Description: At the Foundational Level, students will learn about the early development of Islamic Sacred Law (fiqh), with particular reference to the Hanafi school. They will also study the lives of the founders and main figures in the early school. The introduction to Legal Theory reading via Mabadi’ fi ‘Ilm Usul al-Fiqh gently apprises students of basic terminology, leaving the details for later levels. Irshad al-Mustarshidin is comprised of a section on beliefs in accordance with the Hanafi-Maturidi tradition, and a central section covering essential fiqh from basic worship to the ethics of daily living. The specialised text, Khulasat al-Kaydani, will allow the student to specifically learn the detailed rules of prayer in a logical manner and with precision. Then, the reading of The Forty Hanafi [Reports] will introduce a student to traditions (ahadith) which clearly support Hanafi precedent and practice. Finally, students will study the proper manners of students of sacred knowledge through a reading of the classical manual, Ta‘lim al-Muta‘allim. The course assignments will be required periodically, and assessments will take place at the end of the year; successful candidates may proceed to the next level. Read the FAQs here.
This course is delivered through a combination of live classes [Irshad al-Mustarshidin, Mabadi’ fi ‘Ilm Usul al-Fiqh] and recorded classes [Ta‘lim al-Muta‘allim, Khulasat al-Kaydani, al-Arba‘un al-Hanafiyya, History of Islamic Law]. All class recordings, resources and digital editions of the course textbooks, and access to the private Telegram group and forums for questions and discussion, will be available on the course homepage.
Authors: Akmal al-Din al-Babarti | Lutfu ‘Llah al-Fadil al-Kaydani | Muhammad Akram Nadwi | Muhammad Wa’il al-Hanbali | Burhan al-Islam al-Zarnuji
Instructor: Tabraze Azam
Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm EST | 3.30pm – 5.30pm GMT | 2.30am – 4.30am AEDT
Frequency: Fridays (fortnightly)
Starting: 2nd February 2024
Length of course: ~80 hours / 40 weeks (exc. scheduled breaks)
Payment: If you need to subscribe to a payment plan, please use the Stripe option at checkout. PayPal is not an option for subscriptions. If you register with a plan as an auditor, the admin will adjust your plan so that you are not overcharged. If you need financial aid, you may apply here. Please note that there is no guarantee of aid as its availability depends upon various factors.
NB: Scholarship students are expected to attend and participate live, pass all assessments and assignments, and follow on the student-of-knowledge track. Further, such students will be on a three-month probation period and are liable to being removed from the course thereafter for poor attendance or other factors returning to the discretion of the centre’s management.
Prerequisites: None
Expectations: Students are expected to attend sessions live, and to have a working camera and microphone.
Level: Foundations (HLCP)
Topics: Beliefs (‘aqida), Sacred Law (fiqh), Legal Theory (usul), History (tarikh), Ethics (ihsan) and Traditions (hadith).
Testimonials:
“I would highly recommend anyone wishing to begin exploring the Hanafi school in a systematic and traditional way to undertake this course. The instructor, Shaykh Tabraze, may Allah preserve him, has an excellent manner of teaching, ma sha’ Allah, and is very open to questions and discussion from the very outset. The distinguishing feature about the course content is its progressive and comprehensive nature, where one learns stepwise in a very structured manner. The teacher also imparts an all encompassing confidence in the madhhab, allaying and dispelling any misconceptions one may have seen or heard but unable to answer, laying a strong and conviction based foundation for further study.” – Student (UK)
*DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF THE PROGRAM, THERE ARE LIMITED SPACES. REGISTER EARLY!*
Students should ideally purchase the course textbooks. We have an agreement in place so that a bundle may be purchased from here.
