2023 – Semester 4

This course will give the attendee a better understanding of jurisprudence, as well as addressing the emulation of a scholar. As a practicing Muslim you must ensure that you have done your utmost to know God's law. Unless you can take the path of the Mujtahid, the next surest way is to do taglid of the best jurist. In this way, you guarantee that you are free from blame vis-à-vis your duty to God because you are making your best effort to know and follow the law by relying on the top expert in the field. This workshop gives [...]

This course will give the attendee a better understanding of self-deception, and how to free ourselves to see a better outcome. Self-deception can blind us to real causes behind problems - not only does it erode our effectiveness in work and life, it can spread like a virus to infect everyone around us. Self-deception is a process of denying or rationalizing away the relevance, significance, or importance of opposing evidence and logical argument. Self-deception involves convincing oneself of a truth (or lack of truth) so that one does not reveal any self-knowledge of the deception. These sessions explains the [...]