The ‘Alima course is a comprehensive study of the Islamic Sciences, the breadth of which includes expertise in:  Arabic grammar, Literature, Tafseer al-Qur’an, Hadith, Islamic Law (Fiqh) and Islamic History.  Courses are offerred in a traditional environment with students spendings approximately six hours per day receiving direct instruction from certified scholars and instructors.

The coursework prepares students to become upright citizens with the aptitude to become school teachers, administrators of Islamic Institutions, academic researchers, and writers. 

Upon graduation, students may also choose to pursue specialized studies in Fiqh (Ifta), Hadith, Tafseer, and/or other sciences.

FIRST YEAR

ARABIC GRAMMAR/SYNTAX I
ANALYSIS OF ARABIC VERBS I
ARABIC WRITING
INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC BELIEFS
BIOGRAPHY OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD  (SALALLAHU ‘ALAYHI WASALAM)
BIOGRAPHIES OF THE PROPHETS  (ALAYHUM AS-SALAAM)
TAJWEED 1
ADVANCED URDU

SECOND YEAR

ARABIC GRAMMAR/SYNTAX II
ANALYSIS OF ARABIC VERBS II
APPROACHES TO ARABIC LITERATURE
BIOGRAPHY OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (SALALLAHU ‘ALAYHI WASALAM)
INTRODUCTION TO PRINCIPLES OF  JURISPRUDENCE (FIQH)
GENERAL FIQH: MUKHTASIR AL-QUDOORI
INTRODUCTION TO HADITH
BIOGRAPHIES OF THE CALIPHS
ISLAMIC HISTORY
EXPOSITORY WRITING
PRINCIPLES OF ISLAMIC WORSHIP
TAJWEED II

THIRD 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
THEOLOGY I
GENESIS OF ISLAMIC LAW I
HADITH ANALYSIS: APPROACH TO RIYADH US-SALIHEEN
PRINCIPLES OF ISLAMIC JURISPUDENCE (USOOL AL-SHASHI)
TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF THE QUR’AN I

FOURTH YEAR

LOGIC II
PERSUASIVE SPEECH/ RHETORIC II
TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF THE QUR’AN II
ADVANCED LAW
PUBLIC SPEAKING
COMPARATIVE FIQH
GENESIS OF ISLAMIC LAW II
PERSUASIVE DIALOGUE/ RHETORIC II
ADVANCED LITERATURE
ADVANCED COMPOSITION
THEOLOGY II
PRINCIPLES OF ISLAMIC FINANCE
SOCIAL AND FAMILY LAW
QUR’ANIC SCIENCES AND IT’S EXEGESIS  (TAFSEER AL-QUR’AN)

FIFTH YEAR

COMPARATIVE FIQH
GENESIS OF ISLAMIC LAW III
ADVANCED QUR’ANIC SCIENCES AND IT’S EXEGESIS  (TAFSEER AL-QUR’AN)
TAFSEER JALALAYN
ADVANCED TEXTUAL INTERPRETATION OF HADITH (MISKHAT)

SIXTH YEAR

This year is dedicated to advanced studies in ahadith, which includes over 1,000 hours of direct teacher instruction in the prominent ahadith collections:

SAHIH AL-BUKHARI:      HADITH METHODOLOGY, READINGS, AND ANALYSIS
SAHIH AL-MUSLIM:        HADITH METHODOLOGY, READINGS, AND ANALYSIS
SUNAN AT-TIRMIZHI:    HADITH METHODOLOGY, READINGS, AND ANALYSIS
SUNAN ABU DAWOOD: HADITH METHODOLOGY, READINGS, AND ANALYSIS
SUNAN IBN MAJAH:       HADITH METHODOLOGY, READINGS, AND ANALYSIS
SUNAN NISAEE:                HADITH METHODOLOGY, READINGS, AND ANALYSIS
MUWATTA IMAM MALIK: HADITH METHODOLOGY, READINGS, AND ANALYSIS