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Essentials of Worship: Shurunbulali’s Nur al-Idah

Allah Most High says, “I have not created jinn nor mankind except  to worship Me.” (Quran, 51:56)

This course, taught by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani (a world-renowned scholar of Islamic studies)  helps you fulfill that purpose with clarity, sound knowledge, and confidence in your day-to-day worship.

Using Imam Shurunbulali’s Ascent to Felicity—a clear, concise, and reliable manual of Hanafi fiqh (capably translated by Shaykh Faraz Khan)—you will learn the detailed rules of purification, prayer, fasting, zakat, and hajj. 

 

The course explains the rulings, their wisdoms, and common real-life cases, so you know what to do, when, and why.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Perform wudu, ghusl, and removal of filth soundly and confidently

  • Pray correctly, with presence of heart and peace of mind

  • Fast Ramadan properly and handle common real-life issues

  • Work out and pay your zakat in a clear, reliable way

  • Understand and prepare for the essentials of hajj and ‘umrah

This course is taught according to the Hanafi school.
If you follow the Shafi‘i school, please take our parallel Shafi‘i course on worship instead.

 

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Total Lesson: 36
Number of hours: 141
Weightage: 24
Skill Level: Beginner
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About the text:

This course is based on Ascent to Felicity (Maraqi al-Sa‘adat), a concise yet comprehensive manual on Islamic creed and the jurisprudence of worship by the late Ottoman Hanafi jurist, Imam Abu ’l-Ikhlas Hasan ibn ‘Ammar al-Shurunbulali (d. 1069 AH / 1659 CE).(firdousbooks.com)

The book is structured around the pillars of Islam. It covers:

Core beliefs (iman)

The detailed rulings of purification and prayer

Fasting

Zakat

Hajj

Imam Shurunbulali is best known for his larger primer Nur al-Idah and its famous commentary Maraqi al-Falah, both central texts in traditional Hanafi curricula. Both of these are taught at SeekersGuidance–at Level Two and Three [links] 

Ascent to Felicity is his later, streamlined summary of the same subject matter, completed near the end of his life, making it an ideal “first full text” before tackling Nur al-Idah. 

The English translation used in this course presents the full matn with clear, readable language. It is enriched with explanatory notes drawn from reliable works of Hanafi fiqh and Sunni theology, along with useful appendices—such as supplications related to the pillars and the etiquette of visiting the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace).(albalaghbooks.com)

All of this makes Ascent to Felicity particularly useful for you as a student: it is brief enough to complete and review, structured enough to memorize and map, yet detailed and reliable enough to guide real-life worship with clarity and confidence.
About the Author:

About the Author

Imam Abu ’l-Ikhlas Hasan ibn ‘Ammar al-Shurunbulali (d. 1069 AH / 1659 CE) was a major Egyptian Hanafi jurist and theologian of the Ottoman era. Born in Upper Egypt, he was taken as a child to Cairo, where he memorized the Quran and the Islamic sciences. In Cairo, he went on to study and teach at al-Azhar. He became one of the foremost Hanafi jurists (fuqaha’) of his time and a key reference for fatwa in the Hanafi school. 

He is best known for his celebrated primer Nur al-Idah and its commentary Maraqi al-Falah. Both of these became standard texts in traditional Hanafi curricula across the world.

He is also famous for his supercommentary (hashiya) on the Durar of Mulla Khusro (one of the greatest early scholars of the Ottoman era. This work became famous as al-Shurunbulaliyya. 

He wrote several dozen influential research treatises (rasa’il), and among his shorter works is his later concise summary Maraqi al-Sa‘adat (Ascent to Felicity).  

Biographical works describe him as a muhaqqiq—a verifying scholar—whose writings form an integral part of the school, and as being from “the elite and distinguished jurists of his age, the most learned of them in fiqh and its texts, and abundant in authorship,” and later writers count him among the pillars of the Hanafi madhhab.  

His kunya “Abu ’l-Ikhlas” (“the father of sincerity”) appears consistently with his name in the biographical and manuscript tradition, reflecting how he was remembered for his devotion, sincerity, and service to the Sacred Law. 
Who is this course for:

This course is for anyone seeking clarity, confidence, and correctness in their worship.

It is a core fiqh course in Level One of the Islamic Studies Curriculum (Hanafi).

This course is especially for:

  • Students who have completed “The Absolute Essentials of Islam (Hanafi)”
    This is a prerequisite and assumed background for the course.

  • Students in Level One of the Islamic Studies Curriculum
    Who want a thorough, text-based study of purification, prayer, fasting, zakat, and hajj.

  • Anyone who wants clarity in worship (Hanafi)
    Whether you are new to studying, a convert, or a long-time Muslim who wants to correct and strengthen your practice.

  • Students intending to take Level Two courses
    This course completes the Level One fiqh foundation needed to move on to Level Two in the Islamic Studies Curriculum.
Learning outcomes:

By the end of this course, you will:

  • Understand what it means to be a true slave of Allah Most High, and why worship is the purpose of your life.
    Grasp the key rules of purification and prayer that you meet in your daily life—and know how to apply them correctly.
  • Commit to memory the most important rulings of wudu, ghusl, prayer, fasting, zakat, and hajj, so you can recall them when needed.
  • Learn how to distinguish between the pillars, necessary acts, sunnas, disliked acts, and invalidators of your worship.
  • Gain confidence that your worship is valid and sound according to the Hanafi school.
  • Appreciate the rigor and mercy of the science of Sacred Law (fiqh), and the wisdom of studying a reliable, time-tested text.

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