01. Explaining Tawheed and Shirk (part A)

• Shirk can occur in any of the three kinds of Tawheed.

• Meaning of Tawheed ar-Rububiyyah.

• Way of Ahlus-Sunnah in understanding  the Names and Attributes of Allah.

• Shaikh ul-Islam Ibn Taymeyah's challenge to the Asharis in front of the sultan

01. Explaining Tawheed and Shirk (part B)

• Tawheed al-Uluhiyyah.

• The call of all the Prophets was to single out Allah is all forms of worship.

• Examples of shirk in the three categories of Tawheed 

02. Is the Muslim Ummah Protected from Shirk

• Explanation of the Hadeeth, "By Allah! I am not afraid that you will worship others along with Allah after my death, but I am afraid that you will fight with one another for the worldly things." [Sahih al-Bukhari]

• Explanation of, "Umar ibn Khattab (radhialahu anhu), "Verily, the bonds of Islam will be destroyed one by one, when there arise in Islam people who do not know or recognize Jahilyah."

• A reply to those who claim that the first obligation upon a person is to doubt in the existence of Allah, then look around and be guided to the truth.

03. The First Principle of Shirk

• The disbelievers, whom the Messenger fought, affirmed (Tawheed of
  Allah's Lordship) that Allah is the Creator and Disposer of all affairs,
  yet their affirmation did not enter them into Islam (why?).

• Worshipping the creation in order to seek intercession with Allah is Shirk in the worship of Allah

• The relationship between Tawheed ar-Rububiyah and Tawheed al-Uluhiyyah.

• Proof from the Qur'aan

05. The Second Foundation of Shirk

• The mushrikeen, who were called mushrikeen (i.e., disbelievers) by Allah and were declared to be eternally abiding in Hell, did not commit Shirk in Allah's Lordship. They did not claim that their lords create and provide with Allah or they benefit or harm, or run the affairs alongside Allah but they did take their deities as intercessors.

• The idols of the Quraish were effigies of pious people.

• Refuting those who exaggerate in the status of the wali

06. What is Shafa'ah and its Types

• The Approved and the denied Shafa'aah.

• Two conditions of the Approved Shafa'aah.

• There is no Shafa'aah before the Day of Judgment.

• Seeking Shafa'aah from anyone other than Allah is Major Shirk.

• Refuting those who claim that the Prophet (sallallahu alaihe wasallam) hears and responds even after his death.

08. The Third Foundation of Shirk

• Allah's Messenger considered all those who committed Shirk to be mushrikeen regardless of whether they worshiped the Prophets, pious men, Angels, stones, trees, the sun or the moon.

• Is the ruling concerning the grave worshipers today different from the ruling concerning the idol-worshipers during the time of the Prophet?

• Is there a difference between considering someone a mushrik (one who commits Shirk), and declaring him a Kafir (disbeliever)?

09. Issues concerning which ignorance is not an excuse

• What is, "Maloom min ad-deen bid-dharoorah" - that which is known by necessity in the religion.

• What are Masaail Khafiyah (hidden issues)?

• Takfeer of the Rulers

Related Article: 05. Is ignorance an excuse in matters of Aqeedah? [Allamah ibn Baaz and Shaikh al-Fawzaan]

10. The Danger of calling a Muslim to be a Disbeliever

• The necessity to consider kaafir, the one who deserves it.

• Examples of unjustified Takfeer in relation with al-walaa wal-baraa

• Unjustifiable declaring someone an innovator.

• Is it permissible to supplicate on behalf of a Mushrik?

Related Audio: Shaikh Abdullah al-Farsi on Shahrukh Khan's utterances of Major Kufr

12. The Fourth Foundation (part 1)

• The mushrikeen (those who commit shirk) of our time are worse in Shirk than the previous generations because the former generations committed Shirk during times of ease but they would become sincere during difficult times unlike the mushrikeen of today, whose Shirk is continuous; at times of ease and hardship.

12 The Fourth Foundation (part 2)

• Seeking intercession though the creation is the same Shirk of the disbelievers at the time of Allah's Messenger (sallallahu alaihi wasallam)

13. Wali and. Karamah

• Who are the Awliyaa?

• Karamah is something exceptional with Allah causes to occur at the hands of the righteous slaves, as an honor from Allah and as a blessing.

• Appearance of Karamah is not a sign of wilayah

• Shaytaanic tricks are not Karamah

Related Article: Karamaat of the Awliyaa by Shaikh Saaleh bin Fawzaan

14. Understanding the Issue of Barakah in light of the Hadeeth of Abu Waaqid al-Laythee

• Did those who asked for a Dhaat al-Anwaat, commit Shirk?

• Is there Barakah (blessings) in the remnants of the Prophet?

16. Is it Legitimate to make Dua by the Dua of the Prophet after his Death

• The Three Prescribed Forms of Tawassul

• If it was possible to request the Prophet (salallahu alaihe wasallam) to make Duaa after his death, the Sahabah would not have substituted the Prophet with Abbas, requesting Abbas (the Prophet's uncle) to make duaa for rain.

17. Understanding Al-Walaa wal-Baraa in light of Lailaha illallah
(extra footage not in the DVD)

• The Balanced approach of Ahlus-sunnah on al-Walaa wal-Baraa

18. Understanding the Two Testimonies in Light of Soorah al-Fatihah
(extra footage not in the DVD)

• Tawheed in Worship.

• Taweed in Ittibaa.

• The concept of the Jam'aah.

• The foundation of the Jam'aah are the companions (Sahabah).

• The scholars are the Jam'aah.

19. Asking Allah's Messenger to make duaa for you after his death is Major Shirk
(extra footage not in the DVD)

• Asking for Duaa is like asking for Shafaa'ah.

• Should a Scholar be abandoned for his mistake? The attitude of the Takfeeris and 'super-salafis' in this regard.

Related Article: Asking Allah's Messenger to make duaa for you after his death is Major Shirk

20.Distorting the meaning of, "I am only a human like you."

(extra footage not in the DVD)

• Distorting the meaning of, “Say (O Muhammad): I am only a man like you. It has been revealed to me that your Ilaah (God) is One Ilaah” [al-Kahf 18:110]
  Changing anything from the Quraan is great Kufr

Related Article: The Hadeeth of Blind Man