The `Alim Course is a comprehensive study of the Islamic sciences, which allows students to go beyond the basics of Islam and begin their journey treading the path of the greatest men that ever walked on the face of the earth, the `Ulama’.

Allah Ta`ala says: “It is only those who have knowledge among His slaves that fear Allah.” [Al-Fatir: 28]

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The virtue of an `Alim over a pious worshipper is like the virtue I have over the lowest among you.” [Tirmidhi]

Subjects and Student Outcomes

Students devote up to eight hours a week to studying the primary classical subjects taught globally throughout the Islamic world for over a thousand years. Some of those subjects along with their relevant outcomes are as follows:

• Islamic Law: Correctly perform wuḍū’ and Salah, identify the detailed rulings pertaining to fasting, giving Zakah, performing Hajj, financial matters, and laws of Halal and Haram (al-Hazr wa ‘l-Ibahah), and how to navigate through each while remaining free from committing errors.
• Beliefs & Creed: Identify the fundamental beliefs of a Muslim and provide arguments against common objections regarding Islamic theology and philosophical implications of Islamic thought, and learn to successfully navigate issues that seemingly put current worldviews and scientific theories at odds with Islamic beliefs.
• Islamic History: Study and analyze the life of the best of creations and apply characteristics of the Prophet ﷺ to our daily lives.
• Etiquette & Manners: Understand and display the correct manners of a student of knowledge (ṭālib al-`ilm) and practically illustrate methods to increase our overall connection with Allāh Ta`ālā, while illustrating methods of navigating common spiritual maladies such as jealousy (hasad), animosity (`adawah), hedonism and materialism (hubb al-mal), pride (takabbur), etc.
• Arabic Grammar: Form and analyze sentences in Arabic along with identification of the final letter (i`rāb) of each letter and learn to navigate basic to intermediate texts of classical Islamic Sciences.
• Arabic Morphology: Conjugate and produce a plethora of different verb forms of Arabic words using only the root-letters of any word.
• Arabic Literature: Identify Arabic parts of speech along with basic syntax of Arabic sentences and practically apply concepts learned through Arabic Grammar and Arabic Morphology.
• Tajweed: Articulate each letter of the Arabic language correctly (makharij) along with the peculiarities of each letter’s attributes (sifat) while practically applying rules specific to the Qur’an such as madd, rules of nun sakin and tanween, and rules of heavy and light pronunciations (tarqiq and tafkhim).