
Six Year Alim Program
Our Alim Program is a six-year, post-secondary program designed to train our students into the classical Islamic sciences. The course is based on a traditional curriculum of study, covering a wide array of subjects such as:
Arabic Grammar (Syntax and Morphology)
Arabic Literature (Speech, Composition, and Rhetoric)
Logic (Mantiq)
Islamic Theology (‘Aqidah)
Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence (Usul al-Fiqh)
Fiqh (Jurisprudence)
‘Ulum Al-Hadith (Sciences of Hadith Interpretation)
Hadith (Prophetic Traditions)
Usul al-Tafsir (Principles of Exegesis)
Tafsir al-Qur’an (Exegesis)
Sirah (Prophetic Biography)
Below is the brief description of our Alim program from first year to final Year.
ALIM YEAR 1
Islamic Theology: AQIDAH
Exegesis of the Quran: TARJUMAH AL QUR’AN
Tajweed: EASY TAJWEED
Jurisprudence: AL FIQH AL MUYASSAR
Arabic Grammar: TASHIL AL NAHW
Arabic Morphology: MIN KUNUZ AL SARF
Arabic Primer: QASAS AL NABIYYIN I/QASAS AL ARABIYY HALF I
Arabic Reader: DURUS AL LUGHAH
ALIM YEAR 2
Exegesis: SAFWAT AL TAFSIR
Arabic Grammar: NAHAW AL WADIHAH
Jurisprudence: MUKHTASAR AL QUDURI
Arabic Reader: AL QASAS AL ARABIYYAH P1 &2
Arabic Textbook: AL-ARABIYAH LI AL NASHI’IN 4
Hadith: MISHKAT AL ATHAR
ALIM YEAR 3
Abridged version of Tafsir Ibn Kathir (exegesis of the Quran): MUKHTASAR IBN KATHIR
The Principles of the Jurisprudence: AL MAWJAZ (USUL AL FIQH)
Jurisprudence: BIDAYAH AL MUJTAHID
Jurisprudence: HIDAYAH I
Arabic Text: AL ARABIYAH LI AL NASHI’IN 6
Arabic Rhetoric: AL BALAGHAH AL WADIHAH
Arabic Eloquence: DURUS AL BALAGAH
Logic: SHARAH TAHZEEB
ALIM YEAR 4
NOOR AL ANWAR
AL-TIBYAN/SIRAJI
HIDAYAH II
TAFSIR AL NASAFI
MUQADDAMAH MISHKAT/QAWA’ID FI ULUM AL HADITH
SHARAH AL-AQA’ID
FIQH AL SIRAH/ MUKHTARAT
ALIM YEAR 5
MISHKAT AL MASABIH III
MISHKAT I
HIDAYAH IV
HIDAYAH III
JALALAYN HALF I
MISHKAT AL MASABIH II
ALIM YEAR 6
TIRMIZI I &II
BUKHARI I & II
MUSLIM I & II
SUNAN ABU DAWUD/ SUNAN NASA’I
IBN MAJAH/ MAWATTAYN/ SHMA’IL