INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION

Six Year Alim Program

Six Year Alim Program

Our Alim Program is a six-year, post-secondary program designed to train our students in 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)

Fees:

Registration fee (payable once and nonrefundable): $50.00

Security Deposit (refundable or adjustable in the tuition fee): $300.00

One Year Tuition Fee: $6240.00

One Year Boarding Fee: $5460.00

Below is the brief description of our Alim program from first year to the 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

  • An 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

  • Islamic Theology: SHARAH AL-AQA’ID
  • Exegesis of the Qur’an: AL-TIBYAN
  • Qur’anic Science: TAFSIR AL NASAFI
  • The Principles of the Jurisprudence: NOOR AL ANWAR
  • Inheritance: SIRAJI
  • Jurisprudence: HIDAYAH II
  • Hadith: MUQADDAMAH MISHKAT
  • Principle of Hadith: QAWA’ID FI ULUM AL HADITH
  • Biography of the Holy Prophet: FIQH AL SIRAH
  • Arabic Literature: MUKHTARAT

Alim Year 5

  • Exegesis: JALALAYN HALF I
  • Hadith MISHKAT AL MASABIH II
  • Hadith: MISHKAT AL MASABIH III
  • Hadith: MISHKAT I
  • Jurisprudence: HIDAYAH IV
  • Jurisprudence: HIDAYAH III

Alim Year 6

  • Hadith: TIRMIZI I &II
  • Hadith: BUKHARI I & II
  • Hadith: MUSLIM I & II
  • Hadith: SUNAN ABU DAWUD
  • Hadith: SUNAN NASA’I
  • Hadith: IBN MAJAH
  • Hadith: MAWATTAYN
  • Hadith: SHMA’IL