A series exploring and introducing outstanding classical texts that helped shaped Islamic civilization in up to three lectures.

​Book 1: Iḥyā′ ‘Ulūm al-Dīn - The Revival of the Religious Sciences
by: Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazali

​Session 1: Friday, June 4th | Session 2: Friday, August 6th | Session 3: Friday, September 3rd
Presented by: Dr. Hamid Slimi

Dr. Hamid Slimi

Dr. Hamid Slimi is a community developer, a teacher and a spiritual leader who has been serving Muslims in Canada since 1997. He is currently a professor of Islamic Studies at the Canadian Centre for Deen Studies and UIN University in Indonesia.  

Dr. Slimi has been educated in Arabic, French and English since his early age as a little child. He received intensive training and learning in many Islamic disciplines, including Aqidah, Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, Maqasid, Tafsir, Seerah, Qurʾan, Hadith Sciences and 'Ulum al-Lughah. Both His Ijazah and Graduate Shahadat are in Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) and Usul al-Fiqh (Fundamentals of Jurisprudence). His research interests are in the fields of Jurisprudential Rules, the Science of Maqasid (Objectives of Law), and al-Fiqh al-Muqaaran  (Comparative Jurisprudence) in the Four Madhabs. In addition to his traditional Islamic degrees (Ijazah), he holds two Masters degrees with High Honors from al-Qarawiyyin University (Morocco) and Western Michigan University (United States) and a Ph.D. in Islamic Law from the University of Wales (United Kingdom).

Dr. Slimi is the Imam and resident scholar of Sayeda Khadija Centre in Mississauga, ON, since 2009 and the President of the Faith of Life Network. He is also a lecturer at the Centre for Islamic Knowledge and the past chairman of the Canadian Council of Imams.