Rooted in the teachings of The Essentials of Islam by Imam Ahmed bin Zain Al Habashy, this course embarks on a foundational journey through the core aspects of Islamic belief, worship, and etiquette, guided by the principles of the Shafi’i school of jurisprudence.
By exploring key topics, students will acquire practical knowledge to implement in their daily lives, providing a vital pathway to deepen their connection with Allah and live purposefully in accordance with Islamic teachings.
Shaykh Zakaria Abdelaziz is a graduate with honours from Dar al-Mustafa’s rigorous Alamiyya Program. The three-year program is the highest level of Shari'ah studies offered at Dar al-Mustafa in Tarim, Yemen, and is preceded by seven years of classical training in the ancillary, revelatory, and theoretical sciences.
Having completed ten years of meticulous full-time study with qualified scholars, Shaykh Zakaria was appointed as lecturer at Dar al-Mustafa from 2017 to 2018. He has been granted authorizations (ijazah) in the field of Canonical Qur’anic Recitations (‘Ilm al-Qira’at), Hadith Narration and Understanding (Riwaya wa Dirayat al-Hadith) and Islamic Law (Fiqh) in the Shafi’i School.
Shaykh Zakaria is also qualified to teach Qur’anic Exegesis (tafsir al-qur’an), Ethics (‘Ilm al-Akhlaq), Legal Theory (Usul al-Fiqh), Ilm al-Kalam (Scholastic Theology), Logic (Mantiq), Dialectics (Al-Bahth wa al-Munazara), Arabic Morphology (Sarf), Arabic Grammar (Nahw), Arabic Rhetoric (Balagha), and Arabic Literature (Adab).
