Every student of knowledge faces the same questions sooner or later: where do I begin? What do I study next? And how deeply do I need to go? This seminar addresses those questions directly, drawing on the classical wisdom of Imam Sajuqlizadah’s Tartīb al-ʿulūm.
Sajuqlizadah lays out a carefully reasoned sequence for acquiring the Islamic sciences — one that begins with the obligations of faith and Quran before advancing through grammar, logic, jurisprudence, theology, and the hadith sciences. He is equally clear about depth: drawing on al-Ghazālī, he distinguishes three levels of mastery in every discipline — limited, moderate, and thorough — and specifies what each one looks like in practice. The seminar also tackles a question that is rarely asked honestly: what does it actually mean to be a "complete" scholar? Sajuqlizadah's answer is searching and unsparing, and speaks directly to the credential culture of any era.
Taught by Dr Talal Al-Azem, a teacher and researcher specialising in fiqh, Islamic education, and formations of the self in Islam, this seminar offers students of knowledge a principled framework for structuring their learning — one that is rooted in the tradition and immediately applicable to their own path.
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1- Age group: Adults (18+) |
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2-Target demographic: Students of Islamic knowledge at any stage — from beginners wondering where to start, to advanced students seeking to evaluate and order their studies. Also valuable for teachers, scholars, and academics in Islamic studies. |
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3-Interest types: Islamic education and pedagogy, fiqh, hadith, Quranic sciences, theology (kalām), Islamic intellectual history, personal development and the ethics of knowledge-seeking. |
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