Creation of Schools | The structure of the Islamic education system

In this 2nd part of the 'Creation of Schools' series, we learn in detail, how the Islamic education system was structured and organised. For example, the stages of schools, the different subjects in the education system and many other precious pieces of information you can learn about.
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Welcome to Forgotten Islam,
Organisation was one of the keys to the foundation of schools for the Islamic world which created structure and illustrated power of education and enlightenment. By the middle of the 9th century, education had been split into many categories such as the Islamic and natural sciences, philosophy, the literary arts, medicine, mathematics and many more subjects. The Islamic sciences, a highly valued sector, emphasized the study of the Quran and Hadith and the interpretations given by leading theologians and scholars who used this knowledge from the Quran to discover cures and many other practical uses. They started to set up salaries perfectly reflecting the high value of teachers in the Muslim society.
The Muslims were pioneers in organising schools into categories similar to primary, secondary, college and university, which were later adopted by the West, with different types of schools for different levels of education. For example, regular schools taught general subjects with simplicity and were equivalent to primary school. Once the students had finished their education in regular schools, they would leave with a primary level certificate. Regular schools were common and were found in every corner of every village. What was distinct about the Muslim schools was that the level of education was based on the child’s capability not just a standard curriculum followed to pass exams as seen in todays education systems.
After regular schools, many would go to study in higher schools which held higher levels of education such as Darul Qurra which translates to ‘the house of readers.’ Its expertise was in Arabic and memorising the Quran. There was also ‘Dar ul Hadith’ which evidently taught hadith. There were many other important schools but these were some of the most highly esteemed. Graduates would be then awarded the equivalent of a university degree. Thereafter students would further specialise in specific areas such as the medicine faculty.
Medicine was a respected subject which flourished in the Muslim world. Scholars like Ibn Sina, the father of medicine and Al Zahrawi, the father of surgery, studied and found many ways of healing people, inspired by the hadith ‘For every illness there is a cure’.
In addition, practical studies, like the development of the irrigation system or architectural innovations was also seen as important.
For example, there was the Sankore University in Timbuktu which was one of the highlights of the Islamic golden age. It housed so many faculties of education, including medicine, astronomy, mathematics, all the sciences, philosophy, language, geography, history, as well as art. Furthermore, you could have also taken classes in business and other manual jobs like farming. This university truly made the medieval Europeans become envious as they struggled in their dark age. It was arguably one of the oldest universities, founded in 989 CE and remained as a very significant place of learning that the whole of the Muslim world flocked to.
It is truly interesting when you ponder upon Muslim history, showcasing a golden age of education and prosperity. Yet, we also need to contemplate on the current situation of not just the Muslim world but the whole globe in general. It maybe that there are advancements in technology and science, but how is that level of education evident in society at large, when there is ongoing poverty, wars and all kinds of atrocities in this world. This is the reality of Earth at this moment and for another golden age to truly prevail, we need a just system which caters for humanity and that’s its education and morality is displayed in society. If you have any suggestions for any topic you want to hear about, please tell me in the comments below. I hope you enjoyed this video and don’t forget to like, share and subscribe.
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[@samihussain147]

Beautifully crafted, a great extension to this would be how the university system was developed along with the qualifications, which was adopted and is the blue print of today's education system in the Wester world.

[@heronmiah5865]

Amazing. Very well researched and created MashaAllah

[@mahvashali]

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[@ForgottenIslam]

Thank you! Please share it!

[@inamurrahmansir9471]

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[@ForgottenIslam]

It's my pleasure, thanks!

[@hamdhahamza9748]

Maa Shaa Allah..All the videos of this channel are very useful and well made. Hoping for more video on education and history. May Allah bless you in abundance. From Srilanka.

[@ShahrukhKhan-lo3kn]

Please create more videos like this Islamic education system.

[@ForgottenIslam]

No problem! I'll launch a short soon!

[@aminataummassya5404]

It is very true : "wisdom is the lost property of the muslims."

[@asmabintemohiuddin8988]

how to reestablish Khilafat again on the method of prophethood?make a series about it...to be a Dawah carrier...... I hope you will do it.From Bangladesh....

[@zaviboss1220]

You are right sister...we need a series of how Khilafat was establish? and what we have to do for its return......I will be very happy.

[@ForgottenIslam]

Insha'Allah, we will make a series about this, although it is a complicated issue. Salams!

[@bobhussain347]

i was just wondering when will you next upload because you're videos are really useful because im a history teacher and my students love your videos

[@ForgottenIslam]

Soon enough a new video will come out!

[@bobhussain347]

Inshallah

[@hafsahtariq443]

mashaa Allah this video is very informative and well presented, however please do not put music in the video as it may cancel out your good intended efforts jazzakAllah khair may Allah keep us all on the straight path ameen

[@hamzaateeq353]

Please continue to make video. Please make a video about how our sultan Abdul hamid 2 was dethroned.

[@ForgottenIslam]

What a great idea! I will do that, but it's very complex, so may be more than one video.

[@hamzaateeq353]

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[@ForgottenIslam]

Insha'Allah

[@bobhussain347]

Pls upload regularly

[@aaabidh]

Do a video on the signs of the day of judgement

[@aaabidh]

Since you asked for a recommendation

[@aaabidh]

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[@ForgottenIslam]

@@aaabidh Thank you for your much appreciated suggestion! I was considering doing a vvideo on the signs of the day of judgement, but as you know, this is an islamic history channel, so it wouldn't be suitable. However, i truly am appreciative for you replying, and would consider any other recommendations you have but remember, they have to be about Islamic history!

[@aaabidh]

@@ForgottenIslam you can make a series of videos on the battles that happened during the prophet (saw) time and the battles/major events/ that happened during the rashidun caliphate, like one video per topic and the reason I'm suggesting is a lot of the younger generation don't know about these stories like earlier grandfathers and the elders used to tell these stories to the young children but now they are passing from this world so if you make a full series of videos then parents can show those videos to their children (age 6 and up) most of them will understand English and I have a sister who is 7 who has watched it your current video's and understood the videos so... Ya that's my recommendation

[@aaabidh]

And you don't need to change your style of videos the way you do it now is perfect