Ibraaheem: In the Name of Allaah, all Praise be to Allaah, and may the peace and
blessings of Allaah be on His Messenger . To proceed: Indeed, Allaah, the Most
High, has bestowed on us the blessing of Eemaan (Faith), and He has blessed the
whole Muslim ummah with the scholars – who are the ones whom Allaah has honored
with knowledge - so that they can guide the people unto the way of Allaah and unto
the worship of Allaah, 'azza wa jall. And they are the inheritors of the prophets without
a doubt. The reason for our coming here, in sha Allaah, is firstly to please Allaah and
secondly to seek knowledge, which will in turn lead us to Allaah's being pleased with
us. For by Allaah, this is a joyous occasion, in that we can gather with our Shaikh and
our scholar and our great teacher, Shaikh Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen Al-Albaanee.
Firstly, on behalf of this community, we would like to welcome our noble Shaikh, and
likewise on behalf of everyone listening, especially those students of knowledge, they
also all send their welcome and they have the desire to gather today with our noble
teacher. And no doubt, all of us have this same desire to listen to the knowledge and
wisdom that he has. So let us listen to him in what Allaah has blessed him with from
knowledge. Then when our Shaikh decides to close the lecture, the forum will open for
questions. But we ask that the questions be written down. Paper is available and being
dispersed, in sha Allaah. We repeat again, this is a joyous occasion and we say,
Ahlan, welcome, to our noble Shaikh...
Shaikh: Ahlan Bikum. Verily all praise is for Allaah, we praise Him, we seek His
assistance and we ask for His forgiveness. And we seek refuge in Him from the evils
of our selves and the evils of our actions. Whoever Allaah guides, no one can lead him
astray and whoever is led astray, no one can guide him. I bear witness that there is no
deity worthy of worship except Allaah, alone and with no partner. And I bear witness
that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. To Proceed: Indeed the best speech is
the Book of Allaah, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad . And the
worst of matters are those, which are newly invented. And every newly invented matter
is an innovation. And every innovation is a misguidance and every misguidance is in
the Hellfire.

 This is a translated transcription of a lecture delivered by Imaam Alalbaanee rahimahullah that was recorded and distributed under the title Hadhihi Da’watunaa . The present translation was translated directly from the Arabic audio.
 In this lecture, Imaam AlAlbaanee explains the basis of the Salafee Manhaj, which is following the way, understanding and practical application of the Salaf, who ware namely the first three generations of Muslims: The Sahaabah, Taabi’een and Atbaa’ atTaabi’een. They are the ones referred to in the Prophet’s saying: The best of mankind is my generation, then those that come after them, then those that come after them.