Kitāb Ādāb al-Maʿīshah wa Akhlāq al-Nubuwwah
(Book of the Virtues of Prophethood & the Ethics of Livelihood)
GRADE Course number 4 will be held over six, 2-hour online weekly sessions on Imām al-Ghazālī, Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn, Book 20, Kitāb Ādāb al-Maʿīshah wa Akhlāq al-Nubuwwah (Book of the Virtues of Prophethood & the Ethics of Livelihood), offered in conjunction with the blessed Mawlid of the Prophet, ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam.
The course will be conducted by Dr. Adi Setia of IRL over five sessions, with a special guest appearance of Habib Sayyid Muhyi al-Din al-Attas who will conduct the last session six together with Dr. Adi Setia in discussing the significance of this ḥilyah nabawiyyah in relation to recovering the ethos and praxis of Islamic Community Building.
Translations of each chapter of the 13 short chapters of the text are provided in pdf format to all registered students together with the original Arabic text, also in pdf format. Other translations of the text may also be provided for the reference of students.
Selected texts in the Islamic Gift Economy (IGE), with many cross-references to current discussions on Right Livelihood & the Common Good are also provided to students through accessing the GRADE Library to help them relate the text creatively and critically to historical and current contexts, especially as they relate to our engagement with all aspects of modern economics and finance.
May He accept the efforts of all those behind the facilitation of this course and those who participate in it, and bless us all with the best of Returns, for “Indeed we belong to God, and indeed to Him we will return” [Qur’ān: 2:156].
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