Foreign preachers attend lectures in Dubai

DUBAI // Twenty-three foreign imams were taught about the importance of scientific Islamic education by Dubai’s Dar Al Ber Society’s cultural and studies sector.

The 11-day course, titled “Science Keys of Scientific Textbooks”, held training sessions at Sharifa Al Attar Mosque in Al Barsha, state news agency Wam said on Monday.

A large crowd of male and female students and the public attended the lectures given by renowned scholars, including Sheikh Saad Al Sayed Al Shal, who shed light on the 40 Nawawi Hadiths book.

The imams came from Albania, Kosovo, Togo, Burkina Faso, Maldives, Benin, Uganda, Federal Russia, Mali, the UK, Senegal, Tajikistan, Kenya and Ghana.

Training was held in line with verse No 11/58 of the Holy Quran, which reads: “Allah will raise those who have believed among you and those who were given knowledge, by degrees”, and the prophetic Hadith, which reads: “Allah makes the way to paradise easy for him who treads the path in search of knowledge.”

Prominent sheikhs conducted these training courses.

Sheikh Anees Nasser Al Musaabi explained the 40 Hadiths from Sunnah book, Sheikh Waleed Hamud Al Abri talked about the Minhaj Al Salikeen book, Sheikh Khalid Ismael Musabih discussed the right path to Allah and Salvation in the Hereafter, and Dr Sheikh Khalid Ali focused on the essence and jurisprudence of preaching.

Imran Mohammed Abdullah, a board member and head of the cultural and studies sector of the society, said the programme was part of a series of scientific and cultural lectures and courses being organised on a regular basis in collaboration with the Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities in Dubai.

The courses are aimed at spreading useful and authentic knowledge and to boost the call to the way of Allah with wisdom and fair admonition as instructed in the Quran and Sunnah, he said.

“While all the lectures were broadcast live on the website, the scripts and textbooks of the course, along with copies of the Holy Quran, were distributed to participants who were all gifted prize money and appreciation certificates.”

The charitable society has so far printed and distributed more than 5.5 million different-sized copies of the Holy Quran to Muslims across the world, Mr Abdullah said.

“The society, through its over 35-year history, has been dedicated to the service of the Holy Quran and philanthropic work.”

The foreign imams were paid their entire travel and stay expenses by the society and they were also gifted cash and in-kind rewards, according to a senior official.