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FALL QUARTER 2025 (September 20 - November 25, 2025)

Note: All classes are online only. All times are Pacific Time.

SATURDAYS

    Arabic 3A Lab

    • This class is an accompaniment to Arabic 3A. In this class, only the homework or other assignments of Arabic 3A will be covered.
    • Prerequisite: Must be taken in conjunction with Arabic 3A
    • Text: Elementary Modern Standard Arabic Volume I by Peter Aboud and others.
    • Time: Saturdays 7:30-7:55 AM
    • Fee: $80
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
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    Arabic 3A

    • This class is an introduction to Arabic grammar. It covers modern standard Arabic and classical Arabic but does not touch upon colloquial Arabic. The goal is mostly to eventually give the student the ability to read and understand directly the Quran, hadith and other important Islamic literature.
    • Prerequisite: Arabic 1A-2D or equivalent
    • Text: Elementary Modern Standard Arabic Volume I by Peter Aboud and others.
    • Time: Saturdays 8:00-9:20 AM
    • Fee: $160
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
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    Forty Hadith of al-Nawawi (Short Course)

    • This quarter is a relatively quick coverage of a number of the hadith from the 40 Hadith of al-Nawawi, in-shaa-Allaah. This quarter will begin with the ending of the discussion of hadith #29.
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Recommended Text: Commentary on the 40 Hadith of al-Nawawi by J. Zarabozo
    • Time: Saturdays 9:30-10:30 AM
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $140
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    Explaining Classic Texts: Ibn Taimiyyah’s al-Aqeedah al-Waasitiyyah

    • This is a class covering one of the basic texts of our history: ibn Taimiyyah’s al-Aqeedah al-Waasitiyyah, a primer on Islamic beliefs. The class will be continuing from virtually the beginning of the Aqeedah.
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Text: Texts to be provided by the Instructor, in-shaa-Allah
    • Time: Saturdays 10:40-11:40 AM
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $140
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    AMJA Declarations: Presentation and Discussion

    • AMJA is a fiqh organization that deals in commentary fiqh issues. After each yearly conference, the AMJA fiqh committee develops declarations or recommendations on the chosen topic for that year. This quarter we shall continue covering the most recent declaration, covering, “Fiqh Responses to Challenges Facing Muslim Families in the West.”
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Text: Texts will be provided by the Instructor, in-shaa-Allah.
    • Time: Saturdays 12:00-1:00 PM
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $150
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    Hadith Database: The Book of Knowledge

    • This class is intended to provide a fundamental hadith database of authentic hadith (with occasional weak/rejected hadith alerted to). The course will present the hadith with only a brief commentary. This quarter will be the first on the hadith from the chapters on Knowledge.
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Text: Text may be provided by instructor.
    • Time: Saturdays 1:10-2:10 PM
    • Note: This course will be lecture only without any class participation.
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $140
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SUNDAYS

    Concerning Women: “Oft-Misunderstood/Difficult” Verses of the Quran: Soorah al-Nisaa Verse 34 and al-Nisaa 1

    • In this class we shall attempt to discover, in-shaa-Allaah, the proper interpretations of verses that are seemingly often misquoted, misunderstood, or difficult to determine their exact meaning. In this quarter, in-shaa-Allaah, the focus will be on fiqh treatments of the concepts covered in al-Nisaa 34 before moving on to Soorah al-Nisaa 1.
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Recommended Text: Texts may be provided by the Instructor, in-shaa-Allah
    • Time: Sundays 7:30-8:40 AM
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $150
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    Parenting: Choice of Schools

    • In-shaa-Allaah, this quarter will continue our discussion of the choice between Islamic school, Muslim school, public school, home school, overseas school, or traditional madrassah. The main focus this quarter will be on public schools, in-shaa-Allaah, with a discussion of what Muslim children encounter in public schools, in particular the questions of evolution and Islamophobia.
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Required Text: Texts may be provided by the Instructor, in-shaa-Allah
    • Time: Sundays 8:50-9:50 AM
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $140
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    Thematic Arabic Review Class Part II: Volumes 1 and 2 of EMSA

    • This class should be of great benefit to anyone who has completed the two volumes of Elementary Modern Standard Arabic. Br. Bilal Zeeshaan (may Allah reward him) has rearranged the material of the two volumes according to topic (as opposed to instructional need, as they were originally). Hence, this class, which should take at least two quarters, will review all of the topics of the two volumes, in-shaa-Allaah. This is the second quarter of this class.
    • Prerequisite: Completion of Elementary Modern Standard Arabic Volumes 1and 2 or equivalent.
    • Text: Texts may be provided by the instructor in-shaa-Allaah.
    • Time: Sundays 10:00-11:20 AM
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $160
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    Arabic Class: Grammatical Parsing of the 30th Juz of the Quran (Juz Amma)

    • This “Arabic Class” will simply concentrate on trying to understand the grammatical construct of Juz Amma.
    • Prerequisite: Fundamental Understanding of Arabic Grammatical Rules.
    • Time: Sundays 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $140
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    Acts of Worship of the Heart

    • This class deals specifically with the acts of worship of the heart, focusing this quarter on love for the sake of Allah. In particular, this quarter will continue with the proper love for the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), highlighting the controversy over questions of tawassul and istighaathah, in-shaa-Allaah.
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Time: Sundays 1:00-2:00 PM
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $140
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    Modern Islamic Political Thought

    • After surveying the history of Islamic governments, this quarter continues the discussion of Modern Islamic Political Thought or the impact of the abolition of the caliphate. This quarter, in-shaa-Allaah, will continue the discussion of the movements that appeared after the abolition of the caliphate, focusing on the Muslim Brotherhood.
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Text: Texts may be provided by the instructor, in-shaa-Allah.
    • Time: Sundays 2:20-3:20 PM
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $140
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    The Yaqeen Institute Papers

    • In this class we shall read, analyze, discuss, and critique various papers that are currently being published by Yaqeen Institute. This quarter, in-shaa-Allaah, will continue with a discussion of Yaqeen’s papers regarding the preservation of the Quran.
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Recommended Text: Texts to be provided by the instructor, in-shaa-Allah.
    • Time: Sundays 3:30-4:30 PM
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $140
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MONDAYS

    Topics in Islamic Legal Theory

    • This quarter shall continue our discussion of the concepts of “maslahah,” with a continued analysis of the Malikis and others schools’ treatment of this concept in-shaa-Allaah.
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Text: Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence by Mohammad Hashim Kamali
    • Time: Mondays 6:00-7:00 PM for the first two weeks only, changing to 7:00-8:00 for rest of quarter (September 22-November 24, 2025)
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $140
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    Fundamental Tafseer VI

    • This is the sixth quarter of a class that intends to stop at every verse of the Quran and offer a brief explanation of the meaning and implication of each verse. This quarter will continue from Soorah al-Baqarah verse 97.
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Text: None
    • Time: Mondays 8:10-9:10 PM
    • Note: This course will be lecture only without any class participation.
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $140
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TUESDAYS

    A Study of the Tafseer of Soorah al-Baqarah

    • This quarter will focus on the first set of verses of the soorah, in-shaa-Allaah, starting with, “and who are certain of the Hereafter.”
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Recommended Text: None
    • Time: Tuesdays 6:00-7:00 PM for the first two weeks only, changing to 7:00-8:00 for rest of quarter (September 23-November 25, 2025)
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $140
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    In-Depth Study of the 40 Hadith of al-Nawawi

    • An in-depth commentary on some of the most comprehensive statements of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). This quarter shall continue the discussion of Hadith#24, “Allah said, ‘O My servants, I have forbidden wrongdoing for Myself and I have made it forbidden for you…,’” with an emphasis on the concept of justice from an Islamic perspective. This quarter will be a continuation of case studies of dhulm, in particular the question of how to respond to a state of istidhaaf or weakness.
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Recommended Text: Commentary on the 40 Hadith of al-Nawawi by J. Zarabozo
    • Time: Tuesdays 8:10-9:10 PM
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $140
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