Shaykh Abu Rumaysah Refi Shafi

Abu Rumaysah Refi Shafi was born and brought up in High Wycombe. He currently studies with Shaykh Haitham Al-Haddad and, previously, Shaykh Abu AbdiRahman Al-Libee. He graduated from Imperial College from the faculty of Electronic Engineering. He currently works as a Software Engineer and is the chairman of WISE (Wycombe Islamic Society). He is very active in his local community, especially with his Masjid and working with youth. He has translated a number of books such as 'The Criterion between the Friends of Allah and the Friends of Shaytan,' and 'Relief from Distress (the Dua of Yunus 'alayhī al-Salām),' both by Ibn Taymiyyah as well as many others. He has also written an explanation of Surah al-Fatihah called ‘The Spiritual Cure.’ He currently gives weekly circles in High Wycombe on a variety of topics covering aqidah, fiqh, hadith, tafsir and Arabic Language. He is also a Lecturer for MRDF.
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The Return of Jesus

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ʿĪsā (ʿalayhi al-Salām) & Yaʾjūj and Maʾjūj...

Dajjāl: The Great Deceiver

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Signs of the Last Day (Ashrāṭ al-Sāʿah) The Dajjāl Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 The actual title given to the Dajjāl is al-Masīḥ al-Dajjāl. Al-Masīḥ means Messiah; and the particularisation is due to there being two Messiahs, one of guidance (ʿĪsa (ʿalayhi al-Salām)) and one of misguidance (the Dajjāl). Al-Dajjāl means the Great Deceiver. The Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) told us that, “No tribulation on the face of the earth since Allāh created Ādam’s (ʿalayhi al-Salām) progeny will be greater than the trial of the Dajjāl. Every Prophet Allāh sent warned

A Just Ruler for the End of Times

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Signs of the Last Day (Ashrāṭ al-Sāʿah) The Mahdī Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 In the last days, before the Final Hour, a man will appear. A righteous and unique leader, he will be a descendant of the Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) through whom Allāh will grant ascendancy to the religion. He will appear at a time of many earthquakes, and when people will be consumed in dispute and caught up in fighting and killing. He will fill the earth with justice and equity where before it had been filled with

“You have two qualities beloved to Allāh….”

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Sūrat al-Hujurāt | Verse by Verse Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 “As for those” bedouins, coarse by nature and loud by habit “who call out to you” simultaneously raising their voices to the Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) and speaking loudly to him as they would to each other “from outside your private quarters,” which were the houses of his wives, simple one room apartments numbering nine in total. The bedouin arabs did not know which house the Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) was in which resulted in their going from quarter to quarter, calling out to

Showing due respect for Allah’s Messenger ﷺ

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"Those who subdue their voices when they are with the Messenger of Allāh are people whose hearts Allāh has tested for mindfulness..."

The End of the World

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One day centuries ago, while a shepherd was tending to his flock, a wolf attacked a sheep and dragged it away. The shepherd gave chase and rescued the sheep, but the wolf sat on its tail and spoke to the shepherd...

Raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet ﷺ

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"You who have faith! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet and do not speak loudly to him as you do to one another lest your actions come to nothing without your realising it..."

Journey Through Surah al-Hujurat

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Let Shaikh Abu Rumaysah take you on what is perhaps one of the most detailed journeys through Sūrah al-Hujurāt...

Debating over the Sleepers of the Cave

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Tafsīr Sūrah al-Kahf – part 5 Verses 21-27 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5   وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّـهِ حَقٌّ وَأَنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَا إِذْ يَتَنَازَعُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ ۖ فَقَالُوا ابْنُوا عَلَيْهِم بُنْيَانًا ۖ رَّبُّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ ۚ قَالَ الَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا عَلَىٰ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِم مَّسْجِدًا ﴿٢١﴾ سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلَاثَةٌ رَّابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْمًا بِالْغَيْبِ ۖ وَيَقُولُونَ سَبْعَةٌ وَثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ ۚ قُل رَّبِّي أَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِم مَّا يَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ ۗ فَلَا تُمَارِ فِيهِمْ إِلَّا مِرَاءً ظَاهِرًا وَلَا تَسْتَفْتِ فِيهِم مِّنْهُمْ أَحَدًا ﴿٢٢﴾ وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْءٍ إِنِّي فَاعِلٌ ذَٰلِكَ غَدًا ﴿٢٣﴾ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّـهُ ۚ وَاذْكُر

The Cave of Refuge

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Join Shaikh Abu Rumaysah journeying through the meanings of what we recite every Friday...