ONLY part-time, Comprehensive Islamic Scholarship Degree directed and taught by Shaykh Mohammad Akram Nadwi (Official) Introducing Al Salam Institutes Unique 5 Year ‘Alimmiyah Curriculum From his life dedicated to the study of the sciences of the deen and his refreshing non-partisan critical approach, Shaykh Akram has, alongside his senior students, developed a balanced curriculum of Arabic Language, Hadith, Fiqh, Usul and Qur’anic Studies. Foundation and Intermediate Levels (Years 1-3) will provide the basis for the two years Advanced Level study, which include analysis of the chains of transmission, narrators and derived meanings of the hadiths in Sahih al-Bukhari and Jami’ al-Tirmidhi. Furthermore, Shaykh Akram will lead students on rihlas modelled on traditional travel for knowledge (such as the forthcoming ‘Umrah in April 2015), in order to gain special lessons and high ‘ijazahs from senior shuyukh. The result is not a mere reading of the books of Hadith, but an intimate appreciation of the Way of the Muhaddithin, which, without exaggeration, cannot be found in any other course taught in the English language. ADVANCED LEVEL (Two Years) (Taught Exclusively by shaykh Mohammad Akram Nadwo Modules ____________________________________________ Advanced Quranic Exegesis (Two Years) Unit 1: Tafsir al-Tabari Unit 2: Tafsir al-Zamakhshari Unit 3: Tafsir al-Razi ____________________________________________ Advanced Hadith Analysis and Isnad Criticism (Two Years) Unit 1: Sahih al-Bukhari Unit 2: al-Jami al-Tirmidhi ____________________________________________ Advanced Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence (Two Years) Unit 1: Hanafi: Usul al-Sarakhsi Unit 2: Shafi’i: al-Risalah of Shafi’i Unit 3: Maqasid al-Shariah: al-Muwaffaqat of Shatibi ____________________________________________ Advanced Comparative Islamic Law (Two Years) Unit 1: Hanafi: Al-Hujjah fi ikhtilaf ahl al-Kufah wa ahl al-Madinah of Muhammad al-Shaybani Unit 2: Shafi: Kitab al-umm of al-Shafi’i Unit 3: Zahiri: al-Muhalla of Ibn Hazm ____________________________________________ Advanced Islamic History (first three modules will be taught in the first year) Unit 1: Life of Prophet Muhammad (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) Unit 2: History of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs Unit 3: Modern History Unit 4: Usul al-Din and History of Muslim Sects Unit 5: Umayyad and Abbasid Periods Unit 6: Ottoman and Mughal Periods ____________________________________________ Dissertation 10,000 words of independent research under the supervision of Shaykh Akram Nadwi ____________________________________________ FOUNDATION Level (One Year) Module One Classical Arabic Course Instructor: Shaykh Ayman Abdel-Haleem (Senior Teaching Fellow at SOAS, University of London, teaching Qur’anic Arabic) Unit 1: Quranic Vocabulary: Unit 2: Applied Arabic: Unit 3: Grammar: Unit 4: Arabic Morphology (Sarf): ____________________________________________ Module Two Classical Islamic Sciences Unit 1: Tafsir Text: Surah Maryam Course Instructor: Dr. Mohammad Akram Nadwi (Former senior research fellow at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Oxford University) ____________________________________________ Unit 2: Hadith Text: Al-Mukhtasar of Ibn Abi Jamrah Course Instructor: Shaykh Dr Daniel Vazquez-Paluch (Former lecturer, researcher and editor at SOAS, University of London) ____________________________________________ Unit 3: Fiqh Text: Mukhtasar al-Quduri by Abul-Husayn al-Quduri. Course Instructor: Shaykh Shafiur Rahman (Management Consultant, Director and Islamic Studies teacher at Jibreel Institute, London) ____________________________________________ Unit 4: Usul Al Fiqh: Text: Mabadi Fi Usul al-Fiqh, Shaykh Akram Nadwi Course Instructor: Shaykh Abid Khan (Imam and consultant at First Ethical) ____________________________________________ Unit 5: Usul al Hadith: Text: al-Manzumah al-Bayquniyyah fi mustalah ahl al-hadith wa al-athar by Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Futu al-Bayquni Course Instructor: Shaykh Dr Daniel Vazquez-Paluch (Former lecturer, researcher and editor at SOAS, University of London) ____________________________________________ Unit 6: Usul al-Tafsir Text: al-Tashil li ulum al-Tanzil by Ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi (d. 741 AH) Course Instructor: Dr Ibrahim Harvey (Former Senior Teaching Fellow at SOAS, University of London) ____________________________________________ Intermediate Level Two Years Module One: Advanced Arabic Language and Literature (Year One) o Unit 1: Advanced Morphology o Unit 2: Applied Arabic & Composition o Unit 3: Poetry o Unit 4: Rhetoric o Unit 5: Advanced Grammar Module Two: Advanced Classical Islamic Sciences (Year One) o Unit 1: Thematic Tafsir and Translation of the Quran o Unit 2: Islamic Family Law o Unit 2: Usul al-Fiqh o Unit 3: Usul al-Hadith Module Three: Advanced Shariah Studies (Year Two) o Unit 1: Inheritance o Unit 2: Islamic Finance o Unit 3: Qawa’id al-Fiqhiyyah (Legal Maxims) o Unit 4: Fiqh al-Hadith o Unit 5: Comparative Islamic Law o Unit 6: Contemporary Islamic law Module Five: Advanced Quranic Studies (Year Two) o Unit 1: ‘Ulum al-Quran o Unit 2: Translation of the Quran (selected chapters) Module six: Theology and Comparative Religion o Unit 1: Aqeedah __________________________________________ Scared Sciences Journey (April Umrah 2015 with Shaykh Akram Nadwi) Travel Abroad & Gain Ijazahs from Scholars Worldwide Students will have a unique opportunity to gain ‘ijazahs for the five years of the course from senior scholars all over the world through the annual 10 day Sacred Sciences Journey and annual 7 day residential programmes. The first Sacred Sciences Journey will be in Makkah and Madinah - including Umrah - in April 2015 inshaAllah. More details to come in upcoming emails ____________________________________________ Foundation Level Morning sessions (8am-12pm) unit 1: Spoken Arabic Unit 2: Seerah Unit 3: Fiqh of Hajj and Umrah Unit 4: Tafsir of Last Ten Surah Unit 5: Shamail of the prophet ____________________________________________ Advanced Level Evening sessions (After `Asar prayer) Unit 1: Juz al-Ansari Unit 2: Juz Ibn `Arafah Unit 3: al-Ghaylaniyyat Unit 4: al-Awail al-Sunbuliyyah Unit 5: al-`Ajluniyyah Unit 6: al-Yani` al-Janiy and other ajza For details of modules, recommended and further reading, course material, teaching methods, texts, authors of primary texts and teachers, please visital-salam.co.uk Added Value: Travel Abroad & Gain Ijazahs from Scholars Worldwide Students will have a unique opportunity to gain ‘ijazahs for the five years of the course from senior scholars all over the world through annual 10 day Sacred Sciences Journey and annual 7 day residential programmes. The first Sacred Sciences Journey will be in Makkah and Madinah - including Umrah -in April 2015. More details to come in upcoming emails, or click here. Flexibility in Study: Part Time & Online Every Sunday University term-time (10 weeks per term - 30 Sundays per year) 10:00 - 18:00 (17:00 for Advanced Level). Streamed online and recorded for distance learning anywhere in the world Online and Distant Learning This course is also available online through our Virtual Madrasah with full study materials and audio and video recordings of all lectures. Students will have the flexibility to study at their own pace and convenience, whereby their study can fit around work and lifestyle commitments. The live online classes can be accessed from anywhere in the world and they are fully interactive, with students able to fully participate in the class discussion. For further information please visit al-salam.co.uk
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