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About the Sanad Center
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This ijāza course prepares Muslim women to honor and convey Imām al-Nawawī’s Arbaʿīn with clarity, appropriate application, and reverence.
What you’ll study:
- Read the Arabic text accurately
- Understand vocabulary and variant readings
- Explore the meaning and relevance of each hadith in personal and communal life.
What this prepares you for:
- Upholding and honoring the sunna and its proper transmission
- Teaching to others and continuing the chain of transmission
- Applying the teachings to daily life and fortifying faith
Degree
Ijāza Certification
Required credits
NA
Competency-Based Program
Areas of Focus
Reading Accuracy and Fluency, Hadith Comprehension and Application, Narrators and Transmission
Admissions Dates
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Program Objectives
Fluency of the Arba’in
- Read the Arabic text of Imām al-Nawawī’s Arbaʿīn fluently and precisely
- Recognize key vocabulary, grammatical structures, and variant readings.
Living the Prophetic Example
- Analyze the language and context of each hadith to derive ethical, theological, and spiritual lessons
- Apply these teachings meaningfully within personal and community life.
Honor the Sanad
- Identify the primary narrators of the hadith
- Examine their role within the classical chain of transmission (sanad)
- Revere the significance of scholarly continuity in preserving the prophetic tradition
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