Historic 1-Year Diploma Programme
By Shaykh Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi
16 Classical Texts covered in 20 Classes
The ‘Introduction to Classical Islamic Texts’ is a diploma programme that has been carefully designed and structured to give a thorough and meaningful introduction to the major classical Islamic texts related to the Qur’an, the Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam, Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, Philosophy and Logic or the Refutation of Philosophy and Logic, and History.
In our time, people often say ‘Bukhari’ or ‘Muslim’ but they do not really understand the value of Sahih Bukhari or Sahih Muslim. People often mention names such as Waliullah Dehlawi but they do not appreciate who these individuals really were and what their contribution was.
Very often in madrassas these days, teachers don’t encourage students to ask questions, to discuss, to argue a point – to think and to understand. Studying Islamic sciences has become simply a matter of collecting information and knowing the texts only at a superficial level. The Muslim mind has become idle – not thinking, not understanding, unable to challenge any opinion, unable to prove or refute anything.
This diploma programme will look at the early Muslim scholars – the Mujtahideen or thinkers of Islam – those people who were known not only for collecting information and teaching something new but also for their thinking, understanding and analysing of the information to support someone or to approve something, to refute or to differ from others, to debate, to discuss and to develop.
Through the study of these great scholars, their great minds, their advanced methodologies and sophisticated work, we can begin to understand the true depth and breadth of real Islamic scholarship. No longer will we think of the Islamic Sciences as something superficial but rather we will learn how to think properly, understand things deeply and follow the way of a true scholar.
Historic 1-Year Diploma Programme
By Shaykh Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi
From April 2014 to March 2015 | 16 Classical Texts covered in 20 Classes
The ‘Introduction to Classical Islamic Texts’ is a diploma programme that has been carefully designed and structured to give a thorough and meaningful introduction to the major classical Islamic texts related to the Qur’an, the Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam, Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, Philosophy and Logic or the Refutation of Philosophy and Logic, and History.
In our time, people often say ‘Bukhari’ or ‘Muslim’ but they do not really understand the value of Sahih Bukhari or Sahih Muslim. People often mention names such as Waliullah Dehlawi but they do not appreciate who these individuals really were and what their contribution was.
Very often in madrassas these days, teachers don’t encourage students to ask questions, to discuss, to argue a point – to think and to understand. Studying Islamic sciences has become simply a matter of collecting information and knowing the texts only at a superficial level. The Muslim mind has become idle – not thinking, not understanding, unable to challenge any opinion, unable to prove or refute anything.
This diploma programme will look at the early Muslim scholars – the Mujtahideen or thinkers of Islam – those people who were known not only for collecting information and teaching something new but also for their thinking, understanding and analysing of the information to support someone or to approve something, to refute or to differ from others, to debate, to discuss and to develop.
Through the study of these great scholars, their great minds, their advanced methodologies and sophisticated work, we can begin to understand the true depth and breadth of real Islamic scholarship. No longer will we think of the Islamic Sciences as something superficial but rather we will learn how to think properly, understand things deeply and follow the way of a true scholar.