Department of Islamiyat
Islamiyat
Faith is not one lesson on the timetable but the soul of the whole school.
Our ethos
Knowledge and faith as one
In the Department of Islamiyat, faith is not one lesson on the timetable but the soul of the whole school. Our aim is to raise students who know their Lord, love His Messenger ﷺ and live by the Qur'an and Sunnah with understanding and sincerity. We teach the sacred sciences in clear English, grounded in authentic evidence: creed (ʿaqīdah), worship and jurisprudence (fiqh), prophetic tradition (ḥadīth), the life of the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions (sīrah), and noble character (adab). In this way knowledge becomes a lived practice rather than memorised information.
We follow the way of the righteous predecessors (the salaf), present the strongest scholarly position together with its evidence while respecting the genuine differences of the madhāhib, and connect every ruling to the wisdom and mercy behind it, so that our students grow in both knowledge and faith.
The Fiqh al-Muyassar Contextualisation Project
A central initiative of the department is the Fiqh al-Muyassar Contextualisation Project, a multi-year effort to build a complete English-medium fiqh curriculum for students aged 14 to 18. It is anchored in al-Fiqh al-Muyassar (الفقه الميسر), the simplified work of jurisprudence prepared under the supervision of Shaykh Dr. Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl al-Shaykh, which we render into clear, classroom-ready English without diluting its precision.
The project follows a consistent method: each ruling is presented with its evidence from the Qur'an and Sunnah; the adopted position is stated plainly while real differences between the madhāhib are acknowledged; and ḥadīths are referenced with proper takhrīj and verified against trusted scholarly sources.
Its growing set of materials includes a Student Notes booklet, a Teacher Resource Pack, and focused study booklets on individual chapters, among them a Book of Marriage (Kitāb al-Nikāḥ). Each is fully referenced and designed for direct use in the classroom, and supported by staff workshops as the curriculum is rolled out.
Texts & resources we teach
- زاد المسلم الصغيرFoundation
Zād al-Muslim aṣ-Ṣaghīr
Provision of the Young Muslim
Foundations of creed, worship and everyday manners, with memorisation of essential supplications and short sūrahs.
- إصلاح المجتمعFoundation
Iṣlāḥ al-Mujtamaʿ
Reforming Society
Sound belief, correct worship, and Islamic social conduct and manners that build good character in the community.
- مسلسل عمر بن الخطابAll levels
Musalsal ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb
The ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb series
Islamic history brought to life: the Prophetic era and the lives of the Companions, used as a visual teaching resource.
- الفقه الميسرSenior (14–18)
al-Fiqh al-Muyassar
Simplified Jurisprudence
Purification, prayer, zakāh, fasting, ḥajj and transactions. This is the anchor text of the senior fiqh course.
Disciplines we cover
- Qur'ān & tajwīd
- ʿAqīdah (creed)
- Fiqh (jurisprudence)
- Ḥadīth
- Sīrah & Islamic history
- Adab & akhlāq (character)
- Arabic
Our teachers
Sh. Suleiman
Department of Islamiyat
Sh. Mohammed
Department of Islamiyat
Sh. Salman
Department of Islamiyat
Ustadha Mumtaza (Dr.)
Department of Islamiyat
Photographs of our teachers will be added soon.
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