The Essentials of Islam course aims to inform and educate students on the Essential Knowledge (Farḍ ʿAyn) required by every Muslim as outlined in the well-known Ḥadīth of Jibrīl (ʿalayhi as-salām): Īmān – ʿAqīdah (Creed), Islām – Fiqh (Jurisprudence) and Iḥsān – Tarbiyah (Purification of the Self).