28/08/2026
What does it mean to truly purify the heart? ❤️
We read. We pray. We fast. But the nafs is subtle. Its blameworthy traits don’t announce themselves. They hide behind habit, justify themselves through ego, and hold us back from the person we’re striving to become.
Al-Mishkat’s Islamic Spirituality module is for the Muslim who wants to go deeper into spirituality.
Over 12 live sessions, you’ll study the classical texts of tasawwuf and Islamic ethics through a Nabawi-centric lens rooted in the Sunnah, grounded in the lived wisdom of our tradition, and made relevant to the realities of contemporary life. You’ll learn to identify the traits that distance you from Allah Almighty, and to nurture in their place the qualities that the Prophet ﷺ embodied and loved.
This course is a practice; combining study, reflection, and spiritual exercises that work on the heart, not just the mind.
Your Instructor: Dr. Ali Hussain
Dr. Ali Hussain holds a doctoral degree in Islamic Studies from the University of Michigan, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, with research specialising in Islamic mysticism. He currently serves as a Senior Lecturer in Islamic Mysticism at The Classical Institute, and he is also pursuing further Shariah studies at the Al-Azhar University, one of the most esteemed institutions of Islamic learning in the world.
His scholarship is matched by his suhba — his sitting with masters. He studied at Dar al-Mustafa in Tarim, Yemen under Habib Umar bin Hafidh, where he studied Qur’an, Hadith, and the science of Ihsan, and has accompanied Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Al-Qabbani across the various Islamic disciplines.
Dr. Hussain embodies rare combination of rigorous academic training and living traditional scholarship. He has published on a wide range of topics, including the intersection of Islamic spirituality, creativity and culture - exactly the spirit this module calls for.
Register here or click the link in our bio: https://www.almishkat.school/course/islamicspirituality
