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Join us for the next Seekers Circle at 7pm Fridays from 8 June, Unitec, Carrington Rd, Red Lecture Theatre, Bldg 180.
New Seekers Circle: The Heart of the Ihya: Prophetic Character. Seekers Circles lectures are webcast to more than two dozen cities worldwide. In Auckland, the venue is Unitec Mt Albert. Join us for the next Seekers Circle at 7pm Fridays from 8 June, Unitec, Carrington Rd, Red Lecture Theatre, Bldg 180.
Everyone is welcome and all that’s asked for is a $5 donation to cover costs for the local organisers, RMDT.
A new 10-week series of lectures starts on Friday 8 June. The two-hour webcasts begin at 7pm. The venue is the Red Lecture Theatre on the ground floor of Building 180 at Unitec. From Carrington Road, enter the campus via Gate 3, go all the way along Farm Road and turn left into the car park; the theatre is about 50 metres away. For details please call 021 054 8443 or email davidblocksidge@yahoo.com.
This Seekers Circle will cover Book 20 of Imam al-Ghazzali’s Ihya ‘Ulum ud-Deen, known as the Heart of the Ihya: Prophetic Character. Allah described him as the one with exalted character, and the best exemplar. True happiness is to be found in imitating the sunnah of the Beloved and Final Messenger of Allah, a topic this series will cover in depth.
The lecturers will be Shaykh Yahya Rhodus, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and Imam Afroz Ali. Shaykh Faraz is the Educational Director of SeekersGuidance and Imam Afroz is its Managing Director.
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Mizaan al-’Amal
Balanced Criterion of Action – A Classical Text by Imam al-Ghazzali
A 12-session weekly program
Introduced by Shaykh Yahya Rhodus
Taught by Imam Afroz Ali
Mizaan al-’Amal or The Balanced Criterion of Action is one of the most important texts which is as applicable to today’s environment as it was during the time of the author, Imam Ghazzali. This 12-session weekly class will cover sections of the text that is most important for us to strive for, with ample time for questions, answers and discussions in a new format of the ongoing, Globally Accessible Program, SeekersCircle.
Date: A 12-week Study Circle, starting from 17 February, 2012
Time: Fridays, 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Where: Red Theatre, Room B001, Building 180, Unitec, Carrington Road, Mount Albert, Gate 3 (follow RMDT signs to lecture hall)
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SeekersCircle: Beginning of Guidance
A study of the classical treatise by Imam al-Ghazzali
“You who are desirous of acquiring sacred knowledge, expressing in yourself a sincere longing and passionate thirst for it, know that if you aim in seeking knowledge is to compete, show off, outdo your peers, garner attention, and amass the debris of this world, then you are on your way to rendering your religion null and void, destroying yourself, and selling your eternal life for this present one… But if, in seeking knowledge, your intention and aim, between Allah Most High and yourself, is to gain guidance, and not simply the transmission of information, then glad tidings be to you. The angels will spread their wings for you as you walk and the fish in the sea will ask forgiveness for you as you strive. You should know before all else that guidance, which is the fruit of knowledge, has a beginning and an end, an outward aspect and an inward essence. [And] there is no way to reach the end without mastering the beginning…,” – Imam al-Ghazzali in his Beginning of Guidance
Join Imam Afroz Ali and Ustadha Zaynab Ansari in a special SeekersCircle covering al-Ghazzali’s text The Beginning of Guidance; providing an exposition of the correct means by which the seeker begins their journey to their Lord, so that they may achieve their goal of their aim.
Date: An 8-week Study Circle, starting from 21 October, 2011
Time: Fridays, 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Where: Unitec, Carrington Road, Mount Albert, Gate 4 (follow RMDT signs to lecture hall)
