SATURDAYS
Khaatirahs
- Khutbah-like Admonitions.
- Prerequisite: None
- Time: Saturdays 7:30-7:50 AM
- Fee: Free If registering only for the khaatirahs please send an email to [email protected] to receive the link for the class.
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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 hadith #15.
- Prerequisite: None
- Recommended Text: Commentary on the 40 Hadith of al-Nawawi by J. Zarabozo
- Time: Saturdays 8:00-9:05 AM
- Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course
- Fee: $140
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Explaining Classic Texts: Ibn Taimiyyah’s al-Aqeedah al-Waasitiyyah
- This is the first quarter of a class covering one of the basic texts of our history: ibn Taimiyyah’s al-Aqeedah al-Waasitiyyah, a primer on Islamic beliefs.
- Prerequisite: None
- Text: Texts to be provided by the Instructor, in-shaa-Allah
- Time: Saturdays 9:15-10:20 AM
- Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course
- Fee: $140
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Independent Study
- In this class, it will be the students/participants who will be doing the reading and the presentation, with comments from the instructor and others in the class. The reading will be chosen by the student/participant themselves, with the approval of the instructor. Note that both presenters as well as observers as welcomed to join the class. This class also includes at least two weeks of open sessions where participants are free to ask any questions or “fatwaas” they wish.
- Prerequisite: None
- Time: Saturdays 10:30-11:30 AM
- Fee: $110
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SUNDAYS
Concerning Women: “Oft-Misunderstood/Difficult” Verses of the Quran: Soorah al-Nisaa Verse 34
- 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 continue to be on soorah al-Nisaa verse 34.
- Prerequisite: None
- Recommended Text: Texts may be provided by the Instructor, in-shaa-Allah
- Time: Sundays 7:30-8:35 AM
- Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course
- Fee: $140
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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.
- Prerequisite: None
- Required Text: Texts may be provided by the Instructor, in-shaa-Allah
- Time: Sundays 8:45-9:50 AM
- Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course
- Fee: $140
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Arabic 5A and 5A Lab
- 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-4D or equivalent
- Text: Elementary Modern Standard Arabic Volume II by Peter Aboud and others.
- Time: Sundays 10:00-11:20 AM
- Fee: $160
- Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course
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Arabic Class: Grammatical Parsing of Soorah al-Kahf III
- This “Arabic Class” will simply concentrate on trying to understand the grammatical construct of Soorah al-Kahf.
- Prerequisite: Fundamental Understanding of Arabic Grammatical Rules.
- Time: Sundays 11:30 AM-12:35 PM
- Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course
- 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 topics such as signs that Allah loves an individual, those whom Allah loves, those whom Allah does not love…
- Prerequisite: None
- Time: Sundays 12:45-1:50 PM
- Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course
- Fee: $140
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Modern Islamic Political Thought
- After surveying the history of Islamic governments, this quarter continue the discussion of Modern Islamic Political Thought or the impact of the abolition of the caliphate. This quarter, in-shaa-Allaah, will concentrate on the advent of secularism and the challenge to the concept of caliphate. Talal Asad’s Formations of the Secular will be reviewed in depth.
- Prerequisite: None
- Text: Texts may be provided by the instructor, in-shaa-Allah.
- Time: Sundays 2:30-3:35 PM
- Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course
- 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 have a discussion of their papers related to the concept of Evolution.
- Prerequisite: None
- Recommended Text: Texts to be provided by the instructor, in-shaa-Allah.
- Time: Sundays 3:45-4:50 PM
- Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course
- Fee: $140
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MONDAYS
Topics in Islamic Legal Theory
- This quarter will be our discussion of istihsaan, it will include a review of all of the conceptualizations of the topic as well as review of contemporary English material on the concept of Istihsaan, in-shaa-Allaah.
- Prerequisite: None
- Text: Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence by Mohammad Hashim Kamali
- Time: Mondays 6:10-7:15 PM
- Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course
- 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 spend out of that which We have provided for them.”
- Prerequisite: None
- Recommended Text: None
- Time: Tuesdays 6:00-7:05 PM
- Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course
- Fee: $140
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In-Depth Study of the 40 Hadith of al-Nawawi
- Getting back into our discussion of justice, this quarter will combine “contemporary issues” with the running commentary, focusing on the question of nationalism/tribalism as well as other related issues, in-shaa-Allaah.
- 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.
- Prerequisite: None
- Recommended Text: Commentary on the 40 Hadith of al-Nawawi by J. Zarabozo
- Time: Tuesdays 7:15-8:20 PM from July 22-August 5, 2023; from August 15-September 19 8:15-9:20, slowly becoming earlier for the last month in-shaa-Allaah
- Audio or Visual Recordings will be Provided for this Course
- Fee: $140
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