Scholarship studies
Full Course Details
- COURSE: Scholarship studies
- CODE: ILM03
- DURATION: No Set Duration
- ACCESS: Men and Women
- MODE OF STUDY: Part-time and On-site
- START DATE: September 2024
- TEACHER: TBC
- LOCATION: Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford
- FEE: £1995
Detailed Course Information
Course Aim: Develop the deep and broad understanding of the Islamic Sciences required to become Scholars.
Commitment: This is a high commitment course. In order to successfully achieve the course aim, students will attend classes five days a week. They will be required to prepare for the following lesson and revise their previous lesson.
- Timings & Schedule
- Location & Facilities
- Admissions process/requirements
- Modes of study & delivery
- Further study options
- Fees
Start Date: September 2024
Days: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Class Time: 10 hours per week
Personal study time: 10 hours per week
Duration: No set duration
Full on-site address: Rowan Suite, Cedar Court Bradford Hotel, Mayo Avenue, Rooley Lane, Bradford, BD5 8HW
Facilities: Highly conveniently located Four Star Hotel, 300 space car park. Tea/Coffee served.
As the session is two hours long, we will have a mid-session break. There are two areas adjacent to the conference suite. One will be used by male learners to have a complimentary tea/coffee break, the other used by female learners.
Learners will be encouraged to network.
Approximate travel time and distance from major hubs:
Halifax: 22 Minutes (9.1 miles)
Leeds: 25 Minutes (13 miles)
Dewsbury: 26 Minutes (8.5 miles)
Wakefield: 28 Minutes (17 miles)
Huddersfield: 29 Minutes (12 miles)
Oldham: 35 Minutes (29 miles)
Rochdale: 39 Minutes (27 miles)
Keighley: 41 Minutes (13 miles)
Manchester: 57 Minutes (37 miles)
Islamic Studies or similar, students must also have completed Arabic studies or have a firm grasp of traditional Arabic.
Admissions process:
1. Please complete the form linked below
2. A secure & trusted online payment system will take the fee (coming soon)
3. Ihya College will then get in touch to confirm your enrollment and payment.
This is a part-time course.
Course Delivery:On-site,
We want our learners to become qualified, legitimate Scholars, who are able to take people on the very same journey they have been on.
For our first intake in September 2024, the course fee is £1995.

Ustadh Muhammad Ali answering student queries
Classical Islamic source text taught in the modern context
Topic area 1: Islamic Law (Fiqh)
Beginner
1. Nur al-Idah – Imam Hassan Shurunbulali [d.1069]
2. Maraqi al-Falah sharh Nur al-Idah – Imam Hassan Shurunbulali [d.1069]
Intermediate
1. Mukhtasar al-Quduri – Imam Ahmad Al-Quduri [d.428]
2. Al-Sirajiyyah fil Fara’id – Imam Siraj al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Sajawandi [d.600]
3. Sharh al-Wiqayah – Imam Ubaydullah [d.747]
Advanced
1. Al-Hidayah – Imam Ali Al-Marghinani [d.593]
Topic area 2: Arabic Grammar
Beginner
Beginner level books are taught in our Arabic Studies Course
Intermediate
1. Hidayah al-Nahw – Shaykh Siraj-ud Deen Uthman [d.758]
2. Shadh al-Arf fi Fann al-Sarf – Shaykh Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Hamlawi [d.1351]
3. Sharh Qatr al-Nada – Allama Jamal-ud Deen ibn Hishaam al-Ansari [d.761]
Advanced
1. Sharh ibn Aqil – Imam Ibn Aqil [d.769]
Topic area 3: Arabic Rhetoric (Ilm al-Balaghah)
Beginner
1. Talkhis al-Miftah – Imam Jalal al-Din al-Qazwini [d.1338]
Intermediate
1. Mukhtasar al-Ma’ani - Imam Taftazani [d.791]
Advanced
1. Mutawwal al-Ma’ani - Imam Taftazani [d.791]
Topic area 4: Theology (Aqeedah)
Beginner
1. Al-Risala Al-Naf’i – Muhammad Salih Farfur [d.1407]
2. Sharh Umm al-Baraheen – Imam Muhammad bin Yusuf al-Sanusi [d.895]
Intermediate
1. Tuhfat al-Murid Sharh Jawharah al-Tawheed – Imam Bajuri [d.1277]
Advanced
1. Sharh al-Aqaid al-Nasafi – Imam Taftazani [d.791]
Topic area 5: Principles of Hadith (Usul al-Hadith)
Beginner
1. Al-Bayquniyyah – Imam Umar bin Muhammad al-Bayquni [d.1080]
Intermediate
1. Taysir Mustalah al-Hadith – Dr Mahmud al-Tahan
Advanced
1. Nuzhatu Nadhar Sharh Nukhbatu-Fikr – Ibn Hajar al-Asaqalani [d.]
Topic area 6: Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence (Usul al-Fiqh)
Beginner
1. Usul al-Shaashi – Nizam al-Din al-Shaashi [d.344]
Intermediate
1. Nur al-Anwar fi Sharh al-Manar – Ahmad ibn Abi Sa’id Mulla Jiwan [d.1130]
Advanced
1. Al-Tawdih ala al-Tanqih – Sadr al-Shari’a al-Asghar [d.747]
Topic area 7: Logic (Al-Mantiq)
Beginner
1. Isaghuji – Athir al-Din al-Abhari [d.660]
Intermediate
1. Al-Mirqat – Shaykh Fadl Imam al-Khayrabadi [d.1244]
Advanced
1. Sharh al-Tahdhib - ‘Abd Allah Yazdi [d.1015 AH]
Topic area 8: Quranic Commentary
Advanced
1. Tafsir al-Jalalayn - Jalal al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Mahalli [d.864] and Jalal al-Din ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr al-Suyuti [d.911]
Topic area 9: Prophetic Narrations (Hadith)
Beginner
1. Riyad al-Saliheen – Imam Yahya bin Sharaf An-Nawawi [d.676]
Intermediate
1. Muwatta Imam Muhammad – Muhammad ibn Hasan Al-Shaybani [d.189]
Advanced
1. Sahih Bukhari – Imam Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari [d.256]
2. Shahih Muslim – Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj [d.261]
3. Sunan Tirmidhi – Imam Muhammad ibn Isa al-Tirmidhi [d.279]
4. Sunan Abu Dawud – Imam Abu Dawud Al-Sijistani [d.275]
5. Sunan Ibn Maajah – Imam Ibn Majah [d.273]
6. Sunan Nasa’i – Ahmad ibn Shu’ayb al-Nasa’i [d.303]
Cedar Court Hotel: Convenient hub location and Great facilities

Full on-site address:
Rowan Suite, Cedar Court Bradford Hotel, Mayo Avenue, Rooley Lane, Bradford, BD5 8HW
As the session is two hours long, we will have a mid-session break. There are two areas adjacent to the conference suite. One will be used by male learners to have a complimentary tea/coffee break, the other used by female learners.
- Convenient location - right next to M606 motorway.
- Great facilities - Four Star Hotel and Free parking.
- Tea/Coffee served.