PersonalStudyPlan

StudyPlan

Thisisastudyplanforthosewhowork/studyfulltime.

EssentialBooklist:

Qur’an:

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HowtoapproachandunderstandtheQur’an–J.Zarabozo

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IntroductiontothesciencesoftheQur’an.–YasirQadhi.

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EtiquettesofthebearersoftheQur’an–ImamAajurri(alQur’anSociety).

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TafseerIbnKatheer/IntheshadeoftheQur’an(SayyidQutb)(JuzzAmma).Sunnah:

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TheauthorityandimportanceoftheSunnah–J.Zarabozo.

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CommentaryofImam‐an‐Nawawi’sfortyhadeeth:Compendiumofknowledge&wisdom–IbnRajab.OrJ.Zarabozo’sthreevolumecommentary.

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Introductiontothescienceofhadith–S.Hasan.(alQur’anSociety)

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TextbookofHadithstudies–HashimKamali

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NukhbatulFikr–

IbnHajar.(Thishastobestudiedwithateacher).‘Aqeedah:

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Explanationofthethreefundamentalprinciples‐Ibn‘Uthaymeen.

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ExplanationofKitaabat‐Tawheed–Sa’adi(preferablystudiedwithateacher)

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The‘AqeedahSeriesbySulaymanalAshqar.

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Al‘AqeedahalWaasitiyyah–IbnTaymiyyah.(Thishastobestudiedwithateacher.AnaudioexplanationisavailablebyAliTamimiandAbuTalha).Fiqh:

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Manhajas-Salikeen–

Sa’adi

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‘UmdatulFiqh–

IbnQudamah.

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BulooghalMaram.

(allthreeneedtobestudiedwithateacher.)History/Seerah:

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LessonsfromtheSeerah–MustafaSiba’I.

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SeerahofMuhammad(saw)–Alias‐Sallaabi(3vol)Darus‐Salam.ArabicStudies:

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MedinahBooks

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AlAjaroomiyyah.

PersonalStudyPlanTheaboveisaveryconciselistofbooksthatyoushouldhaveto

study

from.Naturallythereareaplethoraofotherbooksyoucanreadforeachsubject,butthesebooksshouldactasyour

pillars

ofknowledge.Ihaveputthebooksinorderofwhatbookyoushouldstudyfirst.(Theorderofthe

subjects

waswrittenrandomly)

Devisingatimetable:

Adheringtoatimetablerequires:1.

Dedication2.

Consistency3.

Discipline4.

PatienceSitdownforawhileandponderovertheabovefourterms.Ideallyyoushouldbestudyinganumberofdifferentsubjectsperweek.Someareoftheviewthatyoushouldsticktoonebookandnotmovetoanotherbookuntilyouhavefinishedthefirstbook,otherwiseone’sreadingcouldgetconfusedandinformationmuddledup.Howeverthebenefitofstudyinganumberofsubjectsperweekpreventsboredomandmakesreadingmoreofanenjoyableandrefreshingexperience.Remembertobaseyourtimetablearoundthelessonsyoualreadyattend.Someofyouwillbeattendingthe40Hadithand‘Umdahclasssomakethesetwosubjectsthemajorsubjectsforyourweeklystudies.Addtothat,theArabiclanguage.Tryandmakeoneofsubjectsthatyouwillbestudyingbasedonanaudioexplanation(e.g.al‘AqqedahalWaasitiyyah–AbuTalha).Thiswillmakeyourstudyingexperiencemoredynamicandenjoyable.Thefollowingisanexampleofwhatyourtimetableshouldbelike:

MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday

‘Umdah

ClassHowtoApproach.10PagesTheAuthorityofSunah10PagesExpl.3Fundamentals.15Pages.MemoriseHadithforFriday.ReviseHadithmemorization.ArabicH/W40HadithClass.ArabicH/WArabicClass.LessonsofSirah:15pages.Revise‘

Umdah

classandre‐writenotes.

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Theaboveisonlyanexampleofhowyourtimetableshouldlooklike.Itisimportantthatwhenyouarereadingyousetyourselfatargetofhowmuchyoushouldbereading.Alwayssetyourselfgoals,asthiswillmake