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In the Name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful
Monthly Shifa Micro Madrasah
Shifa Trust is proud to present a great opportunity for learning sacred knowledge with the UK’s leading scholars.
The eight session of the monthly Micro Madrasah will take place on Friday 31st of October,
Teachers
Shaykh Afifi al-Akiti
Shaykh Talal al Azem
Shaykh Tanweer Hussain
Texts
The book "Matn Umm al-Barahin", or "The Text of the Mother of Proofs" (al-`Aqidah al-Sanusiyya)
The Book of Knowledge (from Imam Al-Ghazali's Ihya' 'Ulum Al-Deen)
Programme
6.00pm Registration
6.30pm Isha
6.45pm The Book of Knowledge by Shaykh Talal
7.45pm Break
8.00pm The Creed of Imam Al-Sanusi by Shaykh Afifi
9.00pm Closing Dua
Please note that dinner will be provided at the end of the programme.
Location Details
Banbury Madni Masjid
Merton Street
Banbury
OX16 4RP
Registration
In order to attend the course you must pre-register and registration will be on a strictly first come first serve basis. If you have already registered, you do not need to do so again, however if you require a copy of the text please let us know. We urge those of you who would like to attend to please complete the Registration Form and email it to info@ash-shifa.org.uk ASAP.
Once your registration is accepted you will be informed.
If you require any additional information please do not hesitate to contact us at info@ash-shifa.org.uk / 07861690567.
For those who are able to take advantage of this great opportunity we look forward to meeting you; please remember us in your prayers.
No charge is made for this programme. However, any donations (sadaqa) - large or small - for the sake of Allah, with the intention of meeting the event will be most welcome. Anyone intending to perform this charitable act should contact info@shifa.org.uk or donate in person using one of the sadaqa boxes that are available at Shifa School . May Allah accept our good intentions and deeds, Amin!
Biographies of Teachers
Shaykh Afifi al-Akiti is a Research Fellow in Islamic Philosophy and Theology at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. He has completed his doctoral thesis at Oxford University, on a newly discovered Arabic manuscript of a previously unknown theological work by Imam al-Ghazali. He was born in Malaysia and educated in various madrasas with a long tradition in Shafii fiqh in East Java.
Among his most well known teachers are:
Shaykh Muhammad Yasin al-Fadani,
Shaykh Ibn Mahfuz al-Hajini,
Shaykh Ibn Ashmuni al-Jaruni
and Habib 'Aydarus al-Habshi.
He has translated various works in Malay as well as English; mostly textbooks that make up the curriculum of a Classical Islamic education, including Imam al-Bajuri's commentary on the Jawhara, Imam Nawawi al-Bantani on the Jami'a and his commentary on the Bidaya of Imam al-Ghazali. He has travelled widely, and notwithstanding the specific ijazas from his training, has also received general ijazas (for tabarrukan) from teachers beyond his homeland.
Shaykh Talal al Azem was born and raised in U.S.A and is a Graduate of the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor where he studied History and Near Eastern Studies. From 1997 to 2006 he studied in Damascus and his teachers include Mufti Shaykh Adeeb Al-Kallas, Shaykh Khalid Al-Kharsa, Shaykh Mahmoud Al Misri, Shaykh Samir Al-Nass, & Shaykh Muhammad Al-Jum'ua.
Sidi Talal's teaching and research interests include law, ethics, and the instrumental disciplines of the classical Muslim education, as well as the European Trivium. He recently completed his M.A at The University of Oxford and now pursing his PhD.
Sidi Tanweer Hussain has been studying the Islamic Sciences in Syria for the past 8 years with notable teachers such as: Shaykh Dr. Samir al-Nass, Shaykh Abdul-Razzaq al-Halabi, Shaykh Adeeb Kallas, Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, and Shaykh Anas al-Hibri. Sidi Tanweer is a graduate of M'ahad al-Fath al-Islami.
He now resides in Oxfordshire, where he teaches at Shifa School, Shifa Evening School, and at the Sacred Sciences Programme. Sidi Tanveer is an Executive Director of the Shifa Trust.
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