STUDY WEEKEND INTENSIVE – REVIEWING SHAH WALIULLAH’S HUJJATULLAH AL-BALIGHA
80 Greenfield Road, London E1 1EJ, United Kingdom
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An intensive weekend advanced study of Hujjatullah al-Baligha for academics, ulema, thinkers and policy makers
About this event
Islamic Courses with support of Ebrahim College present:
STUDY WEEKEND INTENSIVE – REVIEWING SHAH WALIULLAH’S HUJJATULLAH AL-BALIGHA
With
Shaykh Akram Nadwi [Co-Founder of Al-Salam Institute, London]
Professor Marcia Hermansen [Director of the Islamic World Studies Program and Professor in the Theology Department at Loyola University Chicago [Dean College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar ]
Hosted by Lord Mizan ul Mulk, Sultan of Londonistan and the ‘Reviver of the Muslims of Hindustan’
Since the fall of the Moghuls in India, one of the most important and influential Muslim scholars in the Islamic revival in India was Shah Waliullah Muhaddith Dehlavi (rh) whose work continues to influence most Muslim groups and schools of thought, like Deobandi, Ahle-Hadith, Barelwi, Jamaat-Islami, Shias and others. His magnum opus was the Hujjatullahil Baligha, a two-volume arabic manuscript covering the principles of Islamic revival, which is more pertinent today and more Muslim thinkers of the region renewing calls to re-engage with the text in a different manner.
This intensive weekend study will look at the following:
Brief overview of Shah Waliullah’s life and context, Shah Waliullah’s writings, overview of Hujjatullah al-Baligha, an exposition of the rationale behind Shari`a rulings and the historical/intellectual interpretation of interpretive disagreement, theory of religious and societal development (irtifaq) in history, comprehensive prophetology, mystical (Sufi) elements, and Shah Waliullah’s legacy.
We will also review some of the up to date Hujjat scholarship in the Indian Islamicate; And why there hasn’t been much critical research on the subject ; the poor teaching of the text in the Darul Ulooms in the IndoPak madrassahs? What specifically needs to be done and taught? What would be the outcomes of the ideas of the Hujjat being fully realized in the Indian Islamicate?
- Extensive discussions with Q and A
AUDIENCE:
Open to the general public but aimed at intermediate and advanced students of Islamic Sciences, Islamic Studies, post-graduates and academics, Muslim Dar Uloom educationalists, policy makers from think tanks and Ulema/Imams and Muslim community activists and those involved in dawah.
PRE-REQUISITES:
A basic requisite of Islamic Thought and the history of Islamic Thought in India, as well as Islamic Movements in the region and Persianate cosmology is recommended but not essential.
* Shaykh Akram Nadwi studied and taught Shari’a at the Nadwatul ‘Ulama (India). He is a muhaddith specialising in ‘Ilm al-Rijal (the study of the narrators of Hadith) and has ijaza (licenses) from many mashayakh, including Abul Hasan Ali Al-Nadwi, Abdul-Fattah Abu Ghuddah, Ramadan Buti, AbdurRahman Kittani and Yusuf al-Qaradawi. Over the course of three decades he has authored, translated and conducted research on many titles related to fiqh, Qur’an, hadith and sufi orders. He has published widely in Urdu, Persian, Arabic, and English on Shah Wali Allah, a critical edition of Usūl al-Shāshī in Ḥanafī jurisprudence, original monographs on Islamic law, Quran and hadith sciences, and figures such as Abū Ḥanīfah, including his monumental 43 volume work on Al-Muhaddithaat –The Women Scholars in Islam. He was a research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Oxford University, and is recipient of the ‘Allāmah Iqbāl prize for contribution to Islamic thought and is the Principal and Co-Founder of Al-Salam Institute. As co-founder of Al-Salam Institute, he continues to teach advanced levels of Islamic Scholarship Program.
*Professor Marcia Hermansen is the Professor Marcia Hermansen is Director of the Islamic World Studies Program and Professor in the Theology Department at Loyola University Chicago where she teaches courses in Islamic Studies and the academic study of religion. She received her Ph. D. from the University of Chicago in Arabic and Islamic Studies. Among her recent co-edited books are Varieties of American Sufism: Islam, Sufi Orders and Authority in a Time of Transition (SUNY, 2020) and Muslima Theology: The Voices of Muslim Women Theologians (2013). Her monographs include Shah Wali Allah’s Treatises on Islamic Law (2010) and The Conclusive Argument from God, a study and translation (from Arabic) of Shah Wali Allah of Delhi’s Hujjat Allah al-Baligha (Brill). Professor Hermansen has also contributed numerous academic articles in the fields of Islamic Thought, Sufism, Islam and Muslims in South Asia, Muslims in America, and Women in Islam.
All welcome, limited spaces, pre-registration required!
DEADLINE FOR BOOKINGS APPLY after which prices increase
For more information call/tel: 07956735301 or email: info@islamiccourses.org
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*Please note, time and resources have been set aside to ensure the programme runs in a smooth and professional manner for the maximum benefit of participants and thus unless the programme has been postponed or cancelled, there are NO REFUNDS as part of the terms and condition policy.
*Lunch and refreshments can be purchased at cafe’s or restaurant’s near to the venue and not included in ticket price.
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POST-DETAILED STUDY OF THE HUJJATULLAH AL-BALIGHA CHAPTER BY CHAPTER:
Taught by *Shaykh Akram Nadwi at the Ebrahim College, London in person and online.
Based on the interest for a more detailed study of the text, chapter by chapter with relevance to contemporary issues and challenges within the Indian Islamicate will only be organized [by Ebrahim College] for those who are committed and serious only. It will be taught in English and using arabic, persian and urdu sources.
BOOK 1: The First Investigation: The causes of Religious Obligation and Requital
BOOK 3: The Third Investigation: The Supports of Civilisation (The Irtifaqat)
BOOK 4: The 4th Investigation: Human Felicity
BOOK 6: The 6th Investigation: The Regulation of Religion
BOOK 7: The 7th Investigation: The Derivation of the Shari’a Laws from the Reports of the Prophet (saw)
Summary of books in Volume 2 and challenge of hadith scholarship in Indian Islamicate today.
Summary and conclusion and areas of more research, development and rethinking ‘Indian Islamicate’ in light of a critical review of the Hujjat looking at from the arrival of British to Independence to the creations of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh and the current state of Muslims thought and debate in the ‘Indian Islamicate’.
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Saturday, October 7, 2023 - Sunday, October 8, 2023