Aqidah: Muslims Creed

Description

Course Description

This course is extremely important for every Muslim. It covers the basic articles of Iman that are essential to one’s faith as emphasised by the Prophet ﷺ in the hadith of Jibraeel: namely, belief in Allah, His angels, books, messengers, the last day and good and bad fate. Students will learn about the importance of correct beliefs and how the ulama developed this into a subject of study to preserve the correct beliefs of Islam. The course briefly deals with sects, classical and contemporary differences of opinion without being polemical, but rather with a view to giving the student a perspective that will enable him/her to remain strong on faith and avoid getting sucked in to debates and polemics.

Duration:
2 weekend seminar – Saturday & Sunday, 2 hours and 30 minutes each session (4 sessions in total)

Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites for this course.

Progression:
Students who complete this course may be interested in the ‘Science, Modernity & the Existence of God’ course.

Course Overview:

The following will be covered in this course:

• Classification of Islamic knowledge
• A brief history of the development of ”ilmul aqaid
• The definition of ‘ilmul aqaid
• The source of the deen (religion)
• Understanding faith and practice in the two sources
• Understanding differences in the ummah on beliefs
• Division within ahlus sunnah wal jama’ah
• The groups within ahlus sunnah wal jama’ah
• Islam and iman(faith)
• The first pillar of faith: belief in Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala
• Is there a cause for Allah?
• The oneness of Allah (SWT) (tawheed)
• Allah’s attributes & names
• Ambiguous references to the attributes of Allah
• Angels
• Belief in the prophets and messengers
• The need for prophets and messengers
• The proofs of prophet hood
• Believing in the last day
• Belief in Qadar

Course Delivery
This course will be delivered using an online live streaming platform called ‘Zoom’. Further details will be emailed to students 5 days before the course commences insha Allah.

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Assessment
There will be no formal assessments at the end of the course.

Course Materials
Course materials/notes will be provided to students in pdf format 5 days prior to the course commencing.