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Islamic Law
Fasting & Ritual slaughter

Fiqh of Zakat & Slaughter

Module Description

Islamic Law – Fasting & Ritual slaughter

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 Outline

WeekTopic
Week 1Introduction: when made obligatory, its merit and benefit
Week 2Definition & Types: different categories of fasting
Week 3Intention: definition of day and night, specified vows
Week 4The Crescent Moon: establishment of the month, witnesses, global sighting and local sighting
Week 5Invalidators of fast: without expiation, with expiation
Week 6Exemptions from fasting & Seclusion in Masjid: illness, travel, I’tikaaf
Week 7Ritually Slaughtered Animals (‘Dhaba’ib) : conditions and validity
Week 8Ritual Slaughter: sunnah, recommended & disliked acts
Week 9Ritual Slaughter: animals permissible and impermissible to eat
Week 10Hunting: conditions, recommended actions, hunting animals

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.

Imam Abu al-Ikhlas Hasan ibn Ammar al-Shurunbulali al-Hanafi

Born in a village in Upper Egypt in 994/1586, his father took him to Cairo at the tender age of six. He memorized the Qur’an and subsequently studied the Islamic sciences under numerous scholars, specifically Qur’anic recitation under Shaykh Muhammad al-Hamawi and Shaykh ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Masiri, and jurisprudence under Imam ‘Abdullah al-Nahriri, ‘Allama Muhammad al-Mahabbi, and Shaykh ‘Ali ibn Ghanim al-Maqdisi. He then went to Azhar University, which at that time was the sanctuary for advanced students. He pursued higher education there and surpassed his peers, for he was foremost in his knowledge of juridical passages and maxims. Word spread of his rank and skill, and he eventually became one of the most renowned juristconsults of the entire Muslim world. He assumed the post of professor at Azhar, whereby numerous aspiring students sat at his feet and benefited from his knowledge, many of whom themselves later developed into notable scholars of law. These included, from Egypt, ‘Allama Ahmad al-’Ajmi, Sayyid Ahmad al-Hamawi, Shaykh Shahin al-Armanawi, and from the Levant, ‘Allama Isma’il al-Nablusi (father of the illustrious saint and jurist, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi). Moreover, the high demands and taxing lifestyle of his roles as professor, jurisconsult (mufti) and jurist, did not in the least take away from his occupation as writer. He authored over sixty works, ranging from the aforementioned two commentaries, as well as his distinguished Shurunbulaliyya, to numerous smaller treatises covering an array of specialized legal matters.

Module Instructor

The scholars are the inheritors of the prophets.” [Abu Dawud]

Ustadh 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 Zoom

Date/Time

Starting – 11th October 2024 for 10 weeks
Fridays – 8.10PM to 8.50PM

Module Content

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The text book used for this module is 'Ascent to Felicity', by Imam Abu al-Ikhlas Hasan ibn Ammar al-Shurunbulali al-Hanafi.  Download the course material using this link: Ascent to Felicity 127-178

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