Zakah and fasting
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Lessons
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14 h
Duration
English
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About
The Zakah & Fasting Programme is part of the Islamic Law Course. It delivers the subject matter in a modern format, utilising mature visual aids and in-depth resources to simplify difficult concepts. The programme focuses on the general principles of Zakah and Fasting from all four canonical schools of Islamic jurisprudence. It builds on the classical discussions pertaining to Zakah & Fasting and deals with modern issues regarding these two areas.
Syllabus
The programme is divided into two key parts:
Zakah: which is divided into the following sections:
- Introduction to Fiqh and Zakah: discussions pertaining to general matters of worship, the hierarchy of matters of worship, the status of Zakah, the importance and virtues of Zakah
- Legal Threshold: the nisab (legal threshold) of objects subject to Zakah such as gold, silver, and merchandise, calculating the modern nisab (legal threshold) of Zakah
- Recipients of charity: upon whom is it obligatory to pay Zakah, who is eligible to receive Zakah
Fasting: which is divided into the following sections:
- Introduction to Fiqh and Fasting: discussions pertaining to general matters of worship, the hierarchy of matters of worship, the status of Fasting, the importance and virtues of Fasting
- Types of Fasting: the difference between obligatory and supererogatory fasting
- Upon whom is it obligatory to fast the month of Ramadan
- Moonsighting and rules pertaining to the commencement and conclusion of Ramadan and other Islamic lunar months
- The reasons for fasting
- What nullifies a fast
- Legal penalties of breaking an obligatory fast
- Dispensations of fasting
- I’tikaf: religious seclusion
Part 1–2: students will be provided with notes and/or slides and will be expected to prepare from selected materials pertaining to the discussions of Zakah & Fasting.
Instructor
Farhan Mahmood is one of the lecturers at Islamic Courses Online. He completed his LLB in Law in 2009 and attained a distinction in an MSc in Management Consultancy in 2011. After gaining experience in Law, he took the route to becoming a student of knowledge in 2012. He graduated in 2018, and since then he has been teaching Arabic Language, Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, and Tafsir.
Who is the course for?
This programme is suitable for those who intend to learn the Arabic Language in a comprehensive manner yet at their own pace.
- This programme is suitable for students who already know how to read the text of the Quran and are able to write letters and words in Arabic.
- The duration of each level depends upon students’ caliber and dedication towards classes.
- Students can speed up their pace in completing the various levels or slow down depending on how much quantity they can retain and how many levels they wish to cover.
- Students can set a pace of daily, weekly, and even monthly intervals.
- The average time in which a student is expected to complete one entire part of this programme is 1 academic year of weekly studies, whereby the student completes at least one lesson per week; both by watching all the relevant videos of a lesson and completing the accompanying worksheets/texts.
Programme Overview:
- To provide a comprehensive study of Islamic law for those who wish to learn at their own pace.
- To enable students to grasp otherwise difficult aspects of Islamic Law, in an easy and structured manner.
- To allow students to grasp the language of Islamic Law, as well as its jargon and technical terms.
- To empower students to become independent students of Islamic law and basic legal theory.
- Students should be able to comprehend Islamic Law, read classical and contemporary texts on jurisprudence.
- Students are expected to engage with texts of Islamic Law.
- Students are expected to read books of Islamic law and Islamic legal theory with minimal hinderance.
- Students are expected to navigate the legal and theoretical paradigms of Islamic Law.
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