Essentials of Islam – Hanafi

Ateeka Mogalia, Sadia Khan

A Basic Hanafi Manual of Faith, Prayer, and the Path of Salvation Explained.


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10 weeks
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At-A-Glance

  • A key first-step in your religious learning according to the Hanafi school of law
  • Brings clarity to your faith, worship, and practice
  • Identify the basic concepts of belief
  • Understand the basic functioning of law
  • Realize the need for spirituality or ihsan
  • Become familiar with the basic terminology used in the sciences of belief, law and spirituality
  • Learn the basics of purification, how to perform a valid prayer and a valid fast, and the basic functioning of zakat

Details

The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and give him peace, said “Whoever Allah wishes well for, He gives understanding of religion” [Bukhari and Muslim]. The most beneficial knowledge a person can obtain is knowledge related to how one should properly worship one’s Lord, for worship is not possible without knowledge. Learn the absolute essentials of worship in this short but vital course on the basics of faith, purification, prayer, fasting, Zakat, and central points related to your everyday life.

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani’s The Absolute Essentials of Islam: A Basic Hanafi Primer on Faith, Prayer, and the Path of Salvation is a short work that outlines the fundamentals of Islam based on the methodology of traditional Sunni Islam and according to the largest school of Islamic law. Its 64 pages are divided into five main sections: belief; the rulings of the sacred law; purification; prayer; and the path to salvation. It also includes three short appendices: the sunna prayers; dealing with doubts and misgivings; and selected prayers and chapters from the Quran.

This course on the absolute essentials of Islam will use Shaykh Faraz’s book to cover what is personally obligatory for a Muslim to know immediately regarding matters of faith, purification, prayer, and some central points related to everyday life according to the Hanafi school. As this course is meant as an introduction or a review of the basics, it will not delve into a great deal of detail except in cases where detail will further understanding.

Imam Ghazali’s moving Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship, translated by Muhtar Holland, will also be used to discuss the sections related to the inner dimensions of the various acts of worship.

Lessons are pre-recorded. There are no required prerequisites: but new and returning Muslims are highly recommended to take Understanding Islam or equivalent first. Together, these courses are the perfect introduction to the faith and practices of Islam.


Lesson 1: Introduction to the Course

  • How we understand and live the Qur`an and Sunna
  • Religion in three dimensions: Islam, Iman, and Ihsan in the Hadith Jibril
  • Author’s Introduction
  • Lesson 2: Belief
  • Belief in Allah, the Prophet, and the Afterlife

Lesson 3: Rulings of the Shariah

  • What is the Shariah?
  • Understanding the rulings
  • Living the law with love

Lesson 4: Purification – Part I

  • Importance of purity
  • Ritual ablution
  • Invalidation of ablution

Lesson 5: Purification – Part II

  • The ritual bath
  • Wiping over footgear, dry ablution, and menstruation
  • Removing filth and using the lavatory

Lesson 6: The Prayer – Part I

  • Obligatory elements
  • Integrals
  • Necessary elements

Lesson 7: The Prayer – Part II

  • Importance of sunnas in prayer
  • A complete prayer

Lesson 8: The Prayer – Part III

  • Disliked and invalidating matters
  • Other supererogatory prayers, witr, group prayer, Friday, and ‘Id
  • Mistakes in the prayer

Lesson 9: Fasting

  • Definition, invalidation, and exceptional cases
  • Sunnas of fasting, and the month of Ramadan

Lesson 10: Zakat

  • Zakat in Islam
  • Effects of Zakat
  • Paying Zakat
  • Manners of giving and taking

Lesson 11: The Path to Salvation

  • Disciplining the soul
  • Keys to success


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