Maqasid Institute

Re-imagining Economics: Transdisciplinary Approach
2024-03-09 17:00 - 2024-06-17 23:30 (Europe/Istanbul) | Online via ZOOM
This course guides knowledge seekers & researchers to approach the revelation (Quran & Sunnah) for perspective and answers to address economic phenomena. Learners will utilize the Maqasid Methodology, an original and comprehensive understanding drawn from revelation through contemporary study. This course also addresses the limitations in contemporary Islamic studies, which have had a significant impact on how Islam is understood and practiced. The focus will be on an application in the economic, finance and banking fields.
The course consists of 6 units divided into 9 live sessions. There are 12 asynchronous online video lectures (50 minutes each) by Prof. Jasser Auda, with study materials available online via MI’s learning management system.

MI Research Forum #10
2023-12-02 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Istanbul) | Online via ZOOM
The Higher Objectives of Islamic Theology: Charting a New Territory

Join us for a thought-provoking talk by Dr. Mohamed Gamal Abdelnour, where he delves into the Higher Objectives of Islamic Theology and explores the significance of Maqāṣid al-ʿAqīda. This event is open to all and promises to be an insightful exploration of Islamic theology.
Dr. Mohamed Gamal Abdelnour is a faculty member at the Faculty of Uṣūl al-Dīn, Al-Azhar University (Cairo) and a visiting research fellow at the University of York, U.K.
His talk will explore the key questions in his book, The Higher Objectives of Islamic Theology: Toward a Theory of Maqāṣid al-ʿAqīda (Oxford University Press, 2022).
Some of the questions he will address include:

Is Islam a religion of orthopraxy alone?
Why did Islamic theology fail to develop a systemic genre of Maqāṣid al-ʿAqīda (Higher Objectives of Islamic Theology)?
How do we chart out a map to guide the process of founding such an area?
In what ways may the emerging Maqāṣid al-ʿAqīda benefit from the well-established Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa (Higher Objectives of Islamic Law)? What are the ramifications of having an underdeveloped theology?

Join us in the 10th MI – Research Forum

Title: The Higher Objectives of Islamic Theology: Charting a New Territory
Date: December 2, 2023
Time; 15.00 Makkah/Istanbul
Online via ZOOM
To get the link to the research forum, please click the link below to register:
https://maqasid.org/research-forum/

MI Research Forum #9
2023-11-18 13:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Istanbul) | Online via ZOOM
The Future of Islamic Finance: Beyond Legalism and Shari’ah Compliance

We are excited to invite you to attend the MI monthly session of the Interdisciplinary Research Forum series by Shaykh Muhammed Foulds، a former Christian minister who reverted to Islam in the year 2000 while researching wildlife in Saudi Arabia. He is a trained raptor biologist and human ecologist. Graduate of the University of Wales. Sh. Muhammed is a professional tracker, falconer, and previously, a director of Lincolnshire Wildlife Park. He was also the head of conservation and education at a number of zoos and parks in the UK. While in South Africa he was trained as a safari guide.
Sh. Muhammad holds a BA (Hons) in Islamic Sciences from the London Muslim College. He also attended the advanced Arabic and Qur’anic studies at the Gloucester Islamic Academy. Currently, he holds the position of Head of Religious Affairs for Prison with Ministry of Justice at a large UK prison and Head Imam. He is also a writer and broadcaster at Hearts SEE International, a global movement dedicated to reconnecting the Ummah back to the Universal ayat in themselves, through history, and in the natural world. Lastly, Sh. Muhammed has been working alongside HRH Prince Charles, now King Charles III, who has a profound deep love for Islam.
During the MI Research Forum Sh. Muhammed will talk about how to reconnect with nature and read the Book of Nature (Kitab Al-Kawn). Also, during the talk he will address the question of what the Prophet was ordered to read and what was he contemplating on? To answer these and other related questions, Sh. Muhammed will use systems thinking to connect the ayats of the Qur’an and ayats in nature. The speaker will also discuss the current project of bringing Islam and Ecology alive through the UK Educational Curriculum for years ten and above.
Title: The Future of Islamic Finance: Beyond Legalism and Shari’ah Compliance

Date: November 18, 2023
Time; 13.00 Mecca/Istanbul
Online via ZOOM
To get the link to the research forum, please click the link below to register:
https://maqasid.org/research-forum/

AI Workshop 1: Prompting
2023-11-12 08:00 - 09:30 (America/Toronto) | Online via ZOOM
Workshop 1: Prompting
Are you ready to unlock the potential of effective communication with AI? Join us for an exciting and interactive journey into the art and science of prompt-writing.
📌 What to Expect:
In this workshop, you will:

Explore techniques to enhance your prompt-writing skills.
Gain insights into creating prompts that elicit desired responses from AI systems.
Understand the iterative process of refining prompts.
Learn to craft prompts for concise and informative AI-generated summaries.
Develop the skill to prompt AI models for logical inferences and predictions.
Discover how to transform prompts to generate different types of responses.
Explore methods to prompt AI systems for more detailed and comprehensive answers.

🔍 Pre-requisites:
All you need is a basic understanding of language models and AI-driven applications. While familiarity with AI terminologies and concepts is beneficial, it’s not mandatory. Bring your curiosity and enthusiasm, and we’ll handle the rest!
🎯 Objectives:
By the end of this workshop, you’ll be able to:

Master the art of iterative prompting for desired results.
Craft prompts that encourage AI systems to provide valuable summaries.
Develop the skill of prompting AI models for logical inferences and predictions.
Learn techniques for transforming prompts to get different responses.
Discover how to prompt AI systems for more comprehensive answers.

🌟 The Value of the Workshop:
As members of the Maqasid Institute organization, effective communication is vital to our mission. This workshop offers multiple benefits:

Enhanced Communication: Improve prompt-writing skills for valuable insights in research and decision-making.
Optimized AI Interactions: Make your work more efficient by unlocking AI’s full potential.
Adaptability: Stay ahead in a rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Join us on this journey and further our mission at the Maqasid Institute organization!

Maqasid Approach to Hadith
2023-10-15 00:00 - 2023-12-31 00:00 (America/Toronto)
يقدم معهد المقاصد مساق النظر المقاصدي في التعامل مع الحديث النبوي لأستاذ الحديث الدكتور عمار الحريري
وهو مساق تأسيسي يقدم عن بعد في الحديث النبوي مكون من (36 ساعة تعليمية)، يهدف إلى إكساب الطالب مفاهيم أساسية وأدوات منهجية للتعامل مع السنة النبوية، حيث يتم التركيز على أهم المفاهيم والمسائل الحديثية وقراءة مختصرة لأهم المصادر في تدوين الحديث كالكتب الستة، ثم يكتسب الطالب تأصيلا أصوليا ضمن مقاربات ذات خلاصات مهمة حول مكانة خبر الواحد والاحتجاج به، ليختم الطالب المساق بالتركيز على الجانب الفقهي المقاصدي لأهميته في دراسة الأحاديث دراسة نقدية تمنح الطالب القدرة في بناء ملكة فقهية أقرب إلى روح الشريعة والنظام والنسق الواحد لها
يأتي هذا المساق ضمن عدد من المساقات التأسيسية التي يقدمها معهد المقاصد بهدف تزويد الطلاب والباحثين بالأدوات والمنهجيات اللازمة لإحداث نقلة منهجية في الاجتهاد الإسلامي المعاصر بفهم صحيح للوحي (القرآن والسنة).

Maqasid Institute's Research Forum #7
2023-09-16 13:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Istanbul) | Online via ZOOM
Reviving the heart in research: Centring Islamic Approaches in Decolonising Psychology Research
Speaker: Dr. Aliyah Shaikh
Psychology Research Consultant, Certified Trauma Therapist

Advanced Course in Maqasid Methodology-Fall cohort
2023-09-01 10:00 - 2023-11-30 22:00 (America/Toronto)
This course guides knowledge seekers & researchers to approach the revelation (Quran & Sunnah) for perspective and answers to address your real-life challenges, questions and issues, and global phenomena (poverty, climate change..etc). Learners will utilize the Maqasid Methodology, an original and comprehensive understanding drawn from revelation through contemporary study.

Nizam Al-Quran
2023-08-01 00:00 - 2023-10-31 00:00 (America/Toronto)
نظام القرآن: نحو منهجية قرآنية لتأصيل العلوم الشرعية
يتناول هذا المساق موضوعات جديدة في المحتوى والطرح يقف المشارك خلالها على منهج فريد في فهم القرآن الكريم
يقدمه الشيخ الدكتور محمد عناية الله أسد سبحاني

The 5th IICIP
2023-07-18 21:30 - 2023-07-19 04:00 (America/Toronto) | Lokasi Kampus, Kaliurang St No.Km. 14,5, Krawitan, Umbulmartani, Ngemplak, Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta 55584, Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL INTENSIVE COURSE ON ISLAMIC PSYCHOLOGY- IICIP

Special sessions with

Prof. Jasser Auda

Topic: Maqasid Methodology for Islamic knowledge department

Dr. Zaid Barzinji

Topics; Practical approaches to applying the Maqasid Methodology
The strategic role of Muslims in global and strategic affairs

This coursework is an offline version of the intensive course in Islamic psychology over three weeks.
📆 This program will be held on: July 3rd – 21st, 2023

🖇️ Registration link:
https://bit.ly/IICIP2023_REG

🗺️ location:

Kampus Terpadu UII Jalan Kaliurang km 14.5,

Quran Reflection Program
2023-05-24 08:00 - 2023-12-09 23:00 (America/Toronto)
The Quran is at the heart of Maqasid Institute’s scholarly approach and methodology. Continuous cycles of reflection on the Quran is a necessary step for every scholar and practitioner desiring to understand divine guidance in their field of inquiry. This seven-month program is designed to guide participants through one full-cycle of reflection. Its aim is to open hearts and minds to the objectives – maqasid – of the Quran through the Quran’s direct and more subtle forms of communication.
The program follows the suggestion by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ that the Quran be read over seven periods and subsequently elaborated by his companions as Fa-m-y b-sh-aw-q, literally my mouth with longing, which apportioned the Quran equally over the seven periods of study.

Advanced Course in Maqasid Methodology-Spring Cohort
2023-05-01 08:00 - 2023-07-31 23:00 (America/Toronto)

Maqasid Institute's Research Forum - 2nd session
2023-03-19 16:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Istanbul) | Online via ZOOM
Spirituality in Social Work: Why and How the Needs for Faith and Quest for Meaning Should be Addressed in Counseling
An initial observation is that social work currently faces a crisis. Psychological and social issues affect numerous people, and institutional responses often fail to provide a sustainable and efficient solution to their suffering. For example, the social reintegration of ex-prisoners is low, as is the recovery of drug addicts. Even in countries that allocate large sums of money to social intervention schemes, excluded and vulnerable people suffering from various psychological and sociological problems have difficulty getting out. It could therefore be hypothesized that social action systems remain ineffective in most cases.
Secondly, we notice that the social and psychological aid services are in most cases based on a materialistic vision of the human being. Institutional social work and psychological counseling ignore in most cases the spiritual and religious dimension when they are not downright hostile to it. Moreover, their underlying belief system or intellectual assumption often ignores the spiritual dimension while promoting a materialist view of the world. In this regard, the expectation of beneficiaries to find the “meaning of life” or a reason to endure suffering often remains unanswered.
Nevertheless, some counterexamples show concern for faith-based intervention social work and counseling practices or healing traditions incorporating religious or spiritual elements. While some of these approaches are linked to particular religious denominations, others simply consider the spiritual dimension without being attached to a specific religion. For example, a socio-educational home is intended for the “healing” of drug addicts by proposing an approach that incorporates spiritual aspects by carefully considering the question of the “meaning” of life (Albrecht). Clearly acknowledging the “spiritual development” as being part of the promoted method to help drug addicts and focusing on the “quest for meaning”, this example seems particularly interesting to think about what could be a “spiritual” approach to social work. If various social work programs explore the spiritual dimension, it seems that most of them remained attached to religious organizations (Loue, 2017). Moreover, a few cases highlight an “Islamic” way of doing social work (Warden, 2013). However, so-called “Islamic” approaches are likely to remain superficial when they do not risk remaining superficial (see for instance Barise, 2005; Krafess, 2005), as they are not based on a framework founded on a holistic approach to the sacred texts (Quran and ahâdith).
In response to these gaps, this presentation aims at proposing a definition of what could be called an “Islamic” approach to intervention in the area of social work and counseling. For doing this, it first proposes a reflection on the plural nature of man, which implies a spiritual dimension whose needs have to be considered by psychological and social work practices. Secondly, it reflects on the ways an Islamic approach could be framed in both a holistic and teleological approach, using the Maqâsid methodology (Auda, 2021).

Maqasid Institute's Research Forum
2023-02-25 16:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Istanbul) | Online via ZOOM
This series of research forums pursue the following objectives:

To serve as an Interdisciplinary discussion platform for researchers from various fields (academic and applied)
To serve as a unified platform for discussions between subject-matter experts and methodology experts
To provide a Platform for collective ijtihad on topics requiring expert knowledge from various fields
To effect the adoption of the Maqasid Methodology
To promote the Maqasid vision of Islah & Tajdid

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Advanced Course in Maqasid Methodology-Winter cohort
2022-12-18 14:00 - 2023-03-12 23:00 (America/Toronto)

مدخل إلي الحديث النبوي و علومه
2022-05-16 08:00 - 2022-05-28 17:00 (America/Toronto)
