Year two of the IS-3 sequence. The same eight units, taken further: doubts about Allah’s existence answered head-on, a ruling worked from text to conclusion, the Prophet’s diplomacy read as method rather than story, and the first sustained essay writing of the program.
Grade 8 covers thirty-six lessons across the eight IS-3 units and two units of its own:
- Bridging Aqeedah — review and extend
- Sources of knowledge
- Seerah — deeper study
- Intro to fiqh reasoning
- Ethics and contemporary life
- Academic skills — reading and writing about deen
- The Last Day — the grave, the Sirat and the Scale
- Salah in depth — fiqh, khushoo and consistency
- Kitab at-Tawheed — studying the text
- The Prophets Before Muhammad ﷺ — Qasas al-Anbiya
Set text: Kitab at-Tawheed, studied in Unit 9. Quran Grade 8 reads Al-Anam the same year — tawheed proofs and the refutation of shirk — and cites this text.
Each IS-3 year carries its own set text: Grade 7 Ar-Raheeq al-Makhtoom, Grade 8 Kitab at-Tawheed, Grade 9 Al-Aqeedah al-Wasitiyyah.
Course Information
Course Instructor
Unit 1: Bridging Aqeedah — Review and Extend
Common Doubts About Allah’s Existence — Answered With Confidence
The Wisdom Behind Divine Decree (Qadar) in Hard Times
Tawheed in the Modern World — The Idols We Don’t Call Idols
Unit 2: Sources of Knowledge — Introduction
Ijmaa — When the Ummah Agrees
Qiyaas — Reasoning by Analogy, Explained Simply
Why Scholars Disagree Even Using the Same Sources
Unit 3: Seerah — Deeper Study
The Diplomacy of the Prophet — Treaties and Letters to Kings
Lessons From the Prophet’s Household Life
How the Prophet Handled Disagreement Among the Companions
The Prophet’s Treaties With Non-Muslims — Tolerance in Practice
Tabuk — The Last Campaign, and the Three Who Stayed Behind
Unit 4: Intro to Fiqh Reasoning
From Text to Ruling — A Simple Worked Example
Ijtihad and the Role of the Mujtahid
Fiqh Councils Today — Who Answers New Questions
Following What’s Easiest — Where the Line Actually Is
Unit 5: Ethics and Contemporary Life — Introduction
Social Media, Privacy and Islamic Ethics
Justice and Fairness — Case Studies for Discussion
Where the Lines Are — Halal Entertainment and Free Time
Mental Health in Islam — Sabr, Seeking Help and Removing Stigma
Unit 6: Academic Skills — Reading and Writing About Deen
Structuring a Short Essay — Introduction, Body, Conclusion
Citing Sources Properly When Writing About Deen
Preparing for a Group Discussion — Listening as a Skill
Unit 7: The Last Day — The Grave, the Sirat and the Scale
Crossing As-Sirat — The Bridge Over Hellfire
Signs of the Hour — Major and Minor Signs, Revisited at This Age
Unit 8: Salah in Depth — Fiqh, Khushoo and Consistency
Conditions, Pillars and Obligations of Salah — Full Review and Extension
Salah as a Time Anchor in a Busy Teen Schedule
Unit 9: Kitab at-Tawheed — Studying the Text
What the Book Is, and Tawheed as the Right of Allah Over His Servants
Shirk in Worship — Amulets, Talismans and Seeking Cure From Other Than Allah
Sacrifice, Vows and Seeking Refuge — Acts That Belong to Allah Alone
At the Graves — What Was Forbidden, and Where Excess Begins
Intercession (Shafa’ah) — What Is Affirmed and What Is Denied
Guarding Tawheed — Sincerity, Showing Off, and Ghuluww in Praising the Righteous
Unit 10: The Prophets Before Muhammad ﷺ — Qasas al-Anbiya
Adam and Iblis — The First Refusal, and Why the Quran Retells It
Nuh — Preaching Without Result, and the Flood
Hud and Saleh — ‘Ad, Thamud and the Warning to a Confident People
Lut, Shu’ayb and Musa — The Prophetic Cycle Completed
