Lectures

We need new chapters of Fiqh for ethics.

On the need of new chapters of fiqh as the next step in the maqasid al-shariah project; fiqh for management, politics, policy, the environment, arts, media, etc. – excerpts from a recent lecture at McGill University – Montreal – January 15, 2016 
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Read the Quran

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
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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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