On Friday September 17th, SeekersGuidance kick-started the Critical Seminars in Istanbul, Turkey at Bilim ve İnsan Vakfı Genel Merkezi with our esteemed guest speakers including Shaykh Basim Itani, Shaykh Muhammad Badhib, and Shaykh Abd al-Rahman Kharsa, and Shaykh Faraz Rabbani amongst many other distinguished teachers. The first of the Istanbul Critical Issues Seminars was titled, […]

SeekersGuidance’s International House of Manuscripts (Dar al Makhtutat) is excited to announce its first annual international conference on Manuscripts of the 7th Century. When/ Where: November 3 and 4, 2021 – Sultanahmet Medrese, Istanbul November 5 and 6, 2021 – Muradiye Complex, Bursa The Concept: The predominant belief for a long time throughout the academic […]

فصلٌ جديد في ارتقاء طالب العلم في معارج العلوم الشرعيَّة للوصول إلى التقوى. إعلان انطلاقةِ الفصل السادس لدار الفقهاء.   بينما يتعافى العالمُ من عمليّاتِ الإغلاق واسعة النّطاق ، يُسعِدُنا أن نعلن أنّ معهد نور الهدى – دار الفقهاء قد حصل على إذنٍ بإعادة فتحِ أبوابه لعددٍ محدودٍ من الطلَّابِ في مدرسة السلطانِ أحمد في […]

تُعنى الدورة الأولى للمقامات الشرقية بالتعرف إلى المقامات السبعة الأصلية في الموسيقا الشرقية، والتي تتفرع عنها باقي المقامات، وتتضمن الدورة شطرين: شطرًا نظريًا وشطرًا تطبيقيًا الزمان: ١٥-٢٨\٠٧\٢٠٢١ م المكان: مدرسة السلطان أحمد في إستانبول العدد الكلي للمشاركين: 20 آخر تاريخ لقبول الطلبات: ٢٣\٠٦\٢٠٢١ Introducing the 2021 Dar al Muwashahat Intensive: Eastern Maqamat for Beginners This […]

تُعنى منظومة الدورات (المتقدِّمة) التي تتبنَّاها (الدار) بنقل المتدرِّب من الأفكار التأسيسية وإجراءاتها العامَّة لمنهجية التحقيق إلى بناء الوعي بأبعاد هذه المنهجية وإجراءاتها التفصيلية.  وتتضمن الدورة شطرين: شطرًا نظريًا وشطرًا عمليًا الزمان: ١/ ٧/ ٢٠٢١م المكان: دار المخطوطات في إستانبول / مدرسة السلطان أحمد مدة الدورة: ١٠ أيام عدد المشاركين: ٢٠ آخر تاريخ لقبول الطلبات: […]

SeekersGuidance’s Dar al-Fuqaha program and our Global Manuscript Institute are now both hosted at the historic Sultan Ahmet Madrasa, between the Blue Mosque and Aya Sophia Earlier this month SeekersGuidance penned a monumental agreement with the Sultanahmet Vakf to continue the Dar al Fuqaha Seminary program from  the historical Sultan Ahmet Madrasa. Located between two […]

Registration Open: Term Three 2020 at the Dar al Fuqaha Seminary As we inch towards the end of the year, we begin our last semester at the Dar al-Fuqaha Seminary. This term we present you with courses from leading scholars including Shaykh Salih al Ghursi, Dr Mahmud Masri, Shaykh Muhammad Qaylish and more! As we […]

Every year hundreds of thousands of seekers flock to Konya to visit the resting place of the great poet, mystic, and scholar Jalaluddin Rumi, or as he is more endearingly known by his lovers, Mevlana. The Journey Begins Last week we the SeekersGuidance Istanbul team–accompanied by Shaykh Mahmud Masri–embarked upon a journey to the city […]

Earlier this year, SeekersGuidance in partnership with the Sultan Mehmet Fatih University launched the Dar al Fuqaha Seminary in Istanbul, an important project to train the next generation of scholars. Term One classes from the Dar al Fuqaha Seminary, are now available on the SeekersGuidance Course Catalog. Courses are taught by leading scholars including: Shaykh […]

As spring brings forth new life at the beautiful Mevlavihanesi in Istanbul, a new term begins at the Dar al Fuqaha Seminary, bringing life-changing knowledge to students from around the world. Term Two Classes began on June 6, 2020, the Ijaza Program —with leading scholars including Shaykh Usama al-Rifa’i, Shaykh Khalid Kharsa, Shaykh Ismail Majzub, […]

There’s a story in ‘al-Risala al-Qushayriyya’ of a young man who regularly attended a gathering (majlis), when he heard a shaykh discussing sincerity: how is it, how should it be when performing actions, etc. The young man found this heavy upon himself, and from that day forward he made a firm intention that he would […]