Date: 11th June 2010

Title: The Best of Teaching and Learning: Reflections on Islamic Education
 
Speakers: Sheikh Faraz Rabbani and Sheikh Abu Aliyah
 
6.45pm, 11th June 2009
@ Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place, off Edgware Rd, London W1
 
Event Details:

Teaching and learning are fundamental to acquiring the basics of our faith. But is religious teaching and learning something that is confined to the madrasa? And is there more than way besides rote learning to learn about our faith? Come and hear two renouned teachers, Sheikh Faraz Rabani (Toronto) and Sheikh Abu Aliyah (London) reflect upon the importance of continuing Islamic education for life.
 
Sheikh Abu Aliyah will start by sharing some of the beautiful characteristics of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) as a teacher, and some of the ways that he taught his Companions. Indeed as the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) affirmed: "I was only sent as a teacher."

Sheikh Faraz Rabbani will explain the need for ongoing learning among Muslims and will examine the sort of religious learning that not only develops one's "religious knowledge base" but more importantly enables us to grow both spiritually and as human beings. The critical role of teachers in facilitating the spiritual journey will be discussed, as well as some of the key characteristics of teachers that any student should look for.
 
Sheikh Faraz Rabbani undertook his Islamic Studies in Syria, Jordan and Pakistan between 1997-2007, having studied with Sheikh Haytham Idilbi, Sheikh Abd al-Rahman Kharsa, Sheikh Abd al-Haleem Abu Sha`r, Sheikh Umar al-Sabbagh, Sayyidi Sheikh Adib Kallas, Sheikh Muhammad Jumuah, Sheikh Abd al-Razzaq al-Halabi, and many others. In 2007 he returned to his hometown of Toronto, Canada, where he lives and teaches both face-to-face and online through Seekers Guidance. A regular lecturer on Islam, he has also published two books: Sufism and Good Character and Absolute Essentials of Islam.
 
Sheikh Abu Aliyah is the Director of the Ibn Jawziyyah Institute, and has undertaken his Islamic studies with a number of scholars including Sheikh Abdullah Al-Farsi, Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Luwayhiq, and Sheikh Haytham al-Haddad. He has taught and lectured on Islam for two decades, and serves as an imam at a mosque in Goodmayes, East London, as well as undertaking pastoral work in the community.
 
Free entrance. All welcome.