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Podcast by Yusuf Circle Sheffield
Episodes
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S05 - Hadrat Zayd Ibn Thaabit (ra) - Zayd (ra), The Prodigy
01/09/2024 Duration: 25minHadrat Zayd ibn Thaabit (ra), Session 5. The Scribe of The Quran Zayd (ra), The Prodigy By the time The Messenger ﷺ migrated to Al Medina, Zayd (ra) was 11 years old and had memorised 17 Surahs from the Quran and took it upon himself to recite to The Messenger ﷺ who was delighted (Siyar). Whoever learns the Quran in his youth then Allah SWT will make it permeate into his flesh & blood (Bukhari). Zayd (ra) was told to learn Hebrew and learnt the language in 15 days, he had mastered it. Zayd (ra) also learnt the Persian language in 18 days and the Ethiopian language (Al Bidaya). Zayd (ra) learnt Syriac in 17 days and mastered it (Ahmad). Zayd (ra) recorded the Divine Revelation and also wrote to kings for he was well acquainted with Pharisee, Latin & Ethiopian (Tajaarib Al Umam). Place the Pen on your ear, indeed it helps keep the memory of the dictator sharp (Tirmidhi).
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S02 - Surah Al Furqaan (25)Verse 3 - 7
30/08/2024 Duration: 35minSurah 25 Session 2 v3-7 The verses discuss the attributes of a True God! Can any originate creation then repeat it? The pagans ask regarding the Messenger ﷺ, why does he eat food & walk in the market places? All Prophets visited the market places and ate food, verse 20. 'We only see a man like us!' Shayan saw the human form of Prophet Adam (as) but did not acknowledge the Essence of the Prophet. Asiyah (raa) honours Prophet Musa (as) and this leads her to The Garden of Eternity.
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S01 - Surah Al Furqaan (25)
30/08/2024 Duration: 33minSurah 25 The Criterion Session 1 'There are 7 recitals so choose whichever is easy to recite.' 'O Jibreel (as) I have been sent to many different types of people there are the unlettered, the young and old, those that have never read a book... It's revealed in 7 recitals to make matters easy' (Tirmidhi). The Quran is sent as a guardian over the previous scriptures, hence its The Criterion. Jibreel (as) informs The Messenger ﷺ to recite The Verse of Honour Surah 17 v111 in times of difficulty. Elaborate designs in creation in due proportion, [birds of prey, microbes]. The first 9 verses discuss the sanctity of Tawheed and Prophethood. Tabrak (the opening word of the Surah) not only means blessed but abundant, copious and overflowing.
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S28 FINAL - Surah Nur (24) - Verse 63 - 64
30/08/2024 Duration: 29minSurah Noor v63-64 29th Final session The previous nations addressed their Prophets by their names, the last Messenger ﷺ was addressed in a gentle manner due to the Great Esteem. 'O you who believe respond to that which gives you life', Surah 8 v24. Jibreel (as) in the form of a bedouin asks about Islam. The folly of innovation whilst assuming one would get a virtue that The Messenger ﷺ fell short of! Riyaa- minor shirk is a greater trial than the Dajaal, Surah Al Khaf is a protection.
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S4 - Hadrat Zayd Ibn Thaabit (ra) - Blessed with Wealth
29/08/2024 Duration: 29minHadrat Zayd ibn Thaabit (ra), Session 4 The Scribe of The Quran Blessed with Wealth Futures & Options 'Do not sell or buy date palms until the healthiness of their fruits are evident...' (Bukhari). 'When Zayd (ra) departed the world, he left behind an amount of gold & silver that would be broken with axes.'
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S28 - Surah Nur (24) - Verse 62
27/08/2024 Duration: 19minQuran Class Surah 24 v62 28th session Banu Kinnana a tribe which considers it a shame to eat alone, so a verse is revealed 'there is no blame if you eat in company or separate.' 'Eat in company, sit together, mention the name of Allah SWT and there will be a blessing for you.' During The Battle of the Trench the confederates attack Al Medina, 5 AH Shawaal. The Hypocrites would sneak away whilst on duty, the faithful would request permission to leave and return quickly, the last 3 verses of Surah Noor are revealed. Surah 9 v43 Allah SWT gives you grace why do you grant them leave... notice the forgiveness before the criticism. Qadi Iyad 'Affa' does not mean forgiveness, but exemption.
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S3 - Hadrat Zayd ibn Thaabit (ra) - The 7 Great Taabi'oon
27/08/2024 Duration: 27minHadrat Zayd ibn Thaabit (ra), Session 3. The Scribe of The Quran Umm Jameel (raa) performed 2 migrations, Abyssinia & Al Medina. Sayyidaa Umm Sa'ad (raa), wore an ivory bracelet & ring (Tabaqaat). The wisdom of sprinkling water on the grave. The 7 Great Taabi'oon Sa'eed ibn al-Musayyab (rah) al-Qaasim ibn Muhammad (rah) Urwah ibn Hishaam (rah) Khaarijah ibn Zayd (rah) Aboo Salamah ibn Aboo Abdur Rahmaan (rah) Abdullah ibn Utbah ibn Mas 'ood (rah) Sulaymaan ibn Yasaar (rah). (Qurtobi).
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S2 - Hadrat Zayd ibn Thaabit (ra) - The older brother, Yazeed (ra) a veteran of Badr! (Tirmidhi).
27/08/2024 Duration: 25minHadrat Zayd ibn Thaabit (ra), Session 2. The Scribe of The Quran Sayyidaa Al Nawaar bint Malik (raa) mother was Salmaa bint Aamir. She married Thaanit ibn Adh Dhahhaak and bore him Zayd (ra) and his older brother Yazeed (ra). The older brother, Yazeed (ra) a veteran of Badr! (Tirmidhi). She later married Umaara ibn Hazm and bore him Malik and she became muslim (Ibn Sa'd). The Messenger ﷺ settled as a guest with Abu Ayub Al Ansari (ra), Nawaar (raa) was the first woman to send food. Bilal (ra) stood on the tallest house belonging to Nawaar (raa) to call the Adhaan. Umm Jameel was the wife of Zayd (ra), she was one of the earliest converts and bore Sa'd Khaarijah, Yahyaa, Ismaa'eel, Sulaymaan, Umm Uthmaan ans Umm Zayd (ra/a).
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S1 - Hadrat Zayd ibn Thaabit (ra) - The Scribe of The Quran.
27/08/2024 Duration: 27minHadrat Zayd ibn Thaabit (ra), Session 1. The Scribe of The Quran. You will be with those whom you love.' Signs of Love... Emulation, Surah 3 If you love Allah SWT follow The Messenger ﷺ. Acquainted with the one you love. If you love someone you will love what they love Zayd (ra) was born 11 years before the Hijrah - at the beginning of the 3rd year of Prophethood. The mother of Zayd (ra), Sayyidaa Al Nawaar bint Malik (raa) said, When I was pregnant with Zayd (ra), I saw on the Kaba green & yellow silk shawls, carpets and clothes from the weaving of the desert Arabs and squares of hair (Ibn Sa'd), this is part of the glad tidings in the life of the world & hereafter Surah 10 v64. The dream indicated that Zayd (ra) was destined to become a great personality from whom every Muslim would benefit immensely from - just as they benefit from the Glorious Kaba. 'Seek benefit from this House' (Tabarani). 'The Sacred House is in reality the very Pillar of Islam' (Daylamee). Zayd (ra) was 6 when his father was k
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S27 - Surah Nur (24) - Verse 59 - 61
25/08/2024 Duration: 45min21 July 2024 Surah 24 v59-61 27th session The Verse of Food 'O Foolish one, recite The Verse of Food.' Ibn Abbas (ra) recites Surah 4 v29 'O believers do not eat up property unjustly unless via trade'. and states this is abrogated by Surah 24 v61 'there is no sin if you eat in your own houses...' Ibn Abbas (ra), the unbelievers try to make you doubt Islam , you don't eat that which is killed by Allah SWT (where animals die of natural causes) but you eat what you kill with your hands. Thr Sahaba related this to The Messenger ﷺ, Surah 6 v121 is revealed - 'Shaiteen inspire their friends to argue with you..' The food of The People of The Book is made permissible, Surah 5 v5. Food of a Siddiqui - 'intimate friend.' Hassan Al Basri (rah) in the absence of the market trader, eats dates & figs. Hisham asks 'O Abu Syed, how can you reconcile piety with this eating? Hassan al basri (rah), 'O foolish one recite The Verse of Food'... (verse 61) 'O Siddique Qum'- a friend whose soul & heart is at rest. Harith ib
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S22 - Reflections Upon Death & Eternal Life - The Last Day, that measures 50,000 years.
25/08/2024 Duration: 39minThe Last Day, that measures 50,000 years. A caller, Angel Israafeel (as) who will Stand on The Dome of The Rock and will address all the dead People of the entire world, O You rotten bones O You decomposed skins O You scattered hair Listen & respond Allah SWT commands you to reassemble to render accounts of your actions (ibn Asaakir), Surah Qaf v40-42. This scene depicts how after the 2nd blowing of the Horn, the world will be resurrected (Mariful Quran). 'Hurrying up' (Surah 50 v44) will be towards Syria when the Dome of the Rock is situated (Tirmidhi). The earth will be made flat & stretched out like leather, Surah 84 v3 (Haakim). 'The duration of time on The Last day for the believers will be like that between Zohar & Asr' (Haakim). The Bridge of Siraat, some will be given light like a mountain others much less. Some will cross the bridge like a falling star, others like the wind or like the blinking of an eye... (Haakim).
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S21 - Reflections Upon Death & Eternal Life - There is no poverty after paradise
25/08/2024 Duration: 40minWere a man of Paradise to disclose his combe it would then outshine the light of the sun as it does the light of the stars' (Ahmad). Handkerchiefs & Combs are merely for pleasure as they are not needed in The Garden. There is no poverty after paradise and there is no prosperity after entering Hell (Siyar). Mankind can only have what they strive for and soon that striving shall be seen, Surah Najm v39-40. There is nothing like Hell and those that should flee from it are rather sleeping. Nor I have seen anything like Paradise, those who are seeking it should seek it, rather they are sleeping (Tirmishid). He who wants to know his position in the Sight of Allah SWT should then look at the position of Allah SWT in his sight, verily Allah SWT bestows a servant with a position in accordance with the position that a person accords to Allah SWT (Haakim).
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S20 - Reflections Upon Death & Eternal Life - Let them laugh a little, much they will weep
25/08/2024 Duration: 32minA Sublime contrast. Life seems so long and our eternal home seems far, far away.... And paradise will be brought close to the God Fearing, no longer a distant thing... Surah 59 v 31 Conversely to those who mock the signs.... This is the Fire you used to deny, Is this magic or do you not see it clearly, Surah 52 v14-15 Let them laugh a little, much they will weep, Surah 9 v82 The world is short lived - let them laugh as they wish. They return to Allah SWT, their weeping thus does not end (ibn Abbas ra, Mariful Quran). 'Concern yourselves with that towards which you are heading and where you shall dwell forever' (Haakim).
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S19 - Reflections Upon Death & Eternal Life - 3 occasions when no one will remember anyone else
20/08/2024 Duration: 29min3 occasions when no one will remember anyone else * Weighing the deeds in the scales of justice * When the record of deeds is placed in one of your hands * Whilst crossing the bridge of Siraat (Baihaqi). Say in prayer, 'O Lord Reckon me with an easy reckoning'- That Allah SWT overlooks your accounts (Ahmad). Surah 13 v21, and fear the terrible reckoning - means to undergo questioning about one's deeds (Ibn Abi Shaibah). What is then weighed in the awesome scales of Justice • The believers and unbelievers * The scrolls * the intangible * the blood of the scholars, the ink of scholars * The eating drinking of the horses The heaviest thing that would be placed in the scales of balance is good manners (Abu Dawud). 2 words are light on the tongue but heavy on the scales... سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ العَظِيم (Bukahri & Muslim)
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S18 - Reflections Upon Death & Eternal Life - The Awesome Scales of Justice
20/08/2024 Duration: 30minThe Awesome Scales of Justice The weighing balance has a tongue and 2 scales (Fathul Baaree). Prophet Dawood (as) fainted when he saw the awesome stature of the weighing scales (Tafseer Kabeer). The weighing scales on the right side of the Throne is of white pearl The scale on the left side of The throne is of darkness (Tafseer Kabeer). The carrier of the weighing balance on The Last Day will be Jibreeal (as) (Mariful Quran).
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S17 - Reflections Upon Death & Eternal Life - The Souls II
18/08/2024 Duration: 26minThe Souls II The souls of the impious believers may also be prevented from directly entering paradise due to major sins. When you visit me, sit at my grave for a while so that I may take pleasure from looking at you (Ahwaal Al Quboor). You visited the grave of a certain friend of yours, you recited there and invoked mercy on him, but you did not visit me or even come near! Do you not see water in a clear glass ? That is how we see those who visit us (Ahwaal Al Quboor). The troops of the dead await your arrival (Ahwaal Al Quboor).
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S16 - Reflections Upon Death & Eternal Life - The Souls I
18/08/2024 Duration: 32minThe Souls I Where do the souls reside after death? The soul will be a bird, eating off trees until the Day of Rising, when every soul will enter its body (Ahmad). The deceased souls become acquainted with other souls just as birds become acquainted in treetops (Ibn Abee Dunya). Imam Ahmed:Imam Shafi: Imam Malik:Imam Zuhree:Abdur Rahman ibn Kaab ibn Malik(rah):Kaab ibn Malik (ra): The Messenger ﷺ. 'The Believer's soul is a bird that sits in the trees of Paradise until Allah SWT returns it to its body on The Last Day (Muwatta).' The souls of the Martyrs of Uhud are placed inside green birds which come to the rivers of Paradise, partake of the fruits and then retire to the golden lamps hanging from the shade of the Throne (Abu Dawood). The Worlds of The Throne - there are hundreds of thousands of universes all attached to the Glorious Throne - our existence being just one of them. The martry enters Paradise unless they have debt (Ahmad). The Believer's soul is kept in suspension by his debt until its pai
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S15 - Reflections Upon Death & Eternal Life - Use The Best of Shrouds for The Deceased
16/08/2024 Duration: 28minUse The Best of Shrouds for The Deceased Mujahid (rah) recited... They were spreading their couches for themselves Surah 30 v44, Meaning in the grave (Ahwaal). The guardian of the deceased should ensure that he has the best shroud, for the dead visit one another in their graves (Baihaqi).
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S14 - Reflections Upon Death & Eternal Life - May Allah SWT reward The Ansaar with goodness
15/08/2024 Duration: 34minAmr ibn Al Jamooh & Abdullah ibn Amir ibn Haraam (raa) were exhumed 46 years later due to a canal's burst bank (Abu Nu'aym). May Allah SWT reward The Ansaar with goodness on our behalf, especially Abdullah ibn Amir ibn Haraam & Saad ibn Ubaadah (raa) [Abu Yaalaa]. Immediately after being buried Thabit al-Bunaanee (rah) was seen praying in his grave (Ahmad). Whenever Thabit (rah) passed by a Masjid he would enter it and pray (Ibn Sa'd). When offering Tahjjud, Thabit (rah) would recite Surah 18 v37 repeatedly whilst weeping (Ibn Sa'd).
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S13 - Reflections Upon Death & Eternal Life - The Fallen Soldier at Mt Uhud
14/08/2024 Duration: 38minThe Fallen Soldier at Mt Uhud Abdullah ibn Amir ibn Haraam (ra) Join both Amr ibn Al Jamooh & Abdullah ibn Amir ibn Haraam (raa) in the same grave as they were intimate friends in the world (Muwatta).