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“Silence is one of the most powerful tools of change.”
- Shaykh Walead Mosaad
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Weekend with Shaykh Walead Mossad
September 12-14th, 2017
Join us for a feast of the souls as Shaykh Walead returns for a dynamic weekend of events and new classes.
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Dr. Walead Mohammed Mosaad is a teacher and researcher of the Islamic sciences. His lectures and podcasts are found on the SeekersHub portal, an online teaching platform reaching students worldwide.
He has studied the classical Islamic tradition and its various disciplines with the ulama of Damascus, Cairo, Yemen, and Morocco, in addition to completing academic degrees from Rutgers University, the Fath Islamic Seminary in Damascus, al-Azhar University in Cairo, the University of Liverpool, and a PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter in the UK.
He has lectured on various topics of interest, including Muslims as minorities, interfaith understanding, and the importance of purification and spirituality in addressing the human condition.
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Launching THIS Thursday, October 12th, 8:30pm (Northville)
RSVP to receive the address
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Jumma Khutbah
Friday, October 13th | 1:45pm at Tawheed Center (Farmington Hills)
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Renewing Community: The Sunnah of True Brotherhood
Friday, October 13th | Evening Community Program following Isha Prayers (8:20pm) at Tawheed Center (Farmington Hills)
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A new monthly course intended for students to take their learning to the next level.
Beginning THIS Saturday, October 14th | 12pm-2pm
Felicity House
408 E. Jefferson St., Ann Arbor
FREE Registration: Click here
Description:
Is Islam a rigid set of rules and regulations that struggles to cope with the modern world? Or are there inherent mechanisms within the rich tradition of Islam that allow for the adaptation of understanding and behavior for rapidly changing times? This course seeks to introduce students to the methodologies regarding the explication ofIslam’s sacred texts, the Qur’ān and Ḥadīth (Prophetic reports), and their interpretationfor changing circumstances.
Muslims have experienced a string of catastrophes that have included the trauma of imperialism, colonialism, and economic stagnation, amongst others. But perhaps the greatest modern catastrophe is the assault on Islam’s system of transmission of knowledge and learning – established by the Prophet Muhammad himself – but has suffered successive attacks from both internal aberrations and external pressures. Such an eventuality was prophesized in the ḥadīth literature, as narrated by al-Bukhari: “Allah does not lift knowledge forcefully, but rather via the death of its scholars, until not a single scholar is left, and people are left to take the ignorant as their leaders, who are themselves misguided, and in turn, misguide others.” Such a bleak picture seems to befit our current circumstances, but the Prophet was not one to let his charges fall intodespair. In another equally authoritative ḥadīth narrated by al-Bukhari, he also states: “There will always be a segment of my community upholding truth; they are not harmed by those who betray them.” This latter report has been understood to mean that thecorpus of Prophetic knowledge, as diffused into the various Islamic disciplines, will bepreserved and accessible, albeit in diminishing fashion, until the end of days and thehour is nearly upon us. It is then that the actual words of the Qur’ān will be lifted from the pages of the scrolls and the breasts of humanity.
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Intimate Halaqa
Saturday, October 14th, 7:30pm at the home of Drs. Muzammil & Asra Ahmed (Canton)
Listen to the first session as Shaykh Walead introduces the text and its author, Shaykh Ibn 'Ata'Allah al- Sakandari
Limited Seating. RSVP here by October 12th
*Babysitting available at $5/child*
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Join us for a blessed and uplifting evening of soulful reflection as we reconvene with a new and exciting series based on the Kitab al-Hikam (Book of Wisdom) of Shaykh Ibn ‘Ata’Allah al-Sakandari with visiting scholar, Shaykh Walead Mosaad.
The halaqa will be hosted by Drs. Muzammil and Asra Ahmed in Canton.
About the Series
The Hikm (as it's commonly referred to) is written by the same author of the text, Taj al-Arus, that we had been covering in previous halaqas. The Hikm of Ibn Ata'Allah is the inspiring explanation of the soul’s journey through this life, as determined through the Qur’an and Sunna. Along with his treatises and intimate discourses, the substantive feature of the work is the author’s 264 spiritual aphorisms (hikam)—concise, comprehensive and sublime sayings on self-purification (tazkiya) and guidelines to help strengthen the relationship between humans and their Lord. Shaykh Walead Mosaad will offer relevant commentary on the text and attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss further in order to benefit on a deeper level.
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