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Learner Guide
Paper 1
Topic You should be able to R A G Comments
1.1 Major themes of the Know and explain themes from passages set for close study relating to:
Qur’an • God in himself
• God’s relationship with the created world
• God’s Messengers
Explore:
• the major theme or themes of the Qur’an that appear in each passage
• the importance of these themes in the lives of Muslims today
• and demonstrate knowledge of the original as well as the translation of the

set passages.
1.2 The history and Demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of:
importance of the Qur’an • the revelation of the Qur’an to the Prophet (pbuh) between the years 610
and 632
• the account of the compilation of the Qur’an under the Rightly Guided
Caliphs
• the major themes of the Qur’an as contained both in the passages set for
special study and in other similar passages
• the use of the Qur’an in legal thinking, and its relationship with the Hadiths,
consensus (ijma‘)
• analogy (qiyas)
• the significance of the Qur’an as the basis of all thought and action in Islam.
1.3 The life and importance Demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of:
of the Prophet Muhammad • the main events of the Prophet’s life from his birth to his call to prophethood
(pbuh)
• the main events of his activities in Makka and his experiences with his
opponents

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• the main events of his activities in Madina, his leadership of the community
there and his conflicts with the Makkans and others
• his actions and character
• the importance of his actions as examples for Muslim individuals in their

personal conduct and relations
• with others including women and non-Muslims
• the importance of his actions as examples for Muslim communities in their

relations with other states
• his significance as Seal of the Prophets and last Messenger of God
• his significance in Muslim beliefs
• the importance of his actions and experiences in the history and beliefs of
Islam, particularly in the way they provide examples for present day Muslim
individuals and communities.
1.4 The first Islamic Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
community • the Prophet’s wives
• his descendants, including his children, grandchildren and the direct line
recognised among Shi‘a Muslims as Imams
• his leading Companions, including the Ten Blessed Companions, his Scribes,
the major characters who surrounded him in his ministry, the Emigrants and
Helpers, and the four Rightly Guided Caliphs during his lifetime
• the main characters who lived with and near the Prophet (pbuh), and the
significant facts of their lives
• the importance of their actions and experiences in the history and beliefs of
Islam.

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Learner Guide
Paper 2
You should be able to Ways to practise skills R A G Comments
2.1 Major teachings in the To know and understand passages set for close study relating to:
Hadiths of the Prophet • individual conduct
(pbuh)
• life in the community.
To know and understand the teachings contained in each passage:

• about what Muslims should believe
• how they should act.
2.2 The history and Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

importance of the Hadiths • the history of the compilation of the Hadiths
• the earliest collections
• the main musnad and musannaf collections
• the main compilers and their activities
• the methods based on examination of the chain of transmitters (isnad) and

the text (matn) of a Hadith to test the reliability of the Hadith
• the main features of the six collections of Sunni Hadiths and the four
collections of Shi‘a Hadiths
• the major themes of the Hadiths as these are contained both in the passages
set for special study and in other similar passages
• their use in legal thinking, and their relationship with the Qur’an, consensus
(ijma‘) and analogy (qiyas)
• their significance in thought and action in Islam.

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2.3 The period of rule of the Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
Rightly Guided Caliphs and • the main events of the rules of the four Caliphs
their importance as leaders
• their policies in maintaining and expanding the state
• their approaches to leading the community
• their main achievements
• the main difficulties they encountered
• their significance as examples of leadership
• the importance of their rules as models for government today
• their importance as examples for Muslim communities in their relations with

other states
• the significance of events of the rules of the four Caliphs for the early and
later history of Islam
• the importance of their rules as examples for later times.
2.4 The Articles of Faith and Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
the Pillars of Islam • the Six Articles of Faith:
– God, including what Muslims believe about him
– angels, their nature and duties
– books, their contents and purpose
– prophets, their character and function
– God’s predestination and decree, its meaning and significance
– Resurrection and the last day, the main events and its significance.
• Jihad in its range of meanings, physical, mental and spiritual.
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• the Five Pillars of Islam:
– the declaration of faith, shahada, including the significance of what it
contains
– prayer, salat, including preparations, its performance and importance,
congregational prayers on.
• F ridays and festivals, times of prayer, the place of prayer, private prayer,
delayed prayer
– alms-giving, zakat, how it is performed and its significance in the
community
– fasting, sawm, including the way it is observed, its significance and those
exempted
– pilgrimage, hajj, including the main observances involved and their
significance.
• the significance of each of these beliefs and observances in the faith and
action of individual Muslims and of Muslim communities.

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• God’s relationship with the created world

• the importance of these themes in the lives of Muslims today

• and demonstrate knowledge of the original as well as the translation of the

Topic You should be able to R A G Comments

• the importance of his actions as examples for Muslim individuals in their

• with others including women and non-Muslims

• the importance of his actions as examples for Muslim communities in their

• his significance in Muslim beliefs

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To know and understand the teachings contained in each passage:

• how they should act.

2.2 The history and Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the earliest collections

• the main musnad and musannaf collections

• the main compilers and their activities

• the methods based on examination of the chain of transmitters (isnad) and

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Topic You should be able to R A G Comments

• their approaches to leading the community

• their main achievements

• the main difficulties they encountered

• their significance as examples of leadership

• the importance of their rules as models for government today

• their importance as examples for Muslim communities in their relations with

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