A two-year certificate which introduces students to the field of Ḥadith​ methodological principles, Ḥadith​​ criticism (the evaluation and authentication of Ḥadith​) and the field of Ḥadith​ literature.

Admission Requirements: No prior knowledge of Hadith is required.
Certificate Requirements: The successful completion of four courses in four terms (two years).
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Term 1: ​​Introduction and Compilation of Ḥadīth​

• Science of Hadith:
  • Definitions and importance of Hadith
  • Terminologies of Hadith.  
• History of Compilation of Hadith:
  • In the era of the Prophet (pbuh)
  • In the time of Sahaba
  • In the time Tabioon and Tābiʿī -Taiboon
  • In the time of Saheeh – Third Century Hijri
• Early Collection of Hadith Literature
  • Saheefa, Juzz etc.
• Relation of Hadith and Fiqh.     

Term 2: Ulūm al-Ḥadīth​

• Text and Chains of Hadith
• Classifications of Hadith
  • According to number of narrators: Āhād and Mashhūr etc.
  • According to muntaha of sanad: Qudsi, Marfūʻ, Mursal etc.
  • According to strength: Ṣaḥīḥ, Hasan, Da‘īf etc.​​
• Classification of Narrators / Rijal
  • Ways of Narration: Samaa, Tahammul, Ijazah etc.
  • Title of Narrators: Imam, Hāfiẓ, Reliable, Abandoned etc.
• Criticism on Narrators
• Famous chains of Hadith Narrations
• Fiqh al-Hadith
• Naskh and Mansūkhin Hadith.

Term 3: ​Muhaddithun and Books of Ḥadīth​

• Muwaṭṭa Imam Malik
• Musannaf Abdur Razzaq and Ibn Abi Shaybah
• Musnad Imam Ahmad
• Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī
• Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim
• Sunan at-Tirmidhī
• Sunan Abī Dāwūd
  
• Sunan Ibn Mājah
• Sunan an-Nasā’ī
• Other books of Hadith, and their classifications  

Term 4: ​​Study of Selected Ḥadīth​ from the Kutub al-Sittah

• Validating Text and Chains
• Study of Contradictions and Resolves
• Case studies
• Contribution of contemporary scholars of Hadith
• Importance of Hadith in our times 

Dr. Mohammad Iqbal al-Nadvi

Dr. Mohammad Iqbal Masood al-Nadvi is a well-known Muslim scholar in Canada, amongst the few who have the authority to confer an Islamic legal ruling. Dr. Nadvi has extensively studied the Islamic sciences at some of the world's leading institutions of Islamic learning. He spent over a decade at the prestigious seminary Dārul ’Ulūm Nadwatul ‘Ulamā, Lucknow, India, where he completed an ālimiyyah degree. He subsequently moved to Saudi Arabia, where he earned a License in Sharīʿah from the Islamic University of Madinah (Jāmiʻah al-Islāmīyah bi-al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah), and completed his Masters and Ph.D. in Sharīʿah, with a specialization in Fiqh from Umm al-Qura University, Makkah (Jāmiʿat ʾUmm Al-Qurā). In addition to his academic studies, Dr. Nadvi has received ijazāt (certificates of authorization) from many of the most renowned scholars of our time. To complement his comprehensive education in the Islamic sciences, he earned a degree in political science from Bhopal University, India.
 
Dr. Nadvi also has a rich experience in teaching. He was a professor at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he taught Sharīʿah and Fiqh for over half a decade. While he was at King Saud, he dealt with topics such as Usūl al-Fiqh, Islamic culture, Islamic political thought, Islamic movements and the Fiqh of organization.
 
In addition to his teaching, Dr. Nadvi has been very active within the Canadian Muslim community since his arrival. He is the former President of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) and Director of Religious Affairs at Al Falah Islamic Centre and the Muslim Association of Calgary, during which he also served as a member of the University of Calgary chaplaincy team. He is currently the Chairman of the Canadian Council of Imams and the Fiqh Majlis of Canada. Dr. Nadvi also serves on the advisory board of several organizations including the Canadian Muslim Chaplain Organization (CMCO) and the Proposed Islamic Credit Union in Ontario.