Manners (ISHSC)

About the course

This course explores the sources, principles, and importance of good manners in Islam, as well as the means of acquiring high moral character with Allah and with society. It aims to produce Muslims that are versed, conversant, and capable of applying Islam’s ethical framework and its details through revelation-based knowledge relating to a set of daily manners. It is designed to equip a Muslim with what they may need in worship, when alone in private, and when engaging others inside or outside their home.

Course details

• To attain the pleasure of Allah through seeking knowledge about Islamic manners
• To recognize the importance of acquiring good manners in Islam
• To provide students with knowledge that will help them in acquiring high moral character
• To provide evidence-based knowledge relating to a set of manners that are comprehensive of worldly matters and religious matters, and of worship and dealings- dealings with one’s family, children, acquaintances and strangers.(3 credit hours)

About the instructors(s)

Sheikha Zehra Hazratji has been an instructor at Mishkah University since 2014. She earned a Masters in Islamic Studies with a specialization in Contemporary Fiqh from Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar. She received her BA in Shari’ah from Al-Azhar University, Egypt as well as a BA in Islamic Studies from Mount Holyoke College, USA. She is currently enrolled in an iftaa’ training program with Dar Al-Ifta Al-Missriyya. She is a hafidha of the Quran with an ijaza in the recitation of Hafs an Asim from Damascus, Syria. She has studied Arabic extensively at an advanced level in Syria and Egypt as well as various Islamic sciences. She has taught and developed courses in Arabic, Quran, and Islamic Studies for both youth and women. She also conducted bi-weekly halaqas at the University of Massachusetts with the MSA sisters. Sheikha Zehra’s research interests include Islamic legal theory, contemporary fiqh issues, and matters related to women in Islam.