Muslim homeschool curriculum, compared

This page compares the providers we could check on their own websites. Where we could not confirm something on a provider’s own page, we left it out. We list no prices, because they change. Check each provider’s shop for the current price.

Questions to ask before you pick

Answer these first. They narrow the list faster than reading reviews.

1. How old are your children, and how many? A series built for ages 5 to 11 will not suit a teenager. Online live classes cost more per child than a book series you reuse for siblings.
2. Do you want print, digital, or live classes? Print suits families who dislike screens. Live classes suit families who want a teacher other than the parent.
3. How much teaching can you do yourself? A parent who is comfortable teaching Islamic studies can use textbooks. A parent who is not may prefer a live teacher for Quran reading and Arabic.
4. Which school of thought does your family follow? Fiqh differs between madhabs. Read a sample of any fiqh book before you buy, and ask your own imam or teacher if the approach matches your family.
5. Do you need the Islamic part only, or everything? Many providers here cover Islamic subjects. Only a few offer Islamic-integrated science, geography, language arts and history.
6. What will you do about Arabic? Decide now whether Arabic is a core subject or an add-on. See our Arabic homeschool curriculum guide.

Comparison table

“Full series” means a graded sequence you can follow year to year. “Single subject” means one area, such as Arabic. “Books” means a publisher or shop, not a curriculum.

Notes on each provider

IQRA’ and Safar: the closest to a full curriculum

IQRA’ sells separate programs through its online shop: Arabic, Pre-School and Kindergarten, Quranic Studies, Aqidah Fiqh and Akhlaq, Sirah and Hadith, Islamic History, and High School Books. They are print books. Pick it if you want one publisher to cover most Islamic subjects across many grades.

Safar offers Islamic Studies for ages 5 to 11 and for ages 11 and up, plus Learn to Read (Qaidah and Tajweed), Learn Arabic, and Learn by Heart for duas. It also has an online learning platform and offers a discount for educational buyers. Pick it if you want a graded series that includes Quran reading and tajweed in the same system.

Noorart: Arabic as its own track, plus Islamic studies

Noorart sells Arabic curriculums in levels, from Pre-K to the 6th level, with separate middle and high school and college levels. It also sells Islamic studies curricula from Pre-K to high school, plus Islamic books. Pick it if you want Arabic as a separate subject with level numbers you can match to your child.

Allamah: Islamic unit studies for school subjects

Allamah sells digital, Islamically integrated resources for homeschoolers, Islamic schools and madrassahs, with unit studies in science, geography, language arts and history. It also links to a page of free printables. Pick it if your main gap is school subjects with an Islamic frame rather than Islamic studies themselves. See also our guide to Islam across subjects.

Zaid Academy: live online teaching

Zaid Academy offers online live classes in Quran, Tajweed, memorization, Islamic studies and Arabic, and describes an Islamic homeschooling program. Its page mentions a sibling discount. Pick it if you want someone else to teach Quran reading while you handle the rest. Look at its pricing page directly, as we did not record a price.

Bayyinah and Madinah Arabic: Quran and Arabic study

Bayyinah offers online courses to study the Quran and to learn Arabic from the beginning, plus a kids story program. Madinah Arabic offers one-to-one online Arabic and Quran lessons with a trial lesson (its booking form asks for a trial fee). Neither is a full curriculum. Both fit as the Arabic and Quran piece of a bundle.

Learning Roots, Goodword and Kube: books and games

These three sell books and, for Learning Roots, games and digital products. They suit reading time, seerah stories, manners and stories of the Prophets. We treat them as supplementary reading, so use them to add depth next to a main program. Goodword also lists Islamic School Books, an Islamic Studies range and Madinah Arabic Readers; we have not checked whether these are graded.

A note on Mishkah

Mishkah University is a university, not a K-12 provider. It also offers an online certificate for high school students and Arabic for non-speakers. If you have an older teen, it may be worth a look, but it is not a curriculum for younger children.

How to combine them: sample bundles by age

These are examples, not rules. A family with a 5-year-old and an 8-year-old might start with the lighter bundle and add pieces only when the first feels easy.

For a full scope and sequence of what to teach at each age, see Islamic studies curriculum for kids. For options that cost nothing, see free Islamic homeschool curriculum. To fit any of this into a week, use the schedule builder.

Before you buy

• Open the provider’s sample pages or table of contents. Check that the level and the approach to fiqh fit your family.
• Buy one level first, not the whole series. Children change pace.
• Ask your imam or a teacher you trust if you are unsure about a book’s approach to a contested point.
• Keep the plan small. A short routine you do every day beats a large plan you drop in month two.