{"id":19110,"date":"2026-04-11T21:16:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T01:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamscenter.org\/?post_type=event&#038;p=19110"},"modified":"2026-06-18T10:49:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:49:43","slug":"the-formative-creed-aqidah","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/adamscenter.org\/event\/the-formative-creed-aqidah\/","title":{"rendered":"The Formative Creed: \u2018Aqidah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Part of the Qurtuba Islamic Sciences Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Why this course matters: Understand how Islamic theology developed and how scholars preserved orthodox belief.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Course Description<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This course explores the formative development of Islamic creed (<strong>\u02bfaq\u012bdah<\/strong>) during the first three centuries of Islam.<\/p>\n<p>Students will trace how the lived faith of the Companions evolved into structured theological formulations preserved in classical Sunni texts such as\u00a0<em>al-Fiqh al-Akbar<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>al-\u02bfAq\u012bdah al-\u1e6ca\u1e25\u0101wiyyah<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The course examines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Early political and theological developments<\/li>\n<li>The emergence of sectarian movements (Khaw\u0101rij, Mu\u02bftazilah, Murji\u2019ah, Jahmiyyah)<\/li>\n<li>The response of Ahl al-Sunnah in preserving orthodoxy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students will also engage foundational theological principles such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Affirming revelation without speculation (<em>bil\u0101 kayf<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Understanding divine decree and human responsibility (<em>kasb<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>The Sunni middle path (<em>al-wasa\u1e6diyyah<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This course serves as the first part of a two-part study of classical Sunni theology.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Course Details<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Instructor:<\/strong>\u00a0Ustadha Kouthar Muttardy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0ADAMS Sterling<\/li>\n<li><strong>Schedule:<\/strong>\u00a0Thursdays, 7:00\u20139:00 PM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Start Date:<\/strong>\u00a0April 16, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Duration:<\/strong>\u00a016 weeks (calendar may extend due to breaks)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Who Should Attend<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Adults and committed students of Islamic studies seeking a deeper, structured engagement with Islamic creed.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Registration &amp; Support<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This course is\u00a0<strong>free and open to all<\/strong>. Our work is only possible through your support\u2014please consider donating to sustain and grow these programs.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:qurtuba@adamscenter.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">qurtuba@adamscenter.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19111,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[22],"class_list":["post-19110","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-qurtuba"],"acf":{"event_date":null,"start_time":"","end_time":"","timezone":"Eastern Time Zone (ET)","venue":"","registration_link":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"event_categories":["Qurtuba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/19110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}