Aalimah Studies
At AAGS, all students are offered the option of either studying the Aalimah Course, the Islamic Studies Course or Hifz-ul-Qur’an (Qur’an memorisation) Course. Choosing any one of the three is compulsory for all students. Tuition fees for these courses is currently included in the school fee.
Aalimah Studies: This course is taught over seven years and aims to equip students with a proper understanding of the various disciplines of traditional Islamic Sciences. Upon successful graduation from the course, pupils will have acquired an advanced level of proficiency in these disciplines and will be able to study any of them at a postgraduate level. They will also obtain a formal ijaza (authorisation) to teach these disciplines at the end of the programme. The Aalimah Course is delivered in English and runs for seven years (including at least two years post-GCSE in the evenings and on Saturday mornings), subject to the students passing their annual exams each year.
Criteria for enrolment: Students who wish to enrol for the Aalimah Studies course are expected to be able to recite the Qur’an fluently as well as demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of Tajweed, such as Makharij, Mudud, Wuqoof, Qalqala & Gunnah rules.
For the final two years (Years 6 & 7) of the Aalimah course, which is optional to complete and runs parallel to the pupils’ sixth form studies, pupils will attend in the evening from 5.00 pm to 8.00 pm Monday to Friday.
AALIMAH STUDIES SYLLABUS
