This course provides an overview of Islamic history from the Rashidun period through the High Caliphate, the Middle Period of sultanates, emirates and khanates, and the Gunpowder Period of the Ottoman Empire. It covers the major political and historical developments of these periods, including the Rashidun caliphs, the Umayyads and Abbasids, Harun Rashid and Baghdad, the steppe nomads, and the Mongolian eruption.
Western and European history is considered alongside Islamic history, including the Christian world, the Crusades, Europe and the Turks, and the European Age from 1707–2000, with attention to the Enlightenment and Revolution, European world empires, and the World Wars and US World Order. The course also includes the writing of history, the history of ideas in Islamic and European civilizations, and the economic history of the Islamic world and the West.
Module Outline
Below is the weekly outline for this module.
Week 1 – Introduction and Overview
Week 2 – History of Ideas and Economic History
Week 3 – The Rashidun Period I
Week 4 – The Rashidun Period II and the Beginning of the High Caliphate
Week 5 – The High Caliphate Period
Week 6 – The High Caliphate Period and the Christian World
Week 7 – The Middle Period
Week 8 – The Gunpowder Period
Week 9 – The European Age
Week 10 – The Twentieth Century
Module Instructor
“The scholars are the inheritors of the prophets.” [Abu Dawud]
Ustadh Ammar Faiz
Ustadh Ammar Faiz
Ammar Faiz graduated with a Master’s in Engineering (MEng) and qualified as a Chartered Engineer (CEng). He worked as an engineer for five years before leaving his professional career in 2018 to pursue full-time Islamic studies, beginning in Cairo and continuing in Istanbul. Ustadh Ammar Faiz
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 Zoom: links will be provided via email
Date/Time
Starting – Friday 1st January 2027 for 10 weeks Fridays – 7.30pm to 8.10pm
Module Content
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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.
Ustadh Ammar Faiz
Ammar Faiz graduated with a Master’s in Engineering (MEng) and qualified as a Chartered Engineer (CEng). He worked as an engineer for five years before leaving his professional career in 2018 to pursue full-time Islamic studies, beginning in Cairo and continuing in Istanbul.
There, he studied a broad curriculum in the Islamic sciences under senior scholars from Syria and Turkey. He completed the five-year intensive programme at the Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari Institute, becoming the first British graduate of the Maʿhad. He was awarded a certificate of distinction and received teaching licences (ijazat) in the Islamic sciences.
His teachers include prominent Syrian scholars such as Shaykh Mujir al-Khatib, Shaykh Khalid al-Kharsa, Shaykh Ahmed al-Fadhil, Shaykh Faiz Awad, and Shaykh Nadir Abu-Umar, as well as Turkish scholars including Shaykh Muhammad Arjaan.
He is now based in the UK, where he teaches various Islamic disciplines and Arabic across masajid and institutes.
