Master of Jurisprudence and Its Fundamentals
Objectives and Outcomes of the Master's Programme in Jurisprudence and Its Fundamentals
| Objectives | Outcomes | Assessment Methods | Five Domains of Learning Outcomes in the National Qualifications System | Level 9 Qualification Descriptors |
| 1- Enabling the student to strengthen the faculty of ijtihad and jurisprudential deduction | 1- The student deduces jurisprudential rulings on the basis of jurisprudential and maqasid-based rules | 4,5,6,7,8,10 | 2- Skill | Advanced skills in solving complex problems with incomplete data, and providing innovative solutions in an academic field |
| 3- Autonomy and responsibility | The ability to analyse scientific rules and work on building them | |||
| 5- Self-development | The ability to develop and continuously add further learning | |||
| 2- Applying jurisprudential rulings to newly arising cases by applying the approved fundamentals of ijtihad | 4,5,6,7,8,10 | 2- Skill | Advanced skills in solving complex problems with incomplete data, and providing innovative solutions in an academic field | |
| 3- Autonomy and responsibility | The ability to analyse scientific rules and work on building them | |||
| 5- Self-development | The ability to develop and continuously add further learning | |||
| 3- Presenting jurisprudential rulings from their detailed evidence and in a contemporary context | 1,3,4,8,9,10 | 2- Skill | Advanced skills in research, analysis and evaluation | |
| 1- Knowledge | Comprehensive knowledge and a high degree of specialisation and awareness of what is new | |||
| 2- Strengthening the student's ability to understand the methods of the jurists in deducing Sharia rulings | 4- Comparing the methods of the jurists in deducing Sharia rulings from their detailed evidence | 1,3,8,9 | 2- Skill | Skills for developing new knowledge and procedures, and integrating acquired knowledge using cognitive and creative skills and intellectual independence |
| 1- Knowledge | Critical awareness of epistemological issues as a basis for creative thinking, questioning, research and the production of knowledge | |||
| 5- Explaining the effect of the diversity of sources of legislation on the diversity of jurisprudential ijtihad and its schools | 1,3,8,9 | 2- Skill | Advanced skills in research, analysis and evaluation | |
| 1- Knowledge | Comprehensive knowledge and a high degree of specialisation and awareness of what is new | |||
| 6- Analysing the effect of fundamentals and jurisprudential rules on the differences among jurists, and clarifying the point of disagreement among them | 1,3,8,9 | 2- Skill | Advanced skills in solving complex problems with incomplete data, and providing innovative solutions in an academic field | |
| 1- Knowledge | Critical awareness of epistemological issues as a basis for creative thinking, questioning, research and the production of knowledge | |||
| 3- Enabling the student to contribute to enriching specialised fundamentals and jurisprudential research in a way that takes new developments into account | 7- Writing in-depth jurisprudential research on new jurisprudential issues, critically and with preponderance (tarjih) | 4,10 | 3- Autonomy and responsibility | The ability to analyse scientific rules and work on building them |
| 5- Self-development | The ability to develop and continuously add further learning | |||
| 8- Competently completing the preparation of a thesis on an in-depth jurisprudential or fundamentals topic | 4,10 | 2- Skill | Planning skills to develop and implement a major project using appropriate research methods and reaching sound conclusions | |
| 9- Substantiating his opinion on questions of jurisprudence and fundamentals, and the controls of ijtihad and tarjih | 3,4,9,10 | 3- Autonomy and responsibility | The ability to analyse scientific rules and work on building them | |
| 5- Self-development | The ability to develop and continuously add further learning | |||
| 10- Participating with his teachers and colleagues in discussing emerging questions in Sharia research and its applications | 3,4,9,10 | 5- Self-development | Contributing to knowledge in unfamiliar learning contexts | |
| 4- Role in context | The ability to lead the strategic development of oneself and of work teams |
Matrix Showing the Extent to Which the Study Plan Courses Cover the Programme Outcomes
| Outcome Numbers | ||||||||||
| Course Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Methodology of Jurisprudential and Fundamentals Research | * | * | * | * | ||||||
| Fundamental Rules and Their Effect on Jurists' Differences | * | * | * | * | ||||||
| Ijtihad by Opinion | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||
| Contemporary Jurisprudential Issues | * | * | * | * | * | |||||
| Theory of Contract in Islamic Jurisprudence | * | * | * | * | * | |||||
| Jurists' Methods of Deriving Rulings | * | * | * | |||||||
| Principles of Contradiction and Preponderance | * | * | * | * | ||||||
| Derivation of Branches from Principles | * | * | * | * | ||||||
| Objectives of Sharia | * | * | ||||||||
| Fundamentals Studies in English | * | * | * | * | ||||||
| Contemporary Means of Proof | * | * | * | * | * | |||||
| Rulings of Sharia Policy | * | * | * | * | * | |||||
| General Theories of Islamic Economics | * | * | * | * | ||||||
| Rulings on Waqf in Islamic Jurisprudence | * | * | * | * | * | |||||
| Separation in Marriage and Its Effects | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||
| Jurisprudential Studies in English | * | * | * | |||||||
| Thesis | * | * | * | * | * |
Detailed Breakdown of the Academic Programme for the Master's Degree and the Courses and Content of the Study Plan
Total Graduation Requirements
First: Total Requirements of the Master's Programme in Jurisprudence and Its Fundamentals and the Number of Credit Hours
| Master's (Thesis Track) | Compulsory | Elective | Total |
| Taught courses | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| Thesis defence | 9 | - | 9 |
| Total credit hours | 24 | 9 | 33 |
General Statement of the Study Plan and Details of the Courses
1-1 Master's Programme in Jurisprudence and Its Fundamentals
A – Compulsory specialisation courses
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours | Offering: Level | Offering: Semester |
| 5111131 | Methodology of Jurisprudential and Fundamentals Research | - | 2-2 : 3 | First | First |
| 5111108 | Fundamental Rules and Their Effect on Jurists' Differences | - | 3 | First | First |
| 5111113 | Ijtihad by Opinion | - | 3 | First | First |
| 5112101 | Contemporary Jurisprudential Issues | - | 3 | First | Second |
| 5112128 | Theory of Contract in Islamic Jurisprudence | - | 3 | First | Second |
| Total credit hours | 15 |
B – Elective specialisation courses (Fundamentals Division) (students in this division select 9 credit hours from 18)
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours | Offering: Level | Offering: Semester |
| 5111122 | Jurists' Methods of Deriving Rulings | - | 3 | First | First |
| 5111106 | Principles of Contradiction and Preponderance | - | 3 | First | First |
| 5111116 | Derivation of Branches from Principles | - | 3 | First | Second |
| 5112124 | Objectives of Sharia | - | 3 | First | Second |
| 5112146 | Fundamentals Studies in English | - | 3 | First | Second |
| Total credit hours | 9 |
C – Elective specialisation courses (Jurisprudence Division) (students in this division select 9 credit hours from 18)
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours | Offering: Level | Offering: Semester |
| 5111124 | Contemporary Means of Proof | - | 3 | First | First |
| 5111121 | Rulings of Sharia Policy | - | 3 | First | First |
| 5111125 | General Theories of Islamic Economics | - | 3 | First | Second |
| 5112124 | Rulings on Waqf in Islamic Jurisprudence | - | 3 | First | Second |
| 5112125 | Separation in Marriage and Its Effects | - | 3 | First | Second |
| 5112157 | Jurisprudential Studies in English | - | 3 | First | Second |
| Total credit hours | 9 |
D – 5121139 Thesis Defence – 9 credit hours
1-2 Supplementary Study for Students of the Jurisprudence and Fundamentals Programme Who Do Not Hold an Appropriate Bachelor's Degree
– Courses and credit hours
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours | Offering: Level | Offering: Semester |
| 2110306 | Introduction to Islamic Legislation | - | 3 | First | First |
| 2110104 | Maliki Jurisprudence of Worship (1) | 2110306 | 3 | First | First |
| 2120104 | Maliki Jurisprudence of Worship (2) | 2110104 | 3 | First | Second |
| 2120406 | Usul al-Fiqh (1) | 2110306 | 3 | First | First |
| 2210407 | Usul al-Fiqh (2) | 2120406 | 3 | First | Second |
| 2310103 | Comparative Personal Status Jurisprudence | 2110306 | 3 | First | First |
| 2320104 | Comparative Jurisprudence of Inheritance and Wills | 2310103 | 3 | First | Second |
| 2410210 | Contemporary Financial Transactions | 2220105, 2220106 | 3 | First | First |
| 2410402 | Usul al-Fiqh (3) | 2210407 | 3 | First | Second |
| 2420201 | Comparative Criminal Jurisprudence | 2110306 | 3 | First | Second |
| 2320208 | Comparative Jurisprudential Issues | 2110306 | 3 | First | Second |
| 2120609 | Hadith Sciences and Takhrij | - | 3 | First | Second |
| Total credit hours | 36 |
1-3 Detailed Study Plan (Advisory Plan) for the Master's Stage
Jurisprudence and Fundamentals Programme
Courses, levels and credit hours
Level One / Semester One
A – Compulsory specialisation courses
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours |
| 5111131 | Methodology of Jurisprudential and Fundamentals Research | - | 2-2 : 3 |
| 5111108 | Fundamental Rules and Their Effect on Jurists' Differences | - | 3 |
| 5111113 | Ijtihad by Opinion | - | 3 |
| Total | 9 |
B – Elective courses for the Fundamentals Division (the student selects one course from this group)
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours |
| 5111122 | Jurists' Methods of Deriving Rulings | - | 3 |
| 5111106 | Principles of Contradiction and Preponderance | - | 3 |
| Total | 3 |
B – Elective courses for the Jurisprudence Division (the student selects one course from this group)
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours |
| 5111124 | Contemporary Means of Proof | - | 3 |
| 5111121 | Rulings of Sharia Policy | - | 3 |
| Total | 3 | ||
| Total credit hours for the semester | 12 |
Jurisprudence and Fundamentals Programme
Courses, levels and credit hours
Level One / Semester Two
A – Compulsory specialisation courses
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours |
| 5112101 | Contemporary Jurisprudential Issues | - | 3 |
| 5112128 | Theory of Contract in Islamic Jurisprudence | - | 3 |
| Total | 6 |
B – Elective courses for the Fundamentals Division (the student selects two courses from this group)
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours |
| 5111116 | Derivation of Branches from Principles | - | 3 |
| 5112124 | Objectives of Sharia | - | 3 |
| 5112146 | Fundamentals Studies in English | - | 3 |
| Total | 6 |
B – Elective courses for the Jurisprudence Division (the student selects two courses from this group)
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours |
| 5111125 | General Theories of Islamic Economics | - | 3 |
| 5112124 | Rulings on Waqf in Islamic Jurisprudence | - | 3 |
| 5112125 | Separation in Marriage and Its Effects | - | 3 |
| 5112157 | Jurisprudential Studies in English | - | 3 |
| Total | 6 | ||
| Total credit hours for the semester, thesis track | 12 |
Jurisprudence and Fundamentals Programme
Level Two / Semester One
A – Compulsory specialisation courses
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours |
| 5121139 | Thesis Defence | Completion of 24 credit hours | 9 |
| Total | 9 |
1-4 Detailed Study Plan (Advisory Plan) for the Supplementary Stage
Supplementary courses for students of the Jurisprudence and Fundamentals programme who do not hold an appropriate bachelor's degree
First semester
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours |
| 2110306 | Introduction to Islamic Legislation | - | 3 |
| 2110104 | Maliki Jurisprudence of Worship (1) | 2110306 | 3 |
| 2120104 | Maliki Jurisprudence of Worship (2) | 2110104 | 3 |
| 2120406 | Usul al-Fiqh (1) | 2110306 | 3 |
| 2210407 | Usul al-Fiqh (2) | 2120406 | 3 |
| 2310103 | Comparative Personal Status Jurisprudence | 2110306 | 3 |
| Total credit hours | 18 |
Second semester
| Course No. | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credit Hours |
| 2320104 | Comparative Jurisprudence of Inheritance and Wills | 2310103 | 3 |
| 2410210 | Contemporary Financial Transactions | 2220105, 2220106 | 3 |
| 2410402 | Usul al-Fiqh (3) | 2210407 | 3 |
| 2420201 | Comparative Criminal Jurisprudence | 2110306 | 3 |
| 2320208 | Comparative Jurisprudential Issues | 2110306 | 3 |
| 2120609 | Hadith Sciences and Takhrij | - | 3 |
| Total credit hours | 18 |