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FALL QUARTER 2026 (October 17 - December 22, 2026)

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

SATURDAYS

    Arabic 4A

    • 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-3D or equivalent
    • Text: Elementary Modern Standard Arabic Volume I by Peter Aboud and others.
    • Time: Saturdays 7:30-9:10 AM
    • Fee: $180
    • 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 a discussion of hadith #35 in-shaa-Allaah.
    • 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 the discussion of Allah’s names and attributes.
    • 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 Papers — The Fiqh of AI: Presentation and Discussion

    • This quarter will be different from previous quarters of this class. We will incorporate the AI theme found in other classes. Recently, AMJA had their yearly conference touching on AI. Some of the papers were directly related to the fiqh of AI. Those papers will be examined in this quarter, in-shaa-Allah.
    • 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: $140
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    Hadith Database: The Book of Fitan

    • 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 dedicated to hadith about trials and tribulations, in-shaa-Allaah.
    • 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

    • This quarter will be wrapping up our discussion of misunderstood verses related to women, in-shaa-Allaah. We will take up the verses related to women’s inheritance and women testifying.
    • 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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    AI and the Challenge of Parenting

    • This particular quarter will be the fourth quarter of a focus on how artificial intelligence has now brought into being new and diverse challenges to parenting. We shall wrap up with LLMs as a source of knowledge and them move on to AI companions, in-shaa-Allaah.
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Required Text: Texts may be provided by the Instructor, in-shaa-Allah
    • Time: Sundays 8:50-10:00 AM
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $150
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    Arabic 7B: Arabic Comprehension and Practice

    • For those who have completed classes on Arabic grammar, this is a course intended to keep that knowledge arrive by a selection of reading, listening, and comprehension practices from the writings/speeches of classical and contemporary Islamic scholars. Last quarter we were reading a high school textbook on Usool al-Fiqh. This quarter will probably be something similar, in-shaa-Allaah.
    • Prerequisite: Completion of Elementary Modern Standard Arabic Volumes 1 and 2 or equivalent.
    • Text: Texts may be provided by the instructor in-shaa-Allaah.
    • Time: Sundays 10:10-11:20 AM
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $150
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    Arabic Class: Grammatical Parsing of Soorah al-Baqarah

    • This “Arabic Class” will simply concentrate on trying to understand the grammatical construct of Soorah al-Baqarah, starting from where we left off last quarter.
    • 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, continuing this quarter on love for the sake of Allah. In particular, this quarter will start off with a discussion of attitude towards scholars followed by the question of having love for all believers, in-shaa-Allah.
    • 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

    • This quarter will be a change from previous quarters. This quarter, in-shaa-Allaah, we shall analyze and critique the contemporary work, “Reviving the Ummah From Within: An Ummatic Consciousness Framework A Practical Model for Growing in Faith, Awareness, and Collective Purpose” by Abdus-Sami Hoda.
    • 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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    AI/AGI/ASI and Aqeedah IV

    • In the field of artificial intelligence and artificial general intelligence, there are those known as “boomers/boosters” and others known as “doomers.” Much of the perception of what will be the result of AI/AGI actually touches upon issues of Aqeedah or Islamic creed. In this class, in-shaa-Allaah, we will continue to explore these issues.
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Text: Texts, if any, 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,” focusing on the Hanbali school, in-shaa-Allaah.
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Text: Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence by Mohammad Hashim Kamali
    • Time: Mondays 7:00-8:00 PM (Changing on November 2 to 6:00-7:00 PM for remainder of quarter)
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $140
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    Fundamental Tafseer

    • This 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 164.
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Text: None
    • Time: Mondays 8:10-9:10 PM (Changing on November 2 to 7:10-8:10 PM for remainder of quarter)
    • 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.” After finishing the discussion of “certainty,” we will move on to the concept of kufr (in-shaa-Allaah).
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Recommended Text: None
    • Time: Tuesdays 7:00-8:00 PM (Changing on November 3 to 6:00-7:00 PM for remainder of quarter)
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $140
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    AI and Dhulm: 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….’” This quarter will be the third quarter of our discussion of the contemporary relationship between artificial intelligence and dhulm.
    • Prerequisite: None
    • Recommended Text: Commentary on the 40 Hadith of al-Nawawi by J. Zarabozo
    • Time: Tuesdays 8:10-9:10 PM (Changing on November 3 to 7:10-8:10 PM for remainder of quarter)
    • Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course in-shaa-Allaah
    • Fee: $140
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