يَرْفَعِ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ دَرَجَاتٍ
Learning Path · Alim Course
The Dars-e-Nizami Student The classical Alim track, year by year — from the Arabic sciences through Hanafi fiqh, its principles, hadith, aqidah and tafsir, climaxing in the Dawra-e-Hadith. The authentic traditional syllabus, with its time-honoured kitabs.
Hanafi · Maturidi Classical kitabs Muslim scholars
Start here
This track must be studied under a qualified teacher. Begin Year 1 with Sarf (Ilm us-Sigha) in the Dars-e-Nizami course.
Open Dars-e-Nizami
1 السَّنَةُ الْأُولَى
Year 1 — Tools of the language Goals
Read & parse basic Arabic; derive words from roots Correct Qur’an recitation with tajweed
Subjects & their kitabs
Sarf (Morphology) الصَّرْف
📖 Ilm us-Sigha عِلْمُ الصِّيغَة 📖 Panj Ganj پَنْج گَنْج Nahw (Syntax) النَّحْو
📖 Nahw Mir نَحْو مِير 📖 Hidayat-un-Nahw هِدَايَةُ النَّحْو Qur’an & Tajweed التَّجْوِيد
📖 Tajweed rules & practice تَجْوِيد 📖 Jamal al-Qur’an جَمَالُ القُرْآن Islamic Etiquette (Adab) الْأَدَبُ الْإِسْلَامِي
📖 Ta’lim al-Islam (basic fiqh & adab) تَعْلِيمُ الإِسْلَام 2 السَّنَةُ الثَّانِيَة
Year 2 — Grammar & worship fiqh Goals
Full syntactic competence in classical Arabic Practical Hanafi fiqh of worship
Subjects & their kitabs
Nahw (Advanced) النَّحْو
📖 Al-Kafiyah (Ibn al-Hajib) الكَافِيَة Fiqh (Hanafi) الْفِقْه
📖 Nur-ul-Idah نُورُ الإِيضَاح 📖 Mukhtasar al-Quduri مُخْتَصَرُ القُدُورِي 3 السَّنَةُ الثَّالِثَة
Year 3 — Detailed fiqh & its principles Goals
Master detailed Hanafi rulings & inheritance Learn how rulings are derived (usul)
Subjects & their kitabs
Fiqh (Intermediate) الْفِقْه
📖 Kanz-ud-Daqa’iq كَنْزُ الدَّقَائِق 📖 Sharh al-Wiqayah شَرْحُ الوِقَايَة Usul al-Fiqh أُصُولُ الْفِقْه
📖 Usul ush-Shashi أُصُولُ الشَّاشِي Fara’id (Inheritance) الْفَرَائِض
📖 As-Sirajiyyah السِّرَاجِيَّة Balaghah (Rhetoric) الْبَلَاغَة
📖 Durus al-Balaghah دُرُوسُ البَلَاغَة 4 السَّنَةُ الرَّابِعَة
Year 4 — Advanced usul, creed & tafsir Goals
Reason as a jurist about evidence & derivation Firmly establish Sunni (Maturidi) creed Read the whole Qur’an with understanding
Subjects & their kitabs
Usul al-Fiqh (Advanced) أُصُولُ الْفِقْه
📖 Nur-ul-Anwar (Mulla Jiwan) نُورُ الأَنْوَار Fiqh (Crown text) الْفِقْه
📖 Al-Hidayah (al-Marghinani) الهِدَايَة Aqidah (Sunni Creed) الْعَقِيدَة
📖 Al-Aqidah at-Tahawiyyah العَقِيدَةُ الطَّحَاوِيَّة 📖 Sharh al-Aqaid an-Nasafiyyah شَرْحُ العَقَائِدِ النَّسَفِيَّة Tafsir التَّفْسِير
📖 Tafsir al-Jalalayn تَفْسِيرُ الجَلَالَيْن Mantiq (Advanced) الْمَنْطِق
📖 Sullam al-Ulum سُلَّمُ العُلُوم 5 السَّنَةُ الْخَامِسَة
Year 5 — Hadith & advanced tafsir Goals
Survey the Sunnah across every subject Link hadith to fiqh (juristic analysis) Appreciate the Qur’an’s rhetorical depth
Subjects & their kitabs
Hadith الْحَدِيث
📖 Mishkat al-Masabih مِشْكَاةُ المَصَابِيح 📖 Sharh Ma’ani al-Athar (at-Tahawi) شَرْحُ مَعَانِي الآثَار Tafsir (Advanced) التَّفْسِير
📖 Tafsir al-Baydawi تَفْسِيرُ البَيْضَاوِي 📖 Ulum al-Qur’an عُلُومُ القُرْآن Arabic Literature الْأَدَب
📖 Maqamat al-Hariri مَقَامَاتُ الحَرِيرِي 📖 Diwan al-Mutanabbi دِيوَانُ المُتَنَبِّي 6 السَّنَةُ السَّادِسَة
Year 6 — Dawra-e-Hadith (the capstone) Goals
Study the Sihah Sittah by sanad to the Prophet ﷺ Read primary sources with their commentaries
Subjects & their kitabs
Dawra-e-Hadith (Sihah Sittah) دَوْرَةُ الْحَدِيث
📖 Sahih al-Bukhari صَحِيحُ البُخَارِي 📖 Sahih Muslim صَحِيحُ مُسْلِم 📖 The four Sunan (Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Nasa’i, Ibn Majah) السُّنَنُ الْأَرْبَعَة 📖 Muwatta of Imam Malik & Imam Muhammad مُوَطَّأُ الإِمَامِ مَالِك / مُحَمَّد 📖 Shama’il at-Tirmidhi شَمَائِلُ التِّرْمِذِي Principles of Hadith أُصُولُ الْحَدِيث
📖 Nukhbat al-Fikar (Ibn Hajar) نُخْبَةُ الفِكَر 7 التَّخَصُّص
Year 7+ — Specialisation (Takhassus) Goals
Specialise after graduation in a chosen field Train to issue fatwa or research with adab
Subjects & their kitabs
Iftaa (Issuing Fatwa) تَخَصُّصُ الْإِفْتَاء
📖 Radd al-Muhtar (Ibn Abidin) رَدُّ الْمُحْتَار 📖 Usul al-Iftaa & its adab أُصُولُ الإِفْتَاء Tafsir specialisation تَخَصُّصُ التَّفْسِير
📖 Tafsir Ibn Kathir تَفْسِيرُ ابْنِ كَثِير Aqidah & refutation of deviant sects تَخَصُّصُ الْعَقِيدَة
📖 Sharh al-Mawaqif (kalam, advanced) شَرْحُ الْمَوَاقِف This is the traditional Dars-e-Nizami syllabus of Muslim scholars (Hanafi fiqh, Maturidi aqidah). Year groupings and the exact selection of kitabs vary between institutions. It must be studied under a qualified scholar with a connected sanad — having a teacher review and adapt your sequence is strongly recommended.
