Course Details

Start Date

Wednesday 17th September 2025

End Date

Saturday 1st August 2026

Time

Course Venue

Abu Zahra Foundation

Devonshire Street, Keighley, BD21 2BL

Teachers

Ustadh Sulayman Mohammed Shahnawaz

Ustadh Hamzah Rasul

Khalid Hussain

Age Group

Open to Year 8, Boys and Girls

Course Description

  • The Road to Scholarship programme is designed for young students as an introduction to the traditional Islamic Sciences on a part-time basis.  Taught by our experienced and well qualified teachers learning will be rigorous and intensive while delivered in a relaxed and engaging environment.

    Students will attain a solid foundation in all of the traditional Islamic Sciences, as well as the Arabic Language with particular focus on Qur’anic Arabic. The course will avail sufficient religious knowledge to the young student to live their lives as committed Muslims and to also teach others. It will also enable those who have the desire, to pursue intermediate and advanced studies in the various Shariah disciplines, having acquired the necessary tools to progress to further study.

    A strong emphasis on ‘knowing the exemplar’– the Prophet Muhammad – through the study of Sira and Shamail and Hadith will run throughout the programme. 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).

Course Outline

  • The Arabic Language will be a key component of the course throughout the three years of the programme. Students begin with communicative Arabic, learning basic dialogue of everyday situations with a native Arabic speaker. Alongside this, the Qur’anic Arabic programme runs to familiarise the student with the essential grammar and vocabulary required to provide comprehension of the Book of Allah. 

    The Islamic Sciences 

    Alongside a Qur’anic Arabic curriculum in each year, the following subjects will be taught with the aid of study books specifically written for this 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 1 – Fiqh of Purification and Prayer | Sira of the Prophet Muhammad | Tafsir of short suras from Juzz Amma | Tajwid

    Year 2 – Fiqh of Zakat, Fasting, and Hajj | Shama’il of the Prophet Muhammad | Tafsir of short suras from Juzz Amma Cont. | Fiqh of Halal and Haram | History of Rightly Guided Caliphs to Ottoman Empire

    Year 3 – Aqida | Forty Hadith of Imam Nawawi

  • Course Requirement

    Suitable for boys and girls to start the course in Year 8.

  • Course Fees

    £576 per year (weekly or monthly payment option available)

  • Course Calendar

    Download here

Student Testimonials

Register Now