Darul Uloom Zakariyya

Darul Uloom Zakariyya

Darul Uloom Zakariyya is located in Zakariyya Park which is approximately 20 min away from Johannesburg. The nearest town is Lenasia, a town highly populated by Muslims. As mentioned in another thread, there is a Girls Madressa (Mueenul Islam) near by. Many students from Darul Zakariyya have sisters studying at the girls Madressa. The two schools are a distance way, so it’s not possible for students of one school to see students of the other.

Darul Uloom Zakariyya follows the Darse Nizami taught in most of the Madressas in Indo-Pak. It’s a 7 year course.

Students:
The student body is approximately 680 students from +40 countries from which 300 are in the Hifz section. This year (2007) 61 students graduated from the Alim course making the total graduates 435.

Boarding
The Madressa has recently built new dormitories, which is spacious and well facilitated. Each room has 6 students. The Students are places in the boarding according to class. Each student has a built-in closet to put their personal belongings.

Fees
The fee for this year is R9000 with additional R250 for maintenance. If someone is not capable of paying the fees, the madressa will make arrangements. They do not reject anyone. The fee covers tuition, boarding, meals, and laundry.

Daily Schedule
The teachers usually make their adhkar before Fajr in the study hall next to the masjid. Many students join them in Dhikr. After fajr, the whole madressa recites Surah Yaseen upon which the principal makes dua. Thereafter all the students are required to sit in the masjid for 30 min to recite the Quran. The students then proceed to the mess hall where breakfast is served.
Classes begin after breakfast. The morning session constitutes of 5 periods of 45 min each. Lunch is served after class and the students are then given time for siesta until Zuhr. In the summer days, usually its about 3 hours and winter days is about an hours. After Zuhr, there have another 3 periods of 45 min each until Asr. After Asr Salah, the tabligh brothers sit in their halaqa for taleem, in which taskeel is made to go out in weekend jamat. Supper is also after Asr. Many students go play on the grounds after meal until Maghib. All the students have to sit in the study hall from Maghib till Isha to revise their daily lessons and prepare for the next day's lesson. After Isha they are required to sit for another 1 ½ hours.
Classes are from Sunday Maghrib till Saturday Asr. So you only have a one-day weekend. There is a mall close by where students go on Sundays to buy their necessities.


Exams
There are three exams throughout the years; 3 months (before Eid ul Adha) , 6 months, and the final exam.


Food
The food is quite good. For breakfast you have tea. There is porridge or cereal for those that don’t drink tea. With it you have bread with either butter or jam.
Lunch is always rice. Either kardi kichrdi, chicken, mutton, or daal.
Supper is always curry and bread.
There is a canteen that sells hotdogs, sandwiches, cold drinks, pies, and fries (chips). The canteen opens at lunch time, supper time, and late at night after the study time finishes.

Contacts Information
P.O. Box 10786
Lenasia, 1820
Gauteng, South Africa

Hafiz Bashir Bhatia – Vice Principle and Admin
Office +27118591081
Cell +27823722331

Mawlana Shabir Saloojee – Principle
Office +27118591912
Cell +27837994786