Academics

In the Hifz department students memorise the entire Holy Quran with Tajweed. It consists of a single class divided into five sections (Alif to Ha), each supervised by a Hafiz teacher who follows the daily routine of new lesson (sabaq), recent revision (sabqi) and full revision (manzil).

The syllabus centres on the Quran itself: memorising new juz, revising earlier ones and correcting articulation. Progress is examined in half-yearly and annual assessments, where the memorised portion and fluency are marked out of 100.

The journey usually takes three to four years. After completing Hifz, the Huffaz join Urdu Maulviyat or Dars-e-Nizami (Aalimiyat) to continue their religious studies.

Urdu Maulviyat is a three-year Urdu-medium course designed especially for Huffaz and for students who wish to complete the essentials of religious education in Urdu. It has three classes, Urdu Maulvi 1st, 2nd and 3rd, with one section each.

The first year covers the Quran with Tajweed (Ma'rifat-ut-Tajweed), jurisprudence (Anwaar-e-Shariat), the biography of the Prophet (Seerat-e-Mustafa), Urdu literature, mathematics, English and Kannada. The second year adds Tafsir (Sirat-ul-Jinaan), Hadith (Jawahir-ul-Hadith, Anwar-ul-Hadith), Fiqh (Qanoon-e-Shariat), Quranic sciences (Masail-ul-Quran), Tasawwuf (Mukhtasar Minhaj-ul-Abideen) and the life of Ala Hazrat. The third year studies Talkhees Bukhari Shareef, Mirat-ul-Manajeeh, Bahar-e-Shariat, Khazain-ul-Irfan, Ja-al-Haq, the lives of the Rightly Guided Caliphs and computer skills.

Examinations carry 800 to 900 marks across the half-yearly and annual terms. Graduates are prepared to lead prayers and teach in mosques and maktabs, or to enter Dars-e-Nizami.

The Aalimiyat department is the first stage of Dars-e-Nizami, laying the foundations of the Arabic language sciences and the religious disciplines. It has four classes: Maulvi 1st and Maulvi 2nd (three sections each), Aalim 1st (three sections) and Aalim 2nd (one section).

Maulvi 1st and 2nd cover Arabic morphology and syntax (Dirasat-us-Sarf, Qawaid-un-Nahw, Hidayat-un-Nahw, Sharh Miat Aamil), Arabic literature and composition (Faiz-ul-Adab, Muallim-ul-Insha), Persian (Gulistan), logic (Jawahir-ul-Mantiq) and Fiqh (Noor-ul-Eezah), together with English and Kannada. Aalim 1st and 2nd add Kafiya and Sharh Jami in syntax, logic (Sharh Tahzeeb, Qutbi), rhetoric (Duroos-ul-Balagha, Al-Balagha-tul-Wadiha), Fiqh (Mukhtasar-ul-Quduri, Sharh-ul-Wiqaya), principles of Fiqh (Usool-ush-Shashi, Noor-ul-Anwar), Hadith (Muatta Imam Muhammad, Mishkat-ul-Masabih), Tafsir (Jalalain), Quranic sciences (Zubdat-ul-Itqan) and computer studies.

Each class is examined out of 900 to 1000 marks across the half-yearly and annual terms. On completing this stage students enter the Fazeelat department.

The Fazeelat department is the final and highest stage of Dars-e-Nizami. It has three classes, Fazil 1st, Fazil 2nd and the Final year (Kamil-ul-Hadith), with one section each, where students read the primary works of Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh and Usool directly.

Fazil 1st studies At-Tafseerat-ul-Ahmadia, Musnad Imam-e-Azam, Sunan Abi Dawood, Hidaya (part I), Sharh-ul-Aqaid-an-Nasafiya, Mukhtasar-ul-Ma'ani, Al-Madih-un-Nabawi and Munazara-e-Rashidiya. Fazil 2nd covers Madarik-ut-Tanzeel, Jami at-Tirmizi, Hidaya (part II), Al-Husami, Nuzhat-un-Nazar, As-Sirajiya (inheritance) and Al-Mu'taqad-ul-Muntaqad, with spoken English. The Final year, the Daura-e-Hadith, is devoted to Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sharh Ma'ani al-Athar and Tanveer-us-Sunan, together with Tafseer-ul-Baizawi, Musallam-us-Subut and Al-Ashbah wan-Nazair.

Examinations carry 800 to 1000 marks. On completing the Daura-e-Hadith, graduates receive their certificate and turban at the annual Dastar-e-Fazilat convocation.