BECE Islamic Religious Studies syllabus

The BECE Islamic Religious Studies syllabus has 56 examinable topics, listed alphabetically 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 56 topics on the BECE Islamic Religious Studies syllabus

1. 01Al-Ädhän and Iqämah
2. 02Al-Ghusl (Ritual Bath)
3. 03Al-Hajj
4. 04Al-Khulafä’ur Rashidün (The Rightly Guided Caliphs): Abū Bakr
5. 05Al-Qada and Al-Qadar
6. 06Al-Qur’an
7. 07An-Nikäh (Marriage)
8. 08Arabia Before Islam (Jahiliyyah Period)
9. 09As-Salah
10. 10At Tashahhud
11. 11At Tayammum (Dry Ablution)
12. 12At-Tahärah (Purification)
13. 13BECE Islamic Religious Studies (IRS) Detailed Syllabus
14. 14Family Planning in Isläm
15. 15Fiqh
16. 16Hijrah to Yathrib (Madinah)
17. 17Islamic Greeting (At-Taslim)
18. 18IV–V. Child’s responsibilities to Alläh, Parents and Relations
19. 19IV–XXV. Specific Hadiths from An-Nawawi’s Collection (Nos. 1-27 selected)
20. 20IX–XIII. Prophets of Allah
21. 21Kalimattus Shahädah
22. 22Kinds of Salah
23. 23Muhammad (SAW) Prophethood
24. 24Performance of Ablution (al-Wudu) and things that vitiate it
25. 25Pillars of Isläm
26. 26Prophets of Allah
27. 27Salätul Jama’ah (Congregational Prayer)
28. 28Sirah (islamic History)
29. 29Sujüd Sahwi
30. 30Süratul Asr (Qur’an Chapter 103 Verse 1-3)
31. 31Suratul Falaq (Qur’an Chapter 113 Verse 1-5)
32. 32Suratul Fatihah (Quran Chapter 01 Verse 1-7)
33. 33Suratul Fil (Qur’an Chapter 105 Verse 1-5)
34. 34Süratul Humazah (Qur’an Chapter 104 Verse 1-9)
35. 35Suratul Ikhlas (Qur’an Chapter 112 Verse 1-4)
36. 36Suratul Kafirun (Qur’an Chapter 109 Verse 1-6)
37. 37Suratul Kawthar (Qur’an Chapter 108 Verse 1-3)
38. 38Suratul Quraysh (Qur’an Chapter 106 Verse 1-4)
39. 39Süratul Takäthur (Qur’an Chapter 102 Verse 1-8)
40. 40TAHDHIB (Moral Guidance)
41. 41Tawhid (the Oneness of Allah)
42. 42The Angels
43. 43The Beautiful Names of Allah (Asmā’ul Lāhil Husnā) (I)
44. 44The Beautiful Names of Allah (Asmā’ul Lāhil Husnā) (II)
45. 45The Birth of the Prophet (SAW)
46. 46The Conquest of Makkah
47. 47The meaning and importance of Hadith
48. 48The Preservation and Collection of Hadith
49. 49The Prophet (SAW): His Youth and marriage to Khadijah
50. 50The reporters of Hadith
51. 51The Revelation and Preservation of al-Qur’an
52. 52Times of Salah
53. 53Unplaced
54. 54VI–IX. Human Relations and Social Responsibilities
55. 55XI–XIII. Social Responsibilities, Maintenance of Good Health
56. 56XIV–XVI. Nigerian/Regional Islamic Figures