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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Alhamdulillaah, although we spent just about a day with the brothers at the Five Pillars 'Umrah trip, it was still quite beneficial. We thank & appreciate the hospitality and precious advice of brothers Abu Khadeejah, Abu Hakeem, 'Abdulilaah, Abu Maryam; 'Umar & Ahmad (from TROID); and brother Rasheed Barbee - may Allaah preserve & reward them as well as the other brothers abundantly. We particularly thank brothers Ahmad, 'Umar and Rasheed for helping bring along some very important English Salafi Books - may Allaah reward them.

Alhamdulillaah, indeed meeting with the brothers was a good reminder of the true and strong brotherhood amongst brothers upon the Sunnah & Salafiyyah despite their strangeness (amongst other groups) in these times. This was one of the issues brother Abu Hakeem - may Allaah preserve him - discussed in his brief - yet beneficial - talk during our evening at the White Mountains that weekend. A recording of the talk can be downloaded at the following link (it's not complete but I believe it's most of it):

Abu Hakeem - WhiteMtns Talk - Blessing of Sunnah.mp3

The talk was a reminder about the strangeness of the people of the Sunnah in these times and about the ni'mah (blessing) of being upon the Sunnah and the blessing of still having a number of scholars amongst us with an encouragement to benefit from them while they are still with us. Towards the end he brings a good benefit from ibn Taymiyyah - rahimahullaah - regarding the hadeeth where the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam mentioned:

"العلماء ورثة الأنبياء"
(Meaning: "The 'Ulemaa' are the inheritors of the Prophets").

May Allaah reward the brother.