Daar Al-Hadeeth Al-Khayriyyah in Makkah, established in 1352 (around 1930 according to the Christian calendar), not only gives students in-depth understanding of the Sunnah and its sciences, it also includes studies in all areas of the Sharee’ah. The school consists of four departments: Elementary school level, middle school level, high school level, and college level.
The studies are very intense starting from the three-year middle school level, where students study classic texts like Al-Bayqooniyyah, Al-Aajroomiyyah, Al-Kawaakibud-Duriyyah, ‘Umdatul-Ahkaam, and Nuzhatun-Nathr.
In the three-year high school level, studies focus on books like Saheeh Al-Bukhaaree, Sunan At-Tirmithee, Ar-Rowdul-Murbi’, Tadreebur-Raawee, Fat-hul-Majeed, and Fat-hul-Qadeer. All levels require students to memorize three juz of Qur’aan each year.
In the four-year college level students finish their studies of the remaining six books of Hadeeth: Saheeh Muslim, Aboo Daawood, Ibn Maajah, and An-Nasaa’ee. They also finish memorizing the Qur’aan with its tafseer, and study many other great books from the scholars of Islaam, like Ibn Abil-‘Izz’s Al-‘Aqeedatut-Tahaawiyyah, Ash-Showkaanee’s Naylul-Awtaar, Ibn Hishaam’s As-Seeratun-Nabawiyyah, and the Alfiyyah of Ibn Maalik among others. Students must also complete a research paper in a subject assigned to them by the administration in their final year.
