- Fees: $195 ($210 after Aug. 12, 2024)
- Prerequisites: MRF 101 and TZK 101 or Audit Policy
- Instructor: Shaykh Arsalan Haque
- Course start/end date: Aug 20 - Dec 03
- Timings: Tuesdays 6-9 pm
- Location: Allen Masjid - IAA (in-person and online)
- Fees: $195 ($210 after Aug. 12, 2024)
- Prerequisites: MRF 101 and TZK 101 or Audit Policy
- Instructor: Shaykh Arsalan Haque
- Course start/end date: Aug 20 - Dec 03
- Timings: Tuesdays 6-9 pm
- Location: Allen Masjid - IAA (in-person and online)
NOTE:
A minimum of 70% attendance is needed for receiving credit, whether attending in-person or online. For online students, it’s required to have cameras activated and be prepared for active class participation during the designated class timings.
A minimum of 70% attendance is needed for receiving credit, whether attending in-person or online. For online students, it’s required to have cameras activated and be prepared for active class participation during the designated class timings.
Course Description
Muslim scholars have classified the Islamic Sciences into three spheres:
Tazkiya is the discipline that is concerned with cleansing [takhliya] and adorning [taḥliya] the inner character [bāṭin] of the human being, in compliance with the divine commands.
The science of Tazkiya teaches us about those levels, how to reach them, and the stations that we must traverse before we can get to them.
- The sphere of islām: This is represented by the legal sciences, studied under the umbrella of Fiqh
- The sphere of īmān: This is represented by the theological sciences, studied under the umbrella of Aqida
- The sphere of iḥsān: This is represented by the spiritual sciences, studied under the umbrella of Tazkiya
Tazkiya is the discipline that is concerned with cleansing [takhliya] and adorning [taḥliya] the inner character [bāṭin] of the human being, in compliance with the divine commands.
- How do you reach the level where you can “worship Allah as though you see Him, for if you don’t see Him, He sees you?”
- How do you reach the level of mushāhada (witnessing), where you witness Allah in everything that happens within you, to you, and around you?
- How do you reach the level of murāqaba (watchfulness), where you are acutely aware of Allah’s watch over your inner states and outer actions?
The science of Tazkiya teaches us about those levels, how to reach them, and the stations that we must traverse before we can get to them.
Course Objectives
To learn about the spiritual stations that the seeker must aspire to reach in the quest to achieve spiritual excellence
[iḥsān].
Textbooks
Required:
- al-Maqdisi, Ibn Qudamah, Purification of the Soul.
- al-Qushayri, Abu ‘l-Qasim, al-Qushayri’s Epistle on Sufism.
Muslim scholars have classified the Islamic Sciences into three spheres:
- The sphere of islām: This is represented by the legal sciences, studied under the umbrella of Fiqh
- The sphere of īmān: This is represented by the theological sciences, studied under the umbrella of Aqida
- The sphere of iḥsān: This is represented by the spiritual sciences, studied under the umbrella of Tazkiya
Tazkiya is the discipline that is concerned with cleansing [takhliya] and adorning [taḥliya] the inner character [bāṭin] of the human being, in compliance with the divine commands.
- How do you reach the level where you can “worship Allah as though you see Him, for if you don’t see Him, He sees you?”
- How do you reach the level of mushāhada (witnessing), where you witness Allah in everything that happens within you, to you, and around you?
- How do you reach the level of murāqaba (watchfulness), where you are acutely aware of Allah’s watch over your inner states and outer actions?
The science of Tazkiya teaches us about those levels, how to reach them, and the stations that we must traverse before we can get to them.
Course Objectives
To learn about the spiritual stations that the seeker must aspire to reach in the quest to achieve spiritual excellence
[iḥsān].
Textbooks
Required:
- al-Maqdisi, Ibn Qudamah, Purification of the Soul.
- al-Qushayri, Abu ‘l-Qasim, al-Qushayri’s Epistle on Sufism.
