Islamic Theology and the Challenges of our time by Ustaz Anwar Hussain - a podcast by Media NUSMS
from 2023-07-25T09:10:14
During this session in Semester 2, Ustaz Anwar Hussain joined us in NUS to share about the subject of Aqidah or Islamic Theology and its importance in guiding us through the challenges of our current time and environment.
Timestamps;
0:00 Opening
4:55 The different terms referring to Islamic theology - Kalam, Aqidah etc.
7:41 Understanding the significance of the knowledge of Aqidah
8:45 The parable of the tree
17:47 The world is shrinking
19:20 The fruit of the tree is spirituality
22:32 The definitions of Aqidah
26:49 Evidence in Islamic theology is based on conviction
36:40 What is the syllabus to attain this knowledge?
50:25 The definition of a Sufi and Tasawwuf
57:50 The challenges of our time
59:05 Prophecies of the end of times unfolding
1:01:35 Seeking Islamic knowledge is important now more than ever
1:02:25 Ideologies of today
1:03:10 Extremism is a consequence of weakness in the knowledge of Aqidah
1:05:15 Islam is backward in modern times?
1:07:30 The importance of this knowledge
1:09:28 Q&A
1:12:30 What Imam Shafi’ie said about seeking knowledge while we are young and not waiting for old age
1:17:25 The difference between Iman and Aqidah
1:18:20 The possibility of having knowledge with no Iman
1:21:50 The 2 types of people who will not attain knowledge
1:22:23 Can someone with misunderstandings in theology be a Sufi?
1:24:20 Imam Shafi’ie’s definition of Bid’ah
1:27:00 Closing
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