Dates & Time
Date: Bank Holiday Monday 26th May 2014
Time: 10am - 5pm
Course Format
Segregated facilities for brothers and sisters (Video Projection and
Audio will be available for sisters)
Live online audio stream available for Distance Learners on virtual classroom
**
Course Materials
Course materials will be provided
Ijaza
Ijazas will be granted to those who request it at the registration stage
and attend the session in full ensuring strict punctuality. The
Ijazas will contain the respective Asanid (chains of transmission back to the original authors, from whom will run chains back to the beloved Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam)
Refreshments
Lunch and light refreshments will be provided.
Chicken panini and water provided for lunch, please contact us in advance
us if you have any allergies that we need to be aware of.
Fee
Standard Admission: £20
Online Learner: £10
Please note we operate a no refund policy
on all courses offered.
** For all the brothers and sisters who live far away and cannot attend
in person, we have made online provision so you can take benefit from
this course interactively. Live audio will be streamed via a online virtual
classroom (WizIQ). Learners can ask questions to Shaykh directly via a
built-in chat function and also have the same privilage in requesting
Ijaza for the course with condition of full attendance and strict punctuality.
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The works
Shama'il at-Tirmidhi
Shama'il al-Muhammadiyyah, commonly known as the Shama'il at-Tirmidhi, is an
excellent work of Hadith that lists the beautiful characteristics, mannerism, conduct
and actions of the beloved prophet of Allah, Muhammad (sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam).
Imam at-Tirmidhi was amongst those blessed to have studied under the likes of Imam
al-Bukhari, Imam Muslim, Abu Dawud and many others.
Arba'in an-Nawawi
Arba'in an-Nawawi is a classical text containing some beautiful Ahadith penned by
the famous author of works like Riyad as-Salihin and others by Imam an-Nawawi.
Thulathiyat al-Bukhari
The Thulathiyat of al-Bukhari is a work penned by one of the grand-masters of Hadith, the
erudite Imam al-Bukhari. The work contains the shortest chains from himself back to Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam)
The teacher
Shaykh Dr. Abul Hasan Hussain Ahmed is a resident of the UK who initially
studied the Islamic Sciences for more than 5 years under the late Muhaddith
and Hanafi Faqih, Shaykh Abdal Haleem (d. 2004).
He studied Arabic with the Egyptian linguist, Dr Muhammad Fathy.
He has also received various forms of classical warrants of authorisation
known as Ijaza from more than 100 learned scholars of various Muslim lands:
From Syria:
The Hanafi faqih and aqida specialist, Shaykh Wahbi ibn Sulayman Ghawiji
al-Albani (died on February 21st 2013 aged 90), The Aqida specialist, Shaykh
Adib Kallas (d.2009 aged 89), The Hanafi faqih and Qari, Shaykh Abdar Razzaq
al-Halabi (d. 2012 aged 87), The Mufti of Halab, Dr Ibrahim al-Salkini (died
in 2011), Shaykh Ahmed al-Habbal (d. 2009 aged over 100) and Shaykh Muhammad
Darwish al-Khatib (d. 2011 aged over 100). Amongst his living Shuyukh are
the Muhaddith of Syria, Dr. Nurud-Din Itr and Shaykh Muhammad Fu’ad
Taha (aged over 100).
From Lebanon:
The late Shafi' Muhaddith, Shaykh Hussain Usayran (d. 2005 aged 94) of
Beirut and the latters pupil, the Muhaddith, Dr Yusuf al-Mar'ashali.
From Morocco: Shaykh Tihami ibn Muhammad al-Wazzani (d.
2009, aged 138 Hijri years), the late female Muhadditha, Sharifa Nafisa
al-Kattaniyya (d. 2006), Shaykh Hasan al-Isma'ili (d. 1430 AH, aged 125),
Shaykh Abdar Rahman al-Kattani who is the son of the Hafiz of his age, Abdal
Hayy al-Kattani. Shaykh Hasan al-Ghumari and Dr Muhammad Hamza al-Kattani.
From the Hijaz (Makka and Madina)
Shaykh Malik ibn Umar ibn Hamdan al-Mahrasi, Shaykh Muhammad Nadir al-Arkani
al-Makki (died aged over 130 in 2011), the late Burmese Musnid in Hadith,
Shaykh Salih al-Arkani, the foremost Muhaddith of Madina, Muhammad Awwama.
From Jerusalem:
Shaykh Dr. Ali al-Abbasi - Imam of Masjid al-Aqsa who leads Fajr & Isha
Salah.
From Yemen:
Shaykh Abdar Rahman al-Hibshi (b. 1314 AH and still alive in 1434 AH, aged
around 120) and al-Qadi Mustafa Bounmi (b. 1338 AH).
From Jordan:
Shaykh Yusuf Utum (born in 1890/1307 AH, currently aged 123) and Shaykh
Shuayb al-Arna’ut (b. 1928 )
From Egypt:
Shaykh Usama al-Taydi al-Hanafi and Shaykh Awad Ibrahim al-Azhari aged
over 100
From Tunisia: The late grand Mufti of Tunisia, Shaykh
Kamal Ju'ayt (d. 2012 aged 90)
From India: Shaykh Nasir Ahmed (b. 1335 AH), Sayyid Salman
al-Hussaini and the late Shaykh Ahmed Ali al-Surati who lived in Leicester
and died in 2011 aged around 95.
From Bangladesh: the late Shaykh and his paternal grandfathers
younger brother, Muhammad Asaddar Ali (d. 2005 aged over 100), Shaykh Abdus
Subhan al-Sunamgonji and Shaykh Ahmed Shafi'i.
The shortest chain he possesses back to al-Hafiz ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
(d. 852 AH) is from a stupendously short 6 links (via Ijaza li ahl al-Asr)
only, from the late Hanafi Shaykh, Kamil ibn Yasin al-Kalabadhi.
On the secular front he has qualified with a First Class Honours degree
in Applied Chemistry attaining first position in his class with a subsequent
Doctorate in the same field. He has also worked as a Researcher in the Chemical
industry. In his spare time he compiles various Islamic articles for mainly
internet distribution. Of the largest two works he has written are one in
defence of 20
rak’ats of Taraweeh exceeding 300 pages and his latest piece is
regarding the authenticity of a narration from Malik al-Dar describing a
certain event that occurred during a drought in the time of the second caliph,
Umar ibn al Khattab (ra) in more than 200 pages.
Currently, he is working on writing a bulky work on the matter of where
the hands should be placed in Salah with an analysis of practically all
known narrations on this specific matter. This work will by Allah’s
decree also show some rare narrations that have not been quoted by most
of the Muhaddithin of the past and have been discovered by means of painstakingly
collecting rare Arabic manuscripts from some Muslim lands. In this regard,
he is also a collector of Arabic manuscripts and to date holds more than
5000 from all over the world.
Many of his articles and books are due to be published for free distribution
on a new website known as darultahqiq.com