You wish to study the deen, but, you wonder where to get started?


Unable to attend courses in Arabic, but unwilling to lose out on knowledge?


Then this course is for you!



Shaykh Karim El Zaben will teach you the basics of Aqeedah, Fiqh and Seerah.
Not only that, he will show you how to apply these principles in your daily life.


Essentials Aqeedah 100


The Essentials Aqeedah 100 course will use 'Clear Responses', written by Imam Muhammad El Jurdani’s (1321 hijri), for beginner students of knowledge. 

In the traditional manner of his time the book covers basic Aqeedah, Biography of the Prophet صلى الله عليه و اله و سلم, the basics of the fiqh of worship, and an introduction to the science of tassawuf. This course paves the way to further studies in each of the sciences and is available to non-Arabic speakers. 

This course will only cover the Aqeedah part of the book and will last 6 weeks, with twice a week live lessons on Zoom.

At the end of every week, you will be required to take a small quiz to assure concepts have been understood correctly. At the end of the course, there will be an oral exam.

Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive a Certificate of Completion.

Course Fee

One-time Payment: $35


THIS COURSE IS CURRENTLY CONSISTING OF RECORDED LECTURES FOR SELF-PACED STUDY.

Your Instructor

Shaykh Karim El Zaben

{Be you masters in that you know the Book, and in that you study} 3:79

After graduating as an Architectural Engineer, Sheikh Karim pursued his studies at the feet of scholars studying both the Hanafi and Shafi’ madhab as well as Islamic theology and tassawuf over the span of two decades. He studied with Dr. Jamal Farouq, Dr. Ali Gomaa, Shekh Abdel-Qadir Shami, Sheikh Naji Rashwan and Sheikh Hamdy in al-Azhar as well as Sheikh Qusay Abu-Saad, Sheikh Marwan el-Kateb and Sheikh Faraz Rabbani in Jordan, and with Sheikh Salik bin Siddina. He Karim graduated from Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt and is enrolled in the Dar el-Ifta’, Mufti training program.

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