Course Directory

Our short courses include seminars and seminar series available to study onsite, online live, or on-demand. With ASI On-demand, students are able to study around their timetable and at their own pace. With new seminars added every month, students can choose from a growing number of courses:

Seminars

• Academic Writing and Research Methodology
• Al-Muhaddithat
• Al-Muqaddimah fi Usul al-Tafsir
• Al-Muwatta and the Books of the Four Imams
• Education and Entertainment
• Ethics of Disagreement
• Etiquettes of a Student
• Fiqh of Dawah
• Fiqh of Muslim Life
• History of Early Religious and Political Sects
• History of Indian Scholarship
• Imam Abu Hanifa: His Life and Legacy
• Index of the Major Hadith Collections
• Introduction to Arabic Grammar
• Introduction to Arabic Morphology
• Introduction to Hadith and Isnad
• Islam and Modernity
• Islam, State and Society
• Islam, Women and Scholarship: Then and Now
• Islam, Women’s Rights and Feminism
• Islamic Finance
• Life, Work and Methodology of Imam Bukhari
• Life, Work and Methodology of Imam Muslim
• Marriage and Family Life
• Misquoting Muhammad on Women
• Nukhbat al-Fikr
• Orientalism and Islamic Studies
• Physiology of Menstruation and Rules of Purification
• Principles of Hadith Classification
• Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence
• Principles of Quranic Exegesis
• Qiyas Ijma’ and Ijtihad
• Rituals of Burial
• Rules of Quran Recitation
• The Concept of Tawhid in Islam
• The Legal Position of Following a School of Thought
• The Six Primary Hadith Compilations
• Zakat Calculations

Garden of Hadith Scholars

This seminar series introduces all of the major works of hadith, based on the famous work of Shah ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Dihlawi: Bustan al- Muhaddithin.

Studying this well-known anthology of hadith sciences and the major collections provides a detailed understanding of the principles of hadith compilation, introduces the science of hadith and isnad criticism, and provides an overview of the style and methodologies of the authors of these great works.

Mabadi Series

The Mabadi Series follows a collection of five primers written by Shaykh Akram Nadwi in order to introduce students to the sciences of Quran, Hadith, Fiqh and Arabic language. These works provide an introduction to the Islamic disciplines in a concise yet comprehensive manner, making the series ideal for beginners. Students will be introduced to the key principles of Islamic scholarship that have developed over the centuries and continue to evolve unto the present day.

The Lawful and The Prohibited

The Lawful and The Prohibited series is designed to provide students with the essential rulings and evidences for everyday life in the modern era. The six-part series endeavours to provide an in-depth, practical handbook; a go-to guide for answers concerning the customary issues of day-to-day life for Muslims living in modern societies. Beginning with personal matters relating to employment and fundamental beliefs, the series progresses through the Islamic law of finance, family life, education, society, and dawah.