Barakah Masjid presents
Seerah in Depth: The Madinan Years
From the hijrah to the farewell sermon
The second half of the seminar: ten weeks on the Madinan decade — a community with a city, a treaty, an army, and the whole problem of how to govern justly.
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About
Why this course
The Makkan years are read for patience. The Madinan years are harder, because they are read for judgement — a community that suddenly had to make decisions with consequences for other people.
We work through the constitution of Madinah, the campaigns, the treaty at Hudaybiyyah, the conquest and the farewell sermon, always asking what was actually being weighed. Term one is helpful background but not a prerequisite; the reading list assumes you are starting fresh.
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Curriculum
Week by week
10 weeks · Wednesdays, 7:00 pm
- 01Wed 3 Feb
Week 1 — Arrival, and the first year
A community that suddenly had a city, and everything that changed with it.
- 02Wed 10 Feb
Week 2 — The constitution of Madinah
Read closely, clause by clause.
- 03Wed 17 Feb
Week 3 — Badr
The decision to go out, and what it committed everyone to.
- 04Wed 24 Feb
Week 4 — Uhud
A defeat, and an honest reading of why.
- 05Wed 3 Mar
Week 5 — The tribes and the treaties
Including the contested reports, treated as contested.
5 more weeks
- 06Wed 10 Mar
Week 6 — The trench
A siege, and the politics that broke it.
- 07Wed 17 Mar
Week 7 — Hudaybiyyah
What a good agreement costs, and why the companions struggled with it.
- 08Wed 24 Mar
Week 8 — The letters to the kings
A small community writing to empires.
- 09Wed 31 Mar
Week 9 — The conquest of Makkah
The return, and what was not done on the day.
- 10Wed 7 Apr
Week 10 — The farewell sermon
Read as a summary of the whole decade.
Enrolment
Enrol for the whole term
One payment covers every week. If you miss a class the recording is emailed the next morning, and your place is held for the rest of the term.
4 of 45 enrolled
Term fee
All ten seminars, the reading pack, and marked written responses.
$300
Concession
Students, seniors, and anyone for whom the full fee is a barrier.
$190
Your teacher
Dr. Yusuf Bakri
Lecturer in Islamic History, Western Sydney University
Dr. Yusuf teaches Islamic history at Western Sydney University, with a focus on the Makkan and Madinan periods and how each has been read since. He has written on the way the seerah has been retold for community audiences in Australia since the 1970s.
Getting there
Where to find us
Barakah Masjid
181 Haldon Street Lakemba, Sydney
Good to know
What's included
- Near public transport
- Recorded event
- Chair seating
- Intensive course
- Evening program
- Registration required
Anything else you need to know? Message us.
Questions
Common questions
Do I need to register in advance?
Yes. Registration closes once the cohort fills, and the reminder, plus any change of time, goes to the email you register with.
Will it be recorded?
Most lectures are recorded and the link goes out to everyone who registered, usually within a week. Course sessions are recorded week by week so you can catch up if you miss one.
What if I need to cancel?
Email us and we'll refund a paid ticket up to seven days before the program begins. Inside seven days we can move your seat to the next date or the next cohort.
Is there prayer space on site?
Yes. There is a prayer area with wudu facilities for both brothers and sisters, and we break for salah at its time.
Is there parking?
There is free street parking around the venue and a small on-site car park that fills early. The nearest station is a short walk, and on busy nights we'd recommend it.
Afterwards
Where this leads
The next level, and anything taught alongside it.
Next
Quranic Arabic: The First Hundred Words
Grief, Sabr, and the Things We Don't Say
Reading the Divine Names
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Reflections
What people say
reflections
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“Somebody finally said out loud: this report is weak, and here is why people keep repeating it anyway. I have waited years to hear that in a community setting.”
“Dr. Bakri treats it as history with stakes rather than a set of moral lessons for children. The Hudaybiyyah section reframed the entire period for me.”
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$190.00