Talks by Owais Al-Hashimi

Delivered 2021-03-15.  The polytheists worshipped various things, including the sun, moon, angels, prophets and righteous, as well as stones and trees. All of this is regarded as shirk regardless of who or what the object of worship is.

Delivered 2021-03-08.  The two different categories of Intercession, and their relationship to Tawhid and shirk.  Intercession is only sought from Allah.  A mention of the ḥadīth describing the Grand Intercession granted by Allah to His Messenger ﷺ. 

Delivered 2021-03-01.  An explanation of the reason the polytheists did shirk, and its rejection by Islam.  Seeking closeness to Allah or intercession to him by directing worship to intermediaries is the very definition of shirk. 

Delivered 2021-02-22.  Merely believing in the lordship of Allah is not sufficient to make a person a believer and an adherent of tawhid. 

Delivered 2021-02-15. The purpose of our creation is to worship Allah alone, without partner. This is the religion of Ibrahim, and the reality of the shahadah, the testimony of faith. The serious consequences of shirk. The importance of knowing about Tawhid and shirk, and therefore understanding these four rules.

Delivered 2021-01-25.  A brief introduction to the text.  The importance of primer texts and committing them to memory.

Delivered 2020-12-21. Feigning knowledge and its manifestations.  The ruling on people who pretend to have knowledge.  The harms of feigning knowledge.  The seriousness of speaking about Allāh and his religion without knowledge. 

Delivered 2020-11-30. The requirement for a person of knowledge to be upright. The basis of the virtue of the true scholar. Increased piety and fear of Allāh comes with increased knowledge. The Salaf used to look at a person's behaviour before considering him a scholar.

Delivered 2020-11-23. Statements from the scholars about taking knowledge from books, recordings and the internet without learning from the scholars in person.

Delivered 2020-11-16.  A scholar is someone who himself has taken knowledge from scholars.  Knowledge is not to be taken from someone who only has book learning.