The Saturday Ulama programme held at the Madrasah under the auspices and Sadarat of Sayed Mufti Abdul Jaleel Saehb commenced this week. This is a weekly programme aimed to keep the Ulama abreast with contemporary issues and discussing the Shar’ie aspects of such issues. TIME: 9:30am - 12:00pm

Alhamdulillah, approximately 40 outside Ulama attended the programme.

For benefit of those Ulama who could not attend the programme a recorded version will be posted on our website. You may download the recording and also benefit from this programme.

A short summary of this weeks programme follows:

DISCOURSE 1: by Mufti Ebrahim Desai

Mufti Saheb discussed the concept of Heela (stratagems) in Shariah. Ulama experience difficulty in many Masaa’il like zakaat, nikah, talaaq etc. Mufti Saheb illustrated 10 such examples. For reference purposes, copies of the presentation are available from the Darul Ifta. You may also refer to the recording. This topic will continue this week and the issue of heela will be examined from Quraan and Hadith.

DISCOURSE 2: MUFTI ABDUL JAEEL SAHEB

Mufti Saheb discussed the importance of Qadha in Shariah and the need for Qadha in South Africa. Nabi (Salalaahu Alayhi Wasallam) himself issued 200 decrees which has been compiled in one book. Mufti Saheb discussed the history of Qadha in India and the importance that was given to this faculty by our all Akaabir. This was after certain Ulama advised Muslim women to become Murtad (renege on Islam) in order to cancel the Nikah from their abusive husbands. Approximately 300 women became Murtads.

DICOURSE 3: ADVOCATE SALIM KHAN

Advocate Salim Khan has kindly agreed to conduct discourses on the SA legal system for the benefit of the Ulama. This weeks discussion was about the court interdict preventing the media from printing the cartoons of Nabi (Salallaahu Alayhi Wasallam). Advocate Salim will continue his discourses for the next few weeks from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm.

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