Deen Intensive Foundation

The Vision

DIF has developed its curriculum for the Essentials Certificate on the obligatory and foundational sciences in Islam. We believe that with completing our curriculum students can achieve a holistic understanding of their religion that grounds them in both theory and practice. The Essentials Certificate is a recognition for students that have successfully completed the curriculum and encourages them to pursue knowledge in the Islamic sciences at an advanced level.

Certification by DIF will provide students with the following:

• Study of the disciplines that are considered Obligatory (fard 'ayn) upon every Muslim to know. These disciplines encompass the minimal knowledge one needs to fulfill their obligations to God and live life according to His Sacred Law. This is based on the model provided by the famous hadith of Gabriel (upon him be peace) in which the three dimensions of the religion were delineated: islam, iman, and ihsan.
• Study of various disciplines of the religion beyond the individual Obligations – such as hadith, the Prophetic Biography, Islamic legal theory – that will provide students with a wider and deeper understanding of the religion.