IJAAZAH IN ARABIC AND ISLAMIC STUDIES
IJAAZA IN ARABIC AND ISLAMIC STUDIES
The program of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Institute is aimed at enabling students to gain an in-depth understanding of the Islamic faith to lead a virtuous life, experience Islam within themselves, and share the divine mercy with fellow humans. The program can best be characterized as simultaneously traditional and modern: Traditional in the sense that it assumes a close understanding of the revelation as understood, applied and transmitted to us from our pious forbearers; modern in the sense that it does not treat the tradition as if it were a stagnant writ, but rather as a lively tradition which provides us tools to deal with the present realities that we live and move within.
The Ijazah program aims to train and prepare capable religious leaders and preachers who can fill the following positions:
- Imams for the Masajid;
- Khatibs and Preachers;
- Muslim chaplains
- Teachers/instructors of Islamic studies for high schools and colleges
- Any Muslim (or non-Muslim) interested in advancing his/her level of knowledge in Islam
THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING MAJOR AREAS:
- Arabic linguistic skills
- Quran and related disciplines
- Hadith and related disciplines
- Islamic theology and jurisprudence
- Akhlaq (Islamic ethics) and Tasawwuf (spirituality)
- Sirah and Islamic History
- Islam and contemporary issues
For the Ijazah Program, the following are the prerequisites:
1. Completion of the Madinah University Arabic Course consisting
of the three books or its equivalent; these can be completed within the first two years of the program.
2. Basic understanding of Islam as faith, law, ethics and spiritual way
as revealed in familiarity with the courses offered by the Institute
so far or as personally demonstrated by each applicant.
For a full outline of the program, registration and admission procedures, please see the links on the left menu.
