UK ? Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam ? Aqida Tahawiyya Course

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?Al-Aqidah? By Imam Abu Ja?far At-Tahawi

Under the guidance of Shaykh Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari

ABOUT THE BOOK

Imam Tahawi's Al-'Aqidah, representative of the viewpoint of Ahl Al-Sunnah Wal-Jama'ah, has long been the most widely acclaimed, and indeed indispensable, reference work on Muslim beliefs, of which this is an edited English translation.

Al-'Aqidah is a basic text for all times, listing what a Muslim must know and believe and inwardly comprehend. There is consensus among the Companions, Successors and all the leading Islamic authorities such as Imam Abu Hanifah, Imam Abu Yusuf, Imam Muhammad, Imam Malik, Imam Shafi'i and Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal on the doctrines enumerated in this work. For these doctrines shared by Ahl Al-Sunnah Wal-Jama'ah owe their origin to the Holy Quran and consistent and confirmed Ahadith - the undisputed primary sources of Islam.

Being a text on the Islamic doctrines, this work draws heavily on the arguments set forth in the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah. Likewise, the arguments advanced in refuting the views of sects that have deviated from the Sunnah, are also taken from the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah.

As regards the sects mentioned in this work, a study of Islamic history up to the time of Imam Tahawi would be quite helpful. References to sects such as Mu'tazilah, Jahmiyyah, Qadriyah, and Jabriyah are found in the work. Moreover, it contains allusions to the unorthodox and deviant views of the Shi'ah, Khawarij and such mystics as had departed from the right path. There is an explicit reference in the work to the nonsensical controversy on Khalq-al -Qu'ran in the times of Ma'mun and some other `Abbasid Caliphs.

?While the permanent relevance of the statements of belief in al-Aqidah is obvious, the historical weight and point of certain of these statements can be properly appreciated only if the work is used as a text for study under the guidance of some learned person able to elucidate its arguments fully, with reference to the intellectual and historical background of the sects refuted in the work. Such study helps one to better understand the Islamic doctrines and avoid the deviations of the past or the present.? Shaykh Iqbal A?zami

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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 lived239 - 321A.H., an epoch when both the direct and indirect disciples of the four Imams: Imam Abu Hanifah, Imam Malik, Imam 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. He began as a student of his maternal uncle, Isma'il bin Yahya Muzani, a leading disciple of Imam Shafi'i. Instinctively, however, Imam Tahawi felt drawn to the corpus of Imam Abu Hanifah's works. Indeed, he had seen his uncle and teacher turning to the works of Hanafi scholars to resolve thorny issues of Fiqh, drawing heavily on the writings of Imam Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani and Imam Abu Yusuf, who had codified Hanafi fiqh. This led Imam Tahawi to devote his whole attention to studying the Hanafi works and he eventually joined the Hanafi School.

Imam Tahawi stands out not only as a prominent follower of the Hanafi School but, in view or his vast erudition and remarkable powers of assimilation, as one of its leading scholars. His monumental scholarly works, such as Sharh Ma'ani al-Athar and Mushkil al-Athar, are encyclopaedic in scope and have long been regarded as indispensable for training students of fiqh.

ABOUT THE TEACHER

Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari completed the Dars-e-Nizami curriculum of Islamic studies at Darul Uloom, Bury under traditional scholars in Britain, after which he completed a specialization in hadith, in which he covered the 9 major works of hadith, and culminated this with the attainment of a2 -year specialization in the science of giving legal verdicts (ifta?), under Mufti Taqi Usmani and other top scholars in Pakistan. He then went to Syria, where he completed a Master?s in Advanced Fiqh through al-Azhar (Cairo), and studied under top Arab scholars. One of these scholars, Shaykh Abd al-Latif Farfour said that Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam has a tremendous future, and seems destined to become one of the top scholars of our times.

He presently teaches at a Darul Uloom in Leicester, and answers people?s questions at Darul Iftaa (//www.daruliftaa.org). (Taken from //www.sunnipath.com)

COURSE DETAILS
Dates: The first Sunday of the every month (for three months consecutively)

1st session6 th June,
2nd session4 th July,
3rd session1 st August,

Time:10 .30am -4 .30pm
Cost: ? 10per session (? 5for students/unemployed)
Pay up front for two sessions by31 st May 2004 and get3 rd session free
Venue: Loughborough University Prayer Room, James France Building, Loughborough University.

Maximum course capacity =75

This is a course that is very rare and not being taught regularly, so there?ll be some demand, especially as it is being taught under the guidance of a leading scholar of our time. To avoid disappointment please book early in advance. To book your tickets please contact:

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