Bachelor of Shariah Study Plan
Objectives, Outcomes and Contents of the Academic Program
Document Reference No. | Document Name | Version No. | Date of Issue | Reasons |
QMS-GS01\1 | Study Plan for the Bachelor of Shariah | fourth | 26-6-2020 | Documents of Accreditation Renewal |
Vision:
To be one of the prominent colleges in studying and teaching shariah and law in a contemporary vision pursuant to today’s demands and labor market needs.
Mission:
Preparing graduates to be leaders in society and equipping them with skills of creative thinking and specialized scientific research in the fields of Sharia and law in an authentic, flexible, contemporary and innovative manner.
Values:
Excellence
Professionalism
Moderation
Social commitment
Creativity and innovation
Authenticity, flexibility and contemporisation
College Goals:
Provide opportunities for continuous academic study in the fields of Sharia and law for male and female students alike, and contribute in providing regional needs for human cadres in Islamic Sharia and legal science, in line with the requirements of the labor market.
Provide the means and capabilities that turn out graduates equipped to work in the areas of Islamic and Civil jurisdiction, Ifta’, barristering, Islamic and legal consultation, jurisprudential and positivist research, preaching, and Islamic economy and business in line with the day’s demands.
Prepare advocates including imams, preachers and educators to be righteous role models who contribute to growth of a moderate generation that understands Islam holistically away from extremism and exaggeration, following the approach of wisdom and dialogue to spread Islamic culture.
Prepare female Muslim advocates educated spiritually and intellectually, and give them their chance of acquiring knowledge to play their natural role in community development and educating the younger generation inside and outside the family institution, following an approach that balances understanding the spirit of Sharia and the law, and realizing the day’s requirements, prospects and challenges.
Provide the opportunity to acquire Islamic sciences in accordance with the approach of our righteous predecessors, which is based on respecting the legislative principles of the four
schools, especially the school of Imam Malik bin Anas, away from currents of deviation or intellectual and ideological extremism.
Provide the opportunity to acquire legal sciences compared with Shariah, and identify their ethical pillars.
Continuous commitment to performance quality and sustainable improvement of education services, systems and structures, in order to achieve competitive excellence for graduates in the local and regional labor market.
Encourage scientific research and specialized scientific research, and strive to make the college an advanced center for research in the country. This is reflected in supporting writings and translations related to the accredited specialization, holding conferences, seminars and workshops inside the college, and participating in these activities outside the college.
Develop academic and scientific partnerships through openness to academic and scientific institutions inside and outside the country, communicate with them in order to exchange experience and researches, and cooperate to achieve sustainable academic and scientific development.
Communicate with the society implementing the principle of moderation by promoting a culture of commitment, and contributing to meet the needs of the local community in terms of public awareness capabilities.
Provide consultations, studies and services related to Sharia and law to government departments and the private sector.
Provide a mechanism for facilitation and accreditation of scholarships.
Shari’a Department Objectives:
Contribute in providing local and regional needs for human cadres in Sharia and legal sciences in line with the requirements of the labor market, contribute to the graduation of cadres prepared to work in the areas of Sharia jurisdiction, Ifta’, Shari’a consultation, jurisprudential research in line with the day’s demands
Focus on comparative studies between Sharia and law in a way that enhances the student’s analytical and practical skills and raises his\her awareness.
Prepare male and female advocates through qualifying them to be righteous role models who contribute to preparing a moderate generation that understands Islam holistically away
from extremism and exaggeration, following an approach that adopts wisdom and dialogue as a method to spread Islamic culture.
Providing the opportunity to acquire Islamic science following the approach of our righteous predecessor based on respect for the legislative principles of the four schools, especially the school of Imam Malik bin Anas
Continuous commitment to the quality of performance and sustainable improvement of education services, systems and structures, in order to achieve competitive excellence for graduates in the labor market
Encouraging specialized scientific research, and striving to make the department supports writings and translations related to the approved specialization, and holding conferences, seminars and workshops inside the college, or participating outside the college.
Promoting a culture of commitment in the society, and providing consultations, studies and services related to Sharia and law to government departments and the private sector.
The intersection of the objectives of Shari’a department with the general objectives of the college:
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The objectives and outcomes of the Bachelor’s program of Shariah (Department of Shariah)
Objectives | Outcomes | Means of evaluation | Five fields of learning outcomes in the National Qualifications Framework |
1- Enabling the student to | 1-To identify the characteristics of Islamic | 1،2،4،12،14 | 1- knowledge |
identify the characteristics of | legislation, its sources, and its ethical pillars. | ||
Islamic legislation, its rules and | |||
applications, and providing | 2-To define the law concept, its sources, | 1،4،12،14 | 1-knowledge |
him\her with legal education. | foundations of its legislation, and the effect of | ||
legal rules | |||
3- To define the principles and rules of the scholars’ work in legislative rule inference, and | 1،2،4،5،10 12،14 | 1-knowledge | |
understand analogy with the inclusive rules | |||
4- To know Sahria rulings in various issues, and | 1،4،12،14 | 1-knowledge | |
infer them following definite approaches. | |||
2- Providing the student with knowledge of the characteristics of both Qur’an and Sunnah and their approach in presenting rulings. | 5-To identify the features of both Qur’an and Sunnah, and their role in Islamic legislation | 1،4،5،14 | 1-knowledge |
6-To sort the ruling deduced from Qur’an and Sunnah in accordance with the scholars’ guidance. | 1،4،14 | 2- Skills | |
3. Improving the student’s skills | 7-To analyze various Islamic legislative texts, and | 1،2،5،10 | 2- Skills |
of analyzing Islamic legislation | examine the inferred ruling. | ||
texts and comparing them with legal texts | 8-To compare opinions of the four schools and apply the criticism approach | 1،2،4،5 10،14 | 2- Skills |
9- To compare between legal and Islamic legislations, and inferring rulings in their light | 1،4،5،10 14 | 2- Skills | |
4. providing the student with | 10-to perceive the nature of current emerging | 1،5،10،11 | 2- Skills |
methods of current emerging | issues. | ||
issues analogy to The inclusive rules of Shari’a | |||
11-to apply analogy of emerging issues in to the inclusive rules of Shari’a in order to infer the | 1،4،5،8،9 11،13 | 4-Role in context | |
Islamic ruling compared with legal legislation | |||
5. Improving the student’s expertise to solve the occurred | 12-to identify the occurred issues and analyze them in accordance with Islamic legislation | 1،3،5،9،11 13،14 | 2- Skills |
issues in accordance with | procedures and Ifta’ rules | ||
Shari’a legislation | |||
13-to apply Islamic legislation distinguishably | 8،9،11 | 2- Skills | |
profession practicing meetings and at work after | |||
graduation. | |||
6. Providing the student with knowledge of the prophet’s | 14-to clarify the prophet message’s principles, goals, features and universality scientifically in the context of refuting suspicions | 1،4،5،10 12،14 | 2- Skills |
message and its principles taking into account today’s demands | 15- To have the qualities of an advocate and follow the moderation approach in da’wa and preaching, in accordance with the elements of the prophet’s personality (peace be upon him) and the guidance of his message. | 3،6،7،8،9 10،11،13 | 3-Responsibility |
7.Enhancing the student’s skills | 16-to order his\her thoughts logically and | 1،5،12،14 | 2- Skills |
adequately to prepare systematic | systematically | ||
scientific researches | |||
17-to prepare his\her research plan and write | 5،10،13 | 4-Role in context | |
his\her graduation seminar scientifically in a | |||
proper language. | |||
18-to use Arabic and English references, soft and printed copies, and use Internet and modern | 5،6،7،8،9 10،13 | 5-Self development | |
techniques in writing his\her various researches. | |||
8.Enabling the student to understand the spirit of the time | 19-to clarify the most important epistemological features of the age and some of its scientific | 1،4،8،9،10 12،14 | 2- Skills |
and to acquire the professional | features. | ||
ethics | |||
20-to acquire the professional ethics through stating opinions objectively, and working with | 7،8،9،12 13 |
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others as a team according to the demands of the | |||
labor market |
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1.Exams | 2.The integrative course | 3.External practical training | 4.In-class evaluation | 5. students’ researches | 6.Surveys of current students | 7.Surveys of students expected to graduate |
8.Surveys of graduates | 9. labor market surveys | 10. Students’ profiles | 11. profession practicing exams | 12. Groups meetings | 13.practical performance assesment | 14.Comprehensive exam |
A matrix shows courses coverage of the outcomes of the academic program
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Course Title | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
Arabic language | * | * | * | |||||||||||||||||
English Communication Skills | * | * | ||||||||||||||||||
Introduction to Economy | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||||||||
Psychology | * | * | ||||||||||||||||||
Information Technology | * | * | ||||||||||||||||||
Innovation and Creativity Skills | * | * | * | |||||||||||||||||
Principles of Nutrition Science | * | * | ||||||||||||||||||
Sociology | * | * | ||||||||||||||||||
Basics of Mathematics | * | * | ||||||||||||||||||
Principles of General Administration | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||||||
Human Rights | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||||
Islamic Civilization | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||||||||
Jurisprudence of Worships | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||||
Jurisprudence of Transactions | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||
Jurisprudence of Personal Status | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||||
Introduction to Legislation | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||||
Introduction to Law | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||||||||
Recitation and Memorization of Quran | * | * | * | |||||||||||||||||
Principles of Jurisprudence | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||
Islamic Creed | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||||||||
Methodologies of Scientific Research | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||||||||
Comparative Criminal Jurisprudence | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||
Comparative Jurisprudential Issues | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||
Sciences of the Qur’an | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||||
Introduction to Sunnah | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Authentication of Sharia Rulings from the Qur’an and Sunnah 1-2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||
Contemporary medical research | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||
Jurisprudential Rules | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||
Jurisprudence of the Prophet’s Bibliography | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||
Readings in Islamic legislation (E) | * | |||||||||||||||||||
Contemporary Financial Transactions | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||
Jurisprudence of Judiciary and Evidence | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||||
Discretion, Fatwa and Purposes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||
Foundations of Hadith Derivation | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||||||||
Studies in science of Hadith | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||||||||
Islamic sects | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||||||||
Techniques of Da’wa and Oration | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||||||
Jurisprudence of International Relations | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||||||
Contemporary Intellectual Currents | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||||||||||
Analytical and Thematic Exegesis | * | * | * | * | ||||||||||||||||
Analytical Hadith | ||||||||||||||||||||
Constitutional Law and Systems | * | * | ||||||||||||||||||
Criminology | * | * | ||||||||||||||||||
Administrative Law | * | * | ||||||||||||||||||
Graduation Research | * | * | * | * |
Parts, Courses and study plan of the academic program of the bachelor degree Requirements of Bachelor of Shari’a Program and the Credit Hours
Shari’a Department | Requirements | Electives | Total |
College General Requirements | 18 | 6 | 24 |
Department Mutual Requirements | 18 | 12 | 30 |
Department Specialized Requirements | 63 | 9 | 72 |
Total of credit hours | 99 | 27 | 126 |
Total of credit hours includes the graduation research (final) |
Codes used to number courses
Codes used to number courses: The first number to the left indicates the department (1 for general courses, 2 for Shari’a, 3 for Law). The second number indicates the level. The third number indicates the semester. Tthe fourth and the fifth numbers indicate the field of the course. The sixth and the seventh indicate the order of the course in the same semester.
Codes used for credit hours: the code (1: 1-1) means that the credit hours are (1) ordered as follows: each theoretical hour is followed by one practical hour. The code (2: 2-1) means that the credit hours are(2) ordered as follows: each two theoretical hours are followed by one practical hour. The code (3: 2-2) means that the credit hours are (3) ordered as follows: each two theoretical hours are followed by two practical hours.
A pre-requisite means the student cannot be enrolled in a required course listed in the same box unless s\he passes the pre-requisite course related to it.
Study Plan and Course Bachelor of Sharia
A- College General Requirements
Course No. | Course Title | Pre-requisite | Credit Hours | Time of the course | |
Level | Semester | ||||
1110101 | Arabic language (1) | - | 3 | First | First |
1110203 | Communication Skills in English | - | 1-2 :2 | First | First |
3110903 | Introduction to Economy | - | 3 | First | First |
1120402 | Information Technology (1) | - | 2-2 : 3 | First | Second |
1120505 | Principles of Nutrition | - | 2 | First | Second |
1220101 | Arabic language (2) | 1110101 | 3 | Second | Second |
1220206 | Innovation and Creativity Skills | - | 2 | Second | Second |
Second | Second | ||||
Total No. of Credit Hours | 18 |
B- Elective General College Requirements (the student chooses 6 credit hours from 21 hours)
Course No. | Course Title | Prerequisite | No. of Credit Hours | Time of the course | |
Level | Semester | ||||
1110302 | Sociology | - | 3 | First | First |
1120305 | General Psychology | - | 3 | First | Second |
1210305 | Basics of New Math | - | 3 | First | First |
1210504 | Human Rights in Islam and International Agreement | - | 3 | Second | First |
1220504 | Islamic Civilization | - | 3 | Second | Second |
3210602 | Principles of General Administration | - | 3 | Second | First |
1220405 | Advanced Computer Skills | 1120402 | 2-2 : 3 | Second | Second |
Total No. of credit hours | 6 |
C- Compulsory Mutual Department Requirements
Course No. | Course Title | Prerequisite | No. of Credit Hours | Time of the course | |
Level | Semester | ||||
2110306 | Introduction to Islamic Legislation | - | 3 | First | First |
3110107 | Introduction to Law | - | 3 | First | First |
2110708 | Rules of Recitation and Memorization (1) | - | 1-1 : 1 | First | First |
1210604 | Methodologies of Scientific Research | After studying (34) hours | 1-2 : 2 | Second | First |
2220907 | Islamic Creed 1 | - | 3 | Second | Second |
2310103 | Comparative Jurisprudence of Personal Status | 2110306 | 3 | Third | First |
2320104 | Comparative Jurisprudence of Wills and Inheritance | 2310103 | 3 | Third | Second |
Total No. of credit hours | 18 |
D- Elective Mutual Department Requirements (the student chooses courses of Maliki
jurisprudence or Shafi’i jurisprudence)
Course No. | Course Title | Prerequisite | No. of Credit Hours | Time of the course | |
Level | Semester | ||||
2110104 | Maliki Jurisprudence of Worships(1) | 2110306 | 3 | First | First |
2110105 | Shafi’i Jurisprudence of Worships (1) | 2110306 | First | First | |
2120104 | Maliki Jurisprudence of Worships (2) | 2110104 | 3 | First | Second |
2120105 | Shafi’i Jurisprudence of Worships (2) | 2110105 | First | Second | |
2210105 | Maliki Jurisprudence of Transactions (1) | 2120104 | 3 | Second | First |
2210106 | Shafi’i Jurisprudence of Transactions (1) | 2120105 | Second | First | |
2220105 | Maliki Jurisprudence of Transactions (2) | 2210105 | 3 | Second | Second |
2220106 | Shafi’i Jurisprudence of Transactions (2) | 2210106 | Second | Second | |
Total No. of credit hours | 12 |
E- Compulsory Specialization Requirements
Course No. | Course Title | Prerequisite | No. of Credit Hours | Time of the course | |
Level | Semester | ||||
2120807 | Sciences of the Holy Qur’an | - | 3 | First | Second |
2120608 | Introduction to Sunnah | - | 3 | First | Second |
2120406 | Foundations of Jurisprudence 1 | 2110306 | 3 | First | Second |
2210810 | Authentication of Islamic Rulings from the Qur’an and Sunnah | 2120608 | 3 | Second | First |
2320612 | Analytical Hadith | 2120608 | 3 | Second | First |
2210407 | Foundations of Jurisprudence 2 | 2120406 | 3 | Second | First |
2210708 | Recitation and Memorization Rules 2 | 2110708 | 1-1:1 | Second | First |
2220208 | Contemporary Jurisprudential Medical Research | 2110306 | 3 | Second | Second |
2310904 | Islamic Creed 1 | 2220907 | 3 | Third | First |
2310505 | Jurisprudential Rules | 2210407 | 3 | Third | First |
2310606 | Jurisprudence of the Prophet’s Bibliography | - | 3 | Third | First |
2310608 | Foundations of Hadith Derivation | 2120608 | 2-2:3 | Third | First |
2320705 | Rules of Recitation and Memorization (3) | 2210708 | 1-1:1 | Third | Second |
2320810 | Analytical Exegesis | - | 3 | Third | Second |
2210610 | Authentication of Islamic Rulings from the Qur’an and Sunnah | 2120608 | 3 | Third | Second |
2321106 | English Readings in Shari’a | 1110203 | 2 | Third | Second |
2320208 | Comparative Jurisprudential Issues | 2110306 | 3 | Third | Second |
2410210 | Contemporary Financial Transactions | 2220105 2220106 | 3 | Fourth | First |
2410402 | Foundations of Jurisprudence 3 | 2210407 | 3 | Fourth | First |
2410203 | Jurisprudence of Judiciary and Methods of Proof | 2310103 | 2-2 :3 | Fourth | First |
2420201 | Comparative Criminal Jurisprudence | 2110306 after studying (68) hours | 3 | Fourth | Second |
2420510 | Ijtihad ,Ifta’, and Purposes of Sharia | 2310505 2410402 | 3 | Fourth | Second |
2421204 | Graduation Research | 1210603 after (90) hours | 2 | Fourth | Second |
Total No. of credit hours | 63 |
F- Elective Specialization Requirements (the student chooses three courses of this group)
Course No. | Course Title | Prerequisite | No. of credit hours | Time of the course | |
Level | Semester | ||||
3120707 | Constitutional Law and Political Systems | - | 3 | First | Second |
3210810 | Criminology | 3110107 | 3 | Second | First |
3220608 | Administrative Law | 3110107 | 3 | Second | Second |
2320908 | Islamic Sects | 2220907 | 3 | Third | Second |
2321009 | Techniques of Da’wa and Oration | - | 3 | Third | Second |
2310607 | Studies in science of Hadith | 2120608 | 3 | Third | First |
2410207 | Jurisprudence of International Relations | 2110306 | 3 | Fourth | First |
2421005 | Contemporary Intellectual Currents | - | 3 | Fourth | Second |
2410806 | Thematic Exegesis | - | 3 | Fourth | First |
Total No. of credit hours | 9 |
Total No. of credit hours for the shari’a Bachelor program | 126 |
Objectives and Outcomes of the Courses
First: College General Courses
Means and Tools of Assessment | ||
1-Exams | 2- In-class assessment | 3- Research |
4- The student’s profile | 5- Groups meetings | 6- Practical performence |
Course | Objectives | Outcomes |
Arabic Language (1-2) |
| 1-To know that speech is letters, words, and sentences 2-To identify syntactic features
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English Communication Skills | 1-Explaining English grammar 2-Improving reading skills 3-Improving conversational skills 4-Developing proper writing skills |
4-To summarize, discuss, and comment on these texts 5-To quote from English books
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Information Technology |
electronic research skills to employ them in his\her study |
7-To use computer for research and data collection |
Introduction to Economy | 1-Clarifying principles of Economy |
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2-Enabling the student to understand current economic issues | demand, flexibility, government intervention in the market, production theory and economic markets
6-To conduct a research on one of the topics mentioned above | |
Principles of Nutrition science |
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Innovation and Creativity Skills |
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Sociology | Introducing basic concepts of sociology |
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Basics of Mathematics |
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Psychology |
| 1-To summarize history of psychological theories 2-To define basic concepts of various fields of psychology
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Islamic Civilization |
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Human Rights in Islam and International Agreements |
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Advanced Computer Skills |
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Principles of General Administration |
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3-Improving the student’s skills to analyze administration procedures |
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Second: College Mutual Requirements
Course | Objectives | Outcomes |
Introduction to Islamic Legislation |
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Introduction to Law | 1-Introducing the concept of law 2-Introducing the concept of right and its theories 3-Providing the student with the spirit of abiding by the law |
6-To make his\her behavior compliant with the law |
Recitation and Memorization 1 |
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Methodologies of Scientific research | 1-Introducing features, schools, methodologies of scientific research and its relation with logic 2- Providing the student with the principles and regulations that produce a successful research 3-Training the student to apply methodologies in research writing 4-Providing the student with knowledge and skills required in manuscript verification |
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Jurisprudence of worships Maliki 1 |
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Jurisprudence of Worships Shafi’i 1 |
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subjects of worships in accordance with its principles 3-Objective studying of what is written in the past and make it understandable to the student’s mentality today |
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Jurisprudence of Worships Maliki 2 |
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Jurisprudence of Worships Shafi’i 2 |
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Jurisprudence of Transactions Maliki 1 | 1-Introducing principles and philosophy of financial transactions in Maliki jurisprudence |
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Jurisprudence of Transactions Shafi’i 1 |
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Jurisprudence of Translations Maliki 2 |
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*transaction and participation contracts |
Jurisprudence of Transactions Shaf’i 2 |
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transactions in accordance with Shafi’i jurisprudence |
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Islamic Creed 1 |
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Jurisprudence of Personal Status |
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with personal status, in matters of their roles and effects 5-To benefit from field visits to specialized courts and family reconciliation offices 6-To conduct a research in one of the personal status issues |
Comparative Jurisprudence of Wills and Inheritance |
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Third: Requirements of Shariah Department
Means and Tools of Assessment | ||
1-Exams | 2- In-class assessment | 3- Research |
4- The student’s profile | 5- Groups meetings | 6- Practical performance |
Course | Objectives | Outcomes |
Sciences of the Holy Qur’an |
| 1-To describe the great status of the Holy Qur’an 2-To explain terms related to sciences of the holy Qur’an
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Introduction to Sunnah |
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Foundations of Jurisprudence 1 |
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Foundations of Jurisprudence 2 |
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Recitation and Memorization 2 |
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Contemporary Legislative Medical Research |
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Comparative Jurisprudential Issues |
today’s scholars on emerging issues | 1-To define the science of jurisprudence and mention reasons of scholars’ disagreement and its advantage 2-To identify the moot point of the debatable issues clarifying aspects of agreement and disagreement
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Foundations of jurisprudence 3 |
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Principles of Hadith |
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Studies in Hadith science | 1-Providing the student with evidence of Sunnah authentication, its role, and the | 1-To present evidence of Sunnah authentication and stages of its documentation |
history of its documentation throughout the ages 2-Providing the student with skills of refuting suspicious issues about Sunnah and dealing with contemporary issues related to Hadith |
6-To conduct a research on one of the course’s topics | |
Authentication of Rulings from the Qur’an and Sunnah |
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Authentication of Rulings from the Qur’an and Sunnah 2 |
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Contemporary Financial Transactions |
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context of allowing trade and forbidding usury 3-providing the student with skills of examining contemporary financial issues, and inferring the Islamic rulings |
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Ijtihad, Ifta’ and purposes of Islamic legislation |
| 1-To know the science of purposes and its role in clarifying the beauty and wisdom of Islamic legislation 2-To understand reasoning in these days, and the principles of legal opinions
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International Relations Jurisprudence |
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relations |
Islamic Creed 2 | 1-Providing the student with knowledge of the truth of prophecy and the Islamic message, in addition to their role in our life |
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Readings in Islamic Legislation in English | Enabling the student to clarify Islamic legislation elements, terms and principles in English |
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Methods of Oratory and Inviting People to Islam |
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6-To write an oration or a lecture following the moderation approach and wisdom in invitation to Islam 7-To present his thoughts in the effective style of oration |
Jurisprudence of Syrah |
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Principles of Jurisprudence |
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3-Explaining the importance of these principles in deducing rules of behavior and their role in Islamic legislation |
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Current intellectual schools |
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Recitation and memorization 3 |
| 1-To know how to start with hamzat al-wasl in verbs and nouns when start reciting or continue after a pause 2-To distinguish between the connected and the separated in the Qur’an and their relation to recitation 3-To identify the places of roum, ashmam, and sakt in the Qur’an
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Jurisprudence of judiciary |
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Islamic sects |
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of their growth through different historical ages, their various effects, and how to distinguish between them |
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Thematic Exegesis | 1-Introducing the concept of thematic exegesis and its appearance, importance, and relation to other types of exegesis 2-Providing the student with skills of clarifying the magnificence of some subjects of thematic exegesis |
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Analytical Exegesis |
exegesis |
6-To clarify rhetorical inimitability in analytical exegesis 7-To discover instructions and teachings of verses |
Analytical Hadith |
| 1-To define analytical Hadith and its importance 2-To analyze Hadith clarifying its terminology, jurisprudence, and its aspects of beliefs and behavior
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Graduation Project |
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4-To complete the graduation project in accordance with scientific principles to graduate |
Criminal jurisprudence |
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6-To conduct a research on one of the course’s topics in Islamic jurisprudence and the law comparatively |
Fourth: Requirements of the elementary stage (bachelor of Shariah)
Means and Tools of Assessment | ||
1-Exams | 2- In-class assessment | 3- Research |
4- The student’s profile | 5- Groups meetings | 6- Practical performance |
Course | Objectives | Outcomes |
Basics of Arabic Language 1 |
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4-To apply linguistic rules in his\her writings 5-To understand, analyze and explain texts |
Calligraphy and Dictation |
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Basics of Islamic Jurisprudence 1 |
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Basics of Monotheism 1 |
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Prophetic Guidance |
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4-To show his\her adherence to the prophet’s guidance 5-To clarify the role of Hadith in the formation of Islamic principles 6-To be committed to the prophet and his guidance |
Basics of Arabic Language 2 | 1-Introducing the most important syntactical, transcriptive, morphological and rhetorical rules 2-Presenting the most common linguistic faults 3-Enabling the student to identify sentence components in current linguistic texts |
4-To apply linguistic rules in his\her writings 5-To understand, analyze and explain texts |
Readings |
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5-To understand, analyze, and explain texts |
Basics of Islamic Jurisprudence 2 |
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Basics of Monotheism 2 | 1-Inculcate the greatness of God in the student through understanding what is permissible and what is forbidden |
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Basics of logic and foundation sciences |
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English Language 1 | The main goal of this course is to help learners develop the competency to communicate in authentic situations; in responding to different types of questions in different situations; in examining grammatical meaningful questions through pair and group work. |
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English Language 2 | The main goal of this course is to help learners develop the competency to communicate in authentic situations; in responding to different types of questions in different situations; in examining grammatical meaningful questions through pair and group work | 1.Recognize and use traditional sentence patterns; 2.Use punctuation (capitals, end marks, apostrophes, quotation marks, commas, colons, and semi-colons) correctly in sentences and paragraphs; 3.Recognize basic paragraph structure; 4.Write correct paragraphs; |
Contents of the courses
First: General College Requirements
Course Number | Course Title | C.H | Prerequisite |
1110101 | Arabic Language 1 | 3 | - |
This course includes the following subjects and vocabularies: Verb phrase (Verb and its types-Subject and its types-Object and its types) with applied texts and exercises, Noun phrase (subject and predicate ) with applied texts and exercises, transitive and passive verbs with applied texts and exercises, Verb-noun, agent-noun and object-non with applied texts, accusative and conditional particles, Kana and its sisters, Inna and its sisters with applied texts, forms of intensity with applied texts, dual an plural forms with applied texts, dedication rules (writing Hamza), morphology with applied text | |||
1110203 | Communication Skills in English | 2 | - |
This course aims to enhance the student’s English skills to understand and speak well. Therefore, this course attempts to improve the student’s level from intermediate to advance. This course follows a methodology of integrating the various language skills including writing, listening and speaking. | |||
3110903 | Introduction to Economy | 3 | - |
This course includes skills of analyzing economic situations especially those related to economic problems, supply and demand, production circumstances, costs, and the various market situations. In addition, it presents some basic economic concepts such as total local production (its factors and methods of calculation), national income, and the big economic issues (including unemployment, inflation monetary and fiscal policy and its goals and tools). It also introduces the Islamic economic theory and the important values of the Islamic economy especially what is related to possession and economic freedom. | |||
1220206 | Innovation and Creativity Skills | 2 | - |
This course presents the basic principles of Innovation and Creativity in the modern age, their theories, and problem-solving applications. It also includes experiences of growth and excellence in leadership, skills of creative design thinking, skills of project organization and means of personal and intellectual improvement of students to prepare them for future professional work, which depends on innovation and creativity. | |||
1120402 | Information Technology 1 | 3:2- 2 | - |
This course aims to introduce concepts and terminologies of Information technology through clarifying stages of computer development, its various parts both software and hardware, its specifications and its various types. It also provides knowledge required to employ one of the common operating systems. Moreover, it seeks to develop the student’s skills of using Microsoft Office programs: Word and Power point to help him\her in education and work. It also provides basic and advanced computer skills through introducing the basic concepts of computer networks and clarifying its advantages and disadvantages and protection factors. This course aims to prepare the student to employ the computer in research procedures through providing the student with a background of electronic search, Information security, intellectual property and publishing rights | |||
1220101 | Arabic Language 2 | 3 | 1110101 |
This course includes advanced applications on the following: Inflicted and uninflected names, numbers, Demonstrative pronouns, relative pronouns, Interrogatives, types of letters, morphological rules, dictation rules, writing and rhetoric expressions, aesthetic features, skills of reading and analyzing texts, conversation and elocution skills |
1120505 | Principles of Nutrition Science | 2 | - |
This course introduces the main concepts and principles of nutrition, nutrients metabolism in the body, nutrients bioenergy in the body. It explains unhealthy symptoms of bad nutrition, basic components of food from different sources, nutrition balance and its importance to the health of individuals and community. Moreover, it clarifies fresh, genetically modified, hydrogenated and processed food, the effect of these kinds of food on an healthy environment, nutrition needs of the body according to various physiological stages, bad and insufficient nutrition and their effects, nutrition and healthy diet programs and their role in solving health problems resulted from bad nutrition and healing chronic diseases. |
Second: Elective general courses
Course Number | Course Title | C.H | Prerequisite |
3210602 | Principles of General Administration | 3 | - |
This course introduces the concept of modern general administration, dimensions of general administrative, its connection with political science, legal introduction of general administration. It also includes definition, goals and stages of organization, definition, types, means and barriers of communication, definition and steps of decision making. Moreover, it studies administrative problems and their solutions, administrative planning importance, types and components, factors of administrative success, factors of administrative execution, and administrative evaluation and development | |||
1120305 | General Psychology | 3 | - |
This course introduces the concept of psychology, the growth of its school, fields of psychology, method of research in psychology. It clarifies biological principles of behavior, tools and techniques of studying the brain and the nervous system, sensation, attention, perception, developmental psychology, motivation, emotion learning, memory, thinking, cleverness, personality building, social interactions, understanding psyches, physiological and its solutions and good behavior environment. | |||
1210305 | Basics of New Math | 3 | - |
This course presents basics and principles of new math including stages of math development, mathematical vocabularies and expressions, logical mathematical thinking skills, patterns of mathematical expressions and sentences and skills of logical problem analysis. It helps students to reach conclusions through logical thinking, solve logical and mathematical problems through identifying their causes and components, solve mathematical equation and proof mathematical theories. | |||
1210504 | Human rights in Islam and International Agreements | 3 | - |
This course introduces the concept of the right and its categories. It helps students to compare between human rights in Islamic legislation and the law. This course explains the development stages of the right and their means of protection in Islamic legislation and international agreements. It also presents human rights in the constitution of UAE and human rights in various fields. | |||
1110302 | Sociology | 3 | - |
This course introduces the concept of sociology. It clarifies its appearance and its most famous Muslim and non-Muslim scholars. It also includes analyzing social behavior and its relation to social phenomena, studying social systems and variety of the community environment, and introducing the most important theories in sociology, community and development. | |||
1220504 | Islamic Civilization | 3 | - |
This course introduces the concept of civilization, and its relation to culture. It clarifies features of the Islamic civilization compared to the most important ancient and medieval civilizations. It also presents |
intellectual, religious, scientific, social, administrative, legislative, physical and architectural aspects of the Islamic civilization. | |||
1120405 | Advanced Computer Skills | 3:2- 2 | 1120402 |
This course aims to introduce advanced terminologies and applications in computer science through studying cloud computing, communication and collaboration platforms, learning management system, knowledge databases, online learning and work environment support, and concepts of cloud computing and its effects on business environment in the age of internet. This course also seeks to improve the student’s competency in online Office software package including: Forms, One Drive, Sway, Word Online, Power Point Online, and other applications focusing on employing them in business and education. It also develops the student’s skills in computer applications of scientific research through providing the student with concepts and basics of electronic research, employing knowledge databases specialized in Shariah and Law such as the inclusive library. Moreover, it includes communication and collaboration platforms employed in his\her study such as Microsoft Teams, Outlook and others, in addition to electronic data management by Excel and Access. |
Third: Department Compulsory Mutual Requirements
Course Number | Course Title | C.H | Prerequisite |
2110708 | Recitation and Memorization Rules 1 | 1: 1-1 | - |
This course includes the concept of recitation, types of mistakes, rules of Noon Sakinah and Tanween, Meem Sakinah, vowel prolongation, and pause and commence. It helps students to recite verses of the Qur’an applying advanced rules. It also requires memorizing the part 30 of the Qur’an. | |||
2110306 | Introduction to Islamic Legislation | 3 | - |
This course introduces Islamic legislation and jurisprudence and characteristics of each one. It clarifies the need for legislation, the relation of Islamic legislation to previous legislations and the law, and the history of Islamic jurisprudence since the age of the prophet. It highlights the efforts made in the service of Islamic Legislation and the challenges it faces these days. It also introduces the jurisprudential schools, its methodologies and terminologies, agreed and disagreed upon sources of Islamic legislation and a brief overview of jurisprudential rulings. | |||
3110107 | Introduction to Law | 3 | - |
This course includes two main parts:
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2220907 | Islamic Creed 1 | 3 | - |
This course introduces the Islamic creed including names of this science, rules of its study, definitions of the creed and science of creed clarifying differences between them. Moreover, it discusses subjects of faith, conditions of its responsibility, rulings of its intellectual reasoning and variety of scholars’ definitions. |
The first part is about theology. It introduces conventional and current proofs of God existence, principles of God’s names and characteristics, divisions of characteristics, opinion variety of Islamic theological schools, and subjects of fate, destiny and visions of dreams. | |||
1210604 | Methodologies of Scientific Research | 2:1.1 | 34 Credit hours |
This course clarifies the principles of scientific research, its various approaches, the relation between approaches of scientific research and logic, qualities of the researcher, means and tools of scientific research, scientific research plan, and methods of data collection. It also talks about resources and references in general, resources and references of Islamic legislation and the law in particular, science encyclopedia and glossaries, research on internet, examination and study of traditional texts, writing summaries and footnotes, principles of scientific research and practical applications. | |||
2310103 | Comparative Jurisprudence of Personal Status | 3 | 2110306 |
This course includes the following: The importance of family, provisions and effects of pre-marriage engagement, pillars and conditions of marriage. It also discusses various issues related to marriage including women with whom marriage would be illegal in Islam, rights in marriage, the authorized agent of the bride, competency in marriage, rulings of marriage conflicts, polygyny, and the role of the family guidance in solving marriage conflicts to avoid divorce. In addition, this course discusses the definition and types of divorce, rulings of divorce including revocable divorce, witnesses, payments, Khul’, the waiting period after divorce, children rights in addition to comparing all this in the UAE law. | |||
2320104 | Comparative Jurisprudence of wills and Inheritance | 3 | 2310103 |
This course includes the following: The first part is inheritance and it includes the definition, principles, importance and terminologies of the science of inheritance. This part also presents pillars, conditions, reasons, and impediments of inheritance, legacy and its related rights, quota heirs, members of residuary, inclusion and exclusion, estimated inheritance in cases of pregnancy, missing people and adultery. The second part is wills and it includes the definition, legislation, the reason, types and pillars of the will, in addition to explaining law of personal status for inheritance and wills applied in UAE. |
Fourth: Department Elective Mutual Requirements
Course Number | Course Title | C.H | Prerequisite |
2110104 | Maliki Jurisprudence of worships 1 | 3 | 2110306 |
This course includes the following subjects: Purification and its subdivisions like purified and defiled things, removing physical impurities, essentials and invalidations of wodu, Ghusl (the full-body ritual purification), Tayammum (dry ritual purification), menstruation and postpartum Praying and its subdivisions like times of prayers, adan (the call to prayers), prayers required and Sunnah elements, Sajdah of forgetfulness, Supererogatory prayers, sajdah of recitation, congregational prayers, , istikharah (asking guidance of God in a particular matter), prayers of the traveler, Friday prayer, fear prayer, Eid prayer, Solar Eclipse and Lunar Eclipse prayers, and funeral prayer | |||
2110105 | Shafi’i Jurisprudence of Worships 1 | 3 | 2110306 |
This course includes the following subjects: |
Purification and its subdivisions like purified and defiled things, removing physical impurities, essentials and invalidations of wodu, Ghusl (the full-body ritual purification), Tayammum (dry ritual purification), menstruation and postpartum Praying and its subdivisions like times of prayers, adan (the call to prayers), prayers required and Sunnah elements, Sajdah of forgetfulness, Supererogatory prayers, sajdah of recitation, congregational prayers, , istikharah (asking guidance of God in a particular matter), prayers of the traveler, Friday prayer, fear prayer, Eid prayer, Solar Eclipse and Lunar Eclipse prayers, and funeral prayer | |||
2120104 | Maliki Jurisprudence of Worships 2 | 3 | 2110104 |
This course includes the following subjects: Zakat (alms giving) and its subdivisions: amount and type of money on which zakat must be paid, mutual Zakat, methods of giving alms and its distribution, Zakat with debt, Investing zakat alms, the role of zakat in supporting small businesses. Fasting and its subdivisions: its proof, ruling of astronomical seeing, conditions of fasting, pillars of fasting, its principles and reprehensible actions, re-fasting Ramadan, optional fasting, forbidden days of fasting, fasting rulings for countries of long day, and rulings of I’tikaf (staying in a mosque for a certain number of days for performing worships) Pilgrimage: its obligatory proof, the difference between fard and wajeb according to Maliki jurisprudence, ruling of performing pilgrimage on behalf of someone, pillars of pilgrimage and conditions of each one, types of Ihram (performing the cleansing rituals and wearing the prescribed attire), chronological times, clarifying spatial times through pictures or video, types of tawaf (going around the Ka’ba), rules of Sa’i (going back and forth between Safa and marwa), standing on Arafa, ending Ihram, supplications of pilgrimage, manifestations of facilitation in pilgrimage of the prophet, rulings of visiting the prophet, * | |||
2120105 | Shafi’i Jurisprudence of Worship 2 | 3 | 2110105 |
This course includes the following subjects: Zakat (alms giving) and its subdivisions: amount and type of money on which zakat must be paid, mutual Zakat, methods of giving alms and its distribution, Zakat with debt, Investing zakat alms, the role of zakat in supporting small businesses. Fasting and its subdivisions: its proof, ruling of astronomical seeing, conditions of fasting, pillars of fasting, its principles and reprehensible actions, re-fasting Ramadan, optional fasting, forbidden days of fasting, fasting rulings for countries of long day, and rulings of I’tikaf (staying in a mosque for a certain number of days for performing worships) Pilgrimage: the proof of its obligatory, | |||
2210105 | Maliki Jurisprudence of Transactions 1 | 3 | 2120104 |
This course includes rulings of contracts and financial transactions in Maliki Jurisprudence to provide the student with the basic knowledge of financial transactions jurisprudence in Islam to understand wisdom of Islamic legislation in financial transactions jurisprudence. Therefore, this course clarifies trade provisions including usury, forbidden types of trade, lease, loan, mortgage, money transfer, warrant, liability, money seizure and Bankruptcy. | |||
2210106 | Shafi’i jurisprudence of Transactions 1 | 3 | 2120105 |
This course includes the following subjects: Transactions in Shafi’i jurisprudence including: trade and its pillars and conditions, rulings of allowed trades, forbidden trades, and reprehensible trades, usury lease, loan, mortgage, warrant, liability, money seizure, bankruptcy, and money transfer. | |||
2220105 | Maliki jurisprudence of transactions 2 | 3 | 2210105 |
This course includes rulings of contracts and financial transactions in Maliki Jurisprudence to provide the student with the basic knowledge of transactions jurisprudence to understand philosophy of Islamic |
legislation in financial transactions jurisprudence. Therefore, this course includes studying sharing contracts such as companies, in addition to the rights and commitments including compromise, acknowledgement and deposit. It also presents donations contracts like the gift, lend, and charity. | |||
2220106 | Shafi’i jurisprudence of Transactions | 3 | 2210106 |
This course studies types of transactions related to donation such as transfer of property without consideration, utilization, lost and found, useless land reclamation, deposits, financial endowment. It also includes sharing contracts as companies, procuration, sharecropping and all their related provisions such as coercion and acknowledgement. The student learns how to apply these transactions in reality clarifying the relation of the Islamic transactions to moral values. |
Fifth: Compulsory Specialized Requirements of Shari’a Department
Course Number | Course Title | C.H | Prerequisite |
2120807 | Sciences of the Holy Qur’an | 3 | - |
This course studies topics related to the Qur’an including its compliment, documentation and circumstances of its verses revelation, its proof and inimitability to be able to confront its unbelievers. It also presents schools, sources and methodologies of exegesis. It includes a preliminary study on the appearance of this science, and its most important traditional and new sources, studying the linguistic and legislative meanings of the Qur’an, its names, inimitability, translation, the difference between the Qur’an and the holy Hadith, the linguistic and legislative meanings of revelation and its evidence, the oral revelation of the Qur’an, the first reveled part and the last, Makki and Madani, reasons of its verses revelation, the different readings of the Qur’an, refuting suspensions of orientalists and exegetes, compilation of the Qur’an in the ages of the prophet, Abu Baker and Othman, the Othmanic codex, order of verses and Surah, ambiguous and unambiguous parts of the Qur’an, abrogation in the Qur’an and its types, defining what is allowed and what is not, refuting suspicions, the meaning of exegesis, its sources and types, jurisprudential exegesis of the schools | |||
2120608 | Introduction to Sunnah | 3 | - |
This course includes the following subjects: The sole of Sunnah in Islamic legislation, its proof, refuting suspicious issues related to Sunnah, science of documenting the chain of narrators, studying the history of science of Hadith growth, its most important writers, types and components of Hadith including: authentic by itself, authentic according to another Hadith, hasan(good) by itself, hasan (good) according to another Hadith, weak, musnad, marfoo’, mawqouf, maqtou’, mursal, monqate’, mo’dal, mo’anan, fabrication, abnormality, mo’allal, modraj, maqloub, and fabricated hadith This course also presents foundations of judging narrators through principles of discrediting and accrediting, identifying the credibility of the narrator, principles of narrating and studying Hadith, Hadith of short or long chain of narrators, and other types of hadiths as mashhor, aziz, ghareeb, mosalsal, nasikh, mansokh, and morsal khafi. | |||
2120406 | Foundation of Jurisprudence 1 | 3:2-2 | 2110306 |
This course includes the following subjects: Introducing science of jurisprudence, its goals and its effects, comparing it with other sciences of jurisprudence, jurisprudential rules, purposes, science of foundational rules, clarifying the definition of legislative ruling, categories of legislative ruling, principles of legislative ruling and its subjects, pillars of legislative ruling, issues related to charge and obligation |
2210708 | Recitation and Memorization rules 2 | 1: 1-1 | 2110708 |
This course includes identifying general and detailed places of articulation, opposite and neutral adjectives and their effect on recitation. The practical part of the course aims to train the student to recite verses of the Qur’an accurately in accordance with advanced rules studies in course recitation 1, in addition to memorize the part 29 of the Qur’an | |||
2210407 | Foundations of jurisprudence 2 | 3:2-2 | 2120406 |
This course includes the following subjects: Introducing agreed and disagreed upon sources of Islamic legislation, understanding the proof of the Qur’an and its included rulings, the proof of Sunnah and its included rulings, ahad hadith and disagreement on its authenticity, consensus and its categories, analogy and proofs of rejecters and acceptors, definition of I’lla (reason) and its conditions, istihsan (preference for particular judgements) and its proof, definition of maslaha (public interest) and its proof, Urf (custom or knowledge of a community) and its categories, rulings modification according to Urf changes, blocking the means to an expected forbidden thing, definition of istishab (continuity) and its proof, rulings deduced according to the principle of continuity, the prophet companions sayings, actions of people of Madina and opinion of Imam Malik about them, past traditions and disagreement on its validity | |||
2210810 | Authentication of Legislative rulings from the Qur’an and Sunnah | 3 | 2120608 |
This course includes the following subjects: Introducing methods of legislative rulings authentication referring to the Qur’an and Sunnah, clarifying this through rulings of permitted food and drinks, types of thakat (the way of eating Halal animals) and its rulings Hunting, butcher, Odhya (animal sacrifice in Eid Al-Adha), Aqiqa (animal sacrifice for a child’s birth) Jihad, its rulings and types Oath and vow and verses of the Qur’an include their rulings | |||
2320810 | Analytical Exegesis | 3 | - |
This course includes the following: Definition of analytical exegesis, its growth, importance, methodology and applications from Al-Imran taking into consideration the readings, the historical context of the verses, linguistic analysis of words and letters including: meaning, implication, syntax and morphology, I’rab and its relation to exegesis, rhetorical analysis, and explaining guidelines and rulings included in the verses in various fields. | |||
2220208 | Contemporary medical jurisprudential research | 3 | 2110306 |
This course includes the following: Introducing the emerging jurisprudential issues in new medicine and the related jurisprudential opinions, which achieves the purpose of Islam and its legislations, understanding principles of making jurisprudential judgments on the emerging medical issues in accordance with Islamic legislation. Therefore, the course presents the following subjects: cloning, IFV, organ donation, miscarriages, birth control, DNA, surrogacy, plastic surgery, milk banks, genetic therapy, methods of menstruation delay and their effect on performing worships, medical fertilization, medical factors of breaking the fast. | |||
2310505 | Jurisprudential Rules | 3 | 2210407 |
This course includes the following subjects: Introducing science of jurisprudential rules, meaning of the jurisprudential rule, the difference between the jurisprudential and fundamental rule, the appearance of jurisprudential rules, its important and development, the difference between the jurisprudential rule and jurisprudential theory, clarifying jurisprudential rules and applying them. First: the major five inclusive rules, their different applications, exceptions, and their sub-rules |
Second: the minor inclusive rules, its proofs, subdivisions, exceptions as the following rules: if halal and haram meets together, haram overpowers, and the ruler’s behavior towards people depends on interests Third: rules for particular issues, clarifying their purpose, subdivisions, exceptions as the rule: Every dead creature is polluted except fish and locusts, everything cut from an alive creature is like the dead, praying on the roadside is reprehensible except the wilds Fourth: debatable rules clarifying its meaning, subdivisions, differences, as the following issues: which should be considered in contracts the meaning of their vocabularies or their purposes, the foundation is to allow or to forbid | |||
2210611 | Legislative Rules authentication from the Qur’an and Sunnah 2 | 21206083 | |
This course is complementary to the course of legislative rules authentication from the Qur’an and Sunnah 1. It includes jurisprudential subjects not discussed in other courses of jurisprudence. It involves exegesis and inference of jurisprudential proofs of the Qur’an and Sunnah on the following subjects: Fatiha and its related rulings, rulings of magic, marrying disbelievers, believers and disbelievers governance, women forbidden to be married, relation between husband and a wife and their disputes, alcohol and intoxicants, piracy, proper clothes for men and women, the relationship with parents, prayers and salutations for the prophet, prohibiting statues and killing the prisoner | |||
2320612 | Analytical Hadith | 3 | 2120807 |
This course includes the following subjects: Introduction to analytical hadith, its importance, its most important books, the difference between analytical and thematic hadith, and studying more than 20 hadiths from the six books and Muwatta for Imam Malik. Studying these hadiths includes clarifying linguistic and rhetorical aspects, and included rulings regarding jurisprudence, creed, and morals. This enables the student to understand hadith to solve contemporary emerging issues clarifying the methodology of inferring, combining, and comparing between different meanings and opinions. | |||
2310904 | Islamic Creed 2 | 3 | 2220907 |
This course introduces the three categories of the creed, and these are: prophecy with clarifying the difference between prophecy and the message and conditions of each one, miracles features, manifestations of the Qur’an inimitability, dignity and creation ranks, cosmic facts, the nature of humanity, spirit and mind, fact of death, categories of angles, fact of jinn, Barzakh (the phase happening between death and resurrection), the concealed issues, resurrection, hashr (people congregation on the doomsday), intercession, heaven and hell, forgiveness, and relating these issues to faith clarifying their effect on people’s lives | |||
2310606 | Jurisprudence of Syrah | 3 | - |
This course includes the following: Introducing Syrah and its features and sources, studying incidents in Syrah and its stages to know the prophet’s life from birth to death, analyzing incidents and situations in the prophet’s journey of dawah and dealing with Muslims and non-Muslims in war and peace, concluding lessons and jurisprudential rulings, studying the prophet’s family life and his way of dealing with members of his family, introducing the status of the prophet’s family, clarifying the role of the prophet’s companions in inviting people to Islam, and refuting suspicious issues related to syrah | |||
2310608 | Foundations of Hadith Authentication | 2: 2-1 | 2120608 |
This course including the following: Studying principles of hadith authentication, methodologies followed in hadith books classification, methods of authentication, ways of using computer in authentication, sources and references of authentication |
Introducing foundations of studying the chain of narrators, books of jarh and ta’dil (accepted and declined narrations), methods of credibility evaluation of narrators, steps of evaluating hadith’s degree of authentication, ways of benefiting from ancient and late narrators’ evaluation, and practical applications | |||
2410210 | Contemporary Financial Transactions | 3 | 2220105 2220106 |
This course introduces the emerging jurisprudential issues related to financial transactions, jurisprudence of contemporary financial transactions, its characteristics and foundations of examining issues. It discusses the following topics: Islamic banks, its characteristics and actions, traditional and Islamic bank services such as wire transfer, letter of credit, bank deposits, investing money in Islamic banks, leasing ended with purchase, money markets, shares and debentures, insurance and its types including commercial, cooperative and social, credit cards, traditional and contemporary coins and their related rulings | |||
2320705 | Recitation and Memorization rules 3 | 1: 1-1 | 2210708 |
This course introduces rules of convergent and symmetric, hamzat al-wasl in nouns and verbs ant its effect on recitation, sakt and its places, the connected and separated, subjects related to ta’at in the Qur’an, roum and ashmam subjects. This course also require reciting parts of the Qur’an applying studied rules accurately, in addition to memorizing the 28th part of the Qur’an. | |||
2321106 | Readings in Islamic Legislation in English | 2 | 1110203 |
This course aims to familiarize the student with accurate translations of Sharia terminologies and rulings in English as stated in the Qur’an and Hadith through analyzing some of these texts and conveying their meanings in English accurately. | |||
2320208 | Comparative Jurisprudential Issues | 3 | 2110306 |
This course introduces science of comparative jurisprudence through particular debatable issues on worships, personal status, and transactions. It includes reasons of scholars disagreement and its benefits, linking precedent arguments with debatable contemporary issues, and clarifying points of agreement and disagreement It also presents scholars disagreement and comparisons between their opinions in the following issues: First: worships: purification and defilement, their places, removing filth by contemporary cleaners, money for which zakat is mandatory, zakat for shares and debentures, time of fasting, witnessing the moon by modern machines and satellites, consensus of moon witness, the conditions of ability and obtaining a permission for pilgrimage Second: Personal status: disagreement on seeing fiancée, conducting marriage through writing, effects of engagement breaking off, marrying with an intention of divorce, misyar marriage and marrying through internet. Third: transactions: types of rights, monetary form of benefits, rights of intellectual property, absolute sale, debatable conditions of salam sale (full payment is made in advance), payment guarantees in installment sale, monopoly and pricing and their modern applications | |||
2410402 | Foundations of Jurisprudence 3 | 3 | 2210407 |
This course includes the following subjects: Introducing semasiology including: derivation, synonymy, homonymy, lexical and figurative parts of speech, *uttered and perceived signification, forms of prevention and command and their related issues, the general and its signification, the private and its signification, contradiction of the general and the private, specification and abrogation, exception and its conditions, the absolute and restricted, Mojmal (contextual) | |||
2410203 | Jurisprudence of judiciary and proofing methods | 3: 2-2 | 2310103 |
This course includes the following: Introducing judiciary system in Islam and its categories, qualifications of the judge and the reference of his actions |
Defining Lawsuit and its provisions, legitimacy, pillars, conditions, types regarding conditions, subject and place, distinguishing between the claimant and the defendant, procedures of examining a lawsuit, judgment acceleration, manners should be followed in lawsuits Proof methods: testimology, acknowledgement, oath, writings, old and new evidence, experience, observation, the judge’s knowledge, judgment on the absent and contradiction of proofs This course also includes defining jurisprudential decision and its conditions, types of decision and its effect on the defendant, case review on appealing or cassation, implementing decisions, conditions and procedures of implementation All this is studied in Islamic jurisprudence compared with the UAE law | |||
2420510 | Ijtihad, Ifta’ and purposes of Shari’a | 3 | 2310505 2410402 |
This course includes the following subjects: The definition, legitimacy, importance conditions of ijtihad, and ijtihad of the prophet and his companions, the ijtihad approach of the prophet’s companions after his death, and the approach of the followers, in addition to qualities and statuses of those performing ijtihad. The definition, conditions and principles of fatwa, the qualities and principles of mufti, fatwa change according to the time, place and circumstances, collective reasoning, jurisprudential assemblies and its role in promoting reasoning. Purposes of Islamic legislation, its proofs, explaining Shari’a provisions, the benefit of these purposes and applying them in contemporary jurisprudence, provisions of ijtihad in light of these purposes, jurisprudence of priority | |||
2421204 | Graduation Seminar | 2 | 90 credit hour |
This course aims to prepare the student for graduate studies. The student cannot graduate and get the bachelor degree of Sharia unless s\he conducts a graduation research in the last semester and then the committee approves the research. A member of the teaching staff becomes the supervisor of the student, helps him\her to choose the subject, directs him\her in the stages of the research and facilitates procedures of submitting and discussing the research. | |||
2420201 | Criminal Jurisprudence | 3 | 2110306 |
This course includes a general study on crimes and penalties and the philosophy adopted by the Islamic criminal legislation, types of crime including: Hudud (limits) crimes, prostitution, apostasy, theft, fornication, drinking alcohol, piracy, in addition to their methods of proof, their penalties and their implementation Qisas of murder or bodily injury, clarifying its conditions and methods of proof Diya (financial compensation) and its types including diya for murder or bodily harm Tazir (punishment for offenses at the discretion of the judge), its rulings and regulations Refuting suspicious issues related to punishments in Islam All this is studied in Islamic jurisprudence compared with the UAE law |
Sixth: Elective Specialized Requirements of Shari’a Department
Course Number | Course Title | C.H | Prerequisite |
2310607 | Studies in Hadith Science | 3 | 2120608 |
This course includes the following subjects: Introducing Sunnah, its proof, its role in Islamic legislation, writing sunnah in the prophet age and after, the difference between writing and documentation, Sunnah in the age of the four caliphs and the followers, |
suspicious issues related to sunnah in the age of the prophet’s companions and after, orientalists’ point of view on Sunnah, inimitability of Sunnah, contemporary suspensions about Sunnah and their refuting methodology | |||
2410806 | Thematic Exegesis | 3 | 2120807 |
This course includes the following subjects: Definition of thematic exegesis, its growth, importance, types including terminology, theme of surah and qur’anic theme, methodologies of each type, and applications on each type. | |||
2321009 | Methods of da’wa and Oration | 3 | - |
This course includes the following: Introducing the concept of da’wa, its purposes and evidence, the first caller to Islam the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and revelation inspired to him, examples of the prophet’s life with his companions and opponents, qualities of the inviter, methods of inviting, the relation of invitation to Islam to gradual methodology in legislation, the relation of understanding psychologies to foundations of da’wa, taking the addressee’s culture and language into consideration, the benefits of inviting people to God in life and hereafter, and intellectuality of the inviter Defining oration, clarifying its types and the characteristics of each type, divisions of orations, making references in orations, qualities of the orator, resources of orations and the relation of oration to other sciences | |||
2410207 | Jurisprudence of International Relations | 3 | 2110306 |
This course revolves around a major subject, which is the relationship between Muslims and others. It discusses the international relations and the international law in Islam regarding their definitions, bases, and principles of managing relations between countries in peace concerning the foundation of international relations with non-Muslims is peace or war? Comparing between rules of Islamic jurisprudence and contemporary international legislations regarding international relations. It also includes rules of jihad in Islamic jurisprudence, definitions of dar al-Islam and dar al-harb (war), agreements, reconciliations, rulings of international agreements in Islamic jurisprudence, basics of managing international relations in war, legitimacy and motives of war in Islam, when to declare ware and how to end it, and its effect on people and money. It also refutes suspicions of extremists including claim of community ignorance, the relation of governance to excommunication from Islam, principality in beliefs of Islamic groups (jama’a) and spreading Islam by the sword. It clarifies definitions of tolerance, coexistence, and citizenship. | |||
2421005 | Contemporary intellectual currents | 3 | - |
This course talks about intellectual and philosophical features of the modern age in the context of cultures dialogue, cultures and civilizations conflict, globalization and the relation of Islamic culture to all that. It specifically discusses contemporary atheism, its symbols, factors of its appearance, communism branched off atheism, Darwin’s theory of evolution, existentialism, absurdism, contemporary secularism, opinions raised about it, its thoughts (on religion, state, and community), contemporary pragmatics, relativism, negative and positive effects of globalization on the Islamic and Arab worlds, and the relation of Islamic intellect to all this. | |||
2320908 | Islamic Sects | 3 | 2220907 |
Introducing the concept of Islamic sect and factors of its growth, clarifying the effect of Islamic sects on the creed and the community, studying circumstances of their appearance and principles of these sects: Khawarej, Murji’a, Qadariya, jabriya, Ta’teel currents including Jahamya and Mo’tazila, Tajseem currents |
including Moqatelya, Salimya and Karamya, Shi’ism including Twelvers, Ismailis, and Zaydi in addition to the most important Batinyya (esoteric) groups distinguishing them form the Islamic sects | |||
3120707 | Law and political systems | 3 | - |
It is prescribed in the requirements of bachelor of Law | |||
3220608 | Administrative Law | 3 | 3110107 |
It is prescribed in the requirements of bachelor of Law | |||
3210810 | Criminology | 3 | 3110107 |
It is prescribed in the electives of bachelor of Law |
Seventh: Preliminary Requirements of Bachelor of Shari’a
000011 | Basics of Arabic Language 1 | 3 | - |
This course includes the most important concepts and components to understand the Arabic Language. It helps students to identify parts of the sentence and their relation to each other, realize the linguistic function of the Arabic sentence elements, locate linguistic mistakes in their writings and how to solve them, and improve their writing and reading skills to express their thoughts in Arabic properly without mistakes. This shall be achieved through applying the rules in their daily writings and engaging in various conversations in order to improve language used un daily communication. | |||
000012 | Calligraphy and Dictation | 3 | - |
This course includes the basics of analyzing Arabic calligraphy to enhance the student’s taste of the beauty of calligraphy, imitation of creative calligraphy patterns, overview of history of calligraphy through different historical ages, techniques of Arabic calligraphy, studying the different types of Arabic calligraphy regarding appearance, growth, the most important pioneers, application of their rules in an attempt to improve their writing performance in calligraphy through practicing accurate and clear writing at a reasonable speed and imitation of good samples of calligraphy precisely | |||
000014 | Basics of Islamic Jurisprudence 1 | 3 | - |
This course studies rules of purification in its all divisions. It also studies sections of water, wadu’ nullification, and other related issues such as Tayamum | |||
000015 | Basics of Monotheism | 3 | - |
This course includes concepts of faith, monotheism, creed, reason, will, psyche, science, suspicion and its relation to the creed, the new believers and Muslims. This course clarifies the meaning of faith through discussing principles of the creed and their evidence, correct perception of the meaning of believing in God, manifestations of faith, and its benefits | |||
000016 | Prophetic Guidance | 3 | - |
This presents includes the most important lessons, benefits and prophetic instructions deduced form exegesis of Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadith briefly including explanation of hadith vocabularies, lessons concluded from each hadith, the main foundational principles of jurisprudence mentioned in each hadith. | |||
000021 | Basics of Arabic Language 2 | 3 | Basics of Arabic Language 1 |
This course includes the most important concepts and components to understand the Arabic Language. It helps students to realize the linguistic function of the Arabic sentence elements to enable them to express their thoughts and needs in Arabic peoperly. This shall be achieved through locating and solving linguistic mistakes, applying syntactic, rhetorical and morphological rules in their daily writings, and engaging in various conversations that show full understanding of linguistic rules. In this course, the students acquire |
the ability to identify mistakes in written and oral speech in order to improve their linguistic skills in communication. | |||
000022 | Readings | 3 | - |
This course introduces the most important concepts to understand, explain and analyze Arabic literature. It helps students to identify the parts of literary texts and their relation to each other, and understand linguistic functions of Arabic expressions included in the texts. This course also acquaints the students with the experience of Arabic writers, their methods in discussing issues and presenting them to the audience as samples of perfect writing and speech in order to help them understand implications and techniques of phrasing. This contributes to improve the linguistic taste, analyzing and solving problems, and evaluating readings and writings of the students. | |||
000024 | Basics of Islamic Jurisprudence 2 | 3 | Basics of Islamic Jurisprudence1 |
This course studies rulings of praying including times, conditions, pillars of prayers. It also presents rulings of the patient’s prayer, inattention, and other rulings. | |||
000025 | Basics of Monotheism 2 | 3 | Basics of Monotheism 1 |
This course studies explanation of Um Al-barahin by Abu Abdullah Mohammed Al-Sonosi, which clarifies what things are obligatory, allowed and forbidden in the right of God presenting mental and transferred evidence on each characteristic. | |||
000026 | Basics of logic and foundation Sciences | 3 | - |
This course introduces science of logic including its history, pioneers, definition, categories and most important subjects. It presents the right intellectual methodology, methods of phrasing definitions of terminologies, logical rules and its relation to science of Jurisprudence foundations, principles of inference in the creed and science of wade’. This science also introduces science of jurisprudence foundations, its objectives and benefits, definition of legislative rulings, its categories, topics, pillars and other related issues, in addition to the issue of obligation in Islamic legislation. | |||
000013 | English Language 1 | 3 | - |
This course takes learners through a process approach to speaking. It prepares learners to speak well and try to make conversations with others. The focus of this course is on grammar and speaking skills. | |||
000023 | English Language 2 | 3 | English Language 1 |
This course takes learners through a process approach to writing. It prepares learners to write well- organized and accurate paragraphs and short compositions. The focus of this course is on grammar and paragraph writing skills. |