Four-Year Alim Course

Four-Year Alim Course

This four-year course will comprise of 8 semesters. One semester lasts for six months, but each semester is supposed to cover the subject matter of one year. This course covers almost all the books of Dars-e-Nizami. Only a few books have been left out. For example, only the contents of Hidayat al-Nahware included to teach the Ilm-al-Nahw, while the Kafiya and Sharh Jaami have been left out.

Similarly, some topics are repeatedly discussed in different books. This repetition has been removed. For example, the chapter of salah is taught from Mala Budda Minh to Al-Hidayah in the long syllabus. The curriculum under discussion includes all the books, but it avoids repetition. If the chapter of salah is taught in Sharh al-Wiqayah, it will not be taught in the Al-Hidayah. In the Al-Hidayah, only other subjects will be taught which were not taught in Sharh al-WIqayah.

This curriculum also includes secular sciences along with religious ones. For secular sciences, the books have been prescribed from the syllabus of NIOS. In the second year of the course, every student is supposed to appear in the 10thexam of the open school, and at the end of the fourth year, they are supposed to sit in the inter examination of the open school.

The madrasas established on the middle path between Aligarh Muslim University and Darul Uloom Deoabnddid include secular sciences in their curriculum. But they never paid attention to help the students take examinations held by an approved board. As a result, when the graduates of these madrasas want to get higher education in the college and universities, they don’t find any base for the same and they face different problems. Therefore, this course does not only include secular subjects, but also it is compulsory for its students to take the exams of open school. If the graduates of this course want to get further education in the universities, they have 12thcertificate as a base, and they don’t need to roam about in search of any other bases.

There are many short-termcourses available in the country. But what distinguishes our course from others is the fact it does not only have secular sciences in the curriculum, but also students are supposed to sit in the 10thand 12thexamination. Another distinction of the course is that it covers almost all the books of Dars-e-Nizami or Darul Uloom Deoband. Only repetition portions have been left out to make it shorter.

After completion of four years of this course, the students will have all the options open for them. If they wish to join a university, they will find the door of university open for them. But in case they wish to join leading madrasas like Darul Uloom Deoband and Nadwatul Ulama and do the Almiyat and specialization courses, they can also do so.