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The Fiqh of the heart

The Fiqh of the heart There are 2 kinds of fiqh: the fiqh of the body and more importantly, the fiqh of the heart We lost Islam when we lost the fiqh of the heart from the Shariah. The Fiqh of the heart – Friday Khutba – Ottawa Mosque –…
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The Sunnah – Lecture 3: Series on Jurisprudence

There is a difference between hadith and fiqh. The shift from an "authenticity" of a hadith to the "correctness" of a rule is not straightforward. It is knowledge that requires some explanation …. Lecture 3 – The Sunnah – Series: Introduction to the Fundamentals of Islamic Jurisprudence Usul al-Fiqh –…
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Great Women in the Prophet’s Mosque

  Rufaida managed a charity clinic in the mosque, Fakihah built a minbar/pulpit in the mosque, Umm Mihjan maintained the mosque Female companions went to war with the Prophet (s) and now we don't even allow them to enter the mosque! From a Khutba: Great Women in the Prophet's Mosque.…
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Read the Quran. Masjid Toronto. Jan 29 2016

  The Quran is not only for scholars. The Quran is for everybody. And when we ignored the Quran, we created a deformed picture of Islam in our minds and ended up in a lot of trouble .  Khutba: Read the Quran. Masjid Toronto. Jan 29 2016   {videobox}https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yWCsLyhjyc&feature=youtu.be|Read the Quran{/videobox}  
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University of Calgary – Feb 12th 2016

Calgary, Alberta, Canada: February 12th insha Allah for a Friday Khutba and a lecture at the University of Calgary. My lecture will, insha Allah, expand on the ideas of a maqasidi, integrative, systems approach to the Islamic jurisprudence, in order to develop Islamic ethics that addresses contemporary basic questions in various…
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COP21 is not going to work!

COP21 is not going to work! Jasser Auda News of the COP21 deal and jubilant celebrations that politicians showed the world gave a false sense of achievement to millions of people around the world. I believe that it is an ethical responsibility to express the truth, regardless of how strange…
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