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BECE Islamic Religious Studies syllabus

The BECE Islamic Religious Studies syllabus has 20 examinable topics, listed in full below. This is the same breakdown Handbook uses to track which topics you have mastered and which are still costing you marks.

All 20 topics on the BECE Islamic Religious Studies syllabus

  1. 01I. At-Tahärah (Purification)
  2. 02I. The meaning and importance of Hadith
  3. 03I. The Religion of Isläm
  4. 04I. The Revelation and Preservation of al-Qur’an
  5. 05II. Kalimattus Shahädah
  6. 06II. Performance of Ablution (al-Wudu) and things that vitiate it
  7. 07II. Suratul Fatihah (Quran Chapter 01 Verse 1-7)
  8. 08II. The Birth of the Prophet (SAW)
  9. 09II. The reporters of Hadith
  10. 10III. At Tayammum (Dry Ablution)
  11. 11III. Pillars of Isläm
  12. 12IV. Al-Ghusl (Ritual Bath)
  13. 13V. Al-Ädhän and Iqämah
  14. 14V. Hijrah to Yathrib (Madinah)
  15. 15VI. As-Salah
  16. 16VI. Effects of the Hijrah
  17. 17VIII. Al-Khulafä’ur Rashidün (The Rightly Guided Caliphs): Abū Bakr
  18. 18VIII. Salätul Jama’ah (Congregational Prayer)
  19. 19X. Times of Salah
  20. 20XIII. Al-Hajj

Frequently asked questions

How many topics are on the BECE Islamic Religious Studies syllabus?
20 topics. All of them are listed on this page.
What is the first topic on the BECE Islamic Religious Studies syllabus?
The syllabus opens with I. At-Tahärah (Purification). The full ordered list of all 20 topics appears above.
Is the BECE Islamic Religious Studies syllabus free to view on Handbook?
Yes. The full topic list is free to read with no account. A Handbook subscription adds timed practice questions and topic-level progress tracking against the same syllabus.

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