Losing Our Iman | Free Workshop

LOSING OUR IMAN

Delivered by:
Maulana Abbas Ahsan 
Maulana Dr Rafaqat Rashid

A special workshop to address the serious problem of Muslims losing their imaan. A concerning and growing problem today.

Why is this happening?
How is aggressive atheism breeding it's dogma?
What should we do about it? What are our individual responsibilities?

These are all very important questions that will be addressed insha'Allah.

The workshop is FREE and open to Imams, Ulama, Madrasa teachers, Muslim school teachers and anyone else interested!

Interactive PowerPoint presentations, group work and discussions

Tea and refreshment break, separate seating for sisters

Registration would be required by all attendants on the day.

Saturday 31st October 1.30-4.30pm

Abu Hurairah Academy
28 Carrington Street
Bradford
BD3 8AE

Contact: 
07977 474223 for venue queries
07939 228877 for content

About the teachers:

Maulānā Dr Rafāqat Rashid is a traditional Muslim scholar, General Practitoner, professional trainer and educator. He is a senior teacher at Jāmiah Khātamun Nabiyeen (JKN) Islamic Institute, Bradford, having graduated from there and been taught and given ijaazah by a number of traditional scholars. Shaykh was taught advanced Islamic disciplines consisting of Islamic Law, Theology, Arabic Language, UsÅ«l al-Fiqh, UsÅ«l al-Tafsir, UsÅ«l al-Hadeeth, Fiqh, Tafsir and a study of the six main canonical books of Hadeeth. His main teacher and spiritual guide, being Shaykh Mufti Saiful Islām.

For a number of years, he is one of the senior lecturers at JKN as the main teacher of Arabic Grammar known for his extraordinary way of teaching Arabic Grammar which attracts students from many different towns. He is a staff writer for Al-Mu'min Magazine known for his articles "Ask a Muslim Doctor" and "Living Islām in Modern Times". An academic in the field of Islamic medical ethics and medical law having obtained his Masters from the University of Manchester on the subject of, “The Khilaaf in the Fiqh of Organ Transplantation” , and also holding the title of honorary lecturer at the university of Leeds.

He has been nominated the position of Executive Lead Board Member of the Bradford City Clinical Commissioning Group, where he co-chairs and is a senior executive leader in a number of areas, commissioning health services in Bradford. He is the co-director of the Islamic Medical Ethics Forum (IMEF). He has lectured and delivered courses on numerous topics including Islam, leadership, life skills, counselling, teacher training, advanced Islamic research techniques and health ethics. Specialising in Islamic Fiqh and ethics related to organ transplantation, immunisations, family planning and end of life decisions.

He teaches Hadeeth (Sahih Muslim, Sunan Nisai, Mishkaat al-Masaabih with its sharh Miraqaat), Tafsir (Jalaalayn, Tafsir al-Qurtubi, Ruh al-Ma’ani and many others), Usūl al-Tafsir (al-Itqaan, al-Fawz al-Kabir), Usul al-Hadeeth (Nuzhat al-Nazr Sharh Nukhbat al-Fikr), Sharh Ma'āni al-Aathār of Imām Tahāwi, Balāgha, Mantiq (al-Mirqaat) and the main teacher of Arabic Grammar at JKN. He spends a lot of his time leading and developing the advanced curricula in advanced studies and advanced Islamic research for the traditional Dars al-Nizami syllabus in the English medium for the up and coming traditional Muslim scholars of the future.

Maulānā Abbās is an Islamic Scholar having graduated from the renowned Islamic Higher Educational Institute, Darul – Uloom Bury. Among the various academic disciplines his studies consisted in Islamic jurisprudence based on a divine revelation drawn from a number of sources, including the Qur’an and Hadith and the consensus of the Muslim community; also covering the vast topics of Qur’anic interpretations which are developed into an elaborate science. Moreover, he has studied the science of Hadith collection, criticism and transmission involving textual analysis, biographical analysis of narrators, examination of chronological accuracy, scrutiny of linguistic and geographical parameters and authentication of oral and written records.

He has further managed to obtain a BA (Hons) in Interdisciplinary Human Studies from the University of Bradford which explicitly combines the established arts subjects of Philosophy and Literature with the newer social sciences of Psychology and Sociology. Having specialized in the discipline of Philosophy he subsequently pursued an MA in Philosophy of Religion at the University of Leeds.

He has widely participated as a volunteer, working with adults and children for the local government. He has been actively involved in teaching at various institutions such as schools and universities. He has tutored Philosophy at the University of Leeds and has worked on the Leeds Philosophy Exchange Project as a Postgraduate Facilitator. He is currently a teaching assistant for the ‘Philosophy Students into Schools’ undergraduate module at the University of Leeds. He is also an Associate Philosophy Practitioner for Thinking Space [an organization which promotes philosophical dialogue and enquiry].

His particular research interests lie in the areas of Philosophy of Religion, Islamic Philosophy, Philosophical Theology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, and the Philosophy of Science.Abbas is currently a doctoral researcher at The John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham where he is working towards a PhD in the subject area of Analytic Theology.