<P> People of all ages attend, and many often move on to becoming imams . The certificate of an ʻālim, for example, requires approximately twelve years of study . A good number of the ḥuffāẓ (plural of ḥāfiẓ) are the product of the madaris . The madaris also resemble colleges, where people take evening classes and reside in dormitories . An important function of the madaris is to admit orphans and poor children in order to provide them with education and training . Madaris may enroll female students; however, they study separately from the men . </P> <P> The term "Islamic education" means education in the light of Islam itself, which is rooted in the teachings of the Quran - holy book of Muslims . Islamic education and Muslim education are not the same . Because Islamic education has epistemological integration which is founded on Tawhid - Oneness or monotheism . </P> <P> The first institute of madrasa education was at the estate of Zaid bin Arkam near a hill called Safa, where Muhammad was the teacher and the students were some of his followers . After Hijrah (migration) the madrasa of "Suffa" was established in Madina on the east side of the Al - Masjid an - Nabawi mosque . Ubada ibn as - Samit was appointed there by Muhammad as teacher and among the students . In the curriculum of the madrasa, there were teachings of The Qur'an, The Hadith, fara'iz, tajweed, genealogy, treatises of first aid, etc . There were also trainings of horse - riding, art of war, handwriting and calligraphy, athletics and martial arts . The first part of madrasa based education is estimated from the first day of "nabuwwat" to the first portion of the "Umaiya" caliphate . </P> <P> Established in 859, Jāmiʻat al - Qarawīyīn (located in al - Qarawīyīn Mosque) in the city of Fas, Morocco, is considered the oldest university in the world by some scholars, though the existence of universities in the medieval Muslim world is debated . It was founded by Fāṭimah al - Fihrī, the daughter of a wealthy merchant named Muḥammad al - Fihrī . This was later followed by the establishment of al - Azhar in 959 in Cairo, Egypt . </P>

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