An Elucidation of the Duties of the Individual Call
Module Description: The most beloved of Allah, Most High, illustrated the best and most perfect principles and methods for calling (dawah) and dealing correctly with creation. In this unique module, students will study the critical importance of calling themselves and others to the abode of eternal bliss and everlasting contentment from the Most High. Students will study Dawah techniques alongside the spritual etiquettes of the call. Author: Habib Muhammad al-Saqqaf
Week 2 – Who has been entrusted with calling unto God
Week 3 – Who has been entrusted with calling unto God
Week 4 – The notions and imaginings that hinder calling unto God
Week 5 – The notions and imaginings that hinder calling unto God
Week 6 – The notions and imaginings that hinder calling unto God
Week 7 – The meaning, legal ruling and distinct qualities of the individual call
Week 8 – The stages, methods and mechanisms of the individual call
Week 9 – The stages, methods and mechanisms of the individual call
Week 10 – The Inner traits of the caller
Module Instructor
“The scholars are the inheritors of the prophets.” [Abu Dawud]
Ustadh Tariq Mahmood
Has travelled and spent over 10 years studying the sacred sciences at the feet of some the leading scholars in the muslim world, which began by attending the Dowra in Tarim, Yemen in 2005 at the age of 16 and before then at the hands of his righteous grandfather, Muhammad Fadl. Shaykh Tariq Mahmood
Module Details
All our Saturday classes are available both in person and online. As an institute, we strongly encourage students to attend in person, as the benefits of in-person learning far exceed those of online attendance. The Friday sessions are conducted online via Zoom.
Location
Online only Zoom: links will be provided via email
Date/Time
Starting – Friday 4th April 2025 for 10 weeks Fridays – 8.10pm – 8.50pm Online only
Module Content
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Knowledge
Knowledge is understanding that every choice and view one forms is framed in the guidance presented in the Quran and the Prophetic way as understood by Ahle Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah.
Practice
Practice seeks to implement that knowledge in all aspects of our lives. Sincerely applying knowledge facilitates the soul to acquire virtuous characteristics and move beyond its vices and capricious element
Realisation
The soul becomes receptive to realisations concerning God’s oneness, majesty, beauty, and how creation is an ongoing sign of Divine favour. This witnessing is highlighted in the Prophetic statement,‘Excellence is to worship Allah as though you see Him. If you do not see Him, He sees you.
Habib Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf
Habib Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf was born in Seiyun, the principal city of Hadramawt in 1972 (1392). He is a direct descendant of many imams of the Prophetic house, including Imam Taha bin Umar al-Safi (died 1007), the first of the Alawi Sayyids to settle in Seiyun, and Shaykh Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf (died 819). The al-Saqqaf tribe is known in Seiyun for having produced great scholars and men of God in every generation, the most recent being Habib Abd al-Qadir al-Saqqaf.
Hadramawt was in the grip of an oppressive socialist government so his parents moved to Jeddah when he was three years old. His father Sayyid Abd al-Rahman was a doctor who would frequent the circles of knowledge in the Hijaz. As a result, Habib Muhammad grew up with a love for scholars.
He was blessed to study with some of the greatest luminaries of our time including Sayyid Muhammad bin Alawi al-Maliki, Habib Ahmad Mashur al-Haddad and Habib Abd al-Qadir al-Saqqaf. He later came under the direction of Habib Abu Bakr al-Mashhur and Habib Umar bin Hafiz.
He inherited from those great men a passion for calling people to Allah and spreading the message of Islam in its true and beautiful form. This has led him to make numerous trips to East and South Africa as well as the Arab world, South East Asia, Britain and Canada.
He tries his utmost to make his teaching relevant and accessible to a younger audience. He acts as a bridge between generations, helping young people to love God and His Messenger ﷺ and to deeply understand their faith.
Of the many projects he has been involved in, two stand out. The first is his video series Fattabiouni (“follow me”), in which he explains all aspects of the Prophetic Sunnah with the help of animation.
The second is the satellite channel Al Erth al Nabawi, (“the Prophetic Legacy”), which he set up to give people around the world access to traditional scholarship.
He has authored several short works, of which “Felicitous Ascensions” is perhaps the best known. It explains the science of calling people to Allah on an individual basis and has been taught as an instruction manual around the world.
He continues to expend every effort in continuing the work of his great grandfather, the Beloved of Allah ﷺ, connecting the creation to the Creator.
Tariq Mahmood
Has travelled and spent over 10 years studying the sacred sciences at the feet of some the leading scholars in the muslim world, which began by attending the Dowra in Tarim, Yemen in 2005 at the age of 16 and before then at the hands of his righteous grandfather, Muhammad Fadl.
His studies initially took him to Cairo where he studied with scholars such as: Shaykh Abdul Salam Shannar, Shaykh Mahmood Dahla, Shaykh Ali Jumm’ah, Shaykh Fath Hijazi and the great gnostic Shaykh Muhammad Awad. He also received ijaza in the recitation of Quran by Shaykh Ali. His travels also took him to Mauritania where he read Shamail Tirmidhi in the presence of the great gnostic Murabit al-Haaj as well as various other texts to Murabit Ahmed Fa’al, Shaykh Muhammad Haddamin and Shaykh Abdullah.
In Istanbul he met the great gnostic Shaykh Mahmood Effendi who granted him ijaza in Dalail al-Khayrat as well as studying with: Shaykh Muwaffaq, Shaykh Khalid Kharsa, Shaykh Adnan Darwish, Shaykh Mahmood Masree and Shaykh Abdul Rahman Argaan.
For the last 8 years he has been living, studying and teaching in Tarim, Yemen under the guidance of the great caller to Allah, al-Habib Umar, where he is a official teacher in Dar al-Mustafa and Dar al-Zahra primarily teaching Hanafi Fiqh and the Prophetic Biography (Sira)
