| YEAR 1 | Credit Hours |
|---|
| 1. Arabic grammar, morphology, etc. (Based on Jami al-dduroos al-Arabiyyah, vol. 1 | 3 |
| 2. Advanced Arabic (Select texts relating to major areas) | 3 |
| 3. Thematic study of Surah al-Baqarah | 3 |
| 4. Fiqh al-Hadith based on al- Musawwa (Commentary on Muwatta by Imam Shah Waliullah al-Dahlavi) | 3 |
| 5. Fiqh al-ibadat (based on standard texts in fiqh al-madhaahib) | 3 |
| 6. Tajwid and Hifz | 3 |
| 7. Aqidah as revealed in the Qur'an | 3 |
| 8. Akhlaq and Tasawwuf (Based on Ihya Ulum al-Ddeen) | 3 |
| 9. Fiqh al-Sirah | 3 |
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| YEAR 2 | Credit Hours |
|---|
| 1. Arabic Grammar (Jami al-dduus al-Arabiyyah ( vol. 2) | 3 |
| 2. Thematic Study of Surah Aal-Imran | 3 |
| 3. Fiqh al-Hadith based on al-Musawwa | 3 |
| 4. Fiqh al-Muamalat (based on standard texts in fiqh al-madhahib) | 3 |
| 5. Tajwid and Hifz | 3 |
| 6. Ulum al-Quran (Sciences of the Quran) | 3 |
| 7. Ulum al-Hadith (Sciences of Hadith) based on Mahmasani and Kamali | 3 |
| 8. Akhlaq and Tasawwuf (based on Ihya Ulum al-Ddin) | 3 |
| 9. Islamic History: The Pious Caliphate | 3 |
| YEAR 3 | Credit Hours |
|---|
| 1. Arabic Grammar (Jami al-ddurus al-Arabiyyah (vol. 3) | 3 |
| 2. Ulum al-Quran (Sciences of the Quran): Schools of Tafsir | 3 |
| 3. Readings in the Hadith Sources: al-Bukhari and Muslim | 3 |
| 4.Al-Fiqh al-Muqaran (based on Bidayat al-mujtahid) | 3 |
| 5.Usul al-Fiqh (Based on texts by Abd al-Wahhab Khallafand Hashim Kamali) | 3 |
| 6. Issues in Islamic Theology | 3 |
| 7. Islamic Call: Content and method | 3 |
| 8. Islamic History (Umayyads and Abbassids) | 3 |
| 9. Emergence of the West | 3 |
| YEAR 4 | Credit Hours |
|---|
| 1. Tafsir in the modern world | 3 |
| 2. Al-Fiqh al-Muqaran (based on Bidayat al-mujtahid) | 3 |
3. Issues in Islamic
theology | 3 |
| 4. Understanding religions of fellow humans | 3 |
| 5. Islam in the contemporary world | 3 |
| 6. Issues in Islamic laws | 3 |
| 7. Fiqh al-maqasid (higher objectives of the Shariah | 3 |
| 8. History of Islamic Institutions | 3 |
| 9. Islamic History (Post-Abbassids) | 3 |
| 10. Thesis to be prepared by the student on a chosen topic relating to one of the major areas. | 3 |
