Classical Ḥanbalī texts, taught live by scholars and muʿīd who hold their knowledge through a written, checkable chain. English, Arabic, Dutch, French.
Start where you actually are, not where you would like to be. Each one carries on into the next.
One text, taught from beginning to end by a qualified teacher. Every lesson covers the Arabic, a literal rendering, and the explanation, so you are taught the source rather than a summary. Recordings and materials stay yours after the term closes.
A shorter, denser form of study. One treatise, taken end to end over two weeks, read closely enough that it stays with you afterwards. Open entry, no prerequisite.
Al-Madrasah writes and prints its own study materials: texts for beginners, and editions for those already working at depth. There are uniforms and other items too, for students who feel part of the house.
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A free library is in preparation: vocalised texts, glossaries, reading orders and recorded lessons, for anyone studying alone or with a teacher elsewhere.
Drag the shelf, or use the arrows.
What has been taught, what is being built, and what opens next.
West Cairo again, 6 to 16 January 2027, with Shaykh Yūsuf b. Ṣādiq al-Ḥanbalī: six hours of lessons and two hours of reading a day. The fee is £549 excluding flights, and places are few, so interest is registered in advance.
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A room to sit in, a shelf to read from, and a teacher present in it. Where the work stands and what is still needed.
Follow the work →
Eleven days at the house of the shaykh in Al Sheikh Zayed, 22 December to 1 January, with ten places and £495 excluding flights and accommodation.
Read the write-up →Nothing here is a projection. These are texts finished, printed and taught.
No teacher here instructs without having studied under one himself. Every chain is written out in full on its own page.
If you do not know where you belong, write to us with what you have already studied. We will tell you plainly, even when the answer is that you should start again at the foundations.
