Event details
- Thursday | April 25, 2024
- All Day
Course Summary
True spirituality is living Prophetic guidance, with excellence. Imam Ghazali’s Beginning of Guidance outlines how a believer should practically live Prophetic guidance– day to day, from waking to sleep. The text also outlines how to avoid sin and how to fulfill the rights of others with excellence—two other keys to living guidance.
Course Details
Imam Ghazali’s Beginning of Guidance is an inspiring text which outlines the fundamentals of seeking knowledge and implementing it in a Muslim’s everyday life.
A clear description of the Prophet’s day (peace & blessings be upon him) is given, in practical and clear detail. This allows the student to bring the sunna into their life—from waking to sleep; making best use of their time; avoiding sin; and fulfilling the rights of others.
Imam Ghazali argues that just as there is an end to this noble objective there is also a beginning to it, which must be made firm to achieve success. This is one of Imam Ghazali’s final works, it embodies a lifetime of learning, experience,and spirituality.
The three sections of this book are on obedience, refraining from disobedience, and the etiquette of companionship with the Creator and with creation.
This text is truly “The Beginning of Guidance.” It is essential for any seeker of knowledge—showing how benefit from knowledge through acting upon it, in accordance with the Prophetic example (sunna).
“The Beginning of Guidance” is widely considered the best—and most practical—starting-point in the study of mainstream Islamic spirituality. It represents one of Imam Ghazali’s final works, and is the distillation of a lifetime of learning, experience, and spirituality.
Take this inspiring and practical learning journey—learning to walk in the footsteps of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)—and to live the realities of our daily call, “Guide us to the Straight Path.” [Qur’an, 1.6]
Students will be asked to read ahead and take notes and participate in the discussion in class on how the words of Imam Ghazali can be implemented in our daily lives.
Course Policy
Students are responsible for ensuring that they are on the class email list Assignment submissions should be in hard copy form or by finishing them online as applicable. Email submissions cannot be accepted.
The final exam will be cumulative. Both homework and readings will be covered.
Schedule (to be revised as appropriate)
| Date | Topic | Reading |
| September 20 | Intro to the bio of Imam Ghazzali and The Book | N/A |
| September 27 | Sins Committed by the limbs | 90-111 |
| October 4 | Sins of the Heart | 112-127 |
| October 11 | Etiquettes with Allah | 128-134 |
| October 18 | Class Presentations | |
| October 25 | Cont. Class Presentations | |
| November 1 | Waking from sleep, using lavatory, ritual bath, etc. | 26-49 |
| November 8 | Time from Sunrise to Mid-day, Preparation for Prayer | 49-67 |
| November 15 | Ritual Prayer, Friday Prayer, and Fasting | 68-89 |
| November 22 | Friends and Brothers | 134-142 |
| November 29 | NO CLASS | |
| December 6 | Review | |
| December 12 | Final Exam |
Tuition: $199
Financial Aid is available.
September 20th, 2016 – December 12th 2016
1st Class is FREE!
Instructor: Mufti Niaz Hannan
Location: IQRA Institute
2550 Eisenhower Ave, Suite B205
Trooper, PA 19403
About Mufti Nian Hannan:
Mufti Niaz Hannan is the Imam and Religious Director at ICSJ (Islamic Center of South Jersey) in Palmyra, NJ. Shaykh Hannan studied in the UK at Madinatul-Uloom Al-Islamiya and graduated as a ‘Ālim in the Islamic Sciences from Jamiatul Ilm Wal Huda. He completed a MA in Islamic Studies from the Markfield Institute of Higher Education (MIHE) and attended the Cambridge Muslim College, where he completed a Diploma in Contextual Islamic Studies in Leadership.
About IQRA ADP Program:
The IQRA ADP in Islamic Studies is a comprehensive program, held weekly on topics that covers the crucial beliefs, jurisprudences and sciences of Islam as well as the reading. The IQRA ADP Program is semester based with Fall and Spring Semesters.
The IQRA ADP curriculum covers many important and valuable facets of Islam including: Quran and Hadith studies, Seerah & History (Tareekh), Spiritual Purification (Tazkiyah), Jurisprudence (Fiqh), Faith (Aqeedah), Prayer (Salah), Propagation (Dawah) and community development (Tarbiyah). The IQRA ADP curriculum is unique and specifically developed for the American Muslim living in the 21st century while adhering to the everlasting Quran and the Prophetic methodologies.