Dar ul-Isra, Cardiff ·2026-27
Youth Halaqas
Weekly Halaqas for young people aged 7 to 18, split by age, with boys and girls taught separately. A four year curriculum that builds, taught by people who know them.
First session Friday 2 October 2026
Our Youth Halaqas run every Friday during Cardiff school term time, split by age. Boys and girls have their own Halaqas with their own teachers, following the same curriculum.
Each evening has two subjects, a wrap up, and fifteen minutes at the end kept free for the young people to raise whatever they want to talk about.
- When
- Every Friday, 7:30pm to 9:00pm
- Cardiff school term time only
- Cost
- £10 for the year
- Per child, paid once
- Ages
- 7 to 18
- Three age groups, boys and girls apart
- First session
- Friday 2 October 2026
- Come a few minutes early the first week
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7 to 10 years
Every other Friday, in Group A or Group B
The prophets and their stories, alongside manners: saying sorry properly, courage, trusting Allah, and how we pray.
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11 to 14 years
Every other Friday, in Group A or Group B
The Qur'an, the six pillars of iman, and the forty hadith of An-Nawawi, worked through properly over the years.
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15 to 18 years
Every Friday, every week of term
The life of the Prophet ﷺ in depth, zakat and hajj, and the questions this age group actually gets asked about Islam.
The 7 to 10 and 11 to 14 age groups run as Group A and Group B on alternating fortnights, so each child attends every other week and every topic is taught twice. You choose a group when you register and your child goes straight into it. Numbers are balanced across the two groups once registration closes, so we may have to move a family, and we email you if we move yours. Whichever group a child is in, the topics are identical.
A Friday evening, as it actually is
Teaching, then a break, then the open floor. Every term ends with a quiz and pizza.
What your child will cover this year
This is the shape of the 2026 to 2027 year. It is the second year of a four year curriculum, so it carries on from where the groups finished rather than starting again. Every evening has a main subject and a second subject, and the last fifteen minutes are kept free for whatever the young people want to raise.
Where this Halaqa is going: The prophets and what each one teaches, with wudu and salah done properly and the manners that go with them: saying sorry, courage, patience, and forgiving someone who wronged you.
Term 1: Adam, Ibrahim and Yusuf
The stories of Adam, Ibrahim and Yusuf, told properly and in order, each one paired with the manners that come out of it: saying sorry and meaning it, the courage to say what is true, trusting Allah when things are hard, and forgiving a brother who wronged you. The term ends with a quiz and pizza.
Term 2: Dawud, Sulayman, and how we pray
Dawud and Jalut, and Sulayman and the ant. Alongside them, wudu step by step and checked, and what we are actually saying when we pray, so salah stops being something they copy and starts being something they understand.
Term 3: Du'a, and the ones Allah answered
Ayyub, Zakariyya, Maryam and Luqman, and what each of them asked Allah for. The children learn the morning and evening adhkar, what to say when something goes wrong, and the du'as that belong to ordinary days. The year finishes with a showcase, a quiz and awards.
Where this Halaqa is going: Two surahs read properly end to end, Al-Kahf and Yusuf, the six pillars of iman, and the next stretch of the forty hadith of An-Nawawi, with the manners that come out of each one.
Term 1: Surah Al-Kahf
Al-Kahf read through from beginning to end: the people of the cave, the man with the two gardens, Musa and Al-Khidr, and Dhul-Qarnayn, and the four tests the surah is built around. Several of the forty hadith of An-Nawawi run alongside it. The term ends with a quiz and pizza.
Term 2: The six pillars of iman
Belief in Allah, the angels, the books, the messengers, the Last Day and qadar, taken one at a time and talked through rather than recited. Some practical fiqh runs with it, and the term takes in getting ready for Ramadan and an Eid social.
Term 3: Surah Yusuf, end to end
The whole of Surah Yusuf across the term: the dream, the brothers, Egypt, the prison, the storehouses, and the moment he forgives them. It is a surah about envy, patience, honesty and forgiving, which is most of what this age is working out. The year finishes with a showcase, a quiz and awards.
Where this Halaqa is going: The life of the Prophet ﷺ in order and in depth, zakat and hajj worked through until they could do it themselves, and honest answers to the questions this age group is actually being asked.
Term 1: Badr, Uhud and Khandaq, with zakat
The battles in order, what was at stake in each and what went wrong at Uhud, taught as history rather than legend. Zakat is worked through properly beside it: what it means, what you pay it on, who receives it, and how to actually calculate it. The term ends with a quiz and pizza.
Term 2: Hudaybiyyah to the conquest, with hajj
The treaty that looked like a defeat and turned out to be the opening, through to the conquest of Makkah. Hajj is taught start to finish: why it exists, ihram, Mina, Arafah and the tawaf, so they would know what to do if they went.
Term 3: The last years, and money in Britain
Tabuk, the year of delegations and the Farewell Hajj. Alongside it, the money questions this age group meets first: what riba actually is, student loans, a first job and halal income, contracts and debt, and writing a will. The year finishes with a showcase, a quiz and awards.
Topics move on each year so nobody repeats a year, and the important things come back around at a deeper level as children move up. A small number of sessions are taught separately to the boys and the girls, each with their own teacher. If you would like to know more about any part of the year, ask us at the masjid and we will talk you through it.
Register your child
Three short steps, then payment. £10 for each child, covering the whole of 2026-27. Registering more than one? Add them all here and pay once. If a Halaqa is full you can still register, and go on the waiting list with nothing to pay.