That I, whose experience of teaching is extremely limited, should presume to discuss education is a matter, surely, that calls for no apology. It is a kind of behaviour to which the present climate of opinion is wholly favourable. Bishops air their opinions about economics; biologists, about metaphysics; inorganic chemists, about theology; the most irrelevant [...]

The courses for non-US participants are about to start, in a revamped form www.as-sulwaan.co.za Ahmad ‘Ali

As-salaamu ‘alaykum, the finalized details of the courses are to be found on www.as-sulwaan.co.za Ahmad ‘Ali

As-salaamu ‘alaykum, I revised the dates and also in one case the time of the courses, reason being that with the TV programmes I cannot manage to double up for US people. I only kept therefore times suitable to UK, European & SA participants. Please ask potential participants to heed that by going to the [...]

NB: Not everything found in the written material will be gone through during the lessons; some of it will be left to participants to further their understanding by, though everything in the shared files can be the subject of questions and answers, discussions, and elucidations. Moreover, this is a once-off detailed note-taking. Parts of the [...]

NB: Not everything found in the written material will be gone through during the lessons; some of it will be left to participants to further their understanding by, though everything in the shared files can be the subject of questions and answers, discussions, and elucidations. Moreover, this is a once-off detailed note-taking. Parts of the [...]

THE TEXT Al-Futoohaatu’l-Qudusiyyah fee Sharhi’l-Muqaddimati’l-Aajurroomiyyah by Sidi Ahmad Ibn ‘Ajeebah al-Hasani (d. 1224 A.H.) a) MATN al-Aajurromiyyah Al-Kalaamu huwa al-lafzu’l-mukarrabu’l-mufeedu bi’l-wad`, wa-aqsaamu thalaathatun: Ismun, wa-fi`lun, wa-harfun jaa’a li-ma`nan. b) The grammatical commentary “Bismillaahir-Rahmaanir-Raheem” The letter baa’ is attached (muta`alliq) to an eliminated (mahdhoof) word. Every expert in this science has implied that by which the [...]

Wa-’alaykumus-salaam, I’m attaching here the first pair of lessons per course. NB: As regards the main texts, including the Arabic one with extracts from stories & exercises + the exercises on balaaghah, I’ll scan & send them shortly. Secondly, the texts, Ibn Shaas & the main text in Arabic from Tunis with stories & exercises, [...]

We are pleased to announce that the following courses are ready to run and are offered by the respected scholar Ahmad ‘Ali in Johannesburg: a) A course on Islamic family law. It will start around Friday, 22 January 2010. Each block will consist of 13 weeks’ lessons. It will be done through Dimdim web conferencing, [...]

As-salaamu ‘alaykum, for the details of the courses go to: http://www.as-sulwaan.co.za The registration part needs some final touches. It should be finalized inshallaah by not later than this Friday, one way or the other. The course material for the first lesson is ready to be scanned and mailed. Ahmad ‘Ali