Alimiyyah Program

Specialize IN language, jurisprudence, hadith & tafseer

The Alim course is a comprehensive study of the Islamic Sciences, the breadth of which includes expertise in:  Arabic grammar, Tajweed, Literature, Tafseer Al-Qur’an, Hadith, Islamic Law (Fiqh), and Islamic History.

Courses are offered in a traditional environment with students spending approximately six hours per day receiving direct instruction from certified scholars. The coursework prepares students to become upright citizens with the aptitude to become Imams, school teachers, administrators of Islamic Institutions, academic researchers and writers.  Upon graduation, students may also choose to pursue specialized studies in Fiqh to become Mufti, Hadith to become Muhadith, Tafseer to become Mufassir, and/or other sciences.

1ST YEAR

3RD YEAR

• Arabic Grammar/Syntax III
• Analysis Of Arabic Verbs III
• Arabic Literature
• Persuasive Speech/ Rhetoric I  (Balagha)
• Logic I
• Methods in Translation of the Qur’an & Textual Analysis
• Theology I
• Genesis of Islamic Law I
• Hadith Analysis: Riyadh Us-Saliheen
• Principles of Fiqh (Usool Al-Shashi

4TH YEAR

• Logic II
• Persuasive Speech/ Rhetoric II
• Textual Analysis of the Qur’an II
• Public Speaking
• Comparative Fiqh: Social & Family Law
• Genesis of Islamic Law II
• Persuasive Dialogue/ Rhetoric II
• Advanced Literature & Composition
• Theology II
• Principles of Islamic Finance
• Qur’anic Sciences and It’s Exegesis (Tafseer al-Qur’an)

5TH YEAR

• Comparative Fiqh
• Genesis of Islamic Law III
• Advanced Qur’anic Sciences and It’s Exegesis (Tafseer Jalalayn)
• Advanced Textual Interpretation of Hadith (Miskhat ul-Masabih))

6TH YEAR

This year is dedicated to advanced studies in Hadith (Methodology, Readings, and Analysis), which includes over 1,000 hours of direct teacher instruction in the prominent Hadith collections:

Sahih ul-Bukhari, Sahih li Muslim, Sunan at-Trimidhi, Sunan abu-Dawood, Sunan ibn Majah, Sunan an-Nasaee and Muwatta Imam Malik