Ethical Living: Achieving Worldly and Religious Success
Principles for succeeding at both worldly and religious goals extracted from al-Mawardi's famous book Adab al-Din Wa al-Dunya (Ethics of Worldly Life and Religion).
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Time to Excel
As Muslims, we are often torn between worldly and religious success. This course is designed to teach you who to excel at both through the following principles:
1) Understanding yourself on a deeper level
2) Utilizing your God-given talents in beneficial ways
3) Reconfiguring your definition of success
4) Clearing up misconceptions about Islam, piety and religious excellence
5) Equipping you with the skills to be your best
A deeper understanding of you!
A core focus of this course is understanding humans on a deeper level. To be our best, we need to understand who we are. Join us on a life-changing journey in which we discover the mystery of the human soul, gift of human intellect, dark side of human desire, and the power of interdependence. This in-depth course focuses on achieving excellence by understanding who we are, why we exist, and how to utilize our gifts in ways that benefit us in both worlds.
The Textbook
Adab al-Dunya Wa al-Din (Ethics of Worldly Life and Religion) is a classic masterpiece that elaborates on foundations of worldly and religious excellence. This includes important teachings on developing the intellect, controlling one’s desires, forming meaningful relationships, and refining one’s character. These principles have helped thousands of people throughout history improve their lives, and now it is your turn.
What you will gain from this course:
- Access to timeless principles that lead to both worldly and religious success
- Detailed discussions on how to develop one’s intellect, increase one’s knowledge, and overcome one’s desires
- Crucial relationship advice that will help you develop meaningful friendships, family ties and community ties
- Powerful principles of self-improvement to help refine character and manners, and to help develop an honourable presence
- Clear guidance on paths to happiness, contentment, financial independence, and religious excellence
Our course curriculum will include the following themes:
- Principles for worldly and religious success and the importance of excelling at both
- How to develop, nurture, preserve and correctly utilize one's intellect
- The various levels of human desire and how to control one's desires
- The ethics, benefits, and various methods of seeking beneficial knowledge
- The benefits of following Islam, and how to live an excellent religious life as a Muslim
- Principles for a successful Muslim civilization
- How to develop healthy beneficial relationships including friendships, marriage and family ties
- Character development and how to achieve peak excellence in personal growth
and more!!!!
About the Instructor:
This course is taught by Shaykh Ismail Kamdar. For over a decade, Shaykh Ismail has pioneered efforts in developing material on Islamic personal development. Through Islamic Self Help, he has produced dozens of books and courses, and hundreds of articles on personal excellence. This course is his latest effort to showcase the timeless teachings of Islam that lead to success in both worlds. Shaykh Ismail has over two decades of teaching experience and is a graduate in Islamic Studies from the International Open University. He current works as a Product Manager at Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research, while teaching and writing at Islamic Self Help.
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This course is for you. This is your chance to join a year long transformational journey towards personal excellence. Do not miss this opportunity to learn timeless Islamic principles for worldly and religious success from a classic resource with a highly qualified teacher. Sign up today and let’s begin this life changing journey together.
NOTE: This course is new and still in development. New lectures will be added weekly over the next 40-50 weeks in shaa Allah.
NOTE 2: We do not turn away students who cannot afford our courses. If you require a discount due to genuine financial restraints, please email us at [email protected]
Your Instructor
Shaykh Ismail Kamdar is a graduate of a traditional Alim program (Talimuddin, 2006) and also holds a Bachelor's in Islamic Studies (IOU, 2014). He has studied Islam in both traditional and modern settings and has been a student of Islamic Studies for over two decades.
He began studying Islam full-time at the age of thirteen, began preaching at the age of sixteen, and wrote his first book at the age of twenty-three. Over the years, he has taught multiple courses and seminars around the world and has worked with multiple leading Islamic organizations across the globe.
He served as faculty manager at the International Open University for ten years, from 2010 to 2020. He is the founder of Islamic Self Help and Izzah Academy. His books are currently available in three different languages, and sold across five continents, in twenty-five different countries.