Usul Talks: The Future of the University - Dr. Samir Mahmoud and Dr. Mujaddad Zaman - Usul Academy July 5, 2024

This discussion between Dr. Samir Mahmoud and Dr. Mujaddad Zaman will explore the failures of the modern secular university and why indigenous Muslim institutions of learning are so important. Dr. Samir Mahmoud the Academic Director at Usul. Dr. Mujaddad Zaman is a Research and Teaching Fellow at the Centre for Islamic Theology at the University of Tübingen.

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/5-NgqGk8EX4?si=j9Lgh8zpa-vms-4K

Amazon: Philosophies of Islamic Education: Historical Perspectives & Emerging Discourses -Mujadad Zaman & Nadeem Memon - The study of Islamic education has hitherto remained a tangential inquiry in the broader focus of Islamic Studies. In the wake of this neglect, a renaissance of sorts has occurred in recent years, reconfiguring the importance of Islam’s attitudes to knowledge, learning and education as paramount in the study and appreciation of Islamic civilization. Philosophies of Islamic Education, stands in tandem to this call and takes a pioneering step in establishing the importance of its study for the educationalist, academic and student alike. Broken into four sections, it deals with theological, pedagogic, institutional and contemporary issues reflecting the diverse and often competing notions and practices of Islamic education. As a unique international collaboration bringing into conversation theologians, historians, philosophers, teachers and sociologists of education Philosophies of Islamic Education intends to provide fresh means for conversing with contemporary debates in ethics, secularization theory, child psychology, multiculturalism, interfaith dialogue and moral education. In doing so, it hopes to offer an important and timely contribution to educational studies as well as give new insight for academia in terms of conceiving learning and education.                                       https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Mujadad-Zaman/dp/1138788546 

"A Good Tree"- Amina Nawaz -Session 3: Nurturing Islamic Education with Dr. Mujadad Zaman- Cambridge Muslim College - April 30,2021 -We look at how Muslim communities developed ways of safeguarding, sharing and growing knowledge through sophisticated mechanisms and institutions of education with educationalist, Dr Mujadad Zaman. YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/4o1ZZ3YYvjc?si=vg5nstHFBqbdvwao

Usul Academy Website:https://www.usul.academy/ Dr.Samir Mahmoud's Website: https://www.samirmahmoud.com/

Shaykh Yahya Rhodus: The Greatness of Blessings -Story of Sahl al-Tustari (RA) - Al Maqasid - August 1, 2024

YouTube Video:

https://youtu.be/NmTXwoAHaBM?si=VWlfJ6MD4UYfSa9n

"The pitfall of blessings is becoming accustomed to them."

Often, we don't realize the greatness of blessings until they are taken from us. It is the affair of the believer, who knows the true way of gratitude and thankfulness, to be aware and conscious of the blessings that Allah bestows upon us. As Allah says in the Quran: "And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed, 'If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor]'" (Quran 14:7) This weekly program includes a recitation of the prophetic biography in poetry form followed by a counsel intended to connect the listener to the Prophet ﷺ and his teachings. The more we know about his life, character, and way, the more we will come to love and follow the one beloved to Allah. PDF for following along can be downloaded from URL https://bit.ly/39mLNXV Loving the Beloved reoccurs each Thursday at 7:30 PM Eastern

Full Video of Loving the Beloved saws : https://www.youtube.com/live/VZstk6TJnPw?si=aYUbO_DSDiNrxFva

Shaykh Yahya tells the Story of Hazrat Sahl al-Tustari: "I was three when I watched my uncle Hazrat Muhammad ibn Sawwar (RA) pray all night and he after noticing this advised me to say three times at bedtime " God is with me, God is watching over me, God is witnessing me" He then instructed me to repeat seven times. A year passed and then he advised continue this practice until you go to grave.Sahl! said my uncle when God is with you and sees you how can you then disobey Him"

Dhikr Formula: Allahu Ma'i ( Allah is with me), Allahu Nazri ( Allah is looking at me), Allahu Shahidi ( Allah is watching me)
Source:
Lisan al-Din (Language of Faith) https://lisanaldin.blogspot.com/2009/04/sahl-al-tustari.html