The CIL RTS – Road To Scholarship 2021
4 Year Programme | 2021-2022/1443 (h)
Instructors: Shaykh Tanveer Hussain, Ustadha Samina Ali and Shaykh Amro Ali,
Course Format: Classroom
Starts On: Sunday, 3rd Oct 2021 [Limited places]
Days and Time:
Tuesdays: 7.15pm-8.45pm
Sundays: 11am-2pm
Location: Bucks New University (Main campus), High Wycombe
Cost: £295.00 per year (monthly payment option available).
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Course Aims and Objectives
The Road to Scholarship programme is designed for young students as an introduction to the traditional Islamic Sciences on a part-time basis. Learning is rigorous and intensive while delivered in a relaxed and engaging environment. A strong emphasis on ‘knowing the exemplar’–the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ– through a study of Sira and Shamail is run throughout the programme. This allows students to know and hence emulate in detail the life and conduct of the Best of Creation ﷺ.
On completion of the course, students will have attained a solid foundation in core traditional Islamic Sciences, as well as the Arabic Language; this will be sufficient religious knowledge for them to live their lives as committed Muslims and also teach others. It will also equip the students with the necessary tools to progress to intermediate and advanced level studies in the various Shariah disciplines. Our sincere hope is that some of the student will be inspired to continue their learning and become the future scholars and teachers serving our communities.
Age Group
The course is suitable for boys and girls in school years 7 or 8. Occasionally, students may be allowed to commence in Year 6.
The Islamic Sciences
Year 1 & 2
Student’s study Fiqh, Aqida, Tafsir, Sira, Shama’il, Tajwid and Tazkiya with the aid of study books specifically written for the particular age group– complete with explanatory notes, exercises, discussion points, problem solving with real life scenarios etc. ensuring the students are engaging and analysing the texts, making them relevant to their lives.
Year 3 & 4
Students move onto the study of the classical texts in the various Islamic Sciences: Fiqh of Worship: Ascent to Felicity Aqida: al-Tahawiyya Hadith: Nawawi’s Forty Hadith Fiqh of Halal & Haram: Hadiya al-Alaiyya.
Application Process
Once you register your child’s interest to the join the RTS course via the Wycombe Mosque website, we will then make contact with you for an entry test and interview. We will email all applicants one week after the interviews to notify them whether or not they have been accepted on to the course.
Arabic Language
The Arabic Language will be a key component of the course throughout the four years of the programme. As well as communicative Arabic using the al-Arabiya Lil-Nashi’in textbook, students will also study a Qur’anic Arabic programme to facilitate comprehension of the Book of Allah. This will include a detailed study of grammar and etymology and vocabulary acquisition with drills and worked Qur’anic examples. Students will be able to understand a good portion of the Qur’an after successfully completing the programme.
Fiqh
Students will also study at Fiqh (Tahra, Salah, Saum, Zakat & Hajj) with the aid of study books specifically written for the particular age group – complete with explanatory notes, exercises, discussion points, problem solving with real life scenarios etc. ensuring the students are engaging and analysing the texts, making them relevant to their lives.
Year 3 & 4: Ascent to Felicity: Complete study of this primer text in Hanafi Fiqh supported by detailed additional notes as well as drills to solidify learning of the text.
Aqida
Year 1: Aqida will be taught with the aid of study books specifically written for the particular age group – complete with explanatory notes, exercises, discussion points, problem solving with real life scenarios etc. ensuring the students are engaging and analysing the texts, making them relevant to their lives.
Year 3: Aqida Tahawiyya: A complete study of this renowned primer in Islamic beliefs complemented by commentary written specifically for our course and weekly drills to enhance comprehension of the text.
Tajwid
As well as practical reading of the Quran students will acquire a foundational knowledge in all the rules of Tajwid.
Lessons will be split between the practical reading of the Qur’an as well as foundational knowledge in all the rules of Tajwid. Students will study Tajwid Untangled in its entirety which involves a detailed study of Makharij and aspects of the sifat of Arabic letters, along with other foundational rules of this important science. This will be applied in practice by completing a reading of Juzz Amma.
Tafsir
Year 1 & 2: Tafsir of the oft-recited surahs of Juzz Amma (al-Duha to al-Nas) with the aid of study books specifically written for the particular age group based on the most authentic commentaries– complete with explanatory notes, exercises, discussion points, problem solving with real life scenarios etc. ensuring the students are engaging and analysing the texts, making them relevant to their lives.
Hadith
Year 3: Imam Nawawi’s Forty Hadith is the most well-known textbook of its kind. Students will be studying this text in its entirety using a commentary written specially for our course. It involves looking at a short biography of the narrator of each hadith and then a detailed analysis of the words of the Prophet and what they mean to a young modern Muslim. Utilising the many commentaries written by traditional scholars, we have produced a commentary for our course which is complemented by weekly drills to distil the meanings of each hadith for the student.
Sira
Year 1: A strong emphasis on ‘knowing the exemplar’ – the Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) – through a study of sira based on The Life of Muhammad by Azzam & Gouverneur. This will allow students to know and hence emulate in detail the life and conduct of the Best of Creation, (Allah bless him and give him peace).
Shama'il
Year 2: A strong emphasis on ‘knowing the exemplar’ – the Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) – through a study of shamail based on our own text written for teenagers. This will allow students to know and hence emulate in detail the life and conduct of the Best of Creation, (Allah bless him and give him peace).
Fiqh of Halal and Haram
Year 4: One of the most important areas of Fiqh which is neglected somewhat in some curriculums. Based on the classical text Hadiya al-Alaiyya, we will explore the many contemporary issues such as dress, gender interaction, interest, etc. Again, this text will be adapted and provided in a format that is digestible to our age group.
Tazkiya
Parts of the Bidayatul Hidaya of Imam Ghazali will be read to students and form the basis of classes on Tazkiya – purification of the soul. Students will experience the words of this great scholar known as the Proof of Islam and begin to understand the importance of embodying the knowledge that is acquired and how this is the essence of success in this life and the next.
