The Weekly Madrasa Courses

The OTKF Weekly Madrasa is pleased to announce a new curriculum and courses for the 2011/2012 academic year. Each course now runs every week during term time, for the duration of the academic year.

This weekly educational programme provides a basic yet comprehensive curriculum for the person seeking to deepen his or her faith and practice. Taught by traditionally-trained yet western teachers, the classes cover disciplines which are necessary for every Muslim to know, including the Muslim creed (`aqida), the Prophetic biography (sira), Muslim practice and law (fiqh), introductory Arabic, and purification of the heart (tazkiya). The texts used are traditional and universally regarded works of Muslim scholarship.

Classes are offered free of charge. While these courses are developed for adults and youth, mature children who are able to sit quietly for the duration of the class and to learn are welcome.

Qur'anic Arabic
Time: 1pm – 2.15pm
Course description: This is a course for those who would like to improve their reading and understanding of the Arabic of the Qur'an.

Instructor: Mrs Asma Rahman

Course text: None (handouts delivered in class).

Prerequisites: Ability to read and write the Arabic script.
Tafsir of Juz' 'Amma (Exegesis of
Part 30 of the Qur'an)
Time: 2.30pm – 3.45pm
Description: An exegesis of those chapters (sura) of the Qur'an which we recite most often in our ritual prayers -- the last half of the 30th part (juz’) of the Qur'an.

Instructor: Sheikh Thaqib Mahmood

Text: None.

Prerequisites: None.
The Final Messenger: A Biographical Study
Time: 4pm – 5.15pm
Course description: This course offers an insight into the unique life of the Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace). The course intends to provide the student with a detailed historical study of the Prophet's life, trials and circumstances in order to derive lessons. The classes are structured around the core text, and students will be required to read the allocated chapters prior to each class.

Instructor: Sheikh Thaqib Mahmood

Course text: Lings, Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources

Prerequisites: None. We encourage everyone to attend this course.
The Rules and Practice of Islamic Worship (Hanafi Fiqh) — Fasting and Zakat
Time: 5.30pm – 6.45pm
Course description: This term's course will cover the rules and practice (fiqh) of fasting (sawm) and the alms-tax (zakat). The rules of fasting and zakat is traditionally deemed personally obligatory upon each and every Muslim to learn and to practice.

Instructor: Talal Al-Azem

Course text: And English translation of Mukhtasar al-Qudūrī (handouts delivered at the course)

Prerequisites: None. However, it is preferred that the student have previously attended OTKF's “Essentials of Islam” course.