AMI is currently in the process of restructuring the provision of the Hawza Programme to make it more accessible to students worldwide. The restructured programme will be organised according to four levels of difficulty. Level one will provide introductory courses that are designed for students who have no background in Arabic and Islamic Studies. The programme guides a student all the way through to level four where students receive training in the critical reading and interpretation of advanced works taught in Shiʿi seminaries. Our new online platform will provide students with more independence in designing their learning journey whilst still maintaining strong feedback from and interaction with teachers.
Admissions for the programme will open in October 2022. In the meantime, if you have any queries, please email [email protected].
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Until then, please consult the restructured four level Hawza Programme below:
| Level 1 Courses: |
| Arabic 1 |
| Introduction to Muslim Theology and Philosophy |
| Introduction to Muslim Mysticism |
| Islamic Ethics: Classical approaches and Contemporary Issues |
| Introduction to Islamic Law and Legal Theory: ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Faḍlī’s Mabādiʾ al-uṣūl |
| Qurʾanic Studies |
| Ḥadīth Studies |
| History of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ |
| Introduction to Nahj al-balāgha |
| Post-Prophetic and Umayyad History |
| Level 2 Courses: |
| Arabic 2 |
| Logic 1: Muḥammad Riḍā al-Muẓaffar’s al-Manṭiq (Conceptual Discussions) |
| Logic 2: Muḥammad Riḍā al-Muẓaffar’s al-Manṭiq (Syllogisms) |
| Logic 3: Muḥammad Riḍā al-Muẓaffar’s al-Manṭiq (Five Arts) |
| Introduction to Muḥammad Bāqir al-Ṣadr’s al-Ḥalaqat al-ūlā |
| Ritual Purity and its Juristic Evidence |
| Prayer and its Juristic Evidence |
| Philosophy of Mysticism: Ibn Sīnā’s al-Ishārāt wa-l-tanbīhāt |
| Fasting, Prescribed Alms and Taxes and their Juristic Evidence |
| Pilgrimage, Religious Warfare and Enjoining Good and their Juristic |
| Issues in Contemporary Philosophy |
| Level 3 Courses: |
| Arabic 3 |
| Shiʿi Theology 2: al-ʿAllāma al-Ḥillī’s Kashf al-murād fī sharḥ Tajrīd al-iʿtiqād (Existence and Attributes of God) |
| Shiʿi Theology 3: al-ʿAllāma al-Ḥillī’s Kashf al-murād fī sharḥ Tajrīd al-iʿtiqād (Prophethood and Imamate) |
| Shiʿi Theology 4: al-ʿAllāma al-Ḥillī’s Kashf al-murād fī sharḥ Tajrīd al-iʿtiqād (Eschatology) |
| Muḥammad Riḍā al-Muẓaffar’s Uṣūl al-fiqh: Linguistic Discussions in Shiʿi Legal Theory |
| Muḥammad Riḍā al-Muẓaffar’s Uṣūl al-fiqh: Rational Discussions in Shiʿi Legal Theory |
| Muḥammad Riḍā al-Muẓaffar’s Uṣūl al-fiqh: The Authority of Evidence in Shiʿi Legal Theory |
| Legal Maxims |
| Marriage and Divorce and their Juristic Evidence |
| Financial Transactions and Leasing and their Juristic Evidence |
| Equity Partnerships and Trustee Financed Partnerships |
| Level 4 Courses: |
| Muḥammad Riḍā al-Muẓaffar’s Uṣūl al-fiqh: Conflict of Evidence in Shiʿi Legal Theory |
| Muḥammad Riḍā al-Muẓaffar’s Uṣūl al-fiqh: Procedural principles in Shiʿi Legal Theory |
| Legal Derivation and Emulation and their Juristic Evidence |
| Consumables and Inheritance and their Juristic Evidence |
| Criminal Law and Punishment and their Juristic Evidence |
| Ṣadrian Philosophy 1: al-ʿAllāma al-Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Bidāyat al-ḥikma (The Concept and Reality of Existence) |
| Ṣadrian Philosophy 2: al-ʿAllāma al-Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Bidāyat al-ḥikma (Quiddity and its Properties) |
| Ṣadrian Philosophy 3: al-ʿAllāma al-Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Bidāyat al-ḥikma (The Categories of Being and Causation) |
| Ṣadrian Philosophy 4: al-ʿAllāma al-Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Bidāyat al-ḥikma (The One and the Many and the Metaphysics of Knowledge) |
| Theoretical Mysticism 1: Dāwūd al-Qayṣarī’s Muqaddima (The Unity of Existence and the Sufi Path of Knowledge) |
| Theoretical Mysticism 2: Dāwūd al-Qayṣarī’s Muqaddima (The Five Divine Presences and the Perfect Human) |