by alqasim | Jul 3, 2018 | Research, Study
On May 20th, Dr. Atif Suhail Siddiqui, a research fellow at Yale University, met with Shaykh Amin to consult on the topic of his research fellowship: the theological and philosophical contributions of the founder of Dār al-ʿUlūm Deoband: Imam Mawlānā Muḥammad Qāsim...
by alqasim | Jul 3, 2018 | Al-Qasim Academic Journal, Study
On June 18th, 2018 Shaykh Amin met with Mufti Abdullah Nana to do a critical reading of Ḥakīm al-Samarqandī’s al-Sawād al-A’zam. The text is a particularly important work in the development of Ḥanafī-Māturīdī theology, as it attempts to faithfully represent the...
by alqasim | Jul 3, 2018 | Al-Qasim Academic Journal, Presentation
On April 7th, 2018 Shaykh Amin gave a presentation at the Theosophical Society in Wheaton on the Theosophy of Ibn ʿArabī. The presentation covered a general overview of Ibn ʿArabī’s life and views, and concluded with a critical reading of a poem from his Fuṣūṣ...
by alqasim | Jun 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
Published July 2015 Shaykh Amin’s address to Muslims to be more American: Eid Khutba at Darul Qasim. On July 17, Darul Qasim Director Shaykh Amin Kholwadia addressed an Eid gathering with a call to action. In it, he presented his case for a middle ground in these...
by alqasim | Jun 4, 2016 | Al-Qasim Academic Journal
An Exposition on Faith as a Primary Tool of Interpretive Analysis The Sunday Tafsīr of Sūrat Al-Rūm concluded recently with a powerful commentary from Shaykh Amin recounting the relevance of the sūrah in present times. But as with all tafsīr Shaykh Amin executes, the...
by alqasim | Jan 2, 2016 | Al-Qasim Academic Journal
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم .اللهم صلّ على سيدنا و مولانا محمد و على آله الحمد لله و كفى و سلام على عباده الذين اصطفى. أما بعد, Allah {سبحانه و تعالى} has blessed us with this day, with this gathering, with this majlis, with coming together for his sake; for the...
by alqasim | Jan 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
A saying attributed to two great early scholars of fiqh, Sufyān al-Thawrī and Abū Ḥanīfa, states that “There is nothing after obligatory worship better than seeking knowledge.” My path to seeking knowledge at Darul Qasim began a few years ago. After years of...
by alqasim | Jan 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Published on June 1st, 2016 What brought you to Darul Qasim? A dream brought me to Darul Qasim. In my first year as a PhD student at the University of Chicago, Dr. Choukri who is currently the chair of the Arabic department and was also a PhD student at the U of C at...
