Scripture in Islam is broader than that which comprises the Qu'ran; it also includes the normative legacy of our prophet ﷺ, more commonly known as 'the Sunnah'. This introductory course will introduce students to the basic classifications of hadith, the history of its compilation, key terminologies, and the primary/secondary collections (i.e., the sources of hadith).
Shaykh Ammar Jakda was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario. After completing his high school education, he traveled to Gujarat, India, where he completed the memorization of the Qur’an. His pursuit of Islamic knowledge then took him to the United Kingdom, where he studied for a number of years at Jamiatul Ilm Wal Huda in Blackburn, before continuing his studies at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama in Lucknow, India, one of the most prestigious seminaries in the Muslim world, from which he graduated as an ʿālim. He later spent two years in Istanbul, Türkiye, specializing in the Islamic rational sciences, particularly theology and logic.
Shaykh Ammar currently serves as the Director and Lead Instructor at Tamhid Institute, and is also pursuing an undergraduate degree in Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto.
