FAQs
We are here for you. Below you’ll find a series of FAQs that address a myriad of questions potential students might have about the program. In addition, we have a ‘Contact Us’ form below the FAQs in case you have additional questions.
Admissions
Everyone. The Seminary offers three flexible learning streams. One can be a self-paced/audit student and take any course, anytime, without evaluation. Or a student may enroll in one of two certification tracks with evaluation requirements. Please see our Prospectus for more details.
The program commitment depends on which stream a student chooses. Overall the time commitment may range between 4 hours per month to 8 hours per week.
Yes, commitment and maturity. Younger students — such as teenagers —who fulfil this criteria may enroll.
There are no mandatory prerequisites. A student may do whichever course he or she likes (if not seeking certification). It is recommended, however, to study the Usul al-Fiqh and Maqasid module in the order suggested.
Program Related
Yes, many. The Seminary is combination of knowledge, action, fellowship and applied learning. And each field of the four above has multiple ways to realize its objectives. Please see our Prospectus for more details.
Each module contains a summary of decades of study of countless classical and modern texts. The intent of the Seminary is not to restrict the student to one text per course, but for the student to acquire essential knowledge necessary for intellectual and spiritual development in a modern context. That said, many modules will provide core and supplementary readings.
Yes, if you wish to pursue a certification stream, take all the courses and pass the exams.
The fiqh module will likely be taught through one madhhab with select discussion of other views.
Students paying the full tuition price will continue to have access to the class recordings, through our course platform, at the close of the academic year for as long as the Seminary exists in an online format.
This on-demand version of the course will include the class recordings and will not include student support and access to various live, interactive elements — which will cease at the close of the academic year.
You do not have to commit for 5 years. You can benefit from the courses as is convenient and practical for you. In fact, you can make this a life-long journey of knowledge and practice.
They begin in year one, since there are four new modules and new advanced electives within all modules. Suhba Online graduates who enroll in the Seminary’s Honors certificate stream will be taking 10 new courses during year one. They may choose to skip the 4 courses they already took and simply take the evaluation, although we recommend reviewing the material in these courses again as new insight would be provided.
Orientation: Sunday, October 6th, 2024
First class: Monday, October 7th, 2024
Final session: Sunday, June 15th, 2025
Dates to be announced shortly
Class Related
Classes will be a combination of synchronous and asynchronous learning.
The weekly Core Module and the Advanced Elective classes will mostly be taught live. Other live classes will include: the Fellowship & Practice (FP) class, the Weekly Remembrance Sessions, the Mentoring Sessions, and the Applied Learning Seminars (ALS).
Recordings of live sessions will be posted between 2-3 days after conclusion of live sessions.
Students will also have access to:
One-on-one mentoring with the teachers
The ability to send class-related and general life questions or ask them live to the teachers
Access to a reflection group with their fellow students and teachers
Access to a brothers or sisters Suhba group.
All classes are recorded and made available on the Suhba Seminary course page for students to watch and review the material at their convenience.
Recorded classes will be posted between 2-3 days after the live class.
In-person attendance (from abroad or those living in Istanbul) will be subject to space availability and an additional On-Site Application process.
Students may attend the live current year Core Module or Advanced Elective classes, the Weekly Remembrance sessions, and other on-site activities that take place throughout the year.
More details coming soon.
Program Logistics
October 6th, 2024
$2500.
The Suhba Essentials Application Form includes the option to request sponsorship, ie: financial aid, Please click here
No student will be rejected on the basis of financial reasons.
Full refunds will be provided to those that request it up until after the first class on October 7th, 2024. No refunds will be provided thereafter.
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You can also join our Telegram announcement group here. We’ve also launched a WhatsApp community group, here, but it will only be updated infrequently.
Yes. The tuition for the first student registering from a given household is $2,500 USD. Each additional student registering from the same household is an additional $500 USD until a cap of $4,000 USD is reached for 4+ students from a single household.