Al-Marifa

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How to use this course

Orientation session - Inward/Outward Adaab

Readings & Handouts

L1: 2.10.25 - Module Overview and Purpose - How to use study guide - Importance of Reflection and Thinking

L2:9.10.25: Train Parable of Life: Big Questions-Archetypical Reactions-The Choice

L3: 16.10.25: Big Questions: Context + Conduct - Inseparability of Deen & Knowledge

L4: 23.10.25: What is Knowledge? - Naafi' vs. Ghayr Nafi' - Ghazalian Checklist for Ilm Naafi'

L5: 30.10.25: Adab as the core objective of Ilm Nafi'

L6: 6.11.25: Unit 2 - Hadith Jibril Alayhissalam 1: Understanding the word 'Deen' and its implications

L7: 13.11.25: Hadith Jibril 2 - Question of the Hour & its Signs

L8: 20.11.25: Hadith Jibril 3 - Connection between the Din & the Human Being - Living the 3 Dimensions

L9: 27.11.25: Unit 3: Understanding 'Normative/Traditional' Islam - The 'Inherited' Tradition

L10: 4.12.25: Traditional Islam 2 (Isnad) - Cornerstone 1; Prophet-centricity

L11: 11.12.25: Prophet Centricity: Connecting to the Person & Teachings of the Rasul Peace and Blessings be upon him

L12: 19.12.25: Prophet-centricity 2: Binding Authority of Hadith/Sunna

L13: 15.1.26: Cornerstone 2: Community - Continuity - Identifying and following the Jama'a

L14: 22.1.26: Cornerstone 3: Following Qualified Scholarship - Madhhabs 1; why are there Madhhabs

L15: 29.1.26: Cornerstone 3: Why are there Madhhabs - How do they come about -

L16: 5.2.26: Cornerstone 4: The Spiritual Dimension - its proof and primacy from the Quran

Module 2: The Living Link – The Beauty and Ethics of the Prophet ﷺ

Readings and Handouts

L1: 30.9.25 - the Sciences of Prophecy Overview -

L2: 07.10.25 - Hadith of Sayyidah Umm Ma'bad RadiAllahu 'anha

L3: 14.10.2025 - Hadith of Sayyidah Umm Ma'bad radiAllahu'anh (completion)

L4: 28.10.2025 - Blessed Anger

L5: 04.11.2025 - The Holy Prophet ﷺ at home

L6: 11.11.225 - The Holy Prophet ﷺ at home

L7: 18.11.2025 - Blessed Humility

L8: 25.11.2025 - Men around the Holy Prophet ﷺ

L9: 09.12.2025 - Women around the Holy Prophet ﷺ

Module 4: Steps to Sacred Living

PDF Tuhfatul Mubtadi

L1: 06.01.2026 - Intro to Fiqh and its sanctity

L2: 13.01.2026 - Intro to Shariah and its objectives

L3: 20.01.2026 - Intro to Fiqh

L4: 27.01.2026 - What is a Madhab?

L5: 03.02.2026 - Intro to Tuhfatul Mubtadi

L6: 10.02.2026 - Taharah

L7: 21.01.2026 - Shurut of Salah

L8: 28.02.2026 - Wudu

L9: 07.03.2026 - Istinja & Ghusl

L10: 24.03.2026 - Ghusl + Water & its types

L11: 31.03.2026 - Salah Times

L12: 07.04.2026- Arkaan of Salah

L13: 14.04.2026 - Arkan of Salah + Intro to Wajibat

Faith Foundations - Module Overview

L1: 05.05.2026 Intro to the Science of Aqidah

L2: 12.05.2026 Knowing Allah Ta'ala + Intro to Contingency Argument

Notes & Handouts

L1: 2.4.26: Intro to Hadith Studies - The Axial Hadith - Definition of Hadith/Sunna

L2: 9.4.26: Isnad+Matn - Jawami' al-Kalim; the nature of Prophetic Speech

L3: 16.4.26: Importance of Studying Hadith Sharif - Hadith as Building Blocks of a Muhammadan Worldview

L4: 23.4.26: Hadith of Niyya 1: Connection between the Companion Narrator + Hadith Contents

L5: 30.4.26: Hadith of Niyya 2: Context of Transmission (Muhajir Umm Qays) - Hadith Grading System

L6: Hadith Niyya 3:The Importance of the Hadith of Niyya - The Relationship between Actions & Intentions (4 meanings of 'by' in the Hadith)

Hadith Niyya Review Quiz 1

L7: 14.5.26: Niyya 4: What is the Niyya - How is the Niyya beautified?

L8: Niyya 5: Changing & Cultivating Intentions: Hidden connection between Outlook & Motives