ARAB UNITY SCHOOL

CURRICULUM OVERVIEW YEAR-8 2019 – 2020

A guide for Parents and Students

SUBJECT: Islamic Education Overview of the year: 8

Islamic Education curriculum focuses on personality and character development. It helps students to learn all the important principles and practices of Islam, study of the Qur’an, the Hadith (saying of the Prophet).As it is very important for the Muslim students to find the correct resources to enlighten them about Islam.

Themes and standards of the Islamic Education Curriculum is set by the Ministry of Education in the United Arab Emirates as follows. 1.Divine Revelation. Students demonstrate excellent memorization of the Holy Quran with application of Tajweed rules. Students also demonstrate understanding and application of the Quran and Hadith. 2.Islamic Beliefs. Students demonstrate awareness and belief of the foundations of the belief in Allah. His attributes, His angles, His Books, and His Messengers. Students also demonstrate awareness of the value of the mind and the importance of thinking to reach the truth. 3.Islamic Rulings and Aims. Students demonstrate knowledge of jurisprudence of worship and perform the rituals of worship correctly. Students also demonstrate knowledge of the jurisprudence of transactions and understand its impact on the community. 4.Islamic Values and Manners. Students demonstrate understanding and implementation of the individual and social Islamic values and manners. 5.Biographies. Students draw out the most important principles and lesson learnt from the biography of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Students also show commitment to following the example of the prophetic personality and to some prominent Muslim figures who have had a positive impact on Islam and the Muslim society. 6.Identity and Contemporary issues. Students demonstrate pride in their own personalities, identities and homeland(s). Students show appreciation of their own heritage and culture. Students show their commitment to customs and traditions. Students show their understanding of contemporary issues and challenges.

Domain Topics TERM -1 -Content BYOD /Theme  Infer the wisdom of sending Messengers. Prepare Docufiction on the story of Honesty  Figure out the evidences of the Honesty of the Prophet. (PBUH) Devine of the truthfulness of the message of our Revelatio Prophet Prophet. n (Holy (Surah  Clarify the positions of people towards the Quran) Yaseen) message of Islam.  Explain Allah’s protection towards Qur’an from alterations and distortions. Find in the verses of Surat Ya-Sin (1 Devine Rules of  Explain the concept and letters of Madd. – 12) six examples of the rules of Revelatio Madd  Distinguish between the types of Madd. madd and indicate their type. (1) n (Holy  Recite the verses while observing Rules of Types of madd (2) Example from Quran) Madd. the Holy Quran or Prepare  Figure out the examples from the Quran. Docufiction on the types of madd.

Make a Role-play on the topic Sincerity  Outline the concept of sincerity. Sincerity. (2) Make a chart on Islamic  Explain the virtues of sincerity. sincerity: 1) Methods for acquiring Values  Figure out some real-life examples of it (2) its fruits (3) its indicators (4) and sincere people. its importance (5) its concept. Manners  Deduce the effects of sincerity on individual and society.  Find out the ways that leads to sincerity.

Make a short film on the Identity The gift  Explain the concept of security in Islam. “Awareness of Water”. (2) and of  Infer the importance of security for the Research on the positive effects contempo security individual and society. arising from the United Arab rary  Clarify the role of Islam in achieving Emirates adoption of the values of issues security of societies. tolerance in dealing with non-  Deduce the effect of security and stability Muslims inside and outside the on the civilization of countries. country.  Figure out the ways that help to maintain the security. Belief in  Clarify the concept of Divine Decree and We prepare a sermon about Divine Divine Predestination. Decree and predestination to Islamic decree  Infer the importance of belief in Divine correct the wrong concept of Beliefs and Decree and Predestination for the Muslim. Divine decree and predestination. predesti  Explain the concept of trust in Allah. nation  Illustrate the effect of positivity in life.

 Outline the concept of eclipse, rain and Investigate on the official entity in Islamic Prayers Isthikara prayers. the United Arab Emirates, which I Rulings for the  Explain the wisdom of such Sunnah can consult when I am in doubt and Aims certain prayers being permitted. regarding a certain jurisprudential purposes  Find out the benefits of reverting back to rule. Allah all the time.  Demonstrate how eclipse, rain and Isthikara prayers are performed.  Explain the characteristics of the Sheikh Zayed may Allah have Biographi Al-Shifa personality of Al-Shifa mercy upon him said: “women es bint  Figure out the lessons to be learnt from are full partners of men in all Abdullah the biography of Al Shifa. fields of life; there is no Al-  Infer the importance of the role of women difference between a man and a Adawiya in serving society. woman except in terms of their  Find out the national models from the work.” Prepare a presentation UAE of leading women in various fields of with photos that shows the life. efforts made by UAE in preparing leading cadres and the roles of women in public life.

Domain Topics Term -2 Content /Theme  Read and memorize the noble hadeeth. Research on the efforts made Divine The  Explain the significance of the hadeeth by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Revelatio Holiest  Explain the qualities of the three to serve the Holy Mosques and n Mosques mosques. its visitors in the past and (Hadeeth)  Enumerate the manners that must be present. observed by the Muslim in the three mosques.  Outline the benefits of travel in Islam. Islamic Travel  Enumerate the manners of travel. Design an e-leaflet with photos on Values Manners  Deduce the benefits of observing travel safety and security measures that and manners. travelers must observe when Manners  Read and memorize travel supplications. travelling by land or by air.  Explain the concept of Umrah. Make an outline map of Saudi Islamic Umrah  Enumerate the merits of Umrah. Arabia and mark the Miqats of Rulings Rules  Demonstrate how to perform Umrah Umrah and Aims rituals as well as the associated rules. ( 2 lessons). Devine  Explain the types of secondary Madd Search for the madd of Revelatio Secondar based on Sukoon. difference (Madd Al-Farq) in n (Holy y Madd  Differentiate between the types of original books of Tajweed, write a Quran) madd and secondary madd based on summary about it including sukoon. examples of its application.  Recite the verses while observing rules of secondary madd.  Find out the examples of secondary madd from Quran.  Explain the concept of social cohesion. Research on things done by the Islamic Social  Define the fields of social cohesion. Messenger of Allah in Madinah to Values cohesion  Infer the means that help to achieve social build a strong cohesive society. and cohesion. Also write short note Madinah Manners  Deduce the benefits of social cohesion on charter. individual and society.  Enumerate the manners of the Prophet Write a poster introducing the when dealing with his family members. happy family and talk about the Biographi I am the  Explain the role of the messenger in the contribution of the UAE to building es best of stability of his family. a happy family. you to  Infer the importance of family stability for my wives a balanced society.  Assess how individual character is associated with family stability.

Domain Topics Term -3- Content /Theme  Read and memorize the hadeeth. Search in the Holy Quran Devine  Explain the importance of the for the story of the Yes-men Revelatio Modellin independent personality of the Muslim. who imitated others who n ( g good  Figure out the positive qualities of the had gone astray and, as a Hadeeth) deeds personality of the Muslim. result, went astray  Distinguish between following and themselves Imitating.  Identify the dangers of imitation and extremism. Identity  Explain the importance of health. Research on the ways for and  Explain the Islamic principles concerning preventing diseases, which the Contempo My prevention of diseases. Messenger of Allah has taught rary health is  Deduce the role of purity in preventing us write based on Quran and issues my diseases. Hadith. (2) Make a short film responsi  Infer the importance of moderation in the on the basis “Awareness of bility consumption of food and drinks. Health”.  Figure out the effects of sports in preventing diseases.  Enumerate the UAE’s efforts for providing healthcare services. Islamic Oath and  Explain the rules concerning oaths. Research on (1) The concept of Rulings vows  Determine oath expiation. the oath (2) Oath types (3) The and Aims  Figure out the types of vows. concept of the vow (4) Vow  Find out the situation in which the rules of types. oaths and vows apply.  Explain the merits of reading in Islam. Research on Electronic means Islamic  Infer the importance of reading in the life of reading are a double- edged Beliefs I read in of the Muslim. sword. the  Explain the importance of writing for the name of reader and the learner. my lord  Figure out the ways for dealing with various sources of reading.  Deduce the role of reading in building human civilization.  Outline the UAE’s efforts in strengthening the culture of reading society.

Useful Website links & Islamic Centers in UAE

Website Links List of Islamic Centers in Dubai: www.muqith.wordpress.  Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid centre for Cultural and Social Understanding (women) 04-3455563 WWW. tess.uk.net  Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid centre for Cultural Understanding 04-3536666 https://prezi.com  Islamic Information centre 04-3986950  Kalemah centre 04-2644115 https://futureislam.wordpress.com  Manahel Al Khair centre 04-2862979  Jumeira Islamic learning centre 04-3949461 http://almanarcentre.com/index.html  Al Farooq Omar bin Khatab centre 04-3941444  Indian Islahi centre 04-3939361 http://www.cpsglobal  Sunni Cultural centre 04-2669800  Sunni centre for Islamic Education 04-2685822 Al Qur'an  Abu Bakr As Siddiq Islamic centre 04-2973999  Jamia Saadiya Arabiya Indian centre 04-2719253 http://www.everyayah.com/data/getfile.php  Dubai Kerala Muslim centre 04-2274899  Dubai Indian Islamic centre 04-2616989 http://tanzil.net  Anjuman-E-Najmi 04-2717272  China Islamic Centre 04-4285401 http://quran.com/ 2. Prominent Centers of Islamic Learning, including Qur’an Memorization, in Dubai: http://www.quranexplorer.com 1. Al Manar Qur’an Study Centre: An organization aiming at imparting Islamic education to all those who seek the spring www.qurantracker.com of the Holy Book. It is functioning under the patronage of HH Sheikha Hind Bint Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum, www.abouttajweed.com wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and the Ruler of www.tarteelequran.com Dubai, and under the supervision of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department, Dubai. www.AlQuranOnlineLearning.com Tel : 00971 4 3394464: http://almanarcentre.com/index.html 2. Maktoum Centers for Memorizing the Qur’an, Dubai Al Islam 3. Dar al Ber Society, Dubai http://www.islaam.ae/w This Society has good facilities for learning the Qur’an by heart, Mashaa’Allah. They have separate provisions for men, http://www.makedua.com/ women and children. Tel 04-3185000 or 04-3306336 4. Markaz Al Huda, Twar http://www.huda.tv http://www.risaalatulislam.com/ www.islam.com