A Day Course with Shaykh Samir al-Nass

In the name of Allah, most kind. May Allah's peace and blessings shower upon our messenger Muhammad and his noble family.

Oxford Traditional Knowledge Foundation is pleased to present: A Day Course with Shaykh Samir al-Nass.

Topic: ‘The Signs of the Day of Judgement and Life After Death'

Date: Saturday 24th July 2010
Time: 3pm - 9pm (with breaks for dinner and refreshments)
Venue: Bath Street Mosque, 10-11 Bath Street, OX4 1AY

*Parking is available on nearby roads and streets.

This event is free and open to men and women of all ages and backgrounds.

Contact information:

T: 07562 019384
E: info@otkg.org.uk
W: www.otkf.org.uk

About the speaker:

Shaykh Samir al-Nass was born in Damascus, Syria, where he studied at the College of Medicine of the University of Damascus. He went on to study in the United States where he qualified in internal medicine.

The Shaykh has studied under some of the great ‘ulama of the Levant (Shaam) and the Arabian peninsula. He has a traditional license to teach (ijazah) in the ten styles of recitation of the narration of the Shatibiyyah and the Durra from Shaykh Muhammad Sukkar. He received an ijazah in the ten styles of recitation of the narration of Tayyibah from the Egyptian Shaykh Ahmad Mustafa in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, himself a student of Shaykh Abd al-Aziz al-Zayyat of Egypt. Shaykh Samir has a traditional license to teach (ijazah) in Islamic law (fiqh) and theology and creed (‘aqida) from the previous Mufti of Syria, Shaykh Abu Yusr Ibn `Abidin, Shaykh Lutfi al-Fayumi, and the late Hanafi Mufti, Shaykh Adib al-Kallas.

Shaykh Samir was honoured to study hadith in Mecca with the great Indonesian-Meccan Shaykh Yasin al-Fadani, and with Shaykh Nur ud-din `Itr of Syria. He also has an ijazah in Prophetic traditions (hadith) from the late Shaykh `Abd Allah Siraj al-Din of Aleppo, Syria.

Shaykh Samir is presently a teacher in the al-Fatih al-Islami University in Damascus, teaching the Hanafi fiqh manual Al-Hidayah in the department of Islamic Law (Shariah), and lecturer on the ten recitations of the Qur'an in the MA programme. The Shaykh teaches Qur'anic recitation (tajwid) after fajr prayers daily in the blessed mosque of Shaykh Ibn `Arabi, a post given to him by his Shaykh and father-in-law, one of the illustrious Shaykhs of Quran in the Levant (Sham), the late Shaykh Muhammad Sukkar. Shaykh Samir has been teaching at various Islamic studies intensive courses in England and North America since 2000.

An Evening with Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Oxford Traditional Knowledge Foundation is pleased to present an evening with Shaykh Faraz Rabbani (Toronto):

Topic: "To worship Allah as if you see Him: The importance of religious practice and faith for true spirituality" followed by Q&A.

Date: Monday 14th June 2010.
Time: 6pm - 8:30pm.
Venue: Bath Street Mosque, 10-11 Bath Street, Oxford, OX4 1AY.

(Prayer Facilities on site).

About the Speaker:

Shaykh Faraz was born in Karachi, Pakistan and raised in Toronto, Canada. He entered the University of Toronto with a full scholarship and completed his Bachelor's in Economics & Commerce in May 1997. After graduation, Shaykh Faraz traveled with his family to Damascus, Syria, to formally seek Islamic knowledge. In Damascus, he studied Arabic, Aqida, Mantiq, Hanafi Fiqh, Shafi'i Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, and Hadith with a number of scholars including Shaykh Haytham Idilbi, Shaykh Abd al-Rahman Kharsa, Shaykh Abd al-Haleem Abu Sha`r, Shaykh Umar al-Sabbagh, Shaykh Jihad Brown, Shaykh Mu'min al-Annan, Shaykh Hassan al-Hindi, Sayyidi Shaykh Adib Kallas, Shaykh Muhammad Jumuah, Sh. Abd al-Razzaq al-Halabi, Shaykh Haytham, Shaykh Abd al-Haleem Abu Sha`r, and Ustadh Mahmud al-Bayruti. In the Summer of 2000, he moved to Amman, Jordan. Upon moving to Jordan, his teachers advised him to focus on teaching what he had covered, for which they gave him encouragement and permission, and to continue his personal research and study.
Encouraged by his instructors to return to the West to teach, he now lives in Toronto with his wife and three children.

This event is free and is open to everyone.

Light refreshments and drinks will be served after the talk.


W: www.otkf.org.uk
E: info@otkf.org.uk
T: 07562019384

Women's-only day course with Sheikh Samer Al-Nass

In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.

We are pleased to announce a holiday event for sisters with Sheikh Samir al-Nass:

“THE MUSLIM WOMAN: A day of learning with Sheikh Samir al-Nass”

Topics to be covered:
- Propriety with one's Lord
- Propriety with one's family
- Propriety in marriage
- Propriety in society

Sunday 4th April 2010
12.00pm-6.00pm
Bath Street Mosque
Oxford
OX4 1AY

t: 07562 019 384
e: info@otkf.org.uk
http://otkf.org.uk/events.html