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‘Ulūm ud-Dīn Li Tullāb il-‘Ilm (Islamic Studies for Students of Knowledge) 

• Syllabus outlined by Ustadh Abdul Rahman Hassan is in bright yellow text and red text.

• Any books in red text have been recommended by Ustadh to be memorised too.

• All other books have been taught/ recommended by other Scholars and Students.

• Not intended to be a perfect list, this is simply a typical, suggested guide to studying.

• The first 1-4 books are vital if not mandatory for every Muslim to know, 'Tālib ul-'Ilm' or not.

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• The Qur'ān - the Book of Allah (Reciting it correctly, memorising it, etc.)

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Core Sciences:

Al-Aqīdah (Includes Tawhīd, Sunnah and Manhaj):

• The Conditions of La Ilaha Illa Allah - Hāfidh Ibn Hakami

  • Khalid Green - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL93UcyFVGSa18U9wayZyldgIeviad6ZgO

• Nawaqid Al Islam (Nullifiers of Islam)

  • Abu Suhaib Bassam (Summarised) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIZ6VSZFL74&t=4s 

  • Abu Taymiyyah (Accelerated) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhxpppZi05BM4mGBPOhrkWVv4QwehWljv 

  • Khalid Green - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL93UcyFVGSa28JAfVhUtvqTjmu9d15smg

  • AbdulRahman Hassan (Detailed) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2dRQaGGWZOBckt6JI7Vb2UesHtpAlOqQ

• Thalāthatul ‘Usūl

  • AbdulRahman Hassan - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2dRQaGGWZOBfdpP998y3r8aLJfneH9mR

• Qawā-id ul ‘Arba’a (The Four Principles regarding Shirk)

  • AbdulRahman Hassan (Summarised) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2dRQaGGWZOCZZs5LGLyhrsNZn-xUAg1z

• Qawlul Mufeed - Shaykh Saleh Al-Fawzan (Beneficial Speech in Establishing the Evidences of Tawheed)

• Kashfu ash-Shubuhāt (Removal of the Doubts) 

  • (Considered a summary/ conclusion of Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab's Aqeedah works)

  • Muhammad Tim Humble - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5KMa7WzJsU

• Kitāb at-Tawhīd (Book of Monotheism)

  • Abu Salma Mohammed 'Aideed - http://mixlr.com/alitisaamsunnah/

  • Abu Usamah Adh-Dhahabi - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYRXQljU5MiJYggJ5XL7xfojTjom3jGLT

  • Abu Suhaib Bassam - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3R6nEDdNwb_2KCOei84-Sxqs_w_ZWTPm

• Kitāb As-Sifāt (Book of Attributes of Allâh)

  • Ustadh Abdul Rahman Hassan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMJkEsFuIiw&list=PL2dRQaGGWZOAz0S-SPQcwb4Al394oYE_H 

• Sulam ul-Wusūl - Al Hafidh Al-Hakamī (Poem, ’Steps that Lead’ to the knowledge of Tawhīd)

• Al-Wāsitiyyah - Ibnu Taymiyyah (Perfect Creed of the Predecessors)

  • Ustadh Abdul Rahman Hassan (Summarised) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2dRQaGGWZOD4pSrfWRf9oYGiDmHrcWjv

  • Ustadh Khalid Green - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-QMwzVnp_E

• Al-Hamawiyyah - Ibnu Taymiyyah (Beliefs about unclear Quranic verses)

• At-Tadmūriyyah - Ibnu Taymiyyah (Beliefs about Names & Attributes, and Divine Decree)

  • (A summary of most of Ibnu Taymiyyah's works especially regarding Aqīdah)

• Aqīdat-ul-Razi’ayn - Imam Abu Hatim Mohammad Ibn Idrees Al-Razi (rh) & Imam Imam Zur'ata Ubaidullah AbdulKarim Al-Razi (rh)

  • AbdulRahman Hassan (Summarised) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2dRQaGGWZOAn1DZ3wT0J3OnsX0PZ9Sts

• Tathirul I’tiqaad (Purifying the Creed)

  • Ustadh Abdul Rahman Hassan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUKq1VuOAF8

• Usūl As Sunnah - Imam Ahmad (Foundation of the Sunnah)

• Sharh as-Sunnah - Al-Barbaharī (Explanation of the Sunnah)

• Al Isbaah Fi Bayān Manhaj us-Salaf Fī At-Tarbiyyah ( الإصباح في بيان منهج السلف في التربية ) 

  • Ustadh AbdulRahman Hassan - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2dRQaGGWZOBSdfjj-QLa7r5gQ6CLSBvv

• Manhaj al-Haqq (Path of the Truth) [Poem]

  • Ustadh AbdulRahman Hassan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmA-kxj55fM

• 40 Hadīth Manhaj

• [DarrusSunnah publishers has almost all of these Aqīdah books translated]

Al-Fiqh:

• Fara’id Shafi’i (Obligations according to Shafi'i Madhhab)

• Matn Ibn Shujā’

  • [Fiqh according to the Shafi'i Madhhab]

  • Ustadh AbdulRahman Hassan - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2dRQaGGWZOD2tny53t3YYczNZVWuQQ3P

• Al-Lu’lu Wal Marjan [Pearls and Corals] - (Ahadīth from Sahīhayn; Al-Bukhari & Muslim)

  • Explanation of Al-Lu’lu Wal Marjan - Find most of them at https://www.youtube.com/@Hadithstudies/playlists

  • Kitab Al-Eman (Book of Faith) 

  • Kitab At-Tahara (Book of Purification

  • Kitab Al-Hayd (Book of Menstruation)

  • Kitab As-Salat (Book of Prayer)

  • Kitab As-Siyam (Book of Fasting)

• Umdatul Ahkām 

  • (Ahadīth from Sahīhayn; Al-Bukhari & Muslim - Imam Al Maqsidi)

  • Ustadh Abdul Rahman Hassan - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2dRQaGGWZOBIxyFqUvGTtACwo3iKu7MJ

• Zad Al Mustaqni' (Hanbali Fiqh)

  • (See Publication: Dar Al Arqam)

• Ad-Durru Al-Bahiyya (The Beautiful Pearls) - Imam Ash-Shawqani

  • (Summarised)

• Yāqūt an-Nafīs

• Az-Zubd (Bin Raslān)

• ‘Umdat as-Sālik - Ibn Naqib

• Kitāb Al Kaba'ir [Book of Major Sins]

  • Tahir Wyatt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kE85MGoOvE

Al-Hadīth:

• Arba’ūn an-Nawawi (40+ Hadith of Imam An-Nawawi) 

  • [Core Ahadith about the essence of Islam by Imam An-Nawawi]

  • Mufti Muhammad Muneer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmr8XdK_Rio&list=PLHJNuhNCF4NkT7QLjrgd3yM9ou3JMC5N_

  • Muhammad Tim Humble (Hadith 1) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VUqnOMBKZ8

  • Abu Usāmah Adh-Dhahabi (Partial) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpkZ1i18Eqk&list=PL4MicaRCC3yWm_YDlUluI2rszvQCTZFBx 

• ‘Umdatu al-Ahkām

• Bulūgh al-Marām (Attainment of the Objective) 

  • [Comprehensive collection of ahadīth)

  • Muhammad Tim Humble - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo8-JRSO3j92z_TfuF1UwYMqrMB731DJY

  • Mufti Muneer - Marriage (Al-Nikkah) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeCyBkMatx0&list=PLHJNuhNCF4Nk9nPvLwvhrwwTGkHLArgKl

• Riyādh us-Šālihīn

• Al Adab Al Mufrad 

  • (Book about Mannerisms, by Imam Al-Bukhari)

  • Ustadh AbdulRahman Hassan (Summarised) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J126SW0OWnM

• Sahīh Al Bukhari

  • Benefits from Fath-ul-Bārī (Explanation of Sahih Al-Bukhari by Ibn Hajr Al-‘Asqalani) - {???}

• Sahīh Muslim

  • Book of Piety and Softening Hearts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gezXMhzqJUo&list=PLHJNuhNCF4Nm6OO2s6r1fneGtgtixpl1f

  • The Book of Pertaining to Piety and Softening of Hearts (in Sahih Muslim) كتاب الزهد والرقائق - {???}

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Advanced Sciences:

Muštalah al-Hadīth (Hadith Terminology):

• Al-Bayqūniyyah (Hadith grades and science)​

  • Ustadh Abdul Rahman Hassan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6ogQWQlgdk&list=PL2dRQaGGWZODvmOcOl9j9wesofhQMH8z9 

• Taysir Mustalah al Hadith - Dr. Tahhan 

  • (Science of Hadith Terminology)

  • Mufti Muneer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pAmfPecW4E&list=PLHJNuhNCF4NmUruhcMA2Th1KEakcUlfgz

• Nukhbat ul-Fikr - Al-Hafidh Ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalāni

  • (Comprehensive book in the science of hadith)

  • Ustadh Abdul Rahman Hassan (Summarised) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InbF9HMObAc&list=PL2dRQaGGWZOD5P76Eek1Mnys-Chv3Cb8i 

  • Ustadh Abdul Rahman Hassan (Detailed) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAcxXQ1Mu2s&list=PL2dRQaGGWZOB5oj-wcFbYPXF1KkZ1C80v 

• Ikhtišār ‘Ulūm al-Hadīth

• Al-Fiyyat ul-‘Irāqī

Ušūl ul-Fiqh:

• Al-Waraqāt

  • Utilise the Sharh (Explanation) of Shaykh Saleh Al-Fawzan

  • Ustadh Abdul Rahman Hassan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y02Wnvwd5MY&list=PL2dRQaGGWZODW3YJI_w0P1SX3Y7bwgufn 

• Ma’āqid al-Fušūl 

• Marāqī as-Sa’ūd

Al-Qawā-id ul-Fiqh:

• Al-Qawā-id ul-Fiqhiyyah - Imam As-Si’dī (Principles of Fiqh)

  • Ustadh Abdul Rahman Hassan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8we9sFrGt7k&list=PL2dRQaGGWZOCiUi-j1LGIL4aV4zfV4c3r

• Al-Farā-id al-Bahiyyah

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Arabic:

Arabic language:

• Madina Books 1-3

  • (Arabic Language - Grammar focussed)

  • Madinah College London - https://www.facebook.com/pg/madinahcollegelondon/services/?service_id=1569475519737961

• Bayna Yadayk

  • (Arabic Language - Speaking focussed)

• General Arabic Classes (Online)

  • Abu Taubah - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZqDbkjpHp5QSBi6YMo6-cJ08_9uPrLL4

An-Nahw:

• Al-Ajrūmiyyah

  • (Arabic Grammar)

  • Ustadh AbdulRahman Hassan - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2dRQaGGWZOCqIQ_I6AmR1d00P-EonJ4a

• At Tuhfat-Usaniyah (Explanation of Ajrūmiyyah)

  • Ustadh AbdulRahman Hassan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eOX-SK4S9E&list=PL2dRQaGGWZOATsKW_r0BPMAhmlRlJj9RB

• Qatr un-Nadā - Ibn Hishām

• Al-Fiyyatu - Ibn Mālik

As-Šarf:

• Lāmiyyatu al-Af’āl

• Al-Fiyyatu - Ibn Mālik

Al-Balāghah:

• Al-Jawhar al-Maknūn

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Other Studies:

‘Ulūm ul-Qur-ān:

• At-Tuhfatu al-Atfāl - Al-Imam Suleyman Al-Jamzūrī

  • (About At-Tajwīd)

• Al-Jazariyyah - Imam Muhammad Ibn Al-Jazari

• Ash-Shātibiyyah

• Tafsīr

  • Ustadh Abdul Rahman Hassan - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2dRQaGGWZOA2i9QLHmlon5_Iw2onNimH

Al-Adab al-Lughah (Literature):

• Lāmiyyat-ul-‘Arab

• Al-Mu’alaqāt al-‘Asharah

• Muqāmāt al-Harīrī

Al-Adab an-Nafs:

• Madhūmat-ul-Adāb - Ibn ‘Abdul-Qawī Al-Mardāwī

As-Sīrah:

• Al-Fušūl Fī Sīratu ar-Rusūl

• Al-Fiyyatu as-Sīratu Lil-‘Irāqī

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