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Preparing for the Al-Ghazali Weekend Retreat
“On Prophetic Characteristics”
December 13-15, 2024

As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,

We pray that this message reaches you in the best of states. You have registered to attend the Al-Maqasid Weekend Retreat from Friday evening, December 13th at 5:45pm to Sunday afternoon, December 15th 4:00pm. With Allah’s permission, we will be blessed to be joined by Yahya Rhodus and Amjad Tarsin as well as resident Imam Sayyid Abdul Fattah Ba-Alawi.

The Topic of the retreat is ‘On Prophetic Characteristics: A Study of Book 20 of the Iḥyā’ ‘Ulūm al-Dīn’. In Imam al-Ghazali’s On Prophetic Characteristics, he gives numerous examples from the life of the Prophet Muhammad ﷻ that illustrate his exemplary manners, his speech and laughter, his etiquette with food, his manner of dress, his courage, his forbearance, his miracles, and much more ﷻ.

Communication

Please join the telegram group for live announcements and materials.
Telegram: On Prophetic Characteristics: A Study of Book 20 of the Iḥyā’ ‘Ulūm al-Dīn

For copyright reasons, this is for personal use of those attending the retreat only. The pdf is from Mokrane Guezzou's translation of the abridgment of the Ihya 'Ulum al-Din published by Serenity Productions. They graciously granted Al-Maqasid permission to make it available to all participants.

Schedule

Outline

ONLINE

To attend the sessions LIVE and ONLINE please go here:
Youtube: LIVE Book 20

For for live audio stream only please go to:
MixLR: https://mixlr.com/almaqasid_retreat

YouTube will carry only the main sessions; MixLR will be audio only but include awrad, adhkar, and Inshad.

Please note if you miss a session or would like to review sessions after the retreat you can find them uploaded at the following link: Book 20: On Prophetic Characteristics