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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

Yaquob Ahmed

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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