Class notes, cheat sheets, and reviews for the Islamic sciences
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
Welcome to my free online notes documenting my journey through the traditional Islamic sciences. The intent of this site is to provide structured, accessible notes and eventually downloadable references for anyone walking a similar path, whether you are studying formally under a teacher or attending circles at your local mosque.
Anyone who has studied the Islamic sciences seriously runs into the same problem. There is no single place that pulls together clear, well organized notes across the different branches. 'Aqidah, Fiqh, Nahw, Hadith, and the rest are scattered across books, lecture notes, and memory, with no consolidated reference to return to. I wanted a site that felt like it was written by someone who actually wanted you to understand, with clear explanations, organized topics, and a place worth coming back to years later. I hope to do something similar with my website.
The teachers who shaped me, in particular Sidi Shaykh Abdullahi Ahmed, Sidi Shaykh Muhammad al-Maliki, Sidi Shaykh Mahdi Lock, Sidi Shaykh Muhyiddin Lashen, and Sidi Shaykh Ibrahim Niyass Shuru embodied the Sunnah in the way they walked into a room, in the way they treated people, and in the light with which they spoke about the Prophet, peace be upon him. What I have benefited most from them is a deep respect for classical scholarship and a sense of just how much has been preserved and passed down with care.
At present the notes cover Arabic Syntax and Morphology, Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, Ash'ari Aqidah, and Hadith, with practice problems and i'rab exercises throughout the Arabic sections. I would like to thank in advance anyone who writes in with corrections. If you find an error, please let me know and I can go ahead and make the appropriate change.
All courses include notes and downloadable PDFs once a section is sufficiently complete. Arabic sections include i'rab practice sets. Fiqh and Usul sections include worked examples where relevant.
CLASS NOTES
Each class below has a set of notes, and where available a cheat sheet and a review section. The classes are organized the way I am actually studying them, book by book, so the order within a class matters more than the order of the classes themselves.
Cheat Sheets and Tables - quick reference sheets, added as each one is finished.