Bidayatul Abid: Beginning of the Worshipper
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Course Name: Bidayatul Abid: Beginning of the WorshipperBidayat al-Abid wa Kifayat al-Zahid is a primer on worship according to the school of the exemplary Imam, Ahmad bin Hanbal RH. It was written by the great Shaami Jurist Abdur Rahman bin Abdullah al-Ba’li al-Hanbali (1110-1192 AH).
This concise work covers issues pertaining to the rites and rituals of worship:
• Purification
• Prayer
• Funeral proceedings
• Zakat
• Fasting
• Hajj
The work is excellent in its simple presentation, and teachers and students can furthermore benefit from the author’s own commentary Bulooghul Qasid, which will be relied upon in presenting this course. By restricting it to only worship and make it concise as he said in his own words, that the reason he penned it was “to motivate the aspirant and to induce the one looking for gains.”
It is the goal of this course to teach this book over the course of nine 1 hour lessons, providing the student with a grounding in the essential matters of the Islamic practice.
Location
Pillars of Guidance Community Centre
9-11 Green St, Doveton Vic 3177