What is the Alim Course?
The Alim course is a multi-disciplinary multi-faceted course in the Islamic Sciences designed to develop in a student all of the knowledge, skills, and spiritual development necessary to understand the letter and spirit of Islam, to practice and embody it and to lead the community by excellent example. This is the course studied by people who go on to become known as Alims or ulama (Islamic Scholars) or Imams. This course is suitable for all Muslims, men and women, whether they want to serve the community proffessionally as Imams, Muftis, teachers and leaders or just want to fulfil their obligation to seek as much knowledge about thier religion as possible. At EC the Alim course begins with 3 years at advanced level (AS/A level standard), progresses to 3 years undergraduate or degree level, and concludes with a year's intensive study of core hadith texts which is equivalent to post-graduate study.
Islamic Sciences
The course focuses on the Islamic Sciences and extensively covers the two core sciences of tafsir and hadith. The students complete two comprehensive tafsir and ulumul qur'an courses and after studying ulumul hadith and secondary hadith texts, the whole course culminates in an intense comprehensive study of the core hadith texts such as the six authentic texts (as-Sihah as-Sittah) and other famous texts.
Ijazah
The Alim course maintains the tradition system of ijazah; which is the permission from teacher to student to transmit knowledge. The ijazah means that every Alim is part of an unbroken chain of transmission going back to the Prophet Muhammad SAW.
Career Options After Alim Course
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