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The Theology of Supplication: Exploring Dua as Spiritual Devotion
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Module 1 | Exploring our Relationship to Dua & Its Theological Foundations
Module 1 Overview & Downloadable Slides
1.1 What is Dua? Why do we make Dua? (13:08)
1.2 Dua and Destiny (17:23)
1.3 The Theology of Dua (23:09)
1.4 Our Dua and Reliance on God (24:06)
Module 2 | Approaching Dua Inwardly and Outwardly
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2.1 Preconditions for Dua (32:54)
2.2 Inward and Outward Etiquettes of Dua (22:54)
2.3 General vs. Specific Dua (31:05)
Module 3 | Dua Bridging Realms? Life/Death, Seen/Unseen, Time/Space
Module 3 Overview & Downloadable Slides
3.1 Dua connecting us with the living and the dead (30:46)
3.2 Sanctioned means of tawassul (18:31)
3.3 Tawassul through the Prophet, Istighatha vs. tawassul, Dua for and against non-Muslims (32:06)
Further Readings
Zakariyya al-Ansari: "Talkhis al-azhiya fi ahkam al-ad'iya” (Arabic PDF)
al-Ghazali On Invocation and Supplication (Ihya Chapter 9, English)
al-Ghazali "Kitab al-adhkar wa-l-daʿwāt" (Ihya Chapter 9, Arabic PDF)
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3.3 Tawassul through the Prophet, Istighatha vs. tawassul, Dua for and against non-Muslims
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