Course Descriptions

The student must memorize the thirtieth part of the Holy Quran (Juz Amma) and master the rules of recitation theoretically, covering the following topics: an introductory presentation of the reading (qira'a) the student follows and its transmitter; the types of melodic error (lahn) and their rulings; the silent nun (nun sakinah) and tanwin; the silent mim; the doubled nun and mim; the rules of elongation (madd); the qalqalah; the topic of emphatic (tafkhim) and light (tarqiq) pronunciation and its levels; and pausing (waqf) and its types. The student must apply these rules in audible recitations..

This course focuses on the study of the history of Islamic legislation and its stages of development from the Prophetic era to the present day, highlighting the efforts made to serve it and the challenges it faces. It addresses the historical and scholarly circumstances that led to the emergence of the jurisprudential schools, and reviews the methodological characteristics and the principles of independent reasoning (ijtihad) distinctive to each school, together with their methods, terminology, works, leading figures, and compilations. It also provides a concise study of the sources of Islamic legislation, both those agreed upon and those disputed.

This course reviews the family rulings in Islamic jurisprudence, with a focus on the Maliki school and comparative jurisprudence, and compares them with what is applied under the UAE Personal Status Law. It covers the preliminaries and rulings of betrothal, and of marriage (its pillars, conditions, effects, the rights of spouses, guardianship, and legal capacity), mechanisms for resolving disputes, and the role of family reform and guidance centers. It also addresses the dissolution of marriage (divorce, khul', judicial separation for a defect, insolvency, harm, or absence, and spontaneous separations, zihar, li'an, and ila'), the waiting period ('iddah) and its rulings, and the rights of children in terms of lineage, breastfeeding, custody, and maintenance.

This course provides a detailed comparative study of the jurisprudence of inheritance and bequests in Islamic Sharia and the UAE Personal Status Law. Inheritance section and distribution of estates: covers the nature of the science of inheritance shares (ilm al-fara'id), the legislative stages of inheritance, the rights attached to the estate and their order, the pillars, conditions, causes, and impediments of inheritance, the heirs entitled to fixed shares and their circumstances, agnatic heirs (asabat) and their types and the rules of preference among them, exclusion (hajb) and its types, the foundations of problems and their correction, 'awl and radd, the division of heirs (takharruj), successive deaths (munasakhat) and the settlement of compound estates, the inheritance of distant kin (dhawu al-arham), and special cases (the unborn child, the missing person, the hermaphrodite with ambiguous sex (khuntha mushkil), and the child of illicit relations and li'an). Bequest section: covers the definition of bequest, its legitimacy and wisdom, its pillars and conditions of validity, conditions attached to it, what invalidates it and retraction from it, bequests of usufruct, the competition among bequests, the obligatory bequest (al-wasiyya al-wajiba) and its computational applications. The course focuses on a systematic comparison between the principal jurisprudential schools (with emphasis on Maliki jurisprudence) and the related UAE legislation.

This course covers two main sections. Theory of law: this section examines the general theory of law, including the definition of law, the characteristics and classifications of legal rules, their relationship to other social norms, the branches of law, the application of law and its scope in terms of place and time, the interpretation of law, and practical solutions for resolving conflicts of laws. Sources of UAE legislation: the student is introduced in detail to the sources from which UAE legislation derives its foundations, namely Islamic Sharia (including the role of the Islamic schools of jurisprudence, particularly the Maliki school, in influencing legislation in general and the Civil Transactions Law in particular), together with the other sources of UAE legislation: custom, the principles of natural law, and the rules of justice. Theory of right: this section examines the general theory of right, including the definition of right, its relationship to law, the types and classifications of rights and their sources, the elements of a right in terms of its subjects (natural person and legal person), its object, how it is exercised, the means of protecting and proving it, and the ways in which it is extinguished.

This course introduces the preliminaries of the science of creed, including the names of this discipline, its legitimacy, the ruling on learning it, and its founder; the definition of creed and of the science of creed, and the distinction between them; the reasons for the expansion of topics in the science of creed, and the requirements of renewal in the science of creed and theology (kalam). It then presents the most important topics of the first section (Divinity, al-Ilahiyat), including the proofs of God's existence through the rules of rational reasoning in the Quran and contemporary scientific facts; the foundations of knowing God; the divisions of the divine attributes and the views of the theological schools on them. It then presents the most important topics of prophethood, cosmology, and the unseen, analyzing them and establishing them through a scientific methodology.

This course addresses the context of intellectual resilience, its motivations, content, and methods. It builds in the student a rational and Sharia-based approach to verification and reflection, enabling them to evaluate ideas and information according to the standards of evidence, context, and soundness of reasoning, and to distinguish legitimate disagreement from forms of intellectual deviation such as extremism (ghuluw), radicalism, bigotry, and hate speech. It analyzes the causes of these forms, their effects, and the ways to prevent and treat them, and explains the intellectual concepts hijacked by terrorist organizations. The course also addresses rumors and forms of cognitive and media disinformation, the mechanisms of ideological recruitment and radicalization, and the influence of social media and artificial intelligence technologies in shaping awareness and guiding public opinion, as well as the limits of epistemic trust in artificial intelligence outputs. It develops skills in verifying information, evaluating sources, and distinguishing reliable content from misleading content, as well as the protective role of tolerance, citizenship, and coexistence in Emirati society. B. Compulsory specialization program requirements.

The student must memorize the twenty-ninth part of the Holy Quran (Juz Tabarak) and master the rules of recitation theoretically, covering the topics of the points of articulation of the letters (makharij al-huruf) and their attributes (sifat), and must apply these rules in audible recitations.

Introduction to the ways in which the jurist roots the legal meaning of the text in the Sharia source, in order to benefit from it in new facts and emerging cases, along with an explanation of how this is done. It presents, through interpretation and derivation, the meaning of the Quranic verses and Prophetic hadiths that address the following topics: Surat al-Fatiha and the rulings related to it; the rulings on marital discord between spouses; the rulings on marrying women of the People of the Book; the rulings on adornment and clothing for women and men; the rulings on the bequest to parents; the rulings on sending blessings upon the Prophet, peace be upon him; the ruling on the etiquette of gatherings. The rulings on hunting with falcons, trained dogs, and implements; the permissible foods and drinks; slaughter (dhakah) and its types and rulings; the rulings on sacrifice (udhiyah) and the aqiqah; and the chapter on oaths and vows (nadhr) and the texts related to them from the Book and the Sunnah.

An introductory study of the origins of the topics of the sciences of the Quran and its principal sources; the study of the meaning of revelation (wahy) linguistically and in Sharia terms, its evidence and its states, and how it differs from unveiling (kashf), inspiration (ilham), and other types of revelation; occasions of revelation (asbab al-nuzul) and the relationship of the Quran to events and circumstances; the history of the compilation of the Quran and the development of methods of writing and memorization; the Uthmanic script and the ruling on writing the Quran in contemporary orthography; the types of the inimitability of the Quran (i'jaz); methods of exegesis and schools of commentators. The course also develops the student's skills in returning to the classical sources of Quranic sciences and in making use of them.

This course covers judicial organization in Islamic jurisprudence and UAE law, including the concept of the judiciary (qada'), the evidence for its legitimacy, its characteristics, and the guarantees of its independence and immunity. It also studies the elements of the judiciary, the conditions and duties of the judge, his etiquette, and the assistants of judges (such as clerks, experts, translators, lawyers, and court bailiffs). The course addresses the division of courts and their jurisdictions (federal and local courts at all levels, as well as the courts of hisba and grievances). It includes the study of the rules of legal claims (their definition, elements, conditions, types, and procedures for hearing them), the Sharia and legal means of proof (such as testimony, oath, admission, electronic and paper written documents, presumptions, expert opinion, and inspection), and concludes with the judicial ruling (its conditions, appeals by way of appeal, cassation, and retrial, and the means of enforcing it) in jurisprudence and the laws of the UAE.

This course covers the following topics: the definition of the science of jurisprudential legal maxims (qawa'id fiqhiyya), its origins, importance, characteristics, development, types, sources, and authority; the difference between a jurisprudential maxim, a usul principle, and a jurisprudential regulation (dabit fiqhi); the relationship between jurisprudential maxims and the objectives of Sharia (maqasid al-Sharia); and the statement of the maxims and their applications. First: the five major maxims and the rules derived from them, with the exceptions to these maxims, and the subsidiary maxims falling under each of them: the maxims relating to objectives and intentions, certainty and doubt, ease and the removal of hardship, harm, and customs and conventions, together with contemporary applications of these major maxims and their subordinate rules. Second: the non-major maxims, their evidence, their branches, and their exceptions, such as the maxim that ijtihad is not overturned by ijtihad, that liability follows benefit (al-kharaj bil-daman), that speech is to be given effect rather than neglected, together with the contemporary applications of the maxims falling under them.

This course covers the origins of the Maliki school and its historical, scholarly, and methodological development from the era of Imam Malik ibn Anas, through his students and the principal schools of the school, the stages of its codification, dissemination, maturation, and consolidation, up to its presence in contemporary jurisprudential studies and Sharia institutions. The course focuses on the methodological characteristics of the Maliki school, its principles of independent reasoning, its terminology, the tiers of its scholars, its schools, and its original sources. Students receive practical training in working with the school's books, distinguishing their tiers and scholarly functions, tracing jurisprudential issues through the sources of the school, and understanding the methods of transmission, preference, correction, and reliance. The course also gives special attention to developing the student's skills in using Maliki sources in contemporary jurisprudential research, while preserving the methodology and scholarly authenticity of the school.

This course covers the rulings on purification (taharah) and prayer in Maliki jurisprudence, using a method that combines foundational grounding in the school with practical application. The student studies pure and impure substances, the removal of impurity, the rulings on water, ablution (wudu'), ritual bath (ghusl), dry ablution (tayammum), and wiping (mash), menstruation and postnatal bleeding, and then the rulings on prayer: the prescribed times, the call to prayer (adhan), conditions, pillars, sunnahs, prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw), congregational prayer, shortening of prayer (qasr), Friday prayer, the two Eid prayers, the eclipse prayers (kusuf and khusuf), the prayer for rain (istisqa'), and funeral rites. The rulings are applied to contemporary issues, with training in the correct performance of worship.

This course covers the rulings on zakat, fasting, hajj, and umrah in Maliki jurisprudence, using a method that combines foundational grounding in the school with contemporary application. The student studies zakat-liable wealth, the nisab thresholds, partnership (khulta), the recipients of zakat, zakat on debt, zakat al-fitr, and the investment of zakat funds. It then covers the rulings on fasting: its establishment (thubut), conditions, pillars, etiquette, invalidators, making up missed days (qada'), expiation (kaffarah), and seclusion (i'tikaf). Then the rulings on hajj and umrah: the pillars, obligations, prescribed times (mawaqit), the state of ihram, circumambulation (tawaf), running between Safa and Marwa (sa'y), standing at Arafat, blood sacrifices, compensation (fidya), and obstruction (ihsar). The course also studies contemporary issues and practical applications that reinforce social solidarity and the correct practice of worship.

This course covers the rulings on contracts and financial transactions in the Maliki school, using a method that combines jurisprudential grounding with contemporary application. It focuses on the rulings on sale and its pillars and conditions, usury (riba) and its types, prohibited sales, salam (forward sale), ijara (leasing), loans, agency (wakala), and acknowledgment (iqrar). The student is trained to read Maliki texts, to analyze opinions and evidence, and to characterize and evaluate new transactions in accordance with the rules and controls of the school.

This course covers the rulings on contracts and financial transactions in Maliki jurisprudence, with a focus on partnership contracts, gratuitous contracts, and some chapters on rights and obligations. It includes the study of partnership (sharika) in its types, mudaraba (profit-sharing investment), insolvency and bankruptcy (iflas and tafllis), settlement (sulh), deposit (wadi'a), guarantee (daman), agency (wakala), loan of use (i'ara), gift, charity (sadaqa), and 'umra (lifetime grant), using a method that combines school-based grounding with contemporary application. It trains the student to analyze Maliki texts, to characterize new contracts, and to evaluate them according to the principles, rules, and controls of the school.

This course addresses the phenomenon of jurisprudential disagreement within the Maliki school in terms of its concept, origins, causes, domains, and levels. It introduces the principal sources of the opinions, narrations, transmission paths, and schools of the Maliki school, and the terms used in reporting disagreement and in establishing the school's position, such as narration (riwaya), opinion (qawl), path (tariq), derivation (takhrij), the widely known view (mashhur), the preponderant view (rajih), the adopted view (mu'tamad), and what is practiced (ma jara bihi al-'amal). The course focuses on the effect of differences in narration, the multiplicity of Maliki schools, and the diversity of methodological and jurisprudential approaches, as well as differences in customs, environments, and circumstances in the emergence of disagreement within the school. It studies the methods of the Malikis in defining the point of dispute, attributing opinions, reconciling them, and preferring, establishing, and relying on them. The course also includes an applied study of selected issues from the chapters of worship, transactions, personal status, and others, enabling the student to return to the original Maliki sources, extract the opinions, identify their evidence and the causes of their disagreement, and evaluate them according to the methods of the school. The aim is to build a disciplined scholarly ability to deal with the school's disagreements and to use them in jurisprudential research and contemporary issues.

This course covers the following topics: the definition of the science of usul al-fiqh, its objectives, its benefits, and its comparison with the other Sharia sciences; the statement of the Sharia ruling (hukm shar'i) and its definitions; the divisions of the Sharia ruling; the rulings and issues of the Sharia ruling; the pillars of the Sharia ruling and the issues related to them; issues and questions of legal obligation (taklif) in Islamic legislation; the legislator (hakim) and the rulings related to him; that concerning which the ruling is given (mahkum fih) and the rulings related to it; the one upon whom the ruling is imposed (mahkum 'alayh) and the rulings related to him; capacity (ahliyya), its types and its impediments; the definition and types of the sources of legislation; the evidences that are agreed upon in terms of definition and authority; the evidences that are disputed in terms of their definition and authority; and the application of the principles of jurisprudence to authentic and contemporary jurisprudential issues.

Students are introduced to the topics of the meanings of expressions (dalalat al-alfaz), including derivation (ishtiqaq), synonymy (taraduf), homonymy (ishtirak lafzi), the divisions of speech into its two branches, literal (haqiqa) and figurative (majaz), the meaning of the explicit (manzuq) and the implicit (mafhum), the forms of command and prohibition and the issues related to them. They then study the general (amm) and its expressions and its meaning, the specific (khass) and its meaning and forms, specification (takhsis) and abrogation (naskh), the conflict between the general and the specific, as well as exception (istithna') and its rulings and conditions, the absolute (mutlaq) and the qualified (muqayyad), the ambiguous (mujmal) and its divisions and causes, and finally abrogation (naskh), its types and forms, together with the points of disagreement concerning the occurrence of abrogation.

This course covers the definition of the objectives (maqasid) and their ranks, their relationship to the Sharia evidences, the evidences for considering the objectives in Islamic Sharia, the methods of verifying their outcomes, and the factors that influence their ultimate effect. It addresses the division of the objectives into general and specific, the controls of the objectives of Sharia, the divisions of the objectives according to their strength, and the effect of the objectives on jurisprudential ijtihad.

This course covers the definition of purposive ijtihad (ijtihad maqasidi), the conditions and ranks of the independent jurist (mujtahid) and the mufti, the evidences for considering the objectives of Sharia, and the method of the scholars in returning to the objectives of Sharia. It addresses the divisions of Sharia objectives, the rules of purposive understanding and application, the stages of preparing a fatwa, the consideration of outcomes (mal) and blocking the means to harm (sadd al-dhara'i'), the principle of opening the means and public interest (maslaha mursala), jurisprudential stratagems (hiyal fiqhiyya) and purposive facilitation (taysir maqasidi), collective ijtihad and its effect on producing sound fatwas, and contemporary purposive applications.

This course covers the definition of the concept of disagreement (khilaf), the reality of the science of disagreement, and its origins. It addresses the types of disagreement, the issues in which disagreement is permissible and those in which it is not, and the causes of disagreement arising from the certainty or probability of a text, from the establishment or non-establishment of a text, from the indication of command and prohibition, from homonymy and ambiguity, from generality and specificity, and from the apparent conflict between texts. It applies these causes to several chapters of jurisprudence, including purification, prayer, zakat, fasting, hajj and umrah, financial transactions, and family jurisprudence.

This course covers the following topics: the Sunnah and its standing in Islamic legislation; the meaning of the sciences of hadith, their origin, and their most important works; the divisions of hadith, including the mass-transmitted (mutawatir) and the solitary (ahad) and its divisions and authority; the sound (sahih), the good (hasan), and the weak (da'if) and its types; the fabricated hadith (mawdu'); the supported chain (musnad), the attributed to the Prophet (marfu'), and the attributed to a companion (mawquf); the science of criticism and vindication of narrators (jarh wa ta'dil); the qualities of those whose narrations are accepted or rejected; and the etiquette of the transmitter and the student of hadith. It also introduces the methods of the hadith scholars, the benefits of studying them, and the most important works on them; the Sunnah during the time of the Prophet, peace be upon him, and the eras of the Companions and the Successors; and the methods of the most renowned hadith schools in the Islamic regions and their role in serving the Sunnah. It explains the methods of the hadith and criticism imams, such as the authors of the Six Books and others, in criticizing chains of transmission and texts, collecting narrations, and arranging and classifying them.

This course covers the following topics: an introduction to the Prophetic biography (sirah), its characteristics, and its sources; the study of the events of the biography and its stages in order to know the life of the Prophet, peace be upon him, from his birth to his death; an analytical study of the most important events and situations in the Prophet's career of calling to Islam and his dealings with Muslims and non-Muslims in times of peace and war, with the extraction of lessons, and jurisprudential rulings from them; and the study of the Prophet's family life and his dealings with his household, with the extraction of conduct and rulings from them.

This course covers the study of the major religions, with a focus on the concept of religious tolerance in Islam and in other religions, and its doctrinal, historical, and legal foundations. It addresses issues of coexistence, religious freedom, and interfaith dialogue, and develops the student's skills in the objective analysis of contemporary religious issues, reinforcing a culture of moderation and shared social coexistence. It also presents the experience of the United Arab Emirates in promoting and establishing religious tolerance through the Abrahamic Family House initiative.

An introduction to the concept and origin of the term 'ilm al-kalam (theology), to the theological schools and the causes and factors of their emergence, and to the influence of the theological schools on creed and on society. It covers the principles of theology and its most important schools: the Murji'a, the Qadariyya, the Jabriyya, the Jahmiyya and the Mu'tazila, the Salimiyya and the Karramiyya, and the Sunni theological schools: the Kullabiyya, the Ash'ariyya, and the Maturidiyya, together with the circumstances of their emergence, their most important foundations and rules. It also covers the renewal of theology and the characteristics and working rules of contemporary theology.

This course establishes the methodology of emerging cases (nawazil): their definition, terminology, importance, and the stages of jurisprudential consideration and characterization. Applications of worship-related nawazil include: treated sewage water, alcohol-based perfumes, unification of the call to prayer, prayer for those who lack the night and day (who have no clear day or night), the effect of asthma medication and dialysis on fasting, the soap of the one in the state of ihram, and hajj permits. (2) Nawazil in financial transactions include: credit cards, organized tawarruq, commercial insurance, contracting (muqawala), the sale of intangible rights and copyright, and financial markets, shares, and bonds. (3) Nawazil in food, medicine, and medical matters include: foods and medicines containing alcohol. In addition, supplementary proposed topics include digital currencies, organ transplantation, and brain death, to keep pace with the latest developments of concern to the contemporary student of Sharia.

This course analyzes extremist discourse as an intellectual, linguistic, and argumentative structure that can be scientifically deconstructed according to a fixed analytical model (the text, the claim, the evidence, the argument, the context, the audience, the mechanisms of influence, and the effect). It focuses on the mechanisms of deviant reasoning, such as selective quotation, the removal of context, and the misapplication of Sharia texts. It also studies the methods of psychological and media influence, the construction of the dichotomy of "us and the other", and the exploitation of emotion and a sense of injustice for polarization. The course addresses the shifts in the characteristics of discourse in the digital environment, and the effect of algorithms and artificial intelligence applications in producing, amplifying, falsifying, and redistributing extremist content. It develops the student's skills in analyzing complex discourse and uncovering layered fallacies, and in building balanced scientific, Sharia-based, and legal responses in line with the values of moderation and tolerance and the UAE legislation relevant to discourse specifically.

The College's Practical Training, Career Guidance, and Labor Market Unit organizes the students' practical training, in coordination with the relevant academic department head and the faculty member concerned. To carry this out in accordance with the approved procedures, the Unit makes all necessary contacts with the competent bodies inside and outside the College, and prepares all forms, statistics, and reports in the proper manner. Practical training is a compulsory requirement for the graduation of Sharia Department students.

This course is designed to prepare the student to enter postgraduate studies with distinction. The student's entitlement to graduate and to obtain the Bachelor of Sharia degree is not assured unless the graduation research is completed in the final semester and receives the approval of the examination committee. A faculty member supervises the student and helps them choose their research topic (with a focus on contemporary Sharia issues in the UAE), guides them through the research steps, and organizes the supervision work in preparation for its completion and subsequent defense in accordance with the approved procedures. C. Specialization program elective requirements

Thematic exegesis: its definition, origin, and importance; the conditions of thematic exegesis; the methods of thematic exegesis; the relationship of thematic exegesis to other forms of exegesis; the most important books of thematic exegesis; the types of thematic exegesis: the Quranic term (al-mustalah al-qurani), the thematic unity within a surah, and the Quranic theme (al-mawdu' al-qurani). The working methodology in each of these types, and applied models of each type of thematic exegesis.

A study of astronomy in terms of its definition, importance, development, and fundamentals; the origin of celestial bodies and the determination of their positions; the movement of the moon and its relationship to acts of worship: prayer, fasting, and hajj; the criteria for sighting the crescent moon; the phenomena of solar and lunar eclipses; timekeeping, the calendar, and the seasons of the year; and astronomical observation instruments.

This course covers the jurisprudence of documentation and contracts in Islamic jurisprudence in general, and in the Maliki school in particular, in terms of the concept of documentation, its legitimacy, its wisdom, and its functions in preserving rights and safeguarding transactions; the pillars of a contract and the conditions for its validity, enforceability, and bindingness; and the types of contracts, their effects, and the causes of their rescission and termination. The course focuses on practical application to the most prominent types of contracts that require documentation (such as sale, lease, agency, endowment (waqf), and bequest), through training in drafting their models according to the jurisprudential formulation recognized in the Maliki books of conditions and documents. The course also introduces the student to the system of the notary public (katib al-'adl) in the United Arab Emirates and its role in documenting civil and commercial transactions, and compares the rulings on contracts in Maliki jurisprudence with their rulings under the UAE Civil Transactions Law, enabling the student to balance jurisprudential authenticity with the requirements of contemporary legal practice in the UAE, as determined by the jurists of the Maliki school and in balance with the UAE Civil Transactions Law, proceeding from the national identity of the State.

This course presents a comparative criminal study between Islamic jurisprudence and the criminal legislation of the United Arab Emirates. It covers the philosophy of punishment, the characterization of the crime and the penalty, their elements and conditions, the means of proving them, and their extinguishing causes. It also studies crimes of homicide and offenses against the person and below the level of the person, and the rulings on blood money (diya) and compensation for injury (arsh). It reviews the rulings on discretionary crimes (ta'zir) and their legislative controls, as well as drug-related crimes and contemporary cybercrimes, all in conformity with the standards of justice and the rule of law in the UAE.

This course covers the origin and historical development of the religious phenomenon, and the most important religions and beliefs known to human civilizations, focusing on their historical origins, the development of their doctrines, worship, and moral and social systems, and their most important texts, symbols, and religious institutions. It also introduces the scientific methods used in the study of religions, such as the historical, comparative, anthropological, and sociological methods, and the analysis of texts, symbols, and rituals, training the student to read the religious phenomenon within its historical and cultural context, free from preconceptions or reductionism. This accords with modern academic trends that make the analysis of sources, historical contexts, and critical comparison essential tools in the study of religions. The course gives an overview of the principal religions, namely Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Confucianism, and Zoroastrianism, followed by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, presenting their most prominent principles, values, practices, and institutions, and presenting them from their authoritative sources. It also highlights points of convergence among religions, such as purity, worship, and higher values, and their points of difference.

This course covers the basic principles of philosophical thinking, defining the nature and fields of philosophy, the origin and development of philosophical thought, its most prominent schools and rational trends, and the sources of philosophical knowledge. It also provides a foundational introduction to the science of logic in terms of its concept, subject, function, and its relationship to language and thinking. It addresses the principles of inference, argument, and proof; the distinction between deductive and inductive inference; the concepts of truth, validity, consistency, and logical entailment; intension and extension; as well as the study of predicative and conditional propositions, syllogism in its principal forms, and logical fallacies. The course combines the historical dimension of philosophy and logic with the applied dimension, and does not merely present theories: it trains the student to use the tools of logical and critical thinking in reading texts and analyzing positions and arguments in academic and scientific fields.

A foundational course that introduces the student to the humanities as a multi-field body of knowledge concerned with the study of human beings through their intellectual, linguistic, historical, literary, artistic, religious, cultural, and civilizational output. Each field is examined in terms of its subject, its central questions, its concepts, its methods, its sources, its historical development, its most prominent sub-disciplines, and its relationship to other humanistic fields.

This course introduces the new jurisprudential issues arising in modern medicine, their Sharia rulings, and the jurisprudential opinions related to them, in pursuit of the timeless purpose of Islam. The course aims to give the student an understanding of the foundations of jurisprudential reasoning on contemporary medical issues and of how to rule on them within the framework of the principles and general rules of Sharia, while setting out the position of UAE legislation on the various medical issues raised and comparing it with Islamic jurisprudence. Issues studied include: cloning, test-tube babies, organ donation, abortion, birth control, genetic fingerprinting, surrogacy, cosmetic surgery, gene therapy and its ruling, and contemporary medical factors that invalidate fasting.

This course studies extremist currents and terrorist organizations from scientific, historical, Sharia, social, and legal perspectives, analyzing their origins and their intellectual and organizational transformations, and the factors that lead to extremism and violence. It also studies the historical roots of the phenomena of excessive zeal (ghuluw) and takfir (declaring others to be unbelievers), carefully distinguishing between resemblance in intellectual characteristics and the establishment of historical continuity or direct lineage between an old group and a contemporary organization. It also examines the most important concepts that have been misused, such as sovereignty (hakimiyya), jihad, loyalty and disavowal (wala' wa bara'), explaining the deviation in their understanding and their closed organizational exploitation. The course presents a variety of currents and organizations (violent jihadist organizations, political Islamist movements, and transnational networks), taking the Muslim Brotherhood and its local branch, which is designated as a terrorist organization in the UAE (the "Dawa Al-Islah" organization), as a single principal case study within this wider map, and not as the exclusive focus of the course. It focuses on the psychological, social, media, and digital factors that influence polarization, introduces the student to the UAE's legal and institutional framework for combating terrorism and extremism, and reinforces the values of moderation, tolerance, coexistence, and national belonging.

This course introduces the student to the core concepts that inform the contemporary reform trends in Islamic thought. Core concepts such as the Muslim worldview of Tawhid and its implications for contemporary Islamic thought and practice at the individual and societal levels will be presented and explained. Ideas such as the Ummah, its historical role and current state will be discussed. Other concepts such as Islah, Tajdid, Ijtihad and Shura will be presented and explained historically and within the contemporary context. The course also introduces the students to Islamic principles and perspectives regarding issues of social justice, freedom, ethics, good governance, equality, protection of life, property and the environment, and how they inform contemporary debates on reform of Islamic thought. D. Requirements of the Concentrated Study Track: Family Guidance and Reform

This course studies the family from the perspective of family psychology as an independent scientific field with its own theories and schools, such as Bowen's family systems theory, Minuchin's structural family therapy, and Gottman's theory of marital adjustment, alongside the Sharia and social dimensions that affect the formation and stability of the family. The course covers the origins and development of family psychology, the psychological factors that lead to marital harmony and discord, personality types and their effect on the marital relationship, models of family counseling and therapy, and the causes of family problems such as divorce and domestic violence, and methods of psychological intervention with them.

This course addresses the concept of family guidance and its importance in strengthening family cohesion and stability, introducing the foundations and principles related to upbringing and guidance within the family, and distinguishing between guidance, counseling, and therapy. It focuses on developing the core skills of family guidance, including effective communication, listening and empathy, emotional expression, reformulation, asking open questions, and managing dialogue in various family situations. The course covers some theories of development and upbringing and their applications in understanding family situations and problems, and skills for dealing with contemporary family challenges, including the effect of technology, social media, and excessive use of smart devices on family relationships. It also includes practical applications for analyzing family cases, identifying the causes of problems, proposing appropriate guidance methods, and designing short-term family guidance plans, as well as practicing guidance skills through case studies, role-play, and simulation. The course observes the Islamic values and principles relevant to the family, upbringing, dialogue, and reform, contributing to the student's ability to apply family guidance skills consciously and responsibly, taking into account the intellectual, cultural, and social characteristics of the family.

This course addresses the jurisprudence of parenthood and family care from an integrated Sharia and educational perspective. It defines the rights of children over their parents and the rights of parents over their children in Islamic jurisprudence in general and the Maliki school in particular, such as the rulings on maintenance (nafaqa), custody (hadana), breastfeeding (rada'), and upbringing and discipline, and links these rulings to the objectives of Sharia in preserving lineage and safeguarding the family unit. The course also attends to the contemporary applied dimension, introducing the concepts of positive parenting and effective family communication skills, the developmental needs of children in childhood and adolescence, and strategies for dealing with behavioral challenges. It thus achieves integration between the jurisprudential foundation and modern educational practice, and is consistent with the UAE's initiatives supporting the family, such as the "Positive Family" program.

This course introduces the student to the concept, legitimacy, importance, and objectives of family guidance and arbitration in protecting the family; its origin, reality, and relationship to family reform. It also studies the committees and the legal organization of family guidance, and their jurisprudential and legal characterization within the UAE judicial system. The course covers the conditions and attributes of guides and arbitrators, the procedures and nature of the work of the family guide, the registration of family claims, and the rulings on arbitration in cases of marital discord, as well as emerging jurisprudential and legal questions such as holding guidance and arbitration sessions remotely and women undertaking the role of guidance and arbitration, leading to practical solutions and remedies to make family guidance in the UAE succeed.

This course provides a comprehensive and applied study of family rulings and issues in the United Arab Emirates, combining Sharia jurisprudential grounding with modern legislative and regulatory frameworks. It covers the system of personal status laws in the UAE, the rulings on betrothal and marriage, the effects of the contract, the rights of spouses, the dissolution of marriage (divorce, khul', and judicial annulment), and the rulings on custody, visitation, and maintenance. The course also surveys the role of national institutions in the State (such as the family guidance centers in the federal and local courts, the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, the Community Development Authority, and the Family Development Foundation) and their role in strengthening family stability. It further covers applications of governance, mediation, and family guidance, the prevention of family breakdown, and the protection of children under Wadeema's Law. E. Requirements of the concentrated study track: Islamic Sharia and financial oversight

This course introduces the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI), its Sharia standards, and its role in achieving integration between the financial system and the Islamic banking industry. It covers the study of the standards on: money, debts, financing, benefits, partnerships, mudaraba, agency and investment, sales of goods, options of trust, documentation and guarantees, pledges, endowments (waqf) and zakat, negotiable instruments, gharar (uncertainty), electronic financial transactions, and reinsurance.

This course studies the importance of accounting standards in Islamic financial institutions, the general framework and the accounting standards, the basic concepts of Islamic accounting, the presentation and disclosure requirements in financial statements, the accounting for murabaha to the purchase orderer, the accounting treatment of ijara contracts, accounting for partners' rights and profits, the accounting of salam and istisna' contracts, the concept of zakat and its accounting treatment, the accounting treatment of sukuk in issuance and trading, revenues and expenses, the accounting treatment of Islamic investments, and auditing in Islamic financial institutions.

This course presents a comprehensive study of the economics of the halal industry, beginning with the theoretical grounding of the concept of halal and its industry, the size and economics of the global market, and highlighting the importance of awareness of halal sciences for the ordinary consumer and for specialists. It then moves on to the contemporary sectors of the halal industry in a simplified manner, covering: the food and beverage sector (meat, additives, and transformation (istihala)), pharmaceutical preparations and medicines, cosmetics, and halal tourism. It also studies the controls of Sharia and legal responsibility, quality standards, and the issuance of halal certificates.

This course presents a foundational and applied study of the governance standards issued by the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). The course covers: the concept of institutional and Sharia governance; the framework of Sharia boards (their composition, powers, and independence); the standards of internal and external Sharia auditing; risk management and Sharia compliance; disclosure and transparency in accordance with AAOIFI standards; a comparison of this with the regulatory frameworks and legislation issued by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates; and the analysis of contemporary case studies.

This course is divided into two main parts that combine the Sharia and economic dimensions. Part one examines Islamic financial institutions, focusing on three main forms: Islamic banks, takaful (cooperative) insurance companies, and Islamic investment companies. It covers the definition of each institution, the nature of its operational and economic work, the Sharia rules and controls governing it, and the jurisprudential and financial comparison with the corresponding conventional institutions. Part two studies and analyzes contemporary Islamic financial products in practice, such as cooperative and takaful insurance, istisna' financing, murabaha and salam financing, ijara, financial innovations, and Islamic sukuk, taking into account the regulatory frameworks and the applications in force in the United Arab Emirates.