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Usul al-Fiqh: Foundations

How rulings are derived — sources, evidence, and the reasoning of the jurists. A live seminar for serious students.

8 weeks · live · 32 lessons83 enrolledClasses start Oct 9
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Length

8 weeks · live

Level

Advanced

Assessment

Auto-graded quizzes · nothing is locked

Certificate

Earned on the final assessment

Language

English · transcripts included

Enrolled

83 learners

What you’ll be able to do

  • Grasp the core principles of fiqh from a qualified scholar
  • Turn each lesson into practice you can apply the same week
  • Follow one clear path from the fundamentals to confidence
  • Learn live with a real cohort — every session recorded
  • Check your understanding with a quiz after every module
  • Earn a shareable, verifiable certificate on completion

Week by week

8 modules · 32 lessons
1Week 1 — What usul al-fiqh is for
  • Live session — What usul al-fiqh is forFree90m live
  • What usul al-fiqh is for — worked through14m
  • Reading: what usul al-fiqh is for9 pages
  • What usul al-fiqh is for — checkpoint8 questions
2Week 2 — The Qur'an as a source
  • Live session — The Qur'an as a source90m live
  • The Qur'an as a source — worked through10m
  • Reading: the qur'an as a source12 pages
  • The Qur'an as a source — checkpoint8 questions
3Week 3 — The Sunnah as a source
  • Live session — The Sunnah as a source90m live
  • The Sunnah as a source — worked through15m
  • Reading: the sunnah as a source7 pages
  • The Sunnah as a source — checkpoint8 questions
4Week 4 — Ijma' and qiyas
  • Live session — Ijma' and qiyas90m live
  • Ijma' and qiyas — worked through11m
  • Reading: ijma' and qiyas10 pages
  • Ijma' and qiyas — checkpoint8 questions
5Week 5 — Commands, prohibitions and their scope
  • Live session — Commands, prohibitions and their scope90m live
  • Commands, prohibitions and their scope — worked through16m
  • Reading: commands, prohibitions and their scope13 pages
  • Commands, prohibitions and their scope — checkpoint8 questions
6Week 6 — General and specific
  • Live session — General and specific90m live
  • General and specific — worked through12m
  • Reading: general and specific8 pages
  • General and specific — checkpoint8 questions
7Week 7 — Abrogation and apparent conflict
  • Live session — Abrogation and apparent conflict90m live
  • Abrogation and apparent conflict — worked through17m
  • Reading: abrogation and apparent conflict11 pages
  • Abrogation and apparent conflict — checkpoint8 questions
8Week 8 — How a mujtahid reasons
  • Live session — How a mujtahid reasons90m live
  • How a mujtahid reasons — worked through13m
  • Reading: how a mujtahid reasons6 pages
  • Final assessment20 questions

The syllabus is public for discovery. Enrolling opens every module at once — study in any order — and the first lesson is a free preview.

Your teacher

Shaykh Abdullah Rahimi

Shaykh Abdullah Rahimi

Senior Scholar · Leadership & Fiqh · Cairo, Egypt

4.83,900 students

Shaykh Abdullah Rahimi has taught for over eighteen years, pairing classical training in the Islamic sciences with two decades advising community organisations.

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