Takhaṣṣuṣ Year One- 2026

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The full three-year programme covers:
Virtues and etiquette of ḥadīth scholars
Methodology and practice of early authors
Nomenclature (muṣṭalaḥ)
Principles of ḥadīth
History of transmission and compilation
Sunnah as legal and theological authority
Building connection with the Prophet ﷺ
Memorisation of selected narrations
Contemporary challenges to ḥadīth
Engagement with Orientalist critiques
Practical reading of narrations on faḍāʾil, zuhd, and riqāq
Analytical reading of narrations on aḥkām
Ḥanafī uṣūl and contribution to ḥadīth
Takhrīj and sourcing
Researching narrators
Jarḥ wa taʿdīl
ʿIlal
Literature on fabrications
Methodologies of the muḥaddithīn

Course Content

Muqaddimah Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ

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Lesson 1: ʿAllāmah Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ

31:34
Lesson 2: More about ʿAllāmah Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāh

33:31
Lesson 3: Continuation of the life of Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ

31:59
Lesson 4: Travel From Palestine to Damascus

30:40
Lesson 6: Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ’s Works and Composition

31:21
Lesson 7: The Name of the Book

31:32
Lesson 5: Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ’s Damascene Appointments

32:46
Lesson 8: The Name, Status, and Printed Editions of the Muqaddimah

31:09
Lesson 9: Introduction of the Author

32:44
Lesson 10: Continuation of the Opening Words of the Author

31:38
Lesson 11: The Closing of the Opening Formula and the Excellence of the Science of Ḥadīth

33:05
Lesson 12: Status of ʿUlūm al-Ḥadīth

30:16
Lesson 13: The Former Grandeur of the Science of Ḥadīth

33:50
Lesson 14: The Decline of the Interest of Ḥadīth

32:11
Lesson 15: The Need For the Book And its Contents

30:34
Lesson 16: Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ’s Closing Supplication and the Fahrasah of His Muqaddimah

30:11
Lesson 17: The 65 Anwāʿ of Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ’s Muqaddimah An Enumerated Index

30:52
Lesson 18: Objections of Ibn Kathir and Commncement of the Chapter on Sahih Hadith

31:37
Lesson 19: The Threefold Division of Ḥadīth and Its Attribution to Ahl al-Ḥadīth

30:23

Lamaḥāt

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Lesson 1: Introduction

30:56
Lesson 2: Continuation of The Introduction

30:45
Lesson 3: Ḥadīth and Sunnah

35:36
Lesson 4: Distinct Modalities of Normative Guidance

30:53
Lesson 5: The Sunnah Authority and Indispensability

31:26
Lesson 6: The Sunnah as a Clarifier of the Qurʾān

32:47
Lesson 7: The Sunnah’s Indispensable Legislative Role

30:29
Lesson 8: The Companions’ Veneration and Love for the Prophet

30:04
Lesson 9: The Uprightness of the Companions and the Ruling on Their Disparagement

33:02
Lesson 10: Heretical Subversion of Prophetic Transmission

31:20
Lesson 11: The Invalidity of Ḥadīths Alleging Lying Against the Prophet ﷺ During His Lifetime

32:00
Lesson 12: Fabrications Alleging Lying Against the Prophet ﷺ

30:31
Lesson 13: Rejecting a Companion’s Report as Error, Not Falsehood

25:34
Lesson 14: The Onset of Fitnah and the Origins of Isnād Scrutiny

30:31
Lesson 15: The Emergence of Isnād Criticism and the Definition of the Fabricated Ḥadīth

38:02
Lesson 16: Theological and Legal Gravity of Lying Against the Prophet ﷺ

31:36
Lesson 17: Refuting the Khārijite Argument and the Prohibition of Narrating Fabricated Ḥadīth

30:44
Lesson 18: al-Ḥadīth al-Mawḍūʿ: Ruling, Recognition, and Causes of Fabrication

30:41
Lesson 19: The First Cause of Fabrication in Ḥadīth

32:04

Introduction to Authors (Imām Mālik)

Lesson 1: Overview of Ḥadīth Codification

31:59
Lesson 2: Brief Information on Imām Mālik

34:40
Lesson 3: Termination on the Discussion of Imām Mālik

31:10
Lesson 4: Muwaṭṭaʾ

31:59
Lesson 5: The Muwaṭṭaʾ of Imām Mālik – Method of Compilation Naming Sincerity of Authorship and Sources of Legal Derivation

30:53
Lesson 6: The Methodology of Legal Derivation in the Muwaṭṭaʾ

30:37
Lesson 7: Continuation on the Terminologies

30:45
Lesson 8: The Companions, Chains, and Transmitters of the Muwaṭṭaʾ

30:24
Lesson 9: Number of Narrations and Merits of the Muwatta

31:27
Lesson 10: Introducing the Muwaṭṭaʾ of Imām Mālik

33:43
Lesson 11: Benefits of the Muwaṭṭaʾ

32:45
Lesson 12: The Transmitters of the Muwaṭṭaʾ

32:00
Lesson 12: [Extra Notes]

Introduction to Authors (Imām Shāfiʿī)

Adab al-Ikhtilāf

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Lesson 1: The Imperative of Adab in the Face of Escalating Ikhtilāf

33:27
Lesson 2: The first aspect – Ikhtilāf

30:32
Lesson 3: The Domains of Ikhtilāf

32:08
Lesson 4: Raʾy and Juristic Disagreement

32:23
Lesson 5: Categories of Disagreement

30:53
Lesson 6: Typology and Causes of Scholarly Disagreement

32:26
Lesson 7: Arabic Language and Juristic Disagreement

30:48
Lesson 8: Juristic Disagreement and the Folly of Enforced Legal Uniformity

31:00
Lesson 9: Ikhtilāf as an Expansion of the Sharīʿah, and a Response to Albānī

30:44
Lesson 10: The Testimony of the Salaf on Ikhtilāf as Mercy and Broad Allowance

31:51
Lesson 11: Disagreement as Mercy: The Principle of as-Saʿah in the Sunnah

30:23
Lesson 12: Imām Mālik’s Refusal to Impose the Muwaṭṭaʾ Upon the Ummah

30:36
Lesson 13: Tolerance of Juristic Difference and the Etiquette of the Scholarly Predecessors

30:16
Lesson 14: The Conditions of Legitimate Juristic Difference

30:29
Lesson 15: Qualification in Knowledge as a Precondition for Ijtihād and Fatwā

31:15
Lesson 16: The Qualification Required Before Issuing Fatwā

31:54
Lesson 17: The Ḥadīth of the Three Judges

30:17
Lesson 18: Al-Adab: Its Definition, Etymology, and Standing in the Practice of the Salaf

31:28
Lesson 19: The Precedence of Adab over ʿIlm among the Scholars

31:21

Introduction and Basics

Overview of Usūl al-Ḥadīth

Lesson 1: The Historical Development of the Principles of Ḥadīth Criticism

31:43
Lesson 2: The Era of the Sucessors and the First Two Centuries

31:28
Lesson 3: The Early Part of the Second Century

31:38
Lesson 4: The Third and Fourth Century

32:16
Lesson 5: From ar-Rāmahurmuzī to the Era of Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ

31:06
Lesson 6: The Fifth and Sixth Centuries

31:14
Lesson 7: The Seventh Century and the Muqaddimah of ʿAllāmah Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ

33:45
Lesson 8: The Eighth Century and the First Summaries

31:13
Lesson 9: Continuation of the Eight Century

30:02
Lesson 10: The Turn of The Ninth Century

30:19
Lesson 11: Works in the Ninth Century

29:33
Lesson 12:

32:11

Athar al-Ḥadīth

Qawāʿid fī ʿUlūm al-Ḥadīth

Al-Hidāyah

Introductory notes
The Method of Researching the Questions for Hidāyah
Questions for Lesson 1
Lesson 1 and Summary Notes

20:38
Regarding the Limits of Washing the Hands and Feet & Questions for Lesson 2
Lesson 2 (Lesson Overview)

29:22
Preparation to Mitigate Attacks on the Madhāhib
Summary Notes for Lesson 2 & Questions for Lesson 3
Lesson 3: (Lesson Overview)

32:51
Discussions surrounding the Ḥadīth found in Hidāyah
Lesson 4

42:31
Lesson 5: Lesson Overview

41:07
Lesson 6

39:13
Lesson 7

ʿUlūm al-Qurʾān

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Course Content

Muqaddimah Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ

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Lesson 1: ʿAllāmah Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ

Lesson 2: More about ʿAllāmah Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāh

Lesson 3: Continuation of the life of Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ

Lesson 4: Travel From Palestine to Damascus

Lesson 6: Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ’s Works and Composition

Lesson 7: The Name of the Book

Lesson 5: Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ’s Damascene Appointments

Lesson 8: The Name, Status, and Printed Editions of the Muqaddimah

Lesson 9: Introduction of the Author

Lesson 10: Continuation of the Opening Words of the Author

Lesson 11: The Closing of the Opening Formula and the Excellence of the Science of Ḥadīth

Lesson 12: Status of ʿUlūm al-Ḥadīth

Lesson 13: The Former Grandeur of the Science of Ḥadīth

Lesson 14: The Decline of the Interest of Ḥadīth

Lesson 15: The Need For the Book And its Contents

Lesson 16: Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ’s Closing Supplication and the Fahrasah of His Muqaddimah

Lesson 17: The 65 Anwāʿ of Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ’s Muqaddimah An Enumerated Index

Lesson 18: Objections of Ibn Kathir and Commncement of the Chapter on Sahih Hadith

Lesson 19: The Threefold Division of Ḥadīth and Its Attribution to Ahl al-Ḥadīth

Lamaḥāt

Book PDF

Lesson 1: Introduction

Lesson 2: Continuation of The Introduction

Lesson 3: Ḥadīth and Sunnah

Lesson 4: Distinct Modalities of Normative Guidance

Lesson 5: The Sunnah Authority and Indispensability

Lesson 6: The Sunnah as a Clarifier of the Qurʾān

Lesson 7: The Sunnah’s Indispensable Legislative Role

Lesson 8: The Companions’ Veneration and Love for the Prophet

Lesson 9: The Uprightness of the Companions and the Ruling on Their Disparagement

Lesson 10: Heretical Subversion of Prophetic Transmission

Lesson 11: The Invalidity of Ḥadīths Alleging Lying Against the Prophet ﷺ During His Lifetime

Lesson 12: Fabrications Alleging Lying Against the Prophet ﷺ

Lesson 13: Rejecting a Companion’s Report as Error, Not Falsehood

Lesson 14: The Onset of Fitnah and the Origins of Isnād Scrutiny

Lesson 15: The Emergence of Isnād Criticism and the Definition of the Fabricated Ḥadīth

Lesson 16: Theological and Legal Gravity of Lying Against the Prophet ﷺ

Lesson 17: Refuting the Khārijite Argument and the Prohibition of Narrating Fabricated Ḥadīth

Lesson 18: al-Ḥadīth al-Mawḍūʿ: Ruling, Recognition, and Causes of Fabrication

Lesson 19: The First Cause of Fabrication in Ḥadīth

Introduction to Authors (Imām Mālik)

Lesson 1: Overview of Ḥadīth Codification

Lesson 2: Brief Information on Imām Mālik

Lesson 3: Termination on the Discussion of Imām Mālik

Lesson 4: Muwaṭṭaʾ

Lesson 5: The Muwaṭṭaʾ of Imām Mālik – Method of Compilation Naming Sincerity of Authorship and Sources of Legal Derivation

Lesson 6: The Methodology of Legal Derivation in the Muwaṭṭaʾ

Lesson 7: Continuation on the Terminologies

Lesson 8: The Companions, Chains, and Transmitters of the Muwaṭṭaʾ

Lesson 9: Number of Narrations and Merits of the Muwatta

Lesson 10: Introducing the Muwaṭṭaʾ of Imām Mālik

Lesson 11: Benefits of the Muwaṭṭaʾ

Lesson 12: The Transmitters of the Muwaṭṭaʾ

Lesson 12: [Extra Notes]

Introduction to Authors (Imām Shāfiʿī)

Lesson 01: Lineage and Birth

Lesson 02: Teachers, Students, Travels and Praises

Lesson 03: Sciences, Kalam, Piety and Charachter

Lesson 04: Imām ash-Shāfiʿī’s Virtues, Generosity, and Final Years

Lesson 05: Books of Imām Shāfiʿī

Lesson 06: Completing the Authored Works, and the Books He Dictated

Lesson 07: The Third and Fourth Categories of Imām Shāfiʿī’s Books

Adab al-Ikhtilāf

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Lesson 1: The Imperative of Adab in the Face of Escalating Ikhtilāf

Lesson 2: The first aspect – Ikhtilāf

Lesson 3: The Domains of Ikhtilāf

Lesson 4: Raʾy and Juristic Disagreement

Lesson 5: Categories of Disagreement

Lesson 6: Typology and Causes of Scholarly Disagreement

Lesson 7: Arabic Language and Juristic Disagreement

Lesson 8: Juristic Disagreement and the Folly of Enforced Legal Uniformity

Lesson 9: Ikhtilāf as an Expansion of the Sharīʿah, and a Response to Albānī

Lesson 10: The Testimony of the Salaf on Ikhtilāf as Mercy and Broad Allowance

Lesson 11: Disagreement as Mercy: The Principle of as-Saʿah in the Sunnah