Description: An overview of the syllabus is below:
- A History and Introduction to the Hanafi School
- A study of Sadr al-Shari‘a’s al-Nuqaya Mukhtasar al-Wiqaya
- A study of Akhsikati’s Muntakhab al-Husami
- A study of Abu Bakr al-Mulla’s summary of Ibn Nujaym’s Ashbah: Zawahir al-Qala’id
- A study of Ibn ‘Abidin’s Sharh ‘Uqud Rasm al-Mufti
- A study of Ibn ‘Abidin’s commentary of Birgivi’s manual on menstruation: Manhal al-Waridin
- A study of al-Maydani’s epistle on menstruation: al-Matalib al-Mustataba
- A Detailed Overview of Hanafi Texts, Authors and Regional Centres
Classes will be recorded for absentees and for further review. There will be ample opportunities in class for questions as classes will be interactive and discussion-based with regular usage of the whiteboard or other means of presentation.
Authors: Sadr al-Shari‘a ‘Ubayd Allah b. Mas‘ud | Husam al-Din al-Akhsikati | Abu Bakr al-Mulla | Muhammad Amin b. ‘Abidin
Instructor: Tabraze Azam
Time: TBC
Frequency: TBC
Starting: TBC
Length of course: 350 hours / 2 Years (exc. scheduled breaks)
Prerequisites: Completion of a traditional alimiyya course or equivalent.
Level: Advanced
Topics: Sacred Law (fiqh), Legal Theory (usul), Legal Maxims (qawa‘id), Law Application (usul al-fatwa), History (tarikh al-madhhab), and Madhhab Literature.
Assessments: Participants will be expected to read commentary-literature and prepare outside of class, submit class homework assignments, where applicable, write a supervised dissertation in the second year (5K-10K words), and take the end-of-course examinations (oral and written).
Attendees will also be highly encouraged to memorise Sadr al-Shari‘a’s al-Nuqaya, Aqhisari’s Samt al-Wusul, a significant number of legal maxims and Ibn ‘Abidin’s ‘Uqud Rasm al-Mufti.
Time Commitment: Minimally three hours outside of class.
Location: The class will be held on-ground in Evington, Leicester (UK)–the exact location will be shared with successful registrants–and simultaneously streamed online.
(The course will only run if the minimum quota of students is met.)
