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