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Assalamualaikum warahmatullah wa barakatuh

I have been to a few courses in Johannesburg.
Working in the corporate world means that I don’t really get a chance to devote my time to Studying Islam. So these weekend courses are perfect for me. The “Jamiat al ulema” has been slow to offer such courses but alhamdulilah launched their first weekend course this past weekend titled “Understanding the west and Muslim responsibilities”.

I really wanted to attend but unfortunately I couldn’t make it. They also covered the topic of Jihad which many scholars are afraid to cover, so it was quite refreshing to see them being pro active in tackling this subject. I hope they covered it in a forthright manner whichout watering things down to appease anybody. I doubt you will get a talk on Jihad from Al kauthar.
Al kauthar does have a course on the seerah of the prophet (saw) during the Madina period in Johannesburg on the25th and 26th of Feb. Its gonna be interesting to see how they try and bypass the battle of the battle of Tabuk and Surah Taubah.

Anyway coming to the topic of discussion. I have been to a number of these Al kauthar courses. The historical ones are excellent in their presentation, detail, referencing and the application of lessons to our lives.

The fiqh courses are fascinating for me as a beginner student. Even though I am a hanafi and I follow the hanafi madhab, I don’t want to limit my knowledge to my madhab only. I enjoy learning about all the madhabs and the views of other scholars like Sufyaan al thawri, ibn Hazam from the Dhahiri Madhab and Ibn Taymiyah.
I might not agree with some of these scholars but I still enjoy learning about their view.

The instructor usually presents the various views and the reasons why the scholars differed. They tend to be very open to the following of madhabs and I have yet to hear any of the instructors urging students to leave their madhab.


Wasalaam