The Islamic Scholarly Tradition:
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How did the great Islamic scholars of the past understand the Quran and Sunnah and apply it to the societies of their times? Can we learn their methodology and try to apply it to our context? What would that entail? Join us as we take a deeper look at principles of analyzing the Quran, Hadith, and works of Fiqh in ways that are true to Islam’s own epistemology, which is different from approaches in secularism, modernism, and reformism that have captured the imagination of many contemporary Muslim thinkers.
The Islamic Epistemological Tradition:
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How do the classical disciplines of Islamic theology (kalam), spirituality (tasawwuf), and philosophy (hikmah) help us to understand our identity and role in this world and our relationship with Almighty Allah? Are all of the particular, and occasionally peculiar, concepts of these three traditions still applicable today? Join us as we navigate these three man-made disciplines and try to identify wider concepts rooted in the Quran, Sunnah, and the scholarly tradition, distinguished from concepts specific to paradigms of the past that may no longer remain as valid.
The Perfection of the Prophet ﷺ:
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In this course, we will cover various aspects of the life and person of the Prophet Muhammad (S) and explore how he reflected human perfection in every dimension of his existence from his noble countenance to his leadership to his relation with Allah ﷻ.
Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed:
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Shaykh Mawlana Kamaluddin Ahmed is a formally trained Islamic scholar (ʿālim). He spent twenty years abroad where he first studied the classical disciplines of Islamic learning and spirituality and then received ijāzahs to teach and guide students. Born and raised in Manhattan, he is also a qualified university academic in the field of Islamic studies, having received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of Oxford. He is currently a researcher in Islamic thought and intellectual history. His emphasis is on deeply grounding Islamic knowledge and Islamic spirituality on the Quran and Sunnah and drawing on sources across the breadth of the Islamic scholarly tradition of Ahl al-Sunnah waʾl-Jamāʿah. He has delivered lectures and workshops on Islam at masājid, universities, and Islamic institutions of learning in the US, UK, South Africa, and Pakistan. His talks may be found on the YouTube Channel “Islamic Spirituality”.
Shaykh Dr. Omar Hussaini:
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Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Omar Hussaini memorized the Quran at Ma’had Ta’lim ul-Islam. He holds a BA in Psychology (2000) and MD degree. In 2006, he received degrees in both Shari’ah studies from Darul Uloom Zakariyyah, South Africa and Medicine from the University of Illinois. From 2007 to 2013, Shaykh Omar completed his medical residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and fellowships in Hematopathology and Molecular Genetic Pathology at Washington University in St. Louis. During this time, he was also received formal authorization in the Islamic science of spiritual purification. Shaykh Omar is currently Director of Molecular Hematopathology at the Moffitt Cancer Center and Associate Professor of Oncological Sciences at the University of South Florida in Tampa where he resides. Shaykh Omar lectures at retreats, I’tikaaf programs, universities, local and national conferences, and mosques throughout the United States and abroad on various Islamic topics. He also teaches weekly classes in Arabic, Islamic jurisprudence, and spirituality.
