Book launch: journey through time with Al-Shāfi’ī

Shaykh Allie Khalfe’s much anticipated book, Journey through Time with al-Shāfi’ī, was launched before a riveted audience at the Islamia Auditorium on 4 July 2023. The keynote address was delivered by Mr Ebrahim Rasool. Guest speakers included Dr Dawood Terblanche, Sh Sa’dullah Khan and Dr Rashied Omar. This landmark publication is available for purchase from […]

Remembering Fawzia Panday Adams

We give our sincere condolences to our dear student and family for the passing of their mother, Fawzia Panday Adams, who has returned to Allah this day the 22nd of August 2023. We ask Allah to grant her the highest place in Jannah and to place Nur in her qabr.إِنَّا ِلِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ – […]

Tanning the skins of animals: All seven madh’habs.

Sample from the forthcoming work: A Journey through time with Muhammad bin Idris al-Shafi’i in 3 volumes. first madh’hab: Tanning does not purify any part of the skin or hide. This was narrated from ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb, his son and Sayyida ‘Ā’isha, may Allah be pleased with them. It is also the most well-known of […]

Shaykh Mahdi Hendricks – the ‘Alim of the Cape

“𝑰 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒙𝒕𝒚 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆.” 𝑺𝒉. 𝑴𝒂𝒉𝒅𝒊 𝑯𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒔 (𝒃. 1908) I would like to share a few words from my forthcoming book, “A Journey through time with Muhammad bin Idris al-Shāfi’ī”, about a distinguished scholar who blessed Cape Town with his character and unparalleled depth of knowledge, […]

Usul al-Fiqh Course 2021

Course benefits 1. Each lesson will be 1 hour – 1:15min long.2. This course will take you from performing basic acts of worship to understanding the sources they are derived from and their purposes. 3. You receive an understanding of the underlying subtleties of the acts of worship so as to benefit yourself as well as […]