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Course Information:

  • 8 weeks course, Starting 6th June.
  • Saturday 10:30am - 12:30pm
  • Course Fee: £50 (Registration closes on 5th June!)
  • Conducted via Zoom Meeting (www.zoom.us/download)
  • Lesson Material:
    • Reading Materials & Reading List​​
    • Presentations Slides
    • Mind-maps
    • Q & A Sessions 
  • Tests and Final Examination
  • Digital Certificate
Ideal student:
  • Committed student.
  • Willing to put the hours into studying.
  • Has fundamental knowledge of Islam.
  • Classical Arabic is not a requisite but preferable. 
  • Has interest in Islamic studies.
  • Open for both brothers and sisters.

Tutor: Yaquob Ahmed

  • MA Islamic Studies from SOAS University, UK
  • Graduate of Jamiatul Ilm Wal Huda, UK
  • ​Student of Hadith in Islamic University of Madinah, KSA
  • Numerous Ijazat

Topics Covered:

  • Introduction to Islamic Knowledge 
  • Introduction to the history of Sunnah
  • Definition & Role of Sunnah in legislation
  • Types of Sunnah
  • Codification of Hadith in different eras
  • The endeavours of Hadith scholars
  • Methodology of narrating
  • Orientalist Arguments
  • Introduction to Mustalah al-Hadith (Taxonomy)
  • Study of Nukhbah al-Fikr – Mustalah Ahl al-Athar (نخبة الفكر), by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani.
    • Discussions inlcude:
      • ​Definitions of terms, e.g. Mutwatir, Sahih, Da'if
      • ​Forms of transmission e.g. Ijazah
      • Resolving apparent contradictions in Hadith
      • Abrogation
      • Levels of authenticity e.g. Da'if (weak) hadith
      • Conditions of a sound narration
      • Chain of transmission
      • Veracity of narrators
      • Abnormality and defects
      • Singular narrations
      • Quantity of transmission
      • Introduction to books of Hadith e.g. Sahih al-Bukhari

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