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Ibrahim Zein and Ahmed El-Wakil:

*THE COVENANTS OF THE PROPHET MUḤAMMAD: From Shared Historical Memory to Peaceful Co-existence by Ibrahim Mohamed Zein and Ahmed El-Wakil https://www.routledge.com/The-Covenants-of-the-Prophet-Muammad-From-Shared-Historical-Memory-to/Zein-El-Wakil/p/book/9781032412344#

*The Ṣiffīn Arbitration Agreement and statecraft in early Islamic political documents, Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies (2022): https://academic.oup.com/jis/article/33/2/153/6522821

*On the Origins of the Hijrī Calendar: A Multi-Faceted Perspective Based on the Covenants of the Prophet and Specific Date Verification, Religions (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/1/42

*Remembering the Covenants of the Prophet Muḥammad: Shared Historical Memory of Good Governance and Peaceful Co-existence, Al-Shajarah (2020): https://journals.iium.edu.my/shajarah/index.php/shaj/article/view/1140

Ahmed El-Wakil:

*"Whoever Harms a Dhimmī I Shall Be His Foe on the Day of Judgment”: An Investigation into an Authentic Prophetic Tradition and Its Origins from the Covenants, Religions: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/9/516

*Searching for the Covenants: Identifying Authentic Documents of the Prophet Based on Scribal Conventions and Textual Analysis, MA Diss. (2017). Supervisor: Dr. Louay Fatoohi; Internal Examiner: Prof. Ibrahim Zein: https://hbku.academia.edu/AhmedElWakil

Other scholars:

Interfaith Actor Reception of Islamic Covenants: How ‘New’ Religious Knowledge Influences Views on Interreligious Relations in Islam, by Halim Rane, Religions. (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/9/873

Covenants of the Prophet and the Problems of Transmission: An Analysis of a Manuscript Copied by Fāris al-Shidyāq, by John Andrew Morrow, Religions (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/9/751

An Historical Evaluation of the Covenants of the Prophet Muḥammad and ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib in the Matenadaran, by Gayane Mkrtumyan, Religions (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/2/138

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Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

00:17 - Background of Dr. Hathem

00:50 - Today's Topic of Presentation

02:04 - Outline of the Presentation

05:06 - Introduction to Taymiyyah Theology

16:31 - Biography of Imam Ibn Taymiyyah

17:54 - When did He Live?

24:18 - The Life of Imam Ibn Taymiyyah

38:38 - Distinction: Testimonials

45:41 - Distinction in Rational Sciences

51:41 - Islamic Beliefs

52:19 - Core Beliefs of Islam

55:25 - Qadar (Predestination) in Islam

57:42 - Actions: Hasan (beautiful) vs Qabeeh (holy)

1:02:31 - Qadar: Secondary Causality

1:10:27 - Ibn Taymiyyah's view of secondary causality

1:15:43 - Divine "Attributes" of Beauty, Majesty & Perfection

1:19:05 - The Beginning: The God of the Qur'an

1:21:08 - The Beginning: The Qur'an and Sunnah

1:28:01 - The Way of the Predecessors

1:31:53 - Did they consign their meaning to the Lord?

1:35:10 - Can We Conceptualize the Unseen?

1:37:55 - Ibn Taymiyyah's Key Statement

1:39:42 - Is There Room for Misunderstanding?

1:49:52 - How Could They Disagree?

1:53:53 - Taymiyyan Rejection of Delegationism

1:56:00 - Taymiyyan Contentions: Textual

1:58:59 - Taymiyyan Contentions: Rational

2:01:02 - Empire of Faith: Influence of Aristotelian Philosophy

2:07:11 - Empire of Faith: Responses of Sunni Muslim Apologists

2:10:29 - Rational Theology Motivations: Pressure or Conviction?

2:13:09 - Proof for Origination of Bodies

2:20:56 - Opposition to the Use of the Technical Cosmological argument

2:22:23 - Ibn Taymiyyah on the Proof of Origination of Bodies

2:31:24 - Taymiyyan Alternative

2:36:42 - Typology

2:42:53 - Turning of the Tide & Excommunication of Corporealists

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Chapters:

Introduction: 00:00-13:39

Relational Dynamics: 13:40-22:56

The Iberian Peninsula and the Genesis of Crusading: 22:57-39:26

John of Damascus: 39:27-52:51

Thomas Aquinas: 52:52-1:24:11

The Prophetic Response + Q&A: 1:24:12-1:49:46

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Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

00:16 - Background of the Guest: Muhammad Jalal

00:54 - Today's Topic

04:43 - The End of History?

18:11 - Timeline of the World Politics

24:22 - US Liberal Hegemony

27:58 - The Liberal Moment

33:22 - American Decline?

38:14 - A Liberal Order

43:51 - Why is the Liberal Order Declining?

50:02 - Russia's War

59:56 - China's Rise

1:16:23 - Islamic World Order

1:24:27 - Lessons for the Ummah from the Seerah

1:27:05 - Closing Remarks

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Chapters:

Introduction: 00:00-02:39

The Burden: 02:40-05:50

Intelligence: 05:51-07:51

What Does Success Look Like? 07:52-10:31

A General Reminder: 10:32-12:41

The Framework: 12:42-28:19

The Challenge of This Approach: 28:20-32:13

Case Study: 32:14-35:13

What Do Relationships Require? 35:14-40:22

Understanding Communication: 40:23-45:55

Outbursts: 45:56-50:20

Awareness and Understanding: 50:21-50:36

Pitfalls: 50:37-1:04:11

Small Sunnahs That Make a Big Difference: 1:04:12-1:08:07

It’s Not Your Fault: 1:08:08-1:10:16

Resources: 1:10:17-1:10:42

Q&A – 1:10:43 - 1:30:08

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The Inevitable Caliphate - Reza Pankhurst

How the Khilafah was Destroyed - Shaikh Abdul Qadeem Zalloum -

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The Fall of the Ottomans - Eugene Rogan

Ottoman Endgame - Sean McMeekin

A Peace to End all Peace - David Fromkin

Longing for the Lost Caliphate - Mona Hassan

Coping with defeat - Sunni islam, Roman Catholicism, and the Modern State - Jonathan Laurence

A Line in the Sand - James Barr

Ataturk - Patrick Kinross

A History of Saudi Arabia - Madawi al Rasheed

Marmaduke Pickthall: British Muslim - Peter Clark

Islam in Victorian Britain - The Life and Times of Abdullah Quilliam - Ron Geaves

Loyal Enemies - Jamie Gilham

The State in Contemporary Islamic Thought - (A Historical Survey of the Major Muslim Thinkers of the Modern Era) - Abdelilah Belkeziz

Islam and Modernism - Maryam Jameelah (formerly Margaret Marcus)

Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age, 1798-1939 - Albert Hourani

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