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What was covered today:*
In today’s class, students learned about three types of prepositions: rational, empirical, and divinely legislated, and other information needed in order to develop the frame of thinking necessary to understand different topics within Islamic theology.
Homework for next week:*
Students are expected to come to class with two examples of each of the three types of prepositions.
What will be covered next week:*
In next week’s class, we will implement these different types of prepositions in order to aid us in understanding matters of Islamic theology using the textbook and supplementary materials.
What was covered today:*
In today’s class students learned about the different aspects of Islamic theology and the different schools of thought within the field.
Homework for next week:*
Students should read the section on Qur’ānic preservation.
What will be covered next week:*
Next week students will delve deeper into the topics and disciplines within theology introduced this week.
What was covered today:*
In today’s class students discussed and went through some of the basic logical reasonings behind the necessity of the Creator’s existence (ie. Why does it make sense that we believe in Allah?). We covered parts of the KALAM cosmological argument, the fine-tuning argument, and the concept of an Uncaused Cause.
Homework for next week:*
Review what we covered in this week’s class and the next few pages to finish the chapter.
What will be covered next week:*
Next week we will begin to study the science of ‘Aqeedah (Islamic theology) using the textbook as well as supplementary resources in order to truly understand what it is that we believe in as Muslims.
What was covered today:*
In today’s class students were tested on all that was covered thus far in the course. Some topic of questioning included different types of Ahkām, Fiqh of Salah and Taharah, practices of the Prophet ﷺ, branches of faith, and others.
Homework for next week:*
Read the next section of the textbook in order to gain familiarity with the topic covered.
What will be covered next week:*
We will review the chapter regarding the history of the Muslims, followed by delving into the next chapter of the textbook.
What was covered today:*
In today’s class, students covered important topics surrounding the character of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ as described in both the Qur’ān and the works of Hadīth in order to understand why we are commanded by Allāh to obey the Prophet ﷺ. Additionally students learned about everyday Sunnan (Prophetic practices) that they can implement in their lives and the importance of having love for Allāh and his Messenger ﷺ.
Homework for next week:*
Students are expected to read over the next 8 pages of the textbook and gain familiarity with the mentioned concepts.
What will be covered next week:*
Next Sunday students will be covering the next section of the textbook alongside discussions surrounding what was covered the previous week.
No report was submitted for this week, please contact the teacher directly if you have any questions.
What was covered today:*
In today’s class, students were introduced to the different categorizations of legal rulings (Al-Ahkam Al-Khamsah) in Islam and begun to refresh their knowledge of ritual purity (Taharah) and its types.
Homework for next week:*
Students are expected to read through and become familiar with pages 11-19 in the textbook.
What will be covered next week:*
Next week, students will complete a quick refresher on the rulings of physical and ritual purity (taharah) as well as the rulings of different aspects of the ritual prayer (salah).
First week intro and bio*
This course will be taught by Shaykh Saifullah Muhammad alongside Ustadh Harris Mahmood. Shaykh Saifullah Muhammad is the resident scholar of NWICC and an expert in the Islāmic sciences, and is currently working towards his doctoral degree in the field. Shaykh Saifullah has teachers from across the Muslim world, and beyond, including those from Pakistan, Syria, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and many others. Under the close supervision of Shaykh Saifullah Muhammad, Ustadh Harris Mahmood will be instructing the course as well, he is a Hāfidh of the Qur’ān and holds Ijāzāt (traditional teaching licenses) in multiple Riwāyāt (styles of recitation) of the Qur’ān with 29 teachers between the Prophet ﷺ and him as well as Ijāzāt in various Mutūn (traditional texts) of the Islamic sciences. In this course students will further develop their knowledge of Islam and the Islamic sciences by covering the topics mentioned in the textbook by Safar Publications. Alongside these topics, students will benefit from the explanations of the instructors using traditions Islamic texts to complement the concepts mentioned in the textbook.
What was covered today:*
In today’s class students were introduced to the textbook, and the class began with a lesson on the importance of seeking Islamic knowledge. Once that was covered, the students read through the first few pages of the textbook. The instructor delivered an interactive lesson surrounding the Hadīth famously known as the Hadīth of Jibrīl ﷺ which serves as a foundation for the different Islamic sciences stemming from the questions Jibrīl ﷺ poses in the Hadīth.
Homework for next week:*
Students are expected to become familiar with the concepts mentioned in the next four pages of the chapter.
What will be covered next week:*
Next week students will begin a deep dive into the foundations of the Islamic Sciences which will prepare them to follow along with the syllabus laid out in the textbook and the complementary explanations of the instructors.