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Kankor Madrasa study plan

Kankor Madrasa · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Quran and Quranic Sciences (Tajweed, Tafsir, Memorization) & Hadith and Hadith Sciences

  • Map the full Tajweed rule set into a personal checklist and mark each rule as known, shaky, or unknown

  • Recite aloud daily from at least three different surahs while applying only the rules already marked known

  • Define the structural parts of a hadith (isnad and matn) in your own words and label them on five sample narrations

  • Classify ten hadiths by authenticity grade and justify each classification in one written sentence

Your checkpoint

A one-page Tajweed self-audit table plus a graded list of ten hadiths with one-line justifications

Week 2

Quran and Quranic Sciences (Tajweed, Tafsir, Memorization) & Hadith and Hadith Sciences

  • Memorize and recite with correct articulation the rules marked shaky in week one, testing each aloud

  • Explain the difference between tafsir by transmission and tafsir by reasoning, giving one example of each

  • Summarize the biography and reliability criteria of three major hadith narrators from memory in writing

  • Build a spaced-repetition deck covering 40 Tajweed and hadith-science terms

Your checkpoint

A recorded 5-minute recitation plus a 40-card terminology deck reviewed to at least 80% recall

Week 3

Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and Principles of Fiqh & Islamic Beliefs (Aqeedah) and Islamic Thought

  • Outline the chapters of a standard fiqh manual and place each act of worship under its correct chapter

  • Solve fifteen hypothetical purity and prayer scenarios by citing the governing ruling and its source

  • State the definitions and one example each of the primary and secondary sources of law

  • Write the six articles of faith and support each with one scriptural proof

Your checkpoint

A written answer set to fifteen fiqh scenarios, each with ruling and evidence, scoring at least 12 of 15 correct

Week 4

Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and Principles of Fiqh & Islamic Beliefs (Aqeedah) and Islamic Thought & Arabic Language and Literature (Grammar, Morphology, Rhetoric)

  • Apply the maxims of Islamic legal theory to three novel cases and defend each conclusion

  • Contrast two schools of theology on a single disputed attribute question without caricature

  • Parse twenty Arabic sentences into grammatical roles, labeling subject, predicate, and objects

  • Conjugate ten verbal roots across the derived verb forms and identify the meaning shift

Your checkpoint

A timed 45-minute written test covering fiqh scenarios, creed proofs, and Arabic parsing, self-scored with a correction log

Week 5

Arabic Language and Literature (Grammar, Morphology, Rhetoric) & Quran and Quranic Sciences (Tajweed, Tafsir, Memorization)

  • Identify and produce the rhetorical figures of metaphor, simile, and metonymy in ten Arabic lines

  • Analyze the morphology of thirty exam-level words by root, pattern, and category

  • Complete a full recitation of a chosen juz with Tajweed rules applied and self-corrected against a recording

  • Translate five short Quranic verses into Dari, noting one grammatical feature in each

Your checkpoint

A morphology and rhetoric worksheet of 40 items with at least 85% accuracy

Week 6

Islamic History and Civilization & General Knowledge and Current Affairs

  • Build a timeline of the major Islamic eras with at least twelve dated events and one cause-and-effect link each

  • Explain three contributions of Islamic civilization to science or law with specific examples

  • Summarize the past year's major current events in your region into ten factual bullet points

  • Name the principal organs of a national government and one function of each

Your checkpoint

A one-page annotated timeline plus a ten-point current-affairs briefing sheet

Week 7

Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)

  • Solve twenty mixed arithmetic and algebra problems under timed conditions without a calculator

  • Compute perimeter, area, and volume for five geometric figures and check each result

  • Draw and label the major human organ systems and state one function of each

  • Write the balanced equation for five common reactions and identify the reaction type

Your checkpoint

A timed 30-question math and science practice set scored and fully corrected, targeting 80% or higher

Week 8

Dari/Pashto Language and Literature & Quran and Quranic Sciences (Tajweed, Tafsir, Memorization) & Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and Principles of Fiqh

  • Write two short essays in Dari or Pashto on assigned themes with correct grammar and structure

  • Complete three full-length mock exams under real timing and record every wrong answer with its cause

  • Re-drill the fifty most-missed items from all prior weeks until recall is immediate

  • Recite the memorized portions in one continuous sitting without reference to the text

Your checkpoint

Three scored mock exams with an error-analysis log and a final one-page revision sheet of the fifty weakest items

Milestones

Week 2: Recite a full page applying all Tajweed rules with no uncorrected errors, and score at least 80% on the hadith terminology deck

Week 4: Score at least 75% on the timed combined fiqh, creed, and Arabic test and submit the correction log

Week 6: Deliver the annotated timeline and current-affairs briefing, and explain any three events without notes

Week 8: Average at least 75% across three full mock exams with every error logged and re-drilled