Death; Beginning of Life (Oct 2024)
Death; Beginning of Life (Oct 2024)
Click to see moreWeek 1 (8 October 2024): Moments of Death
Understand the final moments of life according to Islamic teachings.
Explore Islamic Funeral Rites: The importance of proper burial and how to deal with death in accordance with Islamic principles.
Week 2 (15 October 2024): The Journey of the Soul
What happens to the soul after death?
Learn about Barzakh: The intermediary state between death and resurrection.
Week 3 (22 October 2024): Resurrection and the Day of Judgment
Detailed insights into the events of the Day of Judgment.
Accountability and the weighing of deeds.
Week 4 (29 October 2024): Intercession (Syafa'ah) and The Bridge (Siraat)
Discover the concept of intercession and who will be able to intercede on the Day of Judgment.
Explore the scenarios of people crossing the Bridge (Siraat) over hellfire.
Week 5 (3 November 2024): Heaven (Jannah) and Hell (Jahannam)
Detailed descriptions of paradise and hellfire.
Understand the criteria for entering Jannah or Jahannam.
About the speaker
Ustazah Nazeerah Shaik Alwie, is a proud graduate of Alsagoff Arabic School, where she completed her GCE O Levels and emerged as the School Best Student. She then received her Diploma in Islamic Foundation & Theology majoring in Quranic Interpretation from Insaniah, located at Kedah, Malaysia and upon completion; she was awarded the Best Student Award from the Sultan of Kedah.
She then continued her Degree in Al-Azhar University in Egypt and graduated with Honours in the same specialization, after which, she pursued her Masters, majoring in Da’awah (Islamic Propagation) and graduated in 2009 with a First-Class Honour from the American Open University of Cairo.
Her transition as an educator started as early as her secondary school years, where she offered tuitions for her juniors in Alsagoff Arabic School as well as various learning centres; teaching kids and youths Islamic Studies and Arabic Language. Ustazah Nazeerah believes in being a friend-cum-guider rather than a literal teacher in the journey of educating and moulding her students.
She is currently a freelance editor and public speaker.
While we are all aware that life is not the end, but instead a transition to other realms where we enter into a new chapter known as the realms of barzakh......
What do we do about it?
Let us address the elephant in the room.
What is barzakh?
How long is barzakh?
What happen in barzakh?
If this is a transition, means there is more?
This 5-week workshop is intended to provide clarity on essential Islamic beliefs regarding life after death, including concepts of the soul, resurrection, and accountability.
This will help us in better understanding these vital aspects of our article of iman (faith).
Engaging in guided discussions about the afterlife can encourage personal reflection and spiritual growth.
It can inspire us to evaluate our actions in this life in light of our beliefs about the next, and how prepared are we.
The topic of life after death can be daunting and scary, but it doesn't have to be that way till you avoid it all your life!
We shall also be addressing fears and anxieties about death and the hereafter by providing religious teachings and reassurances from Islamic texts.
Together with Ustazah Nazeerah Shaik Alwie, starting 2 October 2024, every Tuesday 8pm to 9:30pm.
-------------
The links will be given to you latest by 12pm, the same day of the class.
Do look into your junk/spam mail, if you did not receive anything by then to make sure.