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Join Shaykh Waseem Ahmed in this journey of learning and growth.
 
The course will cover:

Divinity – Relating to Allah our Creator, His attributes and actions.

Prophethood – Defining and discussing the true nature of prophets and messengers, their mission and purpose and delving into some of their unique qualities.

Eschatology – this refers to belief in the unseen. We will cover topics such as; paradise and hell, day of judgement, the reckoning, weighing of deeds etc.

By the end of the course you will:

• Have thorough learning of the core basic beliefs.
• Consolidate teachings about your faith.
• Acquire a clear understanding of belief in God from an Islamic perspective. 
• Become familiarised in how to approach the lofty rank and status of the prophets.
• Be able to discuss what a Muslim believes regarding the unseen.

Duration
​This course will take approximately 14 hours to complete. The student will work through each of the pre-recorded lessons at his or her own pace. 

Course Material
​An electronic copy of the course materials will be provided upon enrolment.

Course Fee
This is a free course. You may donate towards the development of further courses below.

Who is Imam Tahawi?

Imam Abu Ja`far Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Azdi, known as Imam Tahawi after his birthplace in Egypt, is among the most outstanding authorities of the Islamic world on hadith and jurisprudence (fiqh). He lived  at a time when both the direct and indirect disciples of the Four Imams of law were teaching and practicing. This period was the greatest age of Hadith and fiqh studies, and Imam Tahawi studied with all the living authorities of the day. Al-Badr al-`Ayni said that when Ahmad died, Tahawi was 12; when Bukhari died, he was 27; when Muslim died, he was 32; when Ibn Majah died, he was 44; when Abu Dawud died, he was 46; when Tirmidhi died, he was fifty; when Nisa'i died, he was 74. Kawthari relates this and adds the consensus of scholars that Tahawi allied in himself completion in the two knowledges of hadith and fiqh, a consensus that included, among others, al-`Ayni and al-Dhahabi, with Ibn Taymiyya singling himself out in his opinion that Tahawi was not very knowledgeable in hadith. This is flatly contradicted by Ibn Kathir who says in his notice on Tahawi in al-Bidaya wa al-nihaya: "He is one of the trustworthy narrators of established reliability, and one of the massive memorizers of hadith." Kawthari calls Ibn Taymiyya's verdict "another one of his random speculations" and states: "No-one disregards Tahawi's knowledge of the defective hadith except someone whose own defects have no remedy, and may Allah protect us from such."

Imam Tahawi began his studies with his maternal uncle Isma`il ibn Yahya al-Muzani, a leading disciple of Imam Shafi`i. However, Tahawi felt instinctively drawn to the corpus of Imam Abu Hanifa'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 Abu Hanifa's two leading companions, Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani and Abu Yusuf, who had codified Hanafi fiqh. This led him to devote his whole attention to studying the Hanafi works and he eventually joined the Hanafi school. He now stands out not only as a prominent follower of that Hanafi school but, in view of 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 encyclopedic in scope and have long been regarded as indispensable for training students of fiqh. He was in fact a mujtahid across the board and was thoroughly familiar with the fiqh of all four schools, as stated by Ibn `Abd al-Barr and related by Kawthari, and as shown by Tahawi's own work on comparative law entitled Ikhtilaf al-fuqaha'.

Tahawi's "Doctrine" (al-`Aqida), though small in size, is a basic text for all times, listing what a Muslim must know and believe and inwardly comprehend. There is consensus among the Companions, the Successors and all the leading Islamic authorities such as the four Imams and their authoritative followers on the doctrines enumerated in this work, which are entirely derived from the undisputed primary sources of Religion, the Holy Qur'an and the confirmed Hadith. Being a text on Islamic doctrine, this work sums up the arguments set forth in those two sources to define sound belief, and likewise, the arguments advanced in refuting the views of sects that have deviated from the Sunna.

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Shaykh Waseem Ahmed

Shaykh Waseem started his search for knowledge by studying Arabic in the UK for a few years before leaving for Damascus in Ramadan 1426 (Oct 2005) to study further Arabic at the Abu Nur institute. During his time in Syria he concentrated on Arabic grammar and morphology and also began studying other subjects including Fiqh, Tajwid and Tafsir.

In 2007 Shaykh Waseem studied privately under teachers completing works in Aqidah (Doctrine), Fiqh, Spirituality, Arabic Grammar, Morphology Rhetoric and other subjects. His teachers were Shaykh Ahmad Al-Khateeb and Shaykh Anas Al-Sharfaawi, He then enrolled in the Dawli Institute in 2008 and graduated in 2012 while maintaining his private classes. He studied under scholars such as Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, Shaykh Muhammad Jumu'ah, Shaykh Adnan Darvesh and Shaykh Mazin Bakeer... Read More

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