Subject Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4

1 Nahw Notes at Tuhfat as Saniyyah

(Sharh) al Ājurrūmiyyah ibn Ājurrūm

Sharh (al Musannif) Qatr an Nadā

ibn Hishām al Ansārī

Sharh ibn Aqīl Alfiyyah ibn Mālik

2 Sarf/ Balāghah Notes (s) Shadha al `Arf (s) al Hamalāwi Notes (b) Jawāhir al Balāghah (b)

Sayyid Ahmad al Hāshimī

3 Fiqh Notes Mukhtasar al Qudūri Abul Husayn al Qudūrī

al Hidāyah (first half) al Marghīnānī

4 Usūl al Fiqh Basic Terminology Usūl ash Shāshī Niżām ad Dīn al Shāshī

al Manār Abul Barakāt al Nasafī

5 Hadīth al Arba`ūn an Nawawiyyah Sharaf al Dīn al Nawawī

Riyād as Sālihīn Sharaf al Dīn al Nawawī

6 Usūl al Hadīth Basic Terminology al Manżūmah al Bayqūniyyah al Bayqūnī

Nukhbah al Fikar ibn Hajar al `Asqalānī

7 Tafsīr Tafsīr Juz’ `Amma

Tafsīr al Jalālayn Jalāl al Dīn al Mahallī & al Suyūtī

9 Aqīdah Notes al `Aqīdah at Tahāwiyyah Abū Ja`far at Tahāwī Bad’ al Amālī

10 Additional Tajwīd

Conversational Arabic Islam in Britain

Spirituality (Tasawwuf) Contemporary Issues

Islamic History & Heritage History of Islam in Britain

Sīrah Comparative Law

4 Year Syllabus – Undergraduate Alimiyyah Degree Programme

Book descriptions Shadha al Arf (Advanced Arabic morphology) Authored by the Azhari Shaykh Ahmad al Hamalawi. This book is the most commonly studied contemporary work on the science of Sarf. Mukhtasar al Quduri (Introductory Hanafi Fiqh) One of the most influential texts in Hanafi Jurispudence; its sequencing of chapter headings became the standard for the books of Fiqh which followed. It comprehensively covers all areas of Fiqh, from Prayer to Marriage to the Islamic Penal Code and beyond. Alfiyyah ibn Mālik (Advanced Arabic Grammar) The famous thousand and two couplet poem incorporating the rules of grammar, traditionally memorised by students. The study of the poem will be accompanied by the commentary of ibn Aqīl. Al Hidāyah (Sharh Bidāyah al Mubtadī) (Advanced Hanafī Fiqh) This book presents the corpus of Hanafi Fiqh in its most refined state and has spurred countless commentaries by jurists. It has traditionally been the final stop, concluding the student’s journey of Fiqh under a tutor. The book will provide a detailed study of the rites of worship, and laws of Marriage and Divorce. Riyād as Sālihīn (Prophetic Traditions) A Hadith Compilation of 1905 Hadith spanning 372 chapters. This book sources narrations from the famous Six Canonical Books of Hadith and serves students with a holistic overview of the entire Islamic Tradition. Tafsīr al Jalālayn (Quranic Exegesis) Probably the shortest exegesis of the Qur’ān, concisely and comprehensively elaborating on the meanings of the verses and chapters without delving into lengthy discussion. Nukhbah al Fikar (Intermediate Principles of Hadīth Study) This book furthers the student in understanding Hadīth nomenclature.