Course Outcomes

Specialized College Requirements

3110708Rules of Recitation and Memorization 11:1-1

Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains the terms related to the topics of the science of tajwid (Quranic recitation rules).
Analysis: The student analyzes the verse in terms of the tajwid rules it contains.
Application: The student applies the rules of tajwid correctly.
Research Skills: The student writes a paper deriving the rules of tajwid from a specific surah or verses.
Critique and Comparison: The student compares the types of correct recitation with recitation that contains melodic errors (lahn).
Professional and Digital Skills: The student uses databases, digital libraries, and indexes to access and verify the references and texts related to books on Quranic recitation.

3110307Islamic Legislation and the Emergence of the Jurisprudential Schools1:1-1

Knowledge and Understanding: The student identifies the need for legislation, the relationship of Sharia to other legal systems and to law, and the characteristics, sources, and moral foundations of Islamic legislation.
Analysis: The student analyzes the historical stages through which legislation passed and the characteristics of each stage.
Application: The student traces a jurisprudential issue through a number of sources of the four schools and explains the method of presenting it, its evidence, and the preferred view.
Research Skills: The student uses the various sources of the schools correctly in preparing a research paper on the course topics.
Critique and Comparison: The student compares the independent reasoning (ijtihad) methods of the imams of the jurisprudential schools and the circumstances in which each school was formed.
Professional and Digital Skills: The student uses indexes, databases, and digital libraries to access the texts of the jurisprudential schools, verifying the text, the source, and the edition.

3310103Comparative Fiqh of Personal Status1:1-1

Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains the basic concepts and Sharia rulings on marriage and divorce, their effects, and the rights of children according to Maliki jurisprudence and UAE law.
Analysis: The student analyzes the jurisprudential texts and legal provisions relating to personal status issues and explains them with their Sharia evidence.
Application: The student applies the jurisprudential rules and the UAE legal texts to contemporary family cases and events.
Research Skills: The student extracts and establishes the rulings on family matters from the foundational Maliki sources, databases, and legal sources in a documented scholarly manner.
Critique and Comparison: The student compares the jurisprudential opinions of the schools and the provisions of UAE legislation, explaining the basis of derivation and preference.
Professional and Digital Skills: The student drafts memoranda, advisory opinions, and Sharia and legal arguments on personal status matters, using research tools and digital technology.

3320104Comparative Fiqh of Inheritance and Bequests1:1-1

Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains the rules, pillars, conditions, impediments, and rights related to the estate, and the circumstances of heirs and of those named in bequests, in comparative Islamic jurisprudence and UAE law.
Analysis: The student analyzes the Sharia texts and legal provisions in the chapters on inheritance and bequests, explains them through foundational evidence, and discusses the doubts raised with a scholarly response.
Application: The student solves complex inheritance problems (such as successive deaths, 'awl, radd, and special cases) and calculates the shares of the obligatory bequest and of competing bequests in accordance with jurisprudence and UAE law.
Research Skills: The student completes documented jurisprudential and legal papers and studies on financial issues arising in estates and bequests, using primary sources and digital libraries.
Critique and Comparison: The student compares the opinions of the jurisprudential schools with the provisions of the UAE Personal Status Law on inheritance and bequests, explaining the legislative direction of the State.
Professional and Digital Skills: The student designs spreadsheets to calculate shares of inheritance and division of estates, and drafts advisory and legal memoranda, deeds of bequest, and documents in accordance with the approved procedures.

4110108Introduction to Law and the Sources of UAE Legislation1:1-1

CLO1 – The student defines the main terms and the principles on which the legal rule is based, the branches of law and the content of each branch, and the primary source of the basic legal rule; and understands the theory of right in terms of the sources and scope of each.
CLO2 – The student analyzes the basic legal principles and theories derived from their legislative and Sharia origins, particularly in the various branches of law, and their role in building the legal system and the stability of society in the United Arab Emirates.
CLO3 – The student applies what they have learned and understood to practical examples by: analyzing a legal text to determine which branch it belongs to and its Sharia legislative source, particularly the Maliki school, and showing the extent to which the text conforms to this source.
CLO4 – The student writes a paper on one of the topics of the theory of law, referring to the legislative source of the laws of the United Arab Emirates, particularly Islamic jurisprudence, as well as the theory of right.
CLO5 – The student compares legislation, where the comparison may be between federal and local legislation, showing the source of each legislation, or between UAE legislation and that of another country, or between legislation and Islamic jurisprudence, critiquing in a legal manner during the comparison and supporting their opinion with legal arguments.
CLO6 – The student uses the digital legislative platforms and systems of the United Arab Emirates, such as the UAE Legislation Portal and the digital judicial systems, to extract, formulate, and solve problems of the legal rule and apply it in practice with competence and professional ethics, while adhering to digital security rules when resorting to artificial intelligence.

3210908Islamic Creed1:1-1

Knowledge outcomes
Defines creed and the science of creed, explaining the reasons for the expansion of this discipline and the requirements of its renewal.:
Clarifies the issues and questions of creed in light of definitive texts rather than speculative ones.:
Discusses the questions of creed objectively in the context of their engagement with contemporary knowledge and cultures.:
Analyzes the issues of creed in the context of the views of the different doctrinal and theological schools.: Responsibility outcomes
Argues objectively and methodically for the definitive matters of creed through Sharia and rational proofs.:
Completes individual and collective methodical research projects on some topics of the course.:

3220909Intellectual Resilience1:1-1

CLO1 Knowledge, understanding, and Sharia knowledge
Explains the concept of intellectual resilience, its causes, its domains, and its foundations, and uses the texts, rules, and objectives of Sharia to demonstrate Islam's approach to protecting reason and confronting excessiveness (ghuluw), extremism, and bigotry.
CLO2 Analysis and critique
Analyzes ideas, discourses, and media and digital content in a critical manner that reveals the soundness of evidence, fallacies, and points of deviation.
CLO3 Discrimination and application
Distinguishes between legitimate disagreement and excessiveness, extremism, takfir, bigotry, and hate speech in applied cases.
CLO4 Legal and digital culture
Applies the relevant UAE legal principles, and verifies news, sources, and digital content using a scientific method and appropriate verification tools.
CLO5 Problem solving and intellectual response
Proposes appropriate scholarly and educational responses to doubts and intellectual concepts hijacked by terrorist organizations, based on Sharia evidence, critical analysis, and awareness of reality.
CLO6 Social responsibility and practical application
Designs an initiative or awareness content that promotes moderation, tolerance, and digital responsibility and contributes to reducing misinformation and intellectual deviation.

3210708Rules of Recitation and Memorization 21:1-1

Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains the terms related to the topics of the science of tajwid.
Analysis: The student analyzes the verse in terms of the tajwid rules it contains.
Application: The student applies the rules of tajwid correctly.
Research Skills: The student writes a paper deriving the rules of tajwid from a specific surah or verses.
Critique and Comparison: The student compares the types of correct recitation with recitation that contains melodic errors (lahn).
Professional and Digital Skills: The student uses databases, digital libraries, and indexes to access and verify the references and texts related to books on Quranic recitation.

3220815Verses and Hadiths of Legal Rulings (Ayat and Ahadith al-Ahkam)3

Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains the relationship between Sharia rulings and their roots in the Book and the Sunnah.
Analysis: The student analyzes the Lawgiver's concern with giving reasons for rulings and building them on rules that make analogy (qiyas) to them possible for new matters.
Application: The student applies the methods of the scholars in addressing the questions of rulings found in the Book and the Sunnah.
Research Skills: The student writes research papers on a Sharia ruling, supported by evidence from the Book and the Sunnah.
Critique and Comparison: The student compares the methods by which the jurist roots Sharia rulings in the Book and the Sunnah.
Professional and Digital Skills: The student uses databases, digital libraries, and indexes to access and verify the references and texts related to the sciences of the Quran.

3120808Quranic Sciences and Methods of Exegesis3

Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains the terms related to the topics of the sciences of the Holy Quran.
Analysis: The student analyzes the types of inimitability (i'jaz) in the Holy Quran.
Application: The student discusses doubts related to the topics of the Quranic sciences and responds to them.
Research Skills: The student writes a research paper on one type of the topics of the Quranic sciences.
Critique and Comparison: The student compares the topics of the Quranic sciences, their characteristics, and the extent of the development of research in them.
Professional and Digital Skills: The student uses databases, digital libraries, and indexes to access and verify the references and texts related to the sciences of the Quran.

3410204Judiciary in Jurisprudence and UAE Legislation3

Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains the principles and foundations of judicial organization in jurisprudence and UAE legislation, the conditions of the judge, the assistants of the judiciary, the concept of a legal claim, the methods of proving it, and the authority of judgments.
Analysis: The student analyzes the jurisprudential texts and legal provisions relating to the foundations of procedure and the rules of evidence, explaining the jurisprudential rationale and the foundational reasoning.
Application: The student applies the procedures for filing a claim, managing trial sessions, methods of proof, and the drafting of judgments and their appeal, in accordance with UAE legislation and judicial practice.
Research Skills: The student completes documented jurisprudential and legal papers and studies in the fields of the judiciary, claims, and proof, using primary sources and digital libraries.
Critique and Comparison: The student compares jurisprudential theory with the UAE procedural and evidentiary laws, evaluating contemporary cases and reaching preferences in a scholarly manner.
Professional and Digital Skills: The student drafts judicial memoranda, statements of claim, and appeals, and uses digital judicial systems and electronic evidence applications with professional competence.

3310506Fiqh Maxims (Qawa'id Fiqhiyya) and Their Applications3

Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains the origin of this science and its importance in applying jurisprudential rulings to emerging cases, financial and medical developments, and other matters.
Analysis: The student analyzes the connection between jurisprudential maxims and contemporary branches, particularly in the medical and financial fields.
Application: The student applies jurisprudential maxims in issuing fatwas and answering emerging cases, contemporary issues, and new contracts.
Research Skills: The student writes a research paper on a question of the jurisprudential maxims in the various fields, using research tools and electronic databases.
Critique and Comparison: The student distinguishes between jurisprudential and principled maxims and jurisprudential theories, and the role of each in guiding rulings.
Professional Skills: The student applies jurisprudential maxims professionally in the practice of the profession after graduation.

3120308The Maliki School: Its Origins, Development, and Sources3

Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains and distinguishes the origin of the Maliki school, its stages of development, its schools, and its most prominent scholars in an organized scholarly manner, and distinguishes between the most important sources of the Maliki school, their tiers, their functions, and their standing in the transmission of the school.
Analysis: The student analyzes the most prominent methodological characteristics and independent reasoning principles that distinguish the Maliki school.
Application: The student traces a specific jurisprudential issue through a number of Maliki sources, and explains its development, the method of presenting it, and the preference within it.
Research Skills: The student correctly uses the original Maliki sources in preparing a documented research paper or jurisprudential study.
Critique and Comparison: The student compares the methods of a number of the school's scholars, or their books, in addressing a single jurisprudential issue, and draws out the points of agreement and disagreement.
Professional and Digital Skills: The student uses indexes, databases, and digital libraries to access Maliki texts, verifying the edition, the text, and the source.

3110104Maliki Fiqh of Worship (1)3

1. Defines the basic concepts and terms of the rulings on purification and prayer in Maliki jurisprudence, and distinguishes between their conditions, obligatory elements, sunnahs, and invalidators.
2. Explains the jurisprudential rulings established in the chapters on purification and prayer according to the Maliki school, explaining their evidence, wisdom, and practical effects.
3. Applies the rulings on purification and prayer correctly in practice, and employs them in individual and social conduct in a manner that observes the preservation of resources and the public interest.
4. Analyzes Maliki texts, narrations, and opinions on questions of purification and prayer, and links the rulings to their detailed evidence and the principles and rules of the school.
5. Evaluates contemporary emerging cases and forms related to purification and prayer, determines the appropriate ruling for them according to the rules and controls of the Maliki school, and explains the result in a scholarly manner.
6. Completes an applied jurisprudential study on an issue of purification or prayer, in which the opinions and evidence are documented and analyzed, reaching a disciplined scholarly conclusion.

3110104Maliki Fiqh of Worship (2)3

1. Defines the basic concepts and terms of the rulings on zakat, fasting, hajj, and umrah in Maliki jurisprudence, and distinguishes between their conditions, pillars, obligations, and invalidators.
2. Explains the jurisprudential rulings established in the chapters on zakat, fasting, and hajj according to the Maliki school, explaining their evidence, wisdom, objectives, and practical effects.
3. Applies the rulings on zakat, fasting, and hajj in contemporary practical situations, and employs them to achieve solidarity, the public interest, and consideration of the circumstances of those responsible for them.
4. Analyzes Maliki texts, narrations, and opinions on questions of zakat, fasting, and hajj, and links the rulings to their detailed evidence and the principles and rules of the school.
5. Evaluates contemporary emerging cases and forms related to zakat, fasting, and hajj, determines the appropriate ruling for them according to the rules and controls of the Maliki school, and explains the result in a scholarly manner.
6. Completes an applied jurisprudential study on an issue of zakat, fasting, or hajj, in which the opinions and evidence are documented and analyzed, reaching a disciplined scholarly conclusion.

3210105Maliki Fiqh of Transactions (1)3

The student explains the rulings on financial exchange contracts and documentation in accordance with the school, with familiarity with the terminology of the imams.
The student analyzes Maliki jurisprudential texts and opinions on transaction questions, supporting the rulings with their detailed evidence and the principles and rules of the school.
The student applies the rulings on financial exchange contracts to new cases, deriving them from detailed evidence through the rules of the school.
The student gives reasons when answering questions on matters of exchange contracts and documentation and the rulings related to them.
The student judges the validity of sale contracts and other contemporary financial transactions by referring to the jurisprudential sources and knowing the rulings on transactions independently.
The student develops their abilities by writing research papers on matters of exchange contracts and documentation from jurisprudential sources, reaching some rulings on transactions independently.

3220105Maliki Fiqh of Transactions (2)3

The student explains that financial transactions in the school are linked to moral and social values.
The student explains the rulings on gratuitous contracts (tabarru'at) and partnership contracts and related matters.
The student applies the rulings on transactions to new cases, deriving them from detailed evidence through the rules of the school.
The student compares questions of gratuitous and partnership contracts and similar new contracts with global financial theories.
The student evaluates new gratuitous and partnership contracts and their conformity with the rulings of the Maliki school.
The student writes research papers on gratuitous and partnership contracts from jurisprudential sources, reaching some rulings on transactions independently.

3420513Fiqh Disagreement (Khilaf) within the Maliki School3

1. Defines the concept of disagreement within the Maliki school in Maliki jurisprudence, and distinguishes between its types, its levels, and its associated terms, such as opinion (qawl), narration (riwaya), path (tariq), derivation (takhrij), the widely known view (mashhur), the preponderant view (rajih), and the adopted view (mu'tamad).
2. Explains the scholarly, methodological, and historical causes that led to the multiplicity of opinions and narrations within the Maliki school, and links them to differences among schools, sources, customs, and independent reasoning methods.
3. Analyzes questions of disagreement within the Maliki school by defining the point of dispute, documenting the opinions and attributing them to their sources, and explaining their evidence, grounds, and causes of disagreement.
4. Compares the methods of the Maliki schools and imams in dealing with opinions and narrations, and explains the effect of the methods of preference, renown, correction, and reliance in establishing the adopted position of the school.
5. Evaluates the various jurisprudential opinions within the school according to its principles, rules, and accepted methods of preference, and distinguishes between recognized disagreement and other disagreement, and between the widely known view, the preponderant view, and what is practiced.
6. Completes an applied jurisprudential study of a Maliki disputed question, gathering the opinions from their original sources, defining the point of dispute, analyzing the causes and grounds of the disagreement, and then building a disciplined scholarly conclusion that can be used in research, fatwa, or contemporary emerging cases.

3120406Usul al-Fiqh 13

CLO1 – Knowledge and Understanding
Explains the origin of the science of the principles of jurisprudence, its stages of development, its schools, and its most prominent scholars in an organized scholarly manner.
CLO2 – Analysis
Analyzes the Sharia rulings and distinguishes between their types through their nature and their evidence.
CLO3 – Application
Explains the sources of Islamic legislation in terms of their definition, their authority, and their standing in inference, and their practical application to emerging jurisprudential matters.
CLO4 – Research Skills
Uses the legislative sources correctly in deriving Sharia rulings for emerging jurisprudential matters.
CLO5 – Critique and Comparison
Compares the methods of the principles scholars in inferring from the Sharia sources, and the way each method infers from the Sharia sources.
LO6 – Professional and Digital Skills
Uses indexes, databases, and digital libraries to access the texts of the principles of jurisprudence and to produce research in accordance with recognized scholarly rules.

3210407Usul al-Fiqh 23

CLO1 – Knowledge and Understanding
Explains what is meant by the meanings of expressions (dalalat al-alfaz) and their importance in understanding the Sharia text and in sound Sharia inference.
CLO2 – Analysis
Analyzes Sharia texts soundly on the basis of recognized rules, according to the meanings of the expressions of the Sharia texts.
CLO3 – Application
Explains the ranks of the Sharia text in terms of the strength of its authority and the soundness of its inference, based on the ranks of the meanings of expressions.
CLO4 – Research Skills
Uses the meanings of expressions correctly in deriving Sharia rulings for emerging jurisprudential matters.
CLO5 – Critique and Comparison
Compares the methods of the principles scholars in inferring from the Sharia sources, based on their agreement or disagreement about the meaning of an expression.
LO6 – Professional and Digital Skills
Uses indexes, databases, and digital libraries in scientific research in accordance with recognized scholarly rules.

3320511Sharia Objectives (Maqasid al-Sharia)3

CLO1 – Knowledge and Understanding
Explains what is meant by the objectives of Sharia and their importance in sound Sharia inference.
CLO2 – Analysis
Analyzes Sharia rulings soundly on the basis of recognized rules, according to the objectives of Sharia.
CLO3 – Application
The student explains the strength or weakness of a jurisprudential ijtihad based on its conformity with or deviation from the objectives of Sharia.
CLO4 – Research Skills
Uses the objectives of Sharia correctly in deriving Sharia rulings for emerging jurisprudential matters.
CLO5 – Critique and Comparison
Compares ijtihad-based rulings and jurisprudential opinions on the basis of the objectives of Sharia.
LO6 – Professional and Digital Skills
Uses indexes, databases, and digital libraries in objective-based scholarly research in accordance with recognized scholarly rules.

3420511Maqasidi Ijtihad and the Craft of Fatwa3

CLO1 – Knowledge and Understanding
Explains what is meant by purposive ijtihad and its importance in deriving Sharia rulings.
CLO2 – Analysis
Analyzes Sharia rulings soundly on the basis of the rules of fatwa-making.
CLO3 – Application
Explains the strength or weakness of a jurisprudential ijtihad based on its conformity with the rules of purposive ijtihad and the controls of sound fatwa-making, or its deviation from them.
CLO4 – Research Skills
Uses the rules of purposive ijtihad correctly in deriving Sharia rulings for emerging jurisprudential matters.
CLO5 – Critique and Comparison
Compares ijtihad-based rulings and jurisprudential opinions on the basis of the controls of purposive ijtihad and fatwa-making.
LO6 – Professional and Digital Skills
Uses indexes, databases, and digital libraries in scientific research in accordance with recognized scholarly rules.

3420512Causes of Disagreement among Jurists3

CLO1 – Knowledge and Understanding
Explains what is meant by the science of disagreement and its importance in sound Sharia inference.
CLO2 – Analysis
Analyzes Sharia rulings soundly on the basis of recognized rules, through knowledge of the points of agreement and disagreement.
CLO3 – Application
Explains the strength or weakness of a jurisprudential ijtihad based on the strength of its starting point, whether it is a rule agreed upon or disputed.
CLO4 – Research Skills
Uses the rules of agreement and disagreement correctly in deriving Sharia rulings for emerging jurisprudential matters.
CLO5 – Critique and Comparison
Compares ijtihad-based rulings and jurisprudential opinions on the basis of their agreed or disputed foundations.
LO6 – Professional and Digital Skills
Uses indexes, databases, and digital libraries in researching disputed questions in accordance with recognized scholarly rules.

3120609Hadith Sciences and Methods of the Hadith Scholars3

CLO1 – Knowledge and Understanding The student explains the standing of the Sunnah in Islamic Sharia and its rank relative to the Holy Quran. The student explains the stages of its codification and its characteristics.
CLO2 – Analysis The student explains the divisions of hadith, its ranks, and the conditions and criteria of each division and its rank.
The student provides biographical accounts of renowned hadith scholars and analyzes their methods.
CLO3 – Application The student applies the criteria of criticism and vindication (jarh wa ta'dil) and the conditions of narrators, and balances the hadith schools in terms of method and characteristics.
CLO4 – Research Skills The student writes a research paper on a topic of the course using the original references in the sciences of hadith.
CLO5 – Critique and Comparison The student compares the methods of transmitting hadith, as well as the methods of the hadith scholars in classification.
CLO 6 – Professional and Digital Skills The student uses databases and digital libraries to access the texts of the imams in their original sources.

3310607The Prophetic Biography (Sirah)3

CLO1 – Knowledge and Understanding
The student identifies the features of the Prophet's, peace be upon him, leadership personality and his approach to dealing with those around him.
CLO2 – Analysis
The student analyzes the Prophet's, peace be upon him, approach to building relationships with those who differ from him.
CLO3 – Application
The student applies the Prophet's, peace be upon him, approach to dealing with Muslims and others.
CLO4 – Research Skills
The student writes research papers on a topic of the course, analyzing and discussing it.
CLO5 – Critique and Comparison
The student critiques and refutes the doubts raised about some of the Prophet's, peace be upon him, actions, and analyzes them objectively.
CLO6 – Professional and Digital Skills
The student draws conclusions about rulings and lessons from the Prophet's, peace be upon him, various dealings and situations, using indexes and databases to access the texts of the Prophetic biography and understand them correctly.

3420914Religions and Religious Tolerance3

Knowledge
Explains the main principles of the religions and their general characteristics.
Explains the concept of religious tolerance in Islam and in other religions: Skills
Analyzes the most important historical and contemporary religious events shared among religions.
Discusses issues of religious freedom and dialogue between religions: Values and responsibility
Engages in objective scholarly dialogue on the diverse and shared religious values among religions.
Respects intellectual difference while studying the different principles among religions.

3320912Theology (Ilm al-Kalam) and Theological Schools3

Knowledge:
Explains the concept, subject, and aim of theology (ilm al-kalam) as an argumentative discipline concerned with defending the creed, clarifying the conditions of its internal emergence and the external civilizational context, and its connection to the Sharia sciences and philosophy.
Defines the most important theological schools and trends, their principles and methodological rules, analyzing their intellectual influence and their extensions in the contemporary reality. Skill:
Extracts the mechanisms of inference and conceptual construction of the theologians, applying the tools of debate in dismantling doubts and critiquing the premises of opponents.
Analyzes the internal factors and the external civilizational context of the emergence of theology and the theological schools, distinguishing methodically between the internal development of Islamic thought and claims of external influence and borrowing.
Discusses the motives and controls for renewing discourse in a new theology, employing theological rules and mechanisms in addressing contemporary cognitive problems and creedal questions. Responsibility:
Writes a research paper on one of the theological schools, showing its sources, its most important ideas, and its effects on Islamic societies.

3410212Contemporary Issues and Emerging Jurisprudential Cases (Nawazil)3

The student understands the concepts related to emerging jurisprudential cases (nawazil) and distinguishes between the terms, and comprehends the stages of jurisprudential characterization.
The student analyzes emerging facts and cases and builds a sound jurisprudential argument that relies on the resolutions of the jurisprudence councils.
The student applies the jurisprudential and principles rules to contemporary applications.
The student completes methodical research papers and working papers addressing a contemporary jurisprudential case.
The student compares jurisprudential ijtihad and the Emirati legislation and laws regulating emerging matters in an objective, critical manner.
The student adheres to scholarly integrity and the ethics of fatwa in emerging cases to protect society from intellectual confusion.

3410912Deconstructing Extremist Discourse3

CLO1 – Course learning outcome
The student defines the concept of extremist discourse, distinguishes it from legitimate disagreement, and uses a fixed analytical model.
CLO2 – Course learning outcome
The student analyzes the use of Sharia texts in extremist discourse, and uncovers selective quotation, misuse of evidence, and the removal of context.
CLO3 – Course learning outcome
The student deconstructs the layered argumentative structure of extremist discourse, and identifies the overlapping fallacies and the methods of linguistic and psychological influence.
CLO4 – Course learning outcome
The student analyzes the transformations of extremist discourse in the digital environment, evaluates the effect of the use of artificial intelligence technologies in producing, falsifying, or amplifying extremist content, and verifies its reliability.
CLO5 – Course learning outcome
The student links discourse analysis to UAE legal provisions relating specifically to discourse (incitement, hatred, publication and republication), without proceeding to issue judicial rulings.
CLO6 – Course learning outcome
The student designs a balanced, scientifically and Sharia-based alternative discourse according to specific quality criteria (soundness of foundation, addressing the root of the doubt, preserving dignity, reducing polarization), which reinforces moderation, coexistence, and social responsibility.

3410211External Practical Training3

The student applies Sharia procedures to solve Sharia and family problems.
The student is able to draft contracts and Sharia transactions.
The student characterizes and analyzes diverse jurisprudential facts and emerging cases, adhering to integrity, values, and the ethics of society.
The student proposes practical Sharia solutions and ways out for various Sharia matters and problems.

3421215Graduation Project3

The student comprehends the concepts of scientific research and its Sharia foundations, and brings to mind the basic jurisprudential questions and the principles of the relevant Maliki jurisprudence.
The student analyzes jurisprudential opinions, texts, and contemporary trends (particularly in Emirati society) in order to employ them in the research plan and identify their problems.
The student applies scientific methods to characterize new facts and apply rulings to them within a complete research plan.
The student completes jurisprudential and principles-based research in accordance with recognized scientific research methods, and builds sound jurisprudential arguments.
The student compares jurisprudential opinions and the legislation in force in the UAE in a critical manner that observes the principles of Sharia reasoning and the values of moderation.
The student completes the graduation research in adherence to scholarly integrity, professional ethics, and national values, and bears responsibility for employing knowledge in the service of society.

3410814Thematic Exegesis (Tafsir Mawdu'i)3

Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains the terms related to the topics of thematic exegesis of the Holy Quran.
Analysis: The student analyzes the types and forms of thematic exegesis of the Holy Quran.
Application: The student derives rulings and conclusions on contemporary issues through one form of thematic exegesis.
Research Skills: The student writes a research paper on one type of thematic exegesis of the Holy Quran.
Critique and Comparison: The student compares the forms of thematic exegesis of the Holy Quran, presents their characteristics, and the extent of the development of research in them.
Professional and Digital Skills: The student uses databases, digital libraries, and indexes to access and verify the references and texts related to the thematic exegesis of the Holy Quran.

3220210Fiqh of Prayer Times and Astronomical Calculation3

Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains the standing of astronomy in general and the terms related to astronomy.
Analysis: The student analyzes aspects of the types of lunar mansions.
Application: The student discusses issues related to the topics of astronomy.
Research Skills: The student writes a research paper on one type of topic in astronomy.
Critique and Comparison: The student compares the ancient and modern topics of astronomy.
Professional and Digital Skills: The student uses databases, digital libraries, and indexes to access and verify the references and texts related to astronomical sciences.

3310211Fiqh of Documentation and Contracts3

Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains the concept of documentation, its legitimacy, and its wisdom, and distinguishes between the pillars, conditions, and types of contracts in Maliki jurisprudence.
Analysis: The student analyzes the texts of contracts and their documents, and extracts the jurisprudential rulings relating to their validity, bindingness, and effects.
Application: The student drafts models of Sharia documents for selected contracts (sale, lease, agency, endowment, and bequest) according to the recognized jurisprudential formulation.
Research Skills: The student documents their sources and references from Maliki jurisprudence books and the foundational document collections, and uses them correctly in a documented jurisprudential study.
Critique and Comparison: The student compares the rulings on contracts in Maliki jurisprudence with their rulings under the UAE Civil Transactions Law, and identifies the points of agreement and disagreement.
Professional and Digital Skills: The student uses the UAE's electronic notary public system and its digital sources to verify the procedures for documenting transactions.

3420211Criminal Offenses in Jurisprudence and UAE Legislation3

Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains the elements of crimes and the types of penalties (qisas, ta'zir) in Islamic jurisprudence, and their legislative applications in the UAE Penal Code and related laws.
Analysis: The student analyzes the jurisprudential and legal texts for various criminal facts.
Application: The student applies the jurisprudential rules and UAE legislative texts to practical criminal cases and issues, describing the appropriate ruling.
Research Skills: The student completes comparative, documented criminal studies and research that rely on recognized jurisprudential references and federal laws, in adherence to scientific methodology.
Critique and Comparison: The student compares the tendencies of the jurisprudential schools and the UAE legislation on offenses and penalties.
Professional and Digital Skills: The student drafts criminal memoranda and makes use of the State's legislative and legal media and platforms to connect foundational principles with contemporary digital and criminal matters.

3410914History of Religions3

Knowledge outcomes
Defines the basic concepts and terms in the history of religions.
Explains the origin, development, main trends, and methods of the science of the history of religions.
Compares beliefs and religious practices in the light of objective scientific criteria.
Analyzes texts and religious and historical sources within their temporal and cultural context: Responsibility outcomes
Applies critical method in analyzing a religious phenomenon, text, or practice.
Prepares a brief scholarly research paper on a historical or comparative topic in the field of religions.

3310909Principles of Philosophy and Logic3

Knowledge outcomes
Explains the concept of philosophy, its nature, its main fields, and the basic stages of its development.
Clarifies the circumstances of the emergence of logical thought, its historical development, and its relationship to the other sciences.
Discusses philosophical and logical questions in sound academic scientific language.
Analyzes philosophical and logical texts in a critical manner. Responsibility outcomes
Employs the sources of philosophy and logic in building their epistemological theory.
Prepares methodical and critical scholarly research papers on the topics of the course.

3210610Introduction to the Humanities3

Knowledge outcomes
Explains the concept of the humanities and the interdisciplinary and integrative relationships among them.
Identifies the main knowledge families of the humanities and their main disciplines and sub-disciplines.
Discusses the various issues of the humanities.
Analyzes the various human problems from multiple knowledge perspectives. Responsibility outcomes
Employs the sources of the humanities in building their epistemological theory.
Prepares methodical and critical scholarly research papers on the topics of the course.

3220210Fiqh of Medical Issues in UAE Legislation3

Explains the meanings of medical terms and contemporary emerging cases, their scientific reality, and the stages of jurisprudential consideration of them.
Analyzes contemporary medical issues and weighs jurisprudential opinions on the basis of evidence, rules, and the objectives of Sharia.
Applies Sharia controls and rules of derivation to characterize new medical facts and apply their rulings objectively.
Completes a methodical study that extracts the Sharia rulings for contemporary medical issues in accordance with a sound scientific method.
Compares jurisprudential opinions on medical matters with the position of the legislation and laws in force in the United Arab Emirates.
Explains the legislative and ethical frameworks for medical practice, adhering to professional ethics and the values of society.

3420915Extremist Currents and Terrorist Organizations3

CLO1 – Knowledge and Understanding
Defines the concepts of excessive zeal (ghuluw), extremism, terrorism, and the terrorist organization, and distinguishes them from legitimate disagreement and non-violent intellectual currents on the one hand, and from the project of the modern national state on the other.
CLO2 – Analysis
Analyzes the origins of extremist currents and organizations and their historical and intellectual transformations, including the Muslim Brotherhood and the groups and organizations studied in the course.
CLO3 – Application
Applies tools of organizational and social analysis to real and hypothetical cases of closed groups, by studying the construction of identity and organizational loyalty and the factors of polarization and belonging, and identifying risk and protective factors in practical contexts that can be monitored and evaluated.
CLO4 – Research Skills
Produces a research output that evaluates the manifestations of the presence of extremist currents and organizations in the digital environment, and links the cases and classifications to UAE legal principles, based on the relevant official sources.
CLO5 – Critique and Comparison
Critiques the use by extremist currents and organizations of Sharia concepts and texts, and exposes the flaws in their takfir, reasoning, application, objectives, and consequences.
CLO6 – Professional and Digital Skills
Designs a scientific, Sharia-based, educational, and societal preventive intervention or initiative that contributes to protecting young people from organizational closure, polarization, and extremism.

3321107Sharia Texts in English3

CLO1 – Knowledge and Understanding.
CLO2 – Analysis.
CLO3 – Apply Knowledge.
CLO4 – Research Skills.
CLO5 – Criticism and Comparison.
CLO6 – Digital Skills.

3220810Family Psychology3

Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains the types and forms of families.
Analysis: The student links Sharia texts to their effect on family stability.
Application: The student derives the rules that govern stability within the family.
Research Skills: The student writes a research paper on a topic concerning the family.
Critique and Comparison: The student compares the patterns of the self (nufus) and their effect on family relationships.
Professional and Digital Skills: The student uses databases, digital libraries, and indexes to access and verify the references and texts related to family sciences.

3410614Family Guidance Skills3

Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains the importance of communication within the family and the ways of promoting effective family dialogue.
Analysis: The student analyzes the effect of technology and social media on family relationships.
Application: The student reviews the most prominent modern theories of upbringing and their applications in family reform.
Research Skills: The student writes a research paper on a topic aimed at solving real family problems.
Critique and Comparison: The student concludes the importance of family counseling and the role of the specialist in addressing problems.
Professional and Digital Skills: The student uses databases, digital libraries, and indexes to access and verify the references and texts related to family guidance sciences.

3321013Parenthood and Family Care3

Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains the mutual rights of children and parents in Islamic jurisprudence, and distinguishes between the rulings on maintenance, custody, and breastfeeding in the Maliki school.
Analysis: The student analyzes the jurisprudential texts relating to the care of children, and links them to the objectives of Sharia in preserving lineage and safeguarding the family.
Application: The student applies the principles of positive parenting and family communication skills to selected real educational cases.
Research Skills: The student documents their sources from Maliki jurisprudence books and contemporary educational and psychological studies, and uses them in preparing a documented study.
Critique and Comparison: The student compares the method of traditional parenthood with the method of positive parenthood, and draws out the points of complementarity between them and the objectives of Islamic jurisprudence.
Professional and Digital Skills: The student uses the guides and platforms of the UAE institutions concerned with the family and childhood to support sound parenting practices.

3310711Family Arbitration and Guidance in the UAE3

Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains the basic concepts of family guidance and arbitration and the legislative framework governing them in the UAE.
Analysis: The student analyzes the legal characterization of family guidance and arbitration committees, and the rules for the work of arbitrators in cases of marital discord according to UAE jurisprudence and law.
Application: The student applies the practical procedures and conditions followed in family guidance and arbitration sessions, the registration and settlement of claims.
Research Skills: The student completes scientific and field research that discusses jurisprudential and legal emerging matters in family guidance and arbitration, in accordance with scientific research methods.
Critique and Comparison: The student compares the jurisprudential approaches, the UAE legislative texts, and the regulations governing family dispute resolution methods, offering critical treatments of the challenges.
Professional and Digital Skills: The student makes use of electronic systems and modern applications to hold sessions remotely and to draft guidance minutes and arbitrators' reports with competence.

3420915Family Issues in UAE Legislation and Institutions3

Knowledge and Understanding: The student explains the jurisprudential principles and UAE legislative texts governing family rulings, personal status, and family protection laws.
Analysis: The student analyzes family disputes and issues in light of the rulings of Islamic jurisprudence, the UAE Personal Status Laws, and related legislation.
Application: The student applies the rules and methods adopted in family guidance and mediation, preparing memoranda and drafting settlement agreements.
Research Skills: The student completes applied academic papers and research on family matters and family guidance in accordance with Sharia and legal research methods.
Critique and Comparison: The student compares the Maliki jurisprudential derivations and other schools with the judicial applications and modern UAE legislation on family matters.
Professional and Digital Skills: The student uses the State's digital judicial and institutional platforms and systems to access family services and to draft advisory recommendations with full competence.

3310812Sharia Standards for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI)

The student understands the concepts and jurisprudential rulings contained in the AAOIFI Sharia standards, and grasps their foundations in the Maliki school and the recognized schools.
The student analyzes Islamic banking applications and practical problems, and builds sound jurisprudential reasoning that addresses financing and investment issues.
The student applies Sharia rulings and AAOIFI standards to new financial facts and transactions in order to characterize them precisely.
The student completes methodical research and working papers on financial and banking transactions supported by Sharia evidence.
The student compares contemporary banking applications with the Sharia standards and the legislation in force in the UAE in a critical manner.
The student adheres to scholarly integrity and professional ethics in drafting financial jurisprudential memoranda, using the digital databases of Sharia boards.

3411014Accounting Standards for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI)

The student understands the concepts, rulings, and accounting standards issued by AAOIFI and their Sharia foundations.
The student analyzes the financial statements and accounting disclosures of Islamic financial institutions, and builds sound jurisprudential and accounting reasoning.
The student applies the accounting standards to contemporary transactions (murabaha, ijara, salam, istisna', sukuk) for practical implementation.
The student compares Islamic accounting standards with international standards and the applications in force in the State in a critical manner.
The student resolves accounting and practical problems, adheres to scholarly integrity and professional ethics, and prepares an applied research project.
The student completes methodical research and working papers on accounting and financial treatments in accordance with the principles of scientific research.

3320811Economics of the Halal Industry

The student understands the economic and Sharia concepts of the halal industry, and grasps the jurisprudential rulings relating to contemporary products.
The student analyzes the jurisprudential and legal problems in the components of products (such as istihala and additives) and builds sound reasoning about them.
The student applies the controls of Sharia responsibility to the various sectors of the halal industry (food, medicines, cosmetics) in practice.
The student completes methodical research and working papers on the economic emerging cases of the halal industry and its new developments.
The student compares the standards of global halal certificates with the legislation and laws governing them locally and internationally in a critical manner.
The student adheres to ethical responsibility and scholarly integrity in evaluating products, employing their Sharia knowledge to protect society from violations.

3420613Governance and Sharia Compliance in Islamic Financial Institutions

The student understands the concepts and rulings relating to the governance and Sharia compliance standards issued by AAOIFI and their regulatory foundations.
The student analyzes the organizational structures of Sharia supervision and internal and external auditing in Islamic financial institutions.
The student applies governance standards to the facts and practical situations of Islamic banks to ensure the soundness of Sharia implementation.
The student completes methodical research and working papers in the fields of governance and the management of Sharia non-compliance risk in accordance with the principles of scientific research.
The student compares the AAOIFI governance standards with the regulations issued by the Central Bank of the UAE in a critical and objective manner.
The student takes responsibility for adhering to the ethics of the banking profession and to scholarly integrity.

3420916Islamic Financial Institutions and Products

The student understands the definitions, operational frameworks, and the Sharia and economic rules governing Islamic financial institutions and products.
The student analyzes the economic and Sharia structure of Islamic financial products and identifies the problems of application and the mechanisms for addressing them.
The student correctly applies the governing rulings of the products and institutions to contemporary financial cases and facts.
The student completes original research and working papers on the engineering of financing products and the evaluation of the performance of financial institutions in accordance with scientific research methods.
The student compares Islamic financial institutions and products with their conventional counterparts, highlighting the legislative and economic characteristics of the UAE.
The student adheres to professional ethics and scholarly integrity in evaluating financial transactions, and takes responsibility for providing developmental financing solutions.

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