (may Allah have Mercy on him).