FAQs

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  • It is $850 per semester. There are three semesters every year, and classes are offered year round with some breaks for holidays.

  • Classes are year-round, but with breaks for Ramadan, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Adha, the Mawlid, as well as a break for major US holidays: Thanksgiving, 4th of July, and the last week of December.

  • This program is for seekers at all levels, including those who have no plans to go into full-time scholarship. The main requirement that is needed is a serious desire to seek knowledge and the mental and physical ability to commit to the time and rigor of a program that meets three hours a day, for three days a week.

  • Darul Fath is fully in-person. If you choose to take online classes, we offer them at Arkview.org.

  • Like any higher education or professional program, Darul Fath maintains a standard of academic professionalism. Students are expected to attend all classes and school-related events. Excessive missed attendance without valid excuse may result in dismissal from the program.

  • Women are equally included and encouraged to apply to the program. If a course is large enough, the course will be divided into a men’s section and a women’s section. Otherwise, due to logistical constraints, classes will be held together with a barrier between men and women.

  • As a pre-requisite, students must have decided to study Hanafi or Maliki fiqh.

    Shafi'i and Hanbali fiqh are not offered presently.

    A student may not study two madhabs at once for pedagogical reasons.

  • The book list will be made available to all students.

    Students can use PDFs of the books or they can purchase them online.

  • Classes are held at NBIC masjid: 1330 Livingston Ave in North Brunswick (NBIC).

  • Yes. Seeking knowledge is obligatory on every Muslim, even if they don’t want to be a scholar. Even though this program is equivalent to the first 2-3 years of a full-time Islamic scholarship program, it was created to be for everyone. The majority of our students are working professionals, such as doctors and engineers, or full-time college students.