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    Introduction to Sacred Law (Shafi'i): Matn Abi Shuja Explained (Part Two): Fasting, Zakat, and Hajj

    Every human action has a divine command associated with it, making it obligatory, recommended, permissible, offensive, or unlawful. We cannot infer these commands with our minds–the only way to learn about them is by learning them from the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace). The goal of the science of sacred law (fiqh) is to summarize what the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) taught us about all human actions, whether related to worship, trade, investment, food, hunting, oaths, entertainment, marriage, divorce, inheritance, legal procedures, or public policy.  This four-part series of courses will introduce you to the science of sacred law as it relates to all aspects of life, focussing in this second part on the rules of fasting, zakat, and Hajj.
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    Curricular Context

    • This is a first-level course in Step Two
    • Complete Step One before taking this course
    • Complete Part 1 of this series before taking this course

    What You'll Learn

    • Describe the historical development of the Shafi‘i school
    • Learn the rules of fasting, zakat, and Hajj
    • Memorize the definitions of key terms related to the rules of fasting, zakat,, and Hajj
    • Appreciate the depth of the Muslim scholarly tradition

    Course Outline

    Lesson 1 Zakat on Wealth
    Zakatable wealth
    Conditions for obligation of Zakat
    Lesson 2 Zakat on livestock
    Lesson 3 Zakat on gold and silver
    Zakat on agriculture
    Lesson 4 Zakat on trade
    Zakat on mines
    Zakat on buried treasure
    Lesson 5 Zakat al Fitr
    Deserving Recipients
    Distributing Zakat
    Lesson 6 Fasting
    Obligation
    Integrals
    Nullifiers
    Lesson 7 Sunnan of fasting
    Disliked acts during Fasting
    Sunna Fasts
    Lesson 8 Unlawful Days of Fasting
    Expiations
    Excuses for not Fasting
    Lesson 9 Itikaf (spiritual retreat)
    Integrals
    Nullifiers
    Lesson 10 Hajj
    Conditions for obligation
    Integrals
    Necessary acts
    Lesson 11 Sunnas of Hajj and Umrah
    Prohibitions in Ihram
    Lesson 12 Omission of Pilgrim rites
    Expiations

     

    About the Course Text

    This course is an explanation of Matn Abi Shuja’ , written by the learned and pious Shafi‘i scholar from Basra, Ahmad ibn al Hussein al-Asfahani (d. 500’s AH / 1100’s CE), more famously known as, Abu Shuja‘. Abu Shuja‘ taught the Shafi‘i school for 40 years in Basra, working as a scholar and judge, before retiring at the end of his life to Medina, where he worked as a servant at the mosque of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace). His Matn Abi Shuja‘, a short introduction to the Shafi‘i school of sacred law, is one of the most blessed textbooks of the school–although it was written almost a millennium ago, it remains an integral part of Shafi‘i fiqh curricula all over the world, and has been the subject of dozens of commentaries and super-commentaries ever since it was written all the way down to the present age.

    Registration Opens: September 17, 2018 Registration Closes: October 29, 2018 Term Three Starts On: October 15, 2018 Location: Online Length: 12 weeks Effort: 2-3 hours per week Price: FREE Department: Islamic Law & Legal Methodology Level: 1 Language(s): English Course Format: 12 downloadable lessons, 3 live sessions.
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    About the Course Teachers

    Shaykh Jamir Meah

    Shaykh Jamir Meah grew up in Hampstead, London. He travelled to Tarim, Yemen, where he spent nine years privately studying a range of Islamic sciences under the foremost scholars and muftis from the Ribat Tarim, specializating in Shafi’i fiqh. In early 2016, he moved to Amman, Jordan, where he continues advanced studies under many of Amman’s most prominent scholars, in a range of Islamic sciences, including Islamic theology, logic, legal principles and precepts, hadith studies, grammar and rhetoric, seerah, Quranic studies and tafsir. He is also an experienced homeopath, having studied and been mentored under some of its leading practitioners.

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