Aqidah (Based On The Schools Of The Imam Al-Ash’ari And Imam Al-Maturidi)

• Tawheed -the oneness of Allah in all its rational and practical aspects
• Risalah (prophethood) -the Prophets
• The Angels
• Revealed books
• The Day of Judgement, the Afterlife (barzaq, jannah and jahan’nam)
• The Divine Decree

Practice

• Fiqh (Jurisprudence) -primarily based on the Madhab of Abu Hanifah
  • Shahadah, Tahara, Salah, Saum, Zakath, Hajj
• Adaab (etiquette) -respect for elders, avoidance of anger, time management, interaction with society as a whole. Rights of parents, elders, brothers, sisters, friends, etc.
• Halal (permissible) vs. Haram (prohibited)
• Sunnah of the Prophet (upon him be peace)
• Dress -modesty in appearance and action

History & Geography

• Seerah of the Prophet (upon him be peace)
• Companions of the Prophet
• Stories of the Prophets
• Islamic Calendar & significant dates in the history of Islam
• Arabia, Mecca, Madinah, Islamic Empire

Quran & Hadith

• Arabic Alphabet
• Memorization of surahs from the last Juz of Qu’ran
• Excerpts ofTafsir
• Imam Nawawi’s 40 Hadith & excerpts of Riyaad-us-Saleheen
• Shaykh Hamza Yusuf’s translation of Content of Character

Arabic Language

• Key vocabulary
• Access to Arabic classes through SRVIC’s Educational program

Spirituality & Development Of Character

• Akhlaq (character) through Studying the works of luminaries:
  • Ali ibn Abu Talib
  • Imam Sulaymi
  • Imam al-Bukhari
  • Imam Suyuti
  • Imam Tirmidhi
  • Sidi Ahmed Zarruq
  • Imam al-Ghazzali
  • Habib Ahmad Mashur aI-Haddad
  • Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani
  • Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi
  • Imam aI-Haddad
  • And many many others