Timings
Two sessions a week: one evening, one weekend afternoon.
- Year 1
- Tuesday6:45 – 9:45pmSaturday2:00 – 7:30pm
- Years 2–4
- Wednesday6:45 – 9:45pmSunday2:00 – 7:30pm
Alimiyyah Programme · Adults 18+
Sacred knowledge, taught properly.
A four-year, part-time degree programme through the core sciences of Islam, taught the way the early scholars taught, in person, around work and university.
4 years · part-timeTwo sessions a weekBSc or certificateIn person · Ilford
Cohort 3 · admissions not open yet
Could you answer these?
- 01What are the obligatory acts in salāh?
- 02What are the conditions of a permissible transaction?
- 03Why is Sūrah Al-Fātihah the greatest chapter in the Quran?
- 04What can nullify a person's Islam?
- 05When is a narration authentic?
Essential questions many practising Muslims can't answer. The Programme exists to close that knowledge gap.
- Part-time, around work and university
- 4 yrs
- Part-time, around work and university
- Islamic sciences, core and gateway
- 10+
- Islamic sciences, core and gateway
- Classical texts, read and explained
- 30+
- Classical texts, read and explained
- In person at Nelson College, Gants Hill
- Ilford
- In person at Nelson College, Gants Hill
- Islamic Studies (Islamic University of Turkey), or a non-degree certificate
- BSc
- Islamic Studies (Islamic University of Turkey), or a non-degree certificate
- Chains back to Imam al-Bukhari, an-Nawawi and Ibn Hajar
- Ijāzāt
- Chains back to Imam al-Bukhari, an-Nawawi and Ibn Hajar
The Programme
Excellence in this life, and the next.
In September 2021, An-Nakhlah Institute launched the Alimiyyah Programme with one lofty goal: a comprehensive, structured Islamic education. Today over 200 students continue to study deep into the Programme.
Whether you are an aspiring scholar, imam or teacher, or simply seeking a better and deeper understanding of your faith, the Programme aims to produce principled, knowledgeable and well-rounded students, poised to positively impact their communities.
Specially prepared course notesFive key elements
One programme, five foundations.
- 01
Islamic Knowledge
The primary focus. Knowledge guards against the doubts, desires and misleading beliefs of our time: over 10 sciences and 30+ texts, taught in the traditional method.
- 02
Perfection in Worship
Students form 'ibaadah groups, supporting one another in voluntary fasts, night prayers and Quran memorisation, with seminars on sincerity, perseverance and Jannah.
- 03
Key Skills
Distilling large amounts of information, concise note-taking, delivering articulate sermons, time management and attention to detail.
- 04
Manners & Purification
The most common diseases of the heart, their ramifications, and methods for overcoming them.
- 05
Ongoing Charity
Through the Ten Promised Paradise Project, the cohort raises funds each term to build a mosque in a different part of the world: ten mosques in all.
What you'll study
The core sciences, text by text.
Studied through the traditional method of summarised texts (mutoon) and poems (mandhoomat), supported by specially prepared course notes.
Fiqh Jurisprudence
Rulings of worship, transactions, marriage and the judicial system, through Manhaj As-Salikeen and 'Umdatul Ahkam, advancing to Deleel at-Talib and Buloogh Al-Maram.
'Aqeedah Theology
The pillars of Eemān, the categories of Tawheed and what invalidates faith, with tools to answer atheism, secularism, liberalism and other ideologies.
Tafseer Exegesis
First Sūrah Al-Fātihah and Juzz 'Amma, then the verses of rulings, studied alongside Fiqh and Hadith.
Hadith Prophetic narrations
The classical works, and the methodologies of the scholars behind the six major collections.
Seerah The life of the Prophet ﷺ
The 100-line poem Al-Urjoozah Al-Mi'iyyah of Ibn Abi Al-'Izz, and Ash-Shamaail Al-Muhammadiyyah of Imam At-Tirmidhi.
Aadab & Akhlaaq Etiquettes & manners
Works on the etiquettes of a believer, including Al-Arba'oon An-Nawawiyyah and Riyadh As-Saliheen by Imam An-Nawawi.
Gateway sciences
Usool Al-FiqhAl-Qawaaid Al-FiqhiyyahAl-Maqasid As-Shar'iyyahAs-Siyasah Ash-Shar'iyyahMustalah Al-HadeethUsool At-Tafseer'Uloom Al-Quran
The year
Two semesters, each ending in exams.
The first semester runs for 20 weeks and the second for 16. Attendance is mandatory, and at least 70% is required to continue to the next year.
Classes are deliberately not online. Sitting with your teachers and peers is unrivalled.
See the fees ↓How you'll learn
Four methods, woven together.
Direct engagement between student and teacher: the blessing of a gathering, direct mentorship, and the freedom to ask.
- 01Traditional on-site learning
- 02Student group collaboration
- 03Research
- 04Self-study
Annual fee structure
Clear fees, year by year.
Per student
£1,200a year
Paid in three instalments:
- Before term one
- £500
- Before term two
- £400
- Before term three
- £300
Pay in full up front and save £100: £1,100 a year.
Family discount
10% off for each additional member of the same household, every year.
- 1st member
- £1,200
- 2nd member
- £1,080
- 3rd member
- £1,080
…and so on.
Certification
£500one-off
Degree route only, paid at the end of Year 4. The non-degree route has no certification cost.
Graduation ceremony
£120
Two paths, one journey
Degree or non-degree.
To graduate with the degree, students also complete four levels of the Bayna Yadayk Arabic series (or equivalent) and memorise at least the last Juz of the Quran.
Route one
Degree programme
Bachelor of Science in Islamic Studies
Examined throughout the four years, with results contributing to the final classification. Certified by the Islamic University of Turkey, further authenticated by the Foreign Embassy of Egypt and validated by universities across several African countries.
A one-off £500 certification cost at the end of Year 4. One resit opportunity; after that, students transfer to the non-degree route.
Route two
Non-degree programme
Completion certificate from An-Nakhlah Institute
The same four years, classes, teachers and texts, without sitting any exams. Attendance remains mandatory. All the benefits of formally studying sacred knowledge, without the pressure of examinations.
Same course fees, with no £500 certification cost.
Ijāzāt & chains of narration
Alongside the degree, students may acquire ijāzāt in the books they study, from teachers who received them from their own learned mentors: a spiritual lineage linking them to Imam an-Nawawi, al-Hafidh Ibn Hajar al-Askalani, Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, Imam al-Bukhari, Imam Muslim, and ultimately to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
Programme instructors
Learn from those who sat with scholars.
Sheikh Dr Abu Khalid Imran
- Imam, Khateeb and Teacher at Masjid At-Tarbiyah
- Co-founder of An-Nakhlah Institute
- Headteacher of At-Tarbiyah Academy
- Studied Arabic and completed the memorisation of the Quran in Egypt, studying various Islamic sciences under senior scholars.
- Graduated from Madinah University in the Faculty of Sharī'ah, studying at the feet of Sheikh Muhammad As-Suhaibani, Sheikh Muhammad Mukhtar Ash-Shinqiti, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Ghunayman, Sheikh Hamid bin Akram Al-Bukhari, Sheikh Khalid Al-Afifi and many others.
- Holds ijāzāt in numerous books across the Islamic sciences, including the Quran in the recitations of Hafs and Shu'bah from 'Aasim.
- Masters in Theology and a PhD in 'Aqeedah from the Islamic University of Turkey.
Sheikh Abu Muhammad Saleh
- Imam, Khateeb and Teacher at Masjid At-Tarbiyah
- Co-founder of An-Nakhlah Institute
- Headteacher of An-Nakhlah Academy
- Graduated from City University in Bio-Medical Engineering & Applied Physics.
- Graduated from Madinah University in the Faculty of Sharī'ah.
- Studied in the open classes of Sheikh Muhammad Mukhtar Ash-Shinqiti, Sheikh Salih Al-Hudaythi, Sheikh Muhammad Diya Al-Rahman Al-A'dhami, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Fawzan, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Zahim, Sheikh Amir Bahjat and many others, and privately with Sheikh Muhammad As-Suhaibani and Sheikh Khalid Al-Afifi.
- Holds ijāzāt in numerous books across the Islamic sciences.
Islamic Knowledge
In person, in Gants Hill
Perfection in Worship
Student group collaborationStudent feedback
In their own words.
With lessons twice a week, I can plan my responsibilities around my lessons. After just the first year, we had dipped into a variety of Islamic sciences that many people go abroad to study.
The programme gave us a deeper understanding and connection with the religion. It gives you tools to be able to figure out things yourself.
Despite the large class size of over 200 students, I always felt welcomed.
The teachers are inspirational: they have taught us the true meaning of life and what sacrifice means. The institute was my gateway to appreciating what our righteous scholars continue to do every single day.
My time at An-Nakhlah has been life-changing. My favourite aspect has to be the passionate teachers who not only impart knowledge but inspire us with their dedication and sincerity.
The Alimiyyah app
Your studies, in your pocket.
Every student gets a personal login: every lesson as it was taught, revision, attendance and fees, in one place. On iPhone, Android and the web.
Every lesson, kept
Recordings, notes and materials for every class, organised by book and year and searchable in seconds.
Revision that works
Quizzes on every lesson, exam practice, and “hear the shaykh” audio: revise from your teachers' own words.
Attendance & progress
Log in to each class from your phone. Your attendance, exam results and journey through the years, honestly kept.
Fees, sorted
What's due and what's paid: always clear, always current, with your full history.
Never miss a thing
Term dates, timetable changes and announcements arrive as notifications, the moment they matter.
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