The Madrasah In’aamiyyah Camperdown, is an institute of higher Islamic learning and teaching based in Durban

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, South Africa

South Africa

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. A number of students from United States

United States

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, Canada

Canada

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, Belgium

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, India

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, Sri Lanka

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, Pakistan

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, Malaysia, Philippines

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, Mozambique

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, Malawi

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 and Zambia

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 are receiving education at the Madrasah

Madrasah

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Education Pattern

The Jamiah offers the following courses:

• Hifzul Qur’aan (memorizing the Qur’aan): Consisting of 3 years. Depending on the ability of the student the period sometimes varies.
• I’daadiyah: Introductory phase for Aalim course .
• Imaam / Khatib Training: Consisting of 1-3 years. This is to equip a person to be an Imaam and fulfill basic Islamic requirements of the community, for example, perform Salaat, Jumu’ah, Nikah, etc.
• Qiraat Hafs: (normal reading), Qiraat Sab’a: (7 dialects) and Asharah: (10 dialects).
• Aalim Course: Consisting of 6 years. It is equivalent to BA (Hons).
• Mufti course: Consisting of minimum 2 years.
• Specialty in Hadith: Consisting of 1 year.
• Qadhaa (Islamic judiciary): Consisting of 1 year after the Mufti course.

Syllabus of the Aalim course

A brief review of the subjects of the Aalim Course is given below:

• First Year: Learning Arabic, mainly Sarf and Nahw.
• Second Year: Continue with learning Arabic, Fiqh, Usool-e-Fiqh and Tarjuma-e-Qur’aan
• Third Year: Usool-e-Fiqh, Tarjuma-e-Qur’aan, History
• Fourth Year: Fiqh, Usool-e-Fiqh, Tafseer
• Fifth Year: Hadith, Usool-e-Hadith, Fiqh
• Sixth Year: Sihaah-e-Sitta

Publications

The Madrasah

Madrasah

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 has published many books and articles under the authority of Academy for Islamic Research, Madrasah In’amiyyah. These include:

• From the Treasures of Arabic Morphology by Maulana Ebrahim Muhammad
• A Disastrous Problem Faced by the Youth by Maulana Abdullah Ismail
• Etiquettes of Marital Relations

See Also

• Deobandi
  Deobandi
  Deobandi is a movement of Sunni Islam. The movement began at Darul Uloom Deoband in Deoband, India, where its foundation was laid on 30 May 1866.-History:...
  
  
• Ebrahim Desai
• Darul Uloom London
  Darul Uloom London
  Darul Uloom London is an Islamic seminary located in Kent, Greater London. It was started by Mufti Mustafa Musa is 1988 making it one of the old Islamic seminaries in the UK and the oldest in London...
  
  
• Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh
  Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh
  Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh is an institution for higher Islamic studies in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It has seven education sections from kindergarten to post-graduate levels.-History:...
  
  

External Links

• Madrasah In'aamiyyah's website
• Islamic question and answer
• Dar al-Mahmood