This course provides a detailed study on the Islamic legal rulings of purification based on the book ‘Al-Fiqh al-Islami’, authored by Shaykh Akram Nadwi. Al-Fiqh al-Islami is an original 2-volume monograph in the English language covering: purification (taharah), prayer (salah), funeral rites (including salat al-janazah), annual alms (zakat), fasting (sawm) and pilgrimage (hajj) according to the Hanafi madhhab. This course will introduce students to how practically perform four of the five pillars of Islam in light of traditional scholarship and within the contemporary context. It will equip students to be able to fulfil their ritual obligations and understand how to practically navigate some of the challenges faced around these areas of Islamic law today.