Issues That Muslims Need to Know

A lecture in English delivered by Sh. Bilal Philips in which he explains the issue of Allah's provision for his servants and their sincerity in worshipping him as mentioned in the Noble Quran and the Prophetic purified Sunnah.

A series of lectures in which Sh. Bilal Philips explains the categories of monotheism.

About The Life Of The Prophet Peace Be Upon Him

Confusing questions and Their answers conerning shittes

Knowing the prophet is a necessery matter for those who want to know the true islam and want to apply it in their life

Monotheism is the fundemental of Islam and its skeleton. Adhering to it is achieving the purpose of creating man which is applying the pure worship for the sake of Allaah on the base of pure monotheism.But people concerning creed were distributed to sects as a result they went astray from the straight line and were deprived from the virtue of monotheism.These matters are some of those taclked by the sheikh in a brief way

What is meant by disbelievers,their divisions and what is meant by hypocrites.The religious,political and economical conditions of arab before islam.Then mentioned the stubborness of the polytheists and their harm to the prophet peace be upon him.The reason of hypocrisy and the methodology of the prophet in fighting disbelievers and polytheists.

Allah Almighty ordered all his servants to enter islam and adhering to it and warned them of disobeying him.Also he sent His messenger to call to this .Allaah told us that the one who follows him is the rightly guided and the one who turns away from his call goes astray.He warned us in many ayahs of apostasy,polytheism and disbelief.The scholars demonstrated that the muslim may apostate from his religion by doing certain contradictions to islam

Prophet Mohammed told about the occurance of afflictions and their spread at the end of ages as a sign of the approach of the hour(day of judgement).Reasons of their spread are: farness of people from Allah’s religion, spread of ignorance and injustice and enthralling others.The way out of these afflictions is adhering to the quran and sunnah.

the Sheikh demonstrated the wisdom of trials and afflictions explaining hadith:’’ The messenger of Allah gave us a sermon by which our hearts were filled with fear ...’’ then he mentioned the causes of salvation from trials of difference from which are: adhering to the creed of monotheism,abandoning heresies and enjoining right conduct and forbiding indecency.

This book has great importance for many reasons: 1-Its writer is Imam Ahmed the Imam of Ahl as-sunna wa’l-jama`a ( A religious leader of the people of the sunna and the community: all the people who follow the sunna of the prophet and who hold together as a community) 2-He set the general limitations and the fundemental bases of following the school of righteous ancestors and which contradicts heresies 3-He set the principles of the salved sect which is the same sect of the prophet and his companions The scholars paid great attention to these principles and one of them said about them:’’It wouldn’t have been too much if had gone to China to get these principles’’.

Showing the most important The Aspects Of The Reformer Imam Mohammed Ibn Abd Al Wahab Call from which are:correctness of sources of acquiring and proving,following the method of righteous ancestors and the way of believers of sunnah and jamaha, applying all aspects of religion in creed,knowledge,work and dealing inthe life of the person,group,country ,nation and whole humanity

Reading the brief of principles of the followers of sunnah and jamaha in creed by the sheikh Nasr Ibn Abd Al Karim Al Akal may Allah protect him.This book shows the creed of the righteous ancestors and it’s rules in concise statements and clear style with adhering to the legitimate words from the scholars as much as possible

The lecturer mentioned the obligation of fearing polytheism as it is the greatest sin because you set a partner for Allah although He is the one who created you. From the reasons of tumbling in polytheism is ignorance of religion.And the person dying as a polytheist without having repentence will stay in the hellfire everlastingly.

A book including the demonstration of the creed of the followers of sunnah and jamah with the evidences from the quran and prophetic sunnah.The sheikh Abd Al Rahaman Ibn Mohammed Ibn Kasem said in his commentary on ’’ tawheed book’’: Monotheism book written by great sheikh Mohammed Ibn Abdul Wahab may Allah reward him is unique . He clarified monotheism which is obliged on Allah’s servants and for that reason they were created.For that reason the messengers were sent and also the books.He mentioned what contradicts monotheism from major and minor polytheism , innovations and what lead to them.So it becomes unique, leader for monotheist,argument against atheist.As a result it becomes so famous among seekers of knowledge and most of them study it by heart

Reading The Text Of Forty Nawawi Hadith includes the fundementals of islam and important rulings.It is famous text includes forty two hadith with omitted chain of reporters in different fields of knowledge of knowledge.Every hadith is considered a great base in religion .Every keen for his hereafter should know these hadiths as they include the most important things and the types of worships