Islamic education

thumb|Interior of a 19th-century kuttab in Cairo, Egypt A kuttab ( kuttāb, plural: kataatiib, ) or maktab () is a type of elementary school in the Muslim world. Though the kuttab was primarily used for teaching children in reading, writing, grammar, and Islamic studies, such as memorizing and reciting the Qur'an (including ''Qira'at''), other practical and theoretical subjects were also often taught. The kuttāb represents an old-fashioned method of education in Muslim majority countries, in which a sheikh teaches a group of students who sit in front of him on the ground. Until the 20th centur

An ijazah (, "permission", "authorization", "license"; plural: ijazahs or ijazat) is a license authorizing its holder to transmit a certain text or subject, which is issued by someone already possessing such authority. It is particularly associated with transmission of Islamic religious knowledge. The license usually implies that the student has acquired this knowledge from the issuer of the ijaza through first-hand oral instruction, although this requirement came to be relaxed over time. An ijaza providing a chain of authorized transmitters going back to the original author often accompanied

education related to the practice of being a true Muslim

thumb|A halaqa is underway inside the main complex of Masjid al-Haram in [[Makkah, Saudi Arabia.]]

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Islamic education system in the Indian subcontinent

religious sciences in Islam