Aqeedah Tahawiyyah with Mufti Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera - Sunday 20th July 2008

Published by MuslimBro on 8 July, 2008 - 17:39

Aqeedah Tahaawiyya

The Aqeedah is the famous work of Imam Abu Ja'far Al-Tahawi, the great Mujtahid Imam and scholar, which represents the creed of the Ahl Sunnah wa 'l-Jama'ah in relation to Allah Most High, His Divine Attributes, His Books, His Messengers, His Angels, the Day of Judgement, destiny and life after death.

This work though small in size is a basic text for all times. It lists comprehensively what all Muslims must know, believe and inwardly understand, and it has long been the most widely acclaimed, and indeed indispensable reference work on Muslim belief.

The course (one day intensive)

The student shall be taken through a summary of the key elements of Aqeedah Tahawiyyah.

Mufti Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera* will present these fundamentals of Muslim belief as a living and dynamic reality, providing the student with a well versed and clear explanation of this essential text from clear proofs in the Qur'an and authenticated teachings of our beloved Prophet (S.A.W), as understood and practised by his illustrious Companions (R.A.)

Date: Sunday 20th July 2008
Time: 10am - 5.30pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre B, St George's University of London, Tooting, London, SW17 (entrance via St James Wing, St George's Hospital, Effort Street. Ask for the main hospital reception, and Lecture Theatre B is along the corridor that leads to the university from main hospital reception.)

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*Teacher
Mufti Abdur-Rahman Ibn Yusuf
(Full bio at: )

Mufti Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera has been studying traditional Islamic sciences and authoring scholarly works for many years. Training initially at Darul Uloom Bury, UK, he memorized the Qur'an by age 15 and completed a Shari'ah program. He graduated with certifications (ijazah) in numerous disciplines, including Arabic, Islamic jurisprudence, and hadith (with emphasis on the 6 authentic books of hadith (Sahih Sitta) & Muwattas of Imam Malik and Imam Muhammad).

In South Africa he gained specialized training in answering legal questions (ifta), completed a B.A. with honours in Islamic Studies, and gained ijazah after reading Mulla 'Ali al-Qari's Sharh al-Fiqh al-Akbar.

In India, Mufti received authorization to issue legal rulings (fatawa), after studying many classical jurisprudential texts, including, Ibn Nujaym's Al-Ashbah wa 'l-naza'ir and 'Allama Haskafi's Al-Durr al-mukhtar (along with its commentary, Radd al-muhtar, by 'Allama Ibn 'Abidin al-Shami).

To date, Mufti Abdur-Rahman has written and translated many texts including Fiqh al-Imam: Key Proofs in Hanafi Fiqh (1996), Reflections of Pearls (1995), & Imam Abu Hanifa's Al-Fiqh al-Akbar, along with its commentary.

He is currently in the UK and continues to work on scholarly publications. Some of his lectures can be found at and . His books can be found at

Imam Tahawi

Imam Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad bin Salamah bin Salmah bin 'Abd al Malik bin Salmah bin Sulaim bin Sulaiman bin Jawab Azdi, popularly known as Imam Tahawi, after his birth-place in Egypt, is among the most outstanding authorities of the Islamic world on Hadith and Fiqh (jurisprudence). He lived 239-321 AH, an epoch when both the direct and indirect disciples of the four Imams (Imam Abu Hanifah, Imam Malik, Imam Shafi'i and Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal) were teaching and practicing. This period was the zenith of Hadith and Fiqh studies, and Imam Tahawi studied with all the living authorities of the day. He began as a student of his maternal uncle, Isma'il bin Yahya al-Muzani, a leading disciple of Imam Shafi'i. Instinctively however, Imam Tahawi felt drawn to the corpus of Imam Abu Hanifah's works. Indeed he had seen his uncle and teacher turning to the works of Hanafi scholars to resolve thorny issues of Fiqh, drawing heavily on the writings of Imam Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan al-Shaybani and Imam Abu Yusuf, who had codified Hanafi Fiqh. This led Imam Tahawi to devote his whole attention to studying the Hanafi works and he eventually joined the Hanafi school.