Islamic learning resources

Free, donation-based traditional Sunni academy. Structured curriculum from beginner to advanced with parallel Hanafi and Shafi'i fiqh tracks; creed, fiqh, spirituality, hadith, seerah.

Subscription platform for Quranic Arabic and tafsir (the Dream Arabic program). Strong for Arabic-to-reading and linguistic understanding; non-madhhab-specific.

Free research nonprofit producing articles, videos, and podcasts that address contemporary doubts and build conviction; includes content for children.

Seerah intensives, Arabic, and hadith study. Home of the popular long-form Seerah podcast and Seerah-for-kids content.

Energetic weekend-style seminars across creed, fiqh, and seerah; All-Access subscription plus free YouTube content. Generally Athari/Salafi-leaning faculty.

Hanafi-based seminary, onsite and online, with associate-through-advanced programs and a free media library; very active in the Chicago area.

By-women, for-women global platform. The Ribaat Academic Institute offers tazkiya, Quran, fiqh, and aqida within a traditional framework.

Traditional courses including the flagship "Eternal Creed" (Aqidah al-Tahawiyya), Shama'il, and Ash'ari/Maturidi theology.

Free platform with courses across all four Sunni madhhabs (Arkview program) and the "Nothin' But Facts" livestream/podcast.

Teaches the three Sunni creedal schools; Madina TV offers 1,000+ hours of lectures and podcasts with free signup.

Free, ad-free Quran reading with translations, word-by-word, and audio from 50+ reciters. The compliant way to access premium translations.

Free, ad-free hadith library (Bukhari, Muslim, the Sunan, the Forty, Riyad al-Salihin) in Arabic/English with reference numbering.

AI Quran companion: recitation follow-along and voice search (free), with paid AI mistake-detection and memorization tools. A practice aid, not a replacement for an ijazah-holding teacher.

Live one-on-one Quran, tajweed, and Arabic classes with native Arab, Al-Azhar-certified instructors (from $55).

Free verse-by-verse Quran recitation audio from many reciters, no ads.

The widely regarded, most thorough English audio/video Seerah series.

Lectures and publishing via Sandala; free YouTube + Renovatio content, with paid DeenStream courses. Strong for tazkiya and seerah.

Free lectures and khutbahs on spirituality, seerah, and contemporary faith; associated with Yaqeen Institute.

Popular free reminders and lectures on everyday faith and character; official audio via Muslim Central.

Free, ad-light nonprofit network distributing 80,000+ lecture episodes from 300+ Sunni speakers as podcasts.

Official Hanafi fatwa site of Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari. (Note: distinct from islamqa.org, which is an anonymous aggregator — not his site.)

Large English Q&A reference, Salafi orientation, supervised by Shaykh al-Munajjid since 1996.

Oakbrook Terrace: part-time evening/weekend adult classes in English — Quranic Arabic, aqeedah, seerah, mustalah al-hadith, fundamentals of Islamic law, tajweed; a 3-year al-Azhar-curriculum program.