Thought Oasis

1. An Overview of the Student of Knowledge Program

💧 first drop : 🌱 last nurtured : 👤 teacher : Ustad Muhammad Tim Humble⏱️ 3 min read

  • This is for someone who is serious about pursuing the knowledge of Islam, who wants to strive for excellence.
  • We will be focusing strictly on classical books in Arabic that will be translated into English line by line.
  • This course can be done by anyone as long as the time commitment is there.

Pathways

  1. Al Aqeedah wa usool adeen
    1. What you believe
    2. Your Emaan
    3. The foundations of the religion
    4. What makes Muslims a Muslim
    5. Tawhid (the oneness of Allah SWT)
    6. General Aqeedah
    7. The 6 pillars of Emaan
    8. Different groups/sects appearing later in Islam
  2. Al Fiqh wa Usoolu (Fiqh and its Principles)
    1. Actions and rulings of Islam
    2. E.g. rulings relating to prayer, fasting, business transactions, marriage
    3. All of the fundamental sciences relating to how to understand these
  3. Tafsir Al Uloom Al Qur’an (Tafsir and the Sciences of the Qur’an)
    1. Tafsir on all of the sciences of Qur’an
    2. Tajweed, the different types of qira’at
    3. How to write the Mushaf
  4. Al Hadith wa uloomoohum (Hadith and its Sciences)
    1. Hadith and all of its sciences
    2. Studying the text a of ahadith, the authenticity, the narrators
    3. The sciences of grading; how to know what is authentic and what is not
  5. Seerah and History
    1. The biography of the Prophet ﷺ
    2. Subjects related to; his characteristics, what he was known for, his looks and behaviour.
    3. History: the time prior to Islam, Islamic history post Islam or after the time of the Prophet ﷺ
  6. Uloom al Arabiyya wa Al Mantiq (Sciences of Language and Logic and reason) a. It is not about learning to speak Arabic as a second language b. It is about the sciences that make up the Arabic langue such as grammar, morphology, the history of the langue, the dictionaries of the Arabic language c. A lot of rulings are based on the understanding of the Arabic language
  7. Al Tarrabiyyatul Islamiyya (Islamic Etiquettes and Personal Development) a. Developing yourself personally, spiritually, good manners, behaviours and purifying the heart

Levels

  1. Introductory
  2. Beginner
  3. Intermediate
  4. Advanced

The Time

Each pathway, along with the arabic language course will take around 2 hours of teaching time a week. So 7 pathways mean around 14 hours of class time. When you add revision and memorization it will add 2-3 more hours to the pathway. So 7 pathways mean around 30-35 hours of class time. Feel free to scale up and down.

Memorization of Quran

It is a pre-requisite for any student of knowledge. Try to aim for that. At beginner’s level, aim to memorize 5 juz of the Qur’an. At intermediate level, aim to memorize 15 juz of the Qur’an. At advanced level, aim to memorize all of the Qur’an.

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