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