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acknowledgements “Whoesoever is not grateful to people is not grateful to Allaah.” I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude in appreciation of the enthusiasm, sincerity and dedication to Islamic re-awakening of brother Muhammad Doola without who's support this treatise could not have been accomplished. Special thanks to brother Muhammad Amod who provided invaluable technical assistance in the production of this work. Their love of Faith is most heartening and inspirational indeed. May Allaah, the Exalted, grant them all the best of this world and the hereafter. I would be failing in my duty if I did not display my gratitude to my mentors, Mawlana Hasan Docrat a truly outstanding and erudite scholar of Islam, who very kindly proof-read the work. I owe a special debt of gratitude to my wife, Mu'allimah Naeema Desai Chothia, without whose assistance, support, encouragement and patience this work would not have been Possible. Finally, let me add that if this work stimulates a more assertive and active interest in Islamic faith and doctrine amongst young Muslims, I will consider the effort to have been amply rewarded. Mawlaanaa Feizel Chothia Mawlaanaa Feizel Chothia has devoted his life to the cause of Islam. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1970 he was educated at the Madrasah Arabiyah Islaamiyah (Daar Al-Uluum Azaadville) institute of traditional Islamic sciences, one of the most well known institutions of Islamic learning in South Africa. He studied under the guidance of the eminent Islamic scholar and Shaykh ul-Hadiith (Specialist in Prophetic Tradition), Mawlaanaa Fazlur Rahman Azmi and Mawlaanaa Hasan Docrat, author of the popular work on Arabic syntax, ‘A Simplified Arabic Grammar’ and Syllabus Co-ordinatorof Madrasah Arabiyah Islamiyah. He has also acquired a post graduate degree in Islamic Studies under the guidance of the distinguished academic, Prof. Abdur Rahman I. Doi. He has specialist training in Islamic jurisprudence, primarily the Hanafi School of Law, and his approach is rooted in a traditional, normative stance. Mawlaanaa Feizel has traveled widely in the cause of Islam, visiting Arabia, Palestine, South East Asia, Turkey and England as well as living both in South Africa and Australia where he served as Imam in numerous Masjids and was actively engaged in Islamic propagation, teaching and administration, and developing curricula and materials for Islamic elementary and afternoon schools (ie. Madaaris - primary and secondary Islamic seminaries). Apart from his formal training and experience, his development as an Islamic scholar within the Western milieu and his intimacy with Western culture and its institutions has served him well in assessing and positively engaging the challenges it poses to Muslims and the Islamic Faith. He currently lives in Perth where he is associated with a number of innovative projects in the field of Islamic education and literature. Mu'allimah Naeema Desai Chothia is a South African born graduate of Madrasah Tarbiyat ul-Banaat, a popular tertiary Islamic institute near Johannesburg. She has, in the course of her academic endeavors, also acquired a diploma in the Montessori method of nursery and pre-school education. She has experience in teaching in primary, secondary and tertiary Islamic seminaries (ie.Madrasah's and Dar ul-'Ulum's) and Nursery and Pre-schools, as well as conducting teenage and adult Islamic educational programs for women and new convert Muslims, both in South Africa and Australia. Mu'allimah Naeema Desai is a qualified Islamic Studies directress with twelve years of experience as not only a teacher but also as principal of Islamic primary seminaries. She currently lives in Perth, Australia. my faith
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