Law of Worship According to the Shafi’i School
The Mukhtasar al-Latif Feemaa Laa Budda li Kulli Muslim min Ma’rifatihi fi Al-’Ibaadaat (A Short Summary of That Which Every Muslim Needs to Know Concerning Worship) of al-Imam ‘Abd-Allah Ibn ‘Abd-al-Rahman BaFadl al-Hadrami (d. 918 H) is an aptly concise summation of the essentials of worship according to the Shafi’i school of Islamic juristic interpretation. In the text, the author concisely stated the conditions, integrals, necessities and desirabilities (mustahabbaat) of the various acts of worship in Islam; and what nullifies them. Likewise, the author succinctly supplied his readers with additional essential information relating to these acts, the knowledge of which is imperative for their correct performance. He also guided the reader to the correct way of rectifying mistakes made in the acts of worship as well as penalties relating to the neglect of these acts, or aspects of these acts.
The text begins with the chapter of purification and ends with the chapter of hajj. The breviloquent and compendiary nature of the text renders it ideal for all who desire an overview of the essentials of worship according to the Shafi’i school.
In this 13 (+) week course, Shaykh AbdulKarim Yayha will guide students through the chapters on purification and prayer, up to the forgetfulness prostration, enabling practical implementation of the material. Classes will be delivered live online and students should commit to attending all of them and participating, in order to fully benefit.
Please note that due to the teacher’s travel commitments, it is possible that classes will not take place on some weeks, although all the chapters mentioned will be covered and in total there will be a minimum of 13 classes.
Free LIVE class: Mondays at 6pm PST | 9pm EST | 2am GMT | 1pm Sydney (Tuesday morning)
1st Class: Monday, November 14.
- Lesson 1 Purification, its Aims and Ablution
- Lesson 2 Causes of Ritual Impurity and Related Prohibited Actions
- Lesson 3 The Purifying Bath and Manners in the Lavatory
- Lesson 4 Water and Conditions of Ritual Purity
- Lesson 5 Purifying Objects from Filth
- Lesson 6 Dry Ablution (Tayammum)
- Lesson 7 Conditions of Dry Ablution
- Lesson 8 Prayer Times
- Lesson 9 Conditions for the Obligation of Prayer
- Lesson 10 Preconditions of the Prayer
- Lesson 11 Integrals of the Prayer
- Lesson 12 Sunnas and Invalidators of the Prayer
Born and raised in Berkeley, California, Shaykh AbdulKarim Yahya, by the Grace of Allah, embraced Islam in 1989 in his home city. In 1996, having been inspired to study religious knowledge by the books of Imam Ghazali (Allah be pleased with him) and the call for the revival of Islamic knowledge, he traveled with his family to Damascus, Syria where he embarked on a course of active pursuit of knowledge. During his two-year stay in Damascus he focused his attention on the acquisition of an elementary knowledge of the Arabic language and Quranic recitation, studying the latter under the tutelage of the highly respected Shaykh of Qur’an Abu Anas (Allah preserve him) at the Rawda Mosque in Damascus. Thereafter he moved on with his family to Tarim, Hadramaut where he currently resides.
As a student at Dar al-Mustafa he has primarily turned his efforts towards keeping the company of his Shaykhs’ from the noble prophetic descendents of Ba Alawi and their lovers as well as attaining a knowledge of the Islamic Sciences. Specializing in jurisprudence according to the school of Muhammad Bin Idris al-Shafi’i (Allah be pleased with him), Shaykh AbdulKarim has studied the curriculum of jurisprudence at Dar al-Mustafa all the way to the Minhaj of Imam Nawawi (Allah be pleased him).
Since 1998, Shaykh AbdulKarim has been studying at the hands of Habib Umar and his older brother Habib Mashhour, the two sons of the late Habib Muhammad Bin Salim Bin Hafiz, as well as the other teachers of Dar al-Mustafa in Tarim, Hadramaut. Shaykh AbdulKarim has been given permission to answer questions according to the Shafi’i School as well as to teach jurisprudence, Arabic Grammar, and other disciplines by his Shaykh Habib Umar, Allah preserve him. He has also worked extensively as a translator For Habib Umar Bin Hafiz and Habib Ali al-Jifri (Allah preserve both of them).