Module Description: Fasting – Every previous nation had some form of fasting in their Shariah. The students will study the importance of fasting and its effect on ones spiritual state and physical state.
The module will also discuss when to make intention, those things which invalidate the fast and those things which don’t. The module will conclude with rulings pertaining to taking and giving blood, IV fluids, ear and eye drops etc with respect to ones fast.

Ritual Slaughtering – What we consume directly effects our spiritual state. The student will study which animals are ‘halal’ and ‘Haram’ as well as the correct manner of slaughtering and the reward this entails. ‘Stunning’ and slaughter meat of other religions will also be discussed with the module concluding on the rulings pertaining to hunting.

Module Text: The course will be based on the work written by the eminent 11th century Hanafi scholar, Abu ’l-Ikhlas Hasan ibn Ammar, al-Shurunbulali (d.1069), Ascent to Felicity is a concise yet comprehensive primer in creed and jurisprudence. It spans all five pillars of Islam, as well as the topics of slaughtering, ritual sacrifice, and hunting. To supplement the text, the translator has added key explanatory notes taken from several reliable works on theology and jurisprudence.