Certainty in an Age of Uncertainty

Houston Quran Academy

26 JULY

12PM-6:30pm | $20 Entry

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Presented by Sh. Fahad Tasleem

5500 Farm to Market 2920, Spring, TX 77388

Why take this Course?

A transformative course that will equip you with the necessary rational, epistemic, and psycho-spiritual tools to deal with destructive doubts.

Are you or someone you know doubting Islam?

Do you find yourself struggling to find answers?

Do you have a hard time speaking to someone about Islam?

Are you considering Islam but are unsure about certain concepts?

Who is this Course for?

STUDENTS &
WORKING PROFESSIONALS

Students & Working Professionals trying to reconcile an Islamic Identity with the vicissitudes of college or professional life.

LEADERS

Community leaders, Imāms or Activists who deal with people who suffer from doubts and are interested in learning how to better articulate the foundations of Islam in a modern context.

PARENTS

Parents who are trying to understand their children’s environment and the social and mental pressures therein that may cause doubts about Islam.

EX-MUSLIMS

People that have left Islam because of intellectual, spiritual or emotive doubts.

NON-MUSLIMS

Non-Muslims thinking about embracing Islam but have some questions or doubts about Islam.

DŪ'AT

Preachers, activists, students of knowledge or duāt engaged in the work of sharing Islam (da’wah)

WHAT WILL BE COVERED?

COURSE STRUCTURE

THE METAPHYSICAL BACKDROP

Introduction to the Course

​What is a Worldview?

Components of a Worldview

The Islamic vs. The Modern Worldview

“Original Normative Disposition”

The Fītrah & Rationality

The Nature of the Heart

The Heart’s Main Fitan

Today’s Crisis and Challenges

The Source of Doubts

STRATEGIES FOR DEALING WITH DOUBTS

Strategy #1: Be Aware

Strategy #2: No Attention

Strategy #3: Make The Distinction

Strategy #4: Your Environment

  • Spiritual Health Of The Heart
  • Social conformity
  • What do the Qur’an & Sunnah say?
  • How do we help others?

Strategy #5: Study Islam

  • Etymology of the Term “Shubuhat”
  • Light as a Parable
  • Studying Islam vs. Studying…
  • The Spiritual Prerequisite
  • Case Study: Women’s Inheritance
  • Case Study: Age of Consent

STRATEGIES FOR DEALING WITH DOUBTS

Strategy #6: Critical Thinking:

  • Critical Thinking Defined
  • Logical Fallacies
  • Quranic Encouragement to Think Critically
  • Awakening the Truth Within
  • Philosophical Doubts
  • Scientific Doubts
  • Moral / Ethical Doubts

Strategy #7: Find a Specialist

Strategy #8: Dealing with Trauma:

  • Trauma Defined
  • Suffering & Meaning
  • Alternate Meanings to Suffering
  • Another Glance at Worldviews

Strategy #9: Focus on the Heart:

  • The Connection between Doubts & Spirituality
  • Spiritual Diseases
  • Means to Purify the Heart

Strategy #10: Du'ā

About The Instructor

Fahad Tasleem

United States

Fahad Tasleem holds a BA in Economics, Graduate Studies in Middle Eastern Studies with a focus on Islamic Theology and an MSc in Business. He is a student, researcher and teacher of various Islamic sciences.
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Certainty in an Age of Uncertainty

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12PM-6:30pm
A transformative course that will equip you with the necessary rational, epistemic, and psycho-spiritual tools to deal with destructive doubts.
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