Companions of the Prophet (s) | Part 2 with support for deaf & hard of hearing students
Course Category: Sira | Level 1 Course
*New:* This course provides support for support for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. For inquiries, email accessible@rabata.org
Click here to view a short segment of this course: Companions of the Prophet (s) with Anse Dr. Tamara Gray
Course Code: SIR 102
Instructor: Anse Dr. Tamara Gray
Length: 1 term (14 weeks)
Course Dates: January 20 - April 27, 2020
Timings: Mondays, 7:00 pm CST/1:00 am UK Click
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Classes last approximately 1 hour each. Live attendance is not required but recommended whenever possible. Recordings of the sessions will be made available for registered students who cannot attend live.
Daylight savings time will end in
the United States on Sunday, March 8, 2020. Depending on where you live, this
may or may not affect your class timing. In countries where DST is not applied
at all, class will be one hour earlier starting March 8.
Offered: Part 1 of this course is offered in the Fall term of each year, and Part 2 is offered in the Spring. Completion of Part 1 is recommended but not required to enroll in Part 2.
Prerequisites: Students should be women above the age of 17.
Summary: An in-depth study of the sixty companions discussed in the book Stars in the Prophet’s Orbit. Students will learn their stories, draw conclusions about Islamic precepts from their lives, understand their relationship to the Prophet (s), and derive personal lessons from their lives. Students will apply same to an additional companion upon whom research will be done.
The first thirty companions of this text are covered in Part 1 of the course, and the second thirty are covered in Part 2. It is not required to complete part 1 before part 2.
Course Requirements: Students are expected to attend the weekly online lectures, complete one or more weekly assignments, read the assigned material, write a term paper, and review and sit for a final exam.
Registration Fee: Non-refundable, non-transferable
Students will have access to course forums, recordings, and files until the first day of the next term.
$100.00 (not including the cost of the course materials)
$20.00 late registration fee after January 18th (if seats are available)
Additional $5.00 auditing fee.
Text: Stars in the Prophet’s Orbit by Asmāʾ al Tabbāʿ, translated by Sawsan Tarabishy.
Students are responsible for ordering their textbooks before the start of class. Ribaat textbooks are available to enrolled students at a discounted rate through Daybreak Press Global Bookshop. Once enrolled, students will have access to the discount code through the course forum.
For inquiries, contact registration@rabata.org