Starts April 5th 2025
Class every Saturday 10am - 12pm EST
Weekly live classes on Zoom with access to recordings up to 12 months after course ends.
Join anytime for 12 months of access to recordings.
Note: Classes delivered in English.
Establish & Solid Foundation in the Rich and Intricate World of Classical Islamic Theology
You will learn:
1) How Orthodoxy is determined in Sunni theology. Cut through the noise and get straight to the facts on politicized inter-Sunni controversies.
2) The justification for & method of using rational argumentation in Islamic theology. Learn how scholars justified using reason in theology & how they balanced between reason & revelation.
3) Key concepts & intellectual frameworks required for further study in classical Islamic theology. Establish a strong grounding in Kalam concepts & theoretical structure.
4) Basic beliefs required from Muslims in Islam & how to identify errors in theological understanding. The course includes a comparative study of Imam al-Tahawi's famous creed.
Studied Text: Al-Aqidat ul-Tahawiyyah by Imam al-Tahawi.
Instructor
Samir Hussain
Samir Hussain studied Evolutionary Biology & Cosmology at McMaster University in Canada and realized that the real answers could only be found with God and in the Islamic tradition.
In 2007 he began studying Islam in English with various preachers & scholars in Canada. In 2010 he moved to Riyadh & studied the classical Islamic sciences with scholars in private, one-on-one classes. In 2016 he moved to Cairo to study Hadith. Throughout most of his studies, he worked as a professional educator at the university level.
He has ijazahs to teach most of the texts he has studied with his teachers, ranging from beginner to advanced texts across different subjects in the traditional Islamic sciences.
Samir Hussain's main research interests are in Islamic theology, Usul-ul-Fiqh & philosophy, and he is also passionate about the Arabic language. Since 2017 he has been teaching Islamic Studies full-time at the high school level. In 2018 he started the social media blog, The Usuli. In 2020 he started teaching traditional texts in the Islamic Sciences online at Fahm Education.
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