Aqeedah Tahawiyah - Weekly Course

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As-salamu alaykum,

Inshallah we are launching a new course at Ansar in Islamic theology with Br. Shaqur Rehman. It is based on the aqeedah at-tahawiyah. This is excellent opportunity to study the topic. If the brothers/sisters could help to publicise this course, by printing poster and placing in their isoc prayer rooms or local masjids or by posting on the various internet forums, I would be very grateful. Any queries please e-mail ansarsisters@yahoo.co.uk.


Link for JPEG of Poster: http://www.masjidansar.com/iy/pages/images/atahawiyah.jpg

Link for PDF of poster (A4 Size): http://www.masjidansar.com/iy/pages/images/atahawiyah.pdf (11.77MB)


Jazak Allah Khair


Was’salaam

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Al-Ansar Islamic Education Centre is pleased to announce the following Islamic Theology Course starting on
Friday 18th July 2008.

The classes will take place every Friday at 8:00pm.
There course will run over 7 weeks in total.

The full course is FREE

Who is this course for?
Anyone who would like to learn about orthodox Islamic beliefs. It is suited to those at a beginner and intermediate level in the science.

Who is teaching this course?
Shaqur Rehman has recently completed a PGCE along with an MA in Applied Linguistics with a dissertation on the clash of civilizations, a linguistic perspective – English in the Muslim world. He preceded his secular study with a traditional Islamic education beginning in Egypt in 1999-2001 which he further developed in Syria and Saudi Arabia whilst teaching English in various universities and institutions. During his Islamic learning he managed to memorise the Holy Quran and attain authorisation (Ijaza) in recitation and various Islamic sciences including theology and jurisprudence.

What is Aqeedah At-Tahawiyah?
It is based on the famous book Aqeedah At-Tahawiyah (Aqeedah means Islamic Beliefs).

'Imam Tahawi's al-'Aqeedah, representative of the viewpoint of orthodox Islam, has long been the most widely acclaimed, and indeed indispensable, reference work on Muslim beliefs. This course attempts to avoid mere theoretical rhetoric without relation to the reality we live.


Imam Abu Ja'far Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Salamah bin Salmah bin `Abd al Malik bin Salmah bin Sulaim bin Sulaiman bin Jawab Azdi, popularly known as Imam Tahawi, after his birth-place in Egypt, is among the most outstanding authorities of the Islamic world on Hadith and fiqh (jurisprudence) . He lived 239-321 A.H., an epoch when both the direct and indirect disciples of the four Imams: Imam Abu Hanifah, Imam Malik, Imam Ash-Shafi'i and Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal - were teaching and practicing. This period was the zenith of Hadith and fiqh studies, and Imam Tahawi studied with all the living authorities of the day.

Please e-mail ansarsisters@yahoo.co.uk for further details or queries

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Outline of Course

Topic 1: Al-Iman

1. The reality of Iman
2. The relationship between Iman and Islam
3. The Reality of Islam
4. Increase and Decrease of Iman
5. Major and Minor Sins
6. The assertion of belief and disbelief – the link between the apparent and the hidden
7. Asserting that someone is in Paradise or Hell
8. Praying behind all Muslims

Topic 2: Tawheed Ar-Rububiyyah (Lordship):

1. The innate nature
2. The covenant taken from mankind
3. The dispute about the beginning of the creation and the proportioning of destiny

Topic 3: Tawheed Ilahiyah (the sole diety):

1. The message of all the Prophets
2. Supplication and its effect on bringing benefit and repelling harm
3. Intercession through the Prophet (saw)
4. Soothsaying and fortunetelling
5. Closeness to Allah and its degrees
6. Miracles and supernatural feats
7. The Prophets and then the friends of Allah
8. The role of rational thought and scripture
9. The authority of Ahad narrations

Topic 4: Tawheed: Allah’s Names and Attributes:

1. Principles o Allah’s speech o His self-sufficiency, His encompassing the creation and being above it
2. Seeing Allah o Allah’s knowledge and power
3. He is the First and Last o The Ever-Living and the Sustainer
4. The Throne and the foot stool
5. His Anger and His Pleasure
6. The degrees Allah loves His obedient slaves: al-Khullah and al-Muhabba
7. Allah is free of oppression

Topic 5: Angels:

1. Types and degrees
2. Who is of a higher degree, righteous humans or the Angels

Topic 6: Books

1. What is meant by believing in them?

Topic 7: Messengers

1. What is meant by believing in the Messengers?
2. The Prophethood of Muhammad (saw)
3. The finality of prophethood with Muhammad (saw)
4. The comprehensive nature of his message
5. Superiority between the Prophets
6. The night journey and ascension

Topic 8: Destiny and Predestination

1. The nature of predestination and the dispute concerning it o Belief in predestination is a pillar of faith
2. The comprehensive nature of Allah’s power and will
3. Actions of the creation o Belief in the Preserved Tablet and the Pen
4. The disease of the heart concerning predestination
5. Ability and its relation to responsibility

Topic 9: Miscellaneous:

1. Belief about the companions
2. Loving them is faith and hating them is disbelief
3. The rightly guided caliphate
4. The excellence of the promised ten
5. Reverence of the scholars and allegiance to them
6. Disassociation from misguided sects and some of their important ideologies

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Starts This Friday Inshallah !!!!!

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As'Salaamu Alaikum,

we have just had Br. Shaqur Rehman at redbridge islamic centre last saturday, mashallah he delivered an excellent presentation on Musa and Bani Israel.

Inshallah i plan to come to this course.

Ma'Salaam

[Abu Zayd]

1st Class tonight inshallah, 8pm.

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as-salamu alaykum

The first lesson (recorded last Friday) is now available online.

see this thread (http://www.ummah.com/forum/showthread.php?t=178544)

walaikum as-salaam

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As-salamau alaykum,

Episode 2 is now available to view online. The topic is Al-Imaan (Faith).
See the above post for the link


Also for the those who attend (all five of you :) ) there is no lesson this friday (1st August 2008) as the brother is helping out on a camp trip. Inshallah classes will resume on Friday 8th august at 8pm.

was'salaam

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As-salamu alaykum

Just a reminder, Inshallah classes will resume on Friday 8th august at 8pm.

The classes are excellent so please try and come along.

was'salaam

[Sulaiman Harun]

:start:

:salams

Are the notes of these classes available?

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As-salamu alaykum,

The aqeedah tahawiyaah class with shaqur Rehman is restarting this
saturday (11th October 2008) at maghrib.

Please note the new timing of this excellent class.

If you missed the first few classes - don't worry.
you can watch them online at:
http://uk.youtube.com/profile_play_list?user=fbreza

just click on the aqeedah tahawiyah episodes.

Was'salaam

Time: Maghrib on Saturdays
Venue: Al-Ansar Islamic Education Centre
833-835 High Road
Ilford IG3 8TD
Nearest train station: Goodmayes (British Rail) - 15 minutes by train from Stratford

www.masjidansar.com

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Classes will now start at 8pm

Next class will take place on 25/10/08

was'salaam

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please note classes start at 8pm now

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