Reviving the Farangi Mahallī & Khairābādi Legacy - Illuminating a Path for Tomorrow's Scholarship
al-‘Aqā’id al-‘Aḍudīyyah by Imam ‘Aḍud-Dīn Al-Ījī 
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Course Description: al-‘Aqā’id al-‘Aḍudīyyah 
This is a classical work within the Dars-i-Nizāmī curriculum, traditionally studied alongside Imam Jalāl al-Din Dawwānī's commentary. While concise, the matn is rich in content, demanding close study. An in-depth exploration of this matn will equip students with a unique & comprehensive understanding of ilm al-Kalām. 

  • Text: The text for this course is originally written in Arabic, but a complete English translation will be provided for students.
  • Commentary: A traditional, concise commentary will be delivered alongside the reading to complement the course length.
  • Benefits: Completing a thorough study of al-‘Aqā’id al-‘Aḍudīyyah, combined with a strong foundation in Arabic, Logic, and Philosophy, will equip students of knowledge to:
    • Access classical epistles/books in the science of Kalam.
    • Begin an in-depth study of Kalam within the Farangī Mahallī curriculum.

Important Note:
  • Start Date: Wednesday, 8 May, 2024 at 9:15 PM GMT.
  • Frequency: Fortnightly (every other week).
  • End Date: Wednesday, 14 August, 2024.
  • Course Fee: £60 Complete Course.
  • Proficiency in Arabic is recommended but not conditional. 
  • Discussions will cater to a range of levels, from beginner to advanced. However, the general theme and content of the course are geared towards beginner and intermediate learners.
  • All classes will take place on Microsoft Teams.
  • There will be an introductory lesson open to all at 9.15pm GMT on Wednesday, 24 April, 2024 (We will provide regular updates on social media. Please follow us for more information).



Instructor: Ustādh Shams Tameez
Instructor Biography

Shaykh Shams Tameez, an instructor at Khairabadi Institute, graduated from the UK-based seminary Jamia al-Karam. He then completed the Diploma at the Cambridge Muslim College in Contextual Islamic Studies and Leadership. After this he worked as an Imam at Aylesbury Mosque in Buckinghamshire before embarking on further studies in Istanbul at the Abu Hanifa Institute.

He has also been fortunate to study with great scholars from Syria currently residing in Istanbul such as Shaykh Khalid al-Kharsa, Shaykh Adnan Darwesh, Shaykh Ridwan al-Kaheel, Shaykh Muhammad Shuqayr, and Turkish scholars such as Mulla Yavus. He then travelled to Tarim in Yemen where he was blessed to study at Dar al-Mustafa. He returned to the UK and completed a Master degree at SOAS University in Islamic studies.

Since then he has completed the four year IKAN programme in Istanbul’s Sultan Ahmet Madrasa specialising in the rational sciences (m’aqūlāt) with Dr. Hamza Bakri, Dr. Ali al-Omari, and others.

He is currently pursing a PhD at Ibn Haldun University focusing on Islamic philosophy within the Farangi Mahall tradition.

Ustādh Shams Tameez has been honoured to receive special licences and ijāzahs from esteemed teachers. Some of these licences trace back to luminaries such as Allāmma Faẓl-i-Haq Khairābādī, Mullā Niẓām al-Dīn Sihālwi, Allāmma Adud-Dīn al-ījī, Imām Abū Hāmid al-Ghazāli, and the venerable Imām of the Ahl al-Sunnah, Abū al-Hasan Ashʻarī (may Allah have mercy upon them all).


Course Structure

Introductory Lesson (Wednesday, 24 April, 2024)

The saved sect: Aḥl al-Sunnah wa l-Jamā’ah

  • The Hadith of the Saved Sect

  • Who are the Aḥl al-Sunnah wa l-Jamā’ah?

  • A short history of ‘Ilm al-Kalām

  • Al-Qāḍī ‘Aḍud al-Dīn al-ījī

  • The importance of this text


Lesson 1 (Wednesday, 8 May, 2024)

Islamic Ontology, Cosmology, and Epistemology

  • Rationalism and empiricism

  • The rational judgment and empirical data

  • The contingent universe

  • The nature of origination

  • Hylomorphism vs Atomism

The Necessity of Reflection

  • The first obligation

  • Rational & Revelation - Māturīdīs & Ash’arīs

  • The role of the intellect


Lesson 2 (Wednesday, 22 May, 2024)

The Necessary Being

  • The world has an Originator

  • He is a Necessarily Existent Being

  • What does it mean for His Essence to be Necessary?

  • There is no causal agent except Him

The Divine Attributes

  • The nature of His Attributes

  • The names of His Attributes

  • Are some of His Attributes metaphoric?

  • T’awīl, Tafwīḍ, and Ithbāth

  • The differences between the Ash’arīs, Māturīdīs, Atharīs, and modern Salafīs


Lesson 3 (Wednesday, 5 June, 2024)

Allah is not like, within, nor above His creation physically

  • Allah does not inhere in anything such that He is its quality

  • No contingent thing is established with Him

  • The Essence of Allah is Simple 

Allah is the All-Knowing and All-Wise

  • God possesses all knowledge of universals and particulars

  • Lying is inconceivable for Allah


Lesson 4 (Wednesday, 19 June, 2024)

Allah is seen in the Hereafter

  • The Vision 

  • Through transmission and rational

  • The school of ‘Itizāl

Divine Decree and Free-Will

  • Everything is by His power and will

  • Allah is the creator of disbelief and sin

  • Ash’arīs, Māturīdīs, and ‘Itizāl


Lesson 5 (Wednesday, 3 July, 2024)

Allah is Not Bound by Anything

  • Luṭf

  • Aṣlah

  • ‘iwad

  • Reward and punishment

  • He does whatsoever He wishes in His dominion

  • No evil, oppression, and injustice can be attributed to Him.

  • Allah does not create due to a motive but creates with wisdom

Moral ontology

  • Divine Command Theory

  • The value of acts are arbitrary without revelation 

  • The role of the Intellect

  • Ash’arīs, Māturīdīs, and ‘Itizāl


Lesson 6 (Wednesday, 17 July, 2024)

Angels and the Quran 

  • Angels

  • The Quran is uncreated

  • Allah’s Names are given only by Allah

Eschatology

  • Bodily resurrection 

  • The Bridge

  • The Scales

  • Heaven and Hell

  • The eternal destinations


Lesson 7 (Wednesday, 31 July, 2024)

The Disobedient is Still a Believer

  • The one who commits a major sin is not a disbeliever

  • The definition of faith

  • The Prophetic Intercession

  • The punishment of the Grave

Prophetology

  • The sending of Messengers

  • Ash’arīs, Māturīdīs, and ‘Itizāl

  • Miracles

  • The nature of Prophets (peace be upon them all)


Lesson 8 (Wednesday, 14 August, 2024)

Ṣahābah and Awlīyā’

  • The Companions are in Paradise

  • The miracles of the Saints are real

  • Imāmah and Khilāfah

  • Superiority (Afḍalīya)

Takfīr, Bid’ah, and miscellaneous issues 

  • The reasons for anathematisation

  • The reasons for tabdī’

  • Al-Amr bi-l M’arūf wa-n Naḥī ‘ani-l Munkar

  • Ash’arīs, Māturīdīs, and ‘Itizāl

  • Tawbah

  • Hukm Shar’ī 


    Note: All the above subject areas for each lesson will be covered to an extent that complements the class time frame and course length.

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