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04-01-2005, 11:02 PM

Asalamualaikum wa rahmatullah

Temple and UPENN Universitys' MSA presents…

“A WEEKEND IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OUR MESSENGER SAL'ALLAHUALAIHIWASALAM…”

Imam Nawawi's 40 Hadith commentated by
Mufti Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf

Location: The Foundation for Islamic Education
Villanova, PA 19085
1860 Montgomery Ave.
www.fiesite.org

Date: Saturday January 15th – Monday, January 17th

Time: Registration will be 9:00 am-11:00 am on Saturday. The program will conclude Monday afternoon.

Cost: Weekend registration is $70 per person and includes meals and overnight accommodations. Day passes will also be available for $25 per day.

RESERVE YOUR SPOT BY REGISTERING NOW!

Mufti Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf from California will be hosting a three day
intensive entitled "A Weekend in the Footsteps of the Messenger of Allah
(Salallahu alayhi wa sallam)" (check out his bio below)
Over the weekend, students will be covering Imam Nawawi's collection of
Forty Hadith and Saviors of the Islamic Spirit (biographies of prominent
Muslim figures in Islamic history).

For more questions or comments, email shahidm@temple.edu, or
mubeen.husain@temple.edu

*Shaykh Abdurrahman studied primarily at Darul Uloom Bury, North England for
more than 11 years, where he completed his hifz and 'alim class. A portion
of the 'alim class was studied in Gujrat. He has also completed the six
books of Hadith along with the Muwattas of Imam Malik and Imam Muhammad.

After graduating from Darul Uloom Bury, Shaykh Abdurrahman went to Madrasah
Zakariyyah in South Africa and studied part-time with Mufti Radha al-Haq. He
also completed a BA Honors degree at Rand Afrikaans University in
Johannesburg under Prof. Dr. Abdurrahman Doi.

He then traveled to Syria, where he received authorization [ijaza] from
Shaykh Abd al-Razzaq al-Halabi for reciting the entire Qur'an from memory
[hifz],and from Shaykh Adib Kallas for studying the Sharh al-Fiqh al-Akbar
of Mulla Ali Qari, and attending lectures on other classiscal texts on
Aqida.

His following year was spent in Saharanpur, India completing the Ifta'
course. This involved studying al-Ashbah wa 'l-naza'ir of Ibn Nujaym, Siraji
in Mirath, the chapter on Buyu', Ijarah, etc, Waqf, and qada of the al-Durr
al-mukhtar. Also studied the following in Usul al-Hadith: Qafw al-athar,
al-Raf' wa 'l-Takmil fil Jarh wa '-lta'dil of Lakhnawi, and half of Suyuti's
Tadrib al-Rawi. The latter books were part of the Takhassus fil Hadith
course.

Shaykh Abdurrahman also aquired the ijaza of the great hadith scholars
Shaykh Muhaddith Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami through his student Shaykh Mufti
Zayn al-'Abidin, head of the Takhassus fil Hadith program. He also had the
fortunate opportunity to read the awa'il [first hadiths] of the primary nine
hadith collection to Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi in Nadwat al-'Ulama,
Lukhnow and received his Ijazah. Also received the ijaza of Shaykh Muhammad
al-'Awwama the Sgreat Syrian hadith scholar, who is currently living in
Madina Munawwara.

The shaykh has worked on the following books:

Fiqh al-Imam: Key Proofs in Hanafi Fiqh (third edition published)
Provisions for the Seekers (second edition to be published)
Reflections of Pearls (Co-authored)
Translation of the Fiqh al-Akbar with Maghnisawi's commentary (unpublished)

He is currently an Imam at a Southern California masjid.

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PLEASE E-MAIL

shahidm@temple.edu (preferably Brothers only)

or

mubeen.husain@temple.edu (preferably Sisters only)
(although if you cannot get in touch with one or the other then you may contact the other.)

FOR THE RETREAT FLYER AND REGISTRATION FORM. Jazak'Allahkhairun

Walaikumasalam wa rahmatullah