١. مَنْ رَبُّكَ؟
Who is your Lord?

٢. مَا دِينُكَ؟
What is your religion?

٣. مَنْ نَبِيُّكَ؟
Who is your Prophet?

١. الشِّرْكُ فِي عِبَادَةِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى

1. Associating Partners with Allah in worship (Shirk).

٢. مَنْ جَعَلَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ اللَّهِ وُسَطَاءَ يَدْعُوهُمْ وَيَسْأَلُهُمْ الشَّفَاعَةَ وَيَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْهِمْ

2. Placing Intermediaries Between Oneself and Allah, Invoking them, or Seeking their Intercession.

٣. مَنْ لَمْ يُكَفِّرِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، أَوْ شَكَّ فِي كُفْرِهِمْ، أَوْ صَحَّحَ مَذْهَبَهُمْ

3. Not Declaring Polytheists (Mushrikīn) as Disbelievers, Doubting their Disbelief, or Approving their Beliefs.

٤. مَنْ اعْتَقَدَ أَنَّ هُدًى غَيْرَ هَدْيِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَكْمَلُ مِنْ هَدْيِهِ

4. Believing that any guidance other than that of the Prophet ﷺ is better or more complete.

٥. مَنْ أَبْغَضَ شَيْئًا مِمَّا جَاءَ بِهِ الرَّسُولُ ﷺ وَلَوْ عَمِلَ بِهِ

5. Hating anything that the Prophet ﷺ brought, even if one acts upon it.

٦. مَنْ اسْتَهْزَأَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ دِينِ اللَّهِ، أَوْ ثَوَابِهِ، أَوْ عِقَابِهِ

6. Mocking any aspect of Islam, its rewards, or punishments.

٧. السِّحْرُ، وَمِنْهُ الصَّرْفُ وَالْعَطْفُ

7. Practicing magic (Sihr), including spells that cause love or separation.


٨. مُظَاهَرَةُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَمُعَاوَنَتُهُمْ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ

8. Supporting or aiding polytheists against Muslims.

٩. مَنْ اعْتَقَدَ أَنَّ بَعْضَ النَّاسِ يَسَعُهُ الْخُرُوجُ عَنْ شَرِيعَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ

9. Believing that some people are exempt from following the Sharia of Muhammad ﷺ.

١٠. الإِعْرَاضُ عَنْ دِينِ اللَّهِ، لاَ يَتَعَلَّمُهُ وَلاَ يَعْمَلُ بِهِ

10. Turning away from the religion of Allah, neither learning it nor acting upon it.

الأَكادِيمِيَّةُ الفِقْهِيَّةُ الإِسْلَامِيَّةُ
ISLAMIC FIQH ACADEMY

أَحْكَامُ الشَّرِيعَةِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ
"RULINGS OF ISLAMIC LAW"
(i.e. Fiqh, Jurisprudence)

Also known as: Islamic Legal Rulings, Fiqh Rulings, Shariah Verdicts, Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic Legal Decisions, Religious Edicts (Fatwas), Judgments in Islamic Law, Islamic Legal Principles.

(16 Levels Syllabus = 195 Topics with an Exam on each every topic and a final exam for each Level, then the Last Final Exam from all 16 Levels and 195 Topics)

Level 1
أركانُ الإسلامِ
THE PILLARS OF ISLAM

• Introduction to the Pillars of Islam
• The First Rukn: The Declaration
• The Second Rukn: Prayer
• The Third Rukn: Zakat
• The Fourth Rukn: Fasting in Ramadan
• The Fifth Rukn: The Pilgrimage (i.e. Hajj)


Level 2
الشَّريعَةُ الإِسلامِيَّةُ
ISLAMIC LAW
(i.e. Fiqh, Jurisprudence

• Islamic Law (i.e. Fiqh, Jurisprudence)
• Sources of Islamic legislation
• The Leading Fiqh Scholars (Founders of the four schools of Fiqh)
• Imam Malik ibn Anas
• Imam Al-Shafi'i
• Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
• The main reference works of the four schools

Level 3
الطَّهارَةُ
PURIFICATION

• Purification
• The water used for purification
• Containers, plates and utensils
• Use of gold and silver articles in purification
• Utensils welded with gold or silver
• Unbelievers’ utensils
• Utensils made of the hide of carrion
• Using the toilet and its manners
• Facing the Qiblah when relieving oneself
• When going to the toilet
• What is forbidden when relieving oneself
• What is reprehensible when relieving oneself
• Recommended practices of sound nature
• Ablution (i.e. Wudu)
• Basis of obligation
• What invalidates the ablution
• What does not invalidate ablution
• When ablution is required
• When ablution is recommended
• Wiping over the khuff
• Conditions for wiping over the khuffs
• How to wipe
• Conditions making wiping over the khuffs invalid
• Ghusl, or taking a bath
• Recommended ghusl
• Performing ghusl – How it is done
• Dry ablution
• Conditions allowing dry ablution
• How it is done
• Conditions rendering dry ablution invalid
• Impurities and how to remove them
• Menses: definition and rulings
• Things forbidden during menstruation
• Postnatal bleeding

Level 4
الصَّلاةُ
PRAYER

• The Prayer
• The call to prayer
• What to say when hearing the adhan and after it
• Conditions for the validity of prayer
• The essentials in prayer
• Duties in prayer
• What is recommended (Sunnah) in Prayer
• What invalidates the Prayer
• What is reprehensible in prayer
• Congregational prayer: its importance and status
• Friday prayer
• The Prayer for Rain
• The Eid prayer
• The Prayer of Eclipse
• Janazah prayer: for a deceased person

Level 5
الصِّيامُ
FASTING

• Fasting
• Confirmation of the start of Ramadan
• When the intention should be formed
• Exemptions from fasting
• Fasting and its effect in life
• What invalidates fasting
• The Night of Decree and I'tikaf in Ramadan
• Values to be observed by fasting people

Level 6

ZAKAT
الزَّكاةُ

• Zakat
• Conditions of Zakat
• The Beneficiaries of Zakat
• Zakat may not be given to
• Denying Zakat
• Withholding zakat
• Properties liable to Zakat
• Social effects of Zakat
• Zakat due on loans
• Zakat on gold and silver
• Zakat on jewellery
• Commercial commodities
• What the earth produces
• Zakat on Cattle
• Zakat Al-Fitr
• The transfer of Zakat to a different town

Level 7
THE PILCRIMAGE

• The Pilgrimage (i.e. Hajj)
• Conditions for Pilgrimage
• Practices Prohibited during Consecration (i.e. Ihram)
• Compensations
• How to conduct the Pilgrimage
• The Pilgrimage Days
• If the Stoning is delayed
• On the way back
• The Sacrifice and its Rulings
• Compensation

Level 8
STRIVING

• Striving
• Distortion of Striving
• Struggling
• Captives of War
• War gains
• Gains without Battle
• Truce Agreements
• Dhimmah and Jizyah
• Pledge of Security
• Validity of the Pledge of Security

Level 9
COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS

• Commercial Transactions
• Purchase by Installments
• Usury: Definition and Ruling
• One: Riba Al-Fadl (i.e. an Increase in Quantity)
• Two: Riba Al-Nasi’ah (i.e. Increase for a Delay)
• Loans: Definition and Supporting Evidence
• Surety
• Partnership: Definition and Rulings
• Hire
• Conditions for Hire
• Borrowing
• Endowment

Level 10
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE

• Marriage and Divorce
• Reasons marriage is Lawful
• The Marriage Proposal
• Conditions for Marriage
• Essentials for Marriage
• The Dowry
• Marital Rights
• Divorce
• Formulae for Divorce
• Types of Divorce
• Suspension of Marriage
• Making one’s wife Forbidden for one
• Dissolution of the marriage at the wife’s request
• Atonement for Zihar
• The waiting period and its Purpose
• Breastfeeding
• Confirmation of Breastfeeding
• Child Custody
• Conditions Applicable to the Custodian
• Rulings Applicable to Custody
• When Custody is Over
• Maintenance

Level 11
WILLS AND INHERITANCE

• Wills and Inheritance
• Inheritance
• What Prevents Inheritance
• The Heirs

Level 12
OFFENCES

• An offence against life
• Deliberate killing, or murder
• Semi-deliberate killing, or manslaughter
• Accidental killing
• Offences causing physical injury
• Wounds
• Loss of limb
• Loss of function of a bodily organ
• Indemnity
• Who is to pay
• The indemnity and its assessment

Level 13
MANDATORY PUNISHMENTS (HUDUD)

• Mandatory Punishments (Hudud)
• Adultery
• The Nature of this sin
• The Mandatory Punishment for Adultery
• The Arime of False Accusation of Adultery
• Punishment for False Accusation
• Drinking Intoxicants
• Theft
• Discretionary Punishments
• Enforcement
• Extent of Punishment
• Types of Ta'zir Punishment

Level 14
OATHS AND PLEDGES

• Oaths and Pledges
• Atonement for Oaths
• Conditions for atonement
• Pledges
• Examples of pledges that must not be fulfilled

Level 15
FOOD, ANIMAL SLAUGHTER AND HUNTING

• Food, Animal Slaughter and Hunting
• What is stated as permissible to eat
• What is specifically forbidden to eat
• When no ruling is given
• Animal slaughter
• Conditions for proper slaughter
• Hunting

Level 16
JUDGING DISPUTES AND TESTIMONIES

• Judging Disputes and Testimonies
• Conditions Applicable to Judges
• Manners and Values to be Observed by Judges
• Testimonies and Witnesses
• Acceptable Witnesses
• Rulings pertaining to the testimony