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Authentic Islamic education in the UK: every course lives within one of our four institutes — Qur'an, Arabic language, Islamic sciences and classical texts. Choose yours to browse open courses and enrol in minutes.

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at-Taʾṣīl · Foundation Diploma in Islamic Studies

One-year part-time evening diploma · ages 16+, brothers and sisters · Arabic and the foundational Madinah texts · in person at Masjid Fida in Leicester or live online, Mon–Wed 8–9pm

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New to this? Read the plain guide to Islamic studies in Leicester — who the diploma is for, what a week looks like, the books, how it is assessed, the fees and the venue. Weighing this against a longer programme? ʿĀlimiyyah course or evening diploma: how to choose. Too far from Leicester to come in person? Studying the diploma online, from anywhere in the UK.

Institute of Qur'an

Memorization, Tajweed & Qira'at

Rigorous, ijaazah-track tuition in Qur'anic memorization, recitation (tajweed), and the science of qira'at — delivered by certified huffaz with traditional chains of transmission.

Ḥifẓ (memorisation)TajwīdQirāʾāt & ijāzah

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Institute of Arabic Language

Classical & Modern Standard Arabic

A structured path from foundational grammar (nahw & sarf) to fluency in classical and modern Arabic, equipping students to access primary Islamic texts directly.

Naḥw & ṢarfBalāghahPrimary texts

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Institute of Islamic Sciences

Fiqh, Aqeedah, Hadith & Tafsir

Fiqh, creed, ḥadīth and tafsīr from the short, sound texts of the Madinah curriculum — every ruling with its evidence. The institute's current programme is at-Taʾṣīl, the one-year evening Foundation Diploma in Islamic Studies at Masjid Fida, Leicester.

Fiqh & UṣūlʿAqīdahḤadīth & Tafsīr

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Institute of Traditional Mutoon & Ijaazaat

Classical Texts & Certification

Direct study and certification (ijaazah) in foundational classical texts (mutoon) across the sciences, preserving the scholarly chain of transmission from teacher to student.

Classical mutūnSanad & ijāzahCommentary

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