This course will covering the opening book of Imam al-Ghazali’s monumental Revivification of the Religious Disciplines entitled, The Book of Knowledge. In this text, Imam al-Ghazali lays out the centrality of knowledge as the focal point of religious development as a basis for the forthcoming books. In this course, students will learn which types of knowledge are the duty of each person to learn, which are a duty for the community to preserve, and the important distinction between beneficial and blameworthy knowledge. For students, this course will serve as a blueprint for the knowledge acquired in the other courses, as well as the knowledge to be attained throughout our lifetime.
Book of Knowledge: Session 02
Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
Konya, Turkey
Rihla 2014
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