Offences During Hajj (الجنايات في الجخ Al-Janaayaat fi'l Hajj)

I just had final exams in December on the Fiqh (jurisprudence) rulings of Hajj. Since this topic is quite detailed, I struggled to memorise all of the offences-those that require only Sadaqah, or a Dam. So I made these tables for all of them and I hope it helps you too insha-Allah.

These rules are taken from the Hanafi text, Imam Quduri's Mukhtasar.

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Sarf - Present Tense Table of "Yaf`alu" (He's Doing)

Can you find any more examples in the Qur'an?

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Rules of 5 Accusative Particles (الحروف الناصبة)

(1) ِAn - That  (2) Lan - Will not/never  (3) Kay - In order to/because 

(4) Idhan - Then  (5) Li - In order to (Laam of Explanation) 

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5 (or 6) Irregular Nouns (الاسماءُ الخمسة)

There are six ''irregular'' nouns in Arabic which are a bit odd because when they change their state and I`raab (final Harakat), they glue on matching letters too.

Let's take a look.

THE 5 (or 6) NOUNS

We have learnt these words at Al-Markaz ul Islami in Bradford UK, as:

(1) أخٌ - Brother   (2) أبٌ - Father   (3) حَمٌ - Father in-law   (4) فُوْ - Mouth   (5) ذٌوْ - Owner/having

Note: the word هن is more commonly ended with normal vowel endings and not these extra ones, that's why it's extra in my notes. Some people do use the rare irregular case ending for it.

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THE GOLDEN RULE

When these five nouns are Mudaf to any noun - except 'Ya Mutakkalim' (representing 'my') - they take a matching vowel letter (ا وي) to represent their states.

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Sarf Table of 'He Goes' Verb (ذهب)

BLUE: Past tense verbs (الفعل المضارع) Fi`l Mudare`
BLACK: Present tense verbs (الفعل الماضي) Fi`l Maadi

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SMT Markaz Final Exam Content (Semester 3)

Dear Class Semester 3,

As a helping hand I've compiled this year's final exam content for each of our 8 subjects so you all know what to revise on.

This exam is for students at the Al-Markaz ul Islamic Drummond Road campus, not Beckside Lane.

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The Mudaaf & Mudaaf Ilayhi (مضاف + مضاف اليه)

30 SECOND OVERVIEW:

Possessed & Possessor*

• The word Mudaaf comes from 'idaafa' (اضافه), Arabic for explaining the relationship between words.
• A Mudaaf-Mudaaf Ilayhi phrase therefore explains whom or what owns/possesses the thing which is being owned.
• Quick overview: Mudaaf means 'possessed', Mudaaf Ilayhi means 'possessor over it/of the Mudaaf'.
• Both of these parts are always nouns. They are never verbs.
• Coincidentally, 'izafa' is used in the Urdu language, which means to increase or enhance.

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Dua of Intention by Imam Hadad

Grand Imam Hadam, raheemAllah, encouraged students to read the following dua before studying.

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Fiqh - Faqih versus Taqi

Level 3 of our Madrassah 'Ghazali' course was to introduce teenage students to Imam Abu Hanifa's Madhab.

We compiled a workbook based on Imam Quduri's Mukhtasar, as pictured. Since we finished teaching in 2015, we thought we'd share a few of our lessons. Yayy, Fiqh!

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Diptotes in Arabic (اَلْمَمْنُوعُ مِنَ الصَّرْفِ)

Diptotes are not that scary. They consist of a few rules about how their case ending changes - which means their I`raab - and groups of words which follow these rules. Understand the rules and you can spot a diptote from a mile.

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