Course Description of B.A. Degree
General subjects for all University students.
IC 101 Introduction to Islamic Culture (2 credit-hours)
This subject aims to introduce the student to the Islamic culture; manifestation of the Muslims attitude towards other cultures; explaining the characteristics of Islam, such as: Universality, Comprehensibility, integrity, consistency with human nature (instinct), reason, and science. This subject also explains the Islamic tenet and its fundamentals, such as: To believe in Allah, the Hereafter, the Angles, the Holy Books, the Messengers, and Divine Destiny.
IC 102 The Role of Islam in the Construction of Society (2 credit-hours)
This course studies the following: The concept of the Muslim society; its basics, its method and characteristics, means of consolidating its social ties; the most important social problems, the Islamic philosophy of family affairs, marriage: its introductory formalities, aims and effects. It also deals with ways of strengthening the family bonds.
IC 103 The Islamic Economic System (2 credit-hours)
This course depicts the Islamic concept of life, the nature of man, the basic constituents of the Islamic economics and its objectives, it studies as well the legal evidences of these topics. It also explains the opinion of Islam toward finance, ownership, production, maintenance, conception, distribution of wealth, and the exchange in the Islamic Economic system.
IC 104 Fundamentals of Isl. Political System (2 credit-hours)
This subject contains the following: Introduction to the Political System and its fundamentals; the Islamic Political System is the best system for human societies to follow and apply; the rise up of Islamic State during the Prophet's lifetime, Caliphate, and the fundamentals of State.
IC 111 Introduction to Quranic Sciences (2 credit-hours)
The course discusses the following: definition of the Quran and its Sciences; the revelation of the Quran, reasons for revelation, the Makki and Madani and their characteristics; the collection of the Quaranic manuscripts and its stages; Writing of the Quran and its rules of dictation, the arrangement of the verses and chapters "sowar"; the miraculous aspects of the Quran; refuting false allegations.
IC 113 Foundations of Quranic Interpretation (3 credit-hours)
This subject studies the following: definition of interpretation "Tafsir", its conditions, sources, and types. It deals with the conditions of the interpreter, and the most important Sunnit's book of Tafsir. It also studies the foundations of "Tafsir" of other sects, and evaluating their most important books.
IC 114 Introduction to the Sciences of Hadith (3 credit-hours)
This subject contains the following: the definition of the Sunna, its: Status, cogency, and authority, the stages of its recording (documentation), the attitudes towards it in the past and present, the efforts exerted to serve it, and introducing the most famous book of Sunna.
IC 115 The Quranic Sciences (2 credit-hours)
This subject discusses the following: the meaning of " the Seven Letters";
the science of recitation: its formation, differences, number .. ; abrogation: its proofs, parts, scholars opinion toward it; the firm "Al-Muhkam" and the similitude "Al-Motashabih": its definition, controls and the scholars attitude towards it; the translation of the Quran: is it permissible or not? Its types, and the need for it.
IC 117 Quranic Interp. (Tafsir) - B - (3 credit-hours)
This subject is an analytical and evaluative study of modern trends (schools) of "Tafsir": the scientific trend, the rhetorical trend, the socio-litral trend as shown in the works of Mohd. Abdu "Tafsir" and Sayyid Qutb "Fi Zilalil Quran", and the Contemporary heretical (atheistic) trend: its motives, types and its most important figures and books.
IC 118 Traditions of the Pro. Mohd. (Hadith) - I (2 credit-hours)
This subject concentrates on the two most important books of Hadith: Sahil - Al Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. The student is introduced to these books, the methods, and the literature written about them. He also studies some traditions from each one of them.
IC 122 The Tenet of the Sunnites - I (2 credit-hours)
This course defines the following: the Sunnites, their method of understanding Quaran and "Sunna" (Traditions), their opinion toward Quran Interp., their faith in Divine attributes, resurrection, Angles and their relationship with the Divine action in the light of the principle of causality in Islam.
IC 123 The Sunnites Opinion Toward Sects - I (2 credit-hours)
This subject manifests the importance of agreement of Muslims on the origins of the faith; it explains the historical, social, and psychological causes which lead to the growth of sects; it studies in details the sects of: Kharigites, Shiites, and the Rafidites Shiites.
IC 124 The Sun. Refutation of Mus. Theo. Claims - I (2 credit-hours).
This course studies the following: Definition of Muslim theology, its subject matters, the causes which leads to its growth, the opinion of Sunnites toward it; it studies, also, the thoughts of the sects, such as: Gadariya, Jahamiya, anthropomorphics, a detailed study of the Muatazila sect, and the Sunnites refutation of their allegations.
IC 125 The Sunnites Opinion Toward Sects -B (2 credit-hours)
This course contains: A definition of esoteric sects in the Islamic World, such as: Qaramati, Ismaili, Nusairi, Druze, Babi, Bahai, and Gadyaniya, regarding their growth, and beliefs, and opinion of the Sunnites toward them.
IC 132 Isl. Jurisp. of Worship -II (2 credit-hours)
This material considers the following items: "Zakat" (Alms giving), its legality (mandate); on whom it is incumbent, conditions determining responsibility for the payment of "Zakat" dues,; the taxability of wealth; the rate of payment; the lawful beneficiaries of "Zakat"; charity or donations, Islamic attitude towards it; to whom it should be given, what kind of money should be donated, pilgrimage; how to become a pilgrim, the different kinds of state of ritual consecration "Ihram", the acts of pilgrim from the start to the end; minor pilgrimage "Ummra", and its rituals.
IC 134 Islamic Jurisp. of Wills & Inheritance (2 credit-hours)
This matter studies the following objects: the will "Wasiya": its meaning, regulations, relevant provisions of the law regarding it, the testator, the testatrix, and the conditions of its beneficiaries; the inheritance: its conditions, reasons for the eligibility of inheritance, prohibitor of it, introduction to the terminology of it, introduction to the terminology of this subject, such as: descendant leaving no heirs "Kalal", reduction of shares of the heirs "Awl", repulse "Rud", abolishment "Monasakha", a waiver "Takharoj" and etc.
IC 135 Islamic Jurisp. of Worship -B (2 credit-hours)
This course tackles the following questions: Retiring into a mosque for devotion "I'tikaf", its regulations and virtues; the sacrifice-immolation of slaughtering an animal, its virtues and conditions; the sacrificing of animals in accordance with Isl. Jurisp., child-naming sacrifice "Al'Aqiqa", the oath, its kinds, its disengagement and its expiatory gift; vow "Annathr", its kinds, its legality, its expiatory gift "atonement" and its fulfillment on behalf of the deceased.
IC 136 Islamic Jurisp. of Penalties - I (2 credit-hours)
This course aims to: introduce the student to retaliation "Qisas", blood money "Diya", discretionary punishment and their legal ruling. The student studies the crime and punishment in general and the felonies in particular, such as all kinds of killing. He studies different sorts of legal impediments "Mawani" regarding penalties. He studies compurgation "Qasama", discretionary penalties and given some examples of it, such as bribery.
IC 212 Term of Prophet Mohammad (Pbuh) Traditions - I (3 credit-hours)
This subject studies the rise of this science, and some important terms, such as: authentic or sound "Sahih", approved or fair "Hassan", weak "Dha'if", and the divisions of each categories.
IC 213 Traditions (Hadith) of Prophet Mohammad (Pbuh) -II (2 credit-hours)
This matter discusses the Four Books of Sunna, plus "Sunan Addarimi", it deals with their authors, methods, terminology or idioms, and the explanations of these books. The student should memorize and study five traditions from each book.
IC 214 Qur. Interp. (Tafsir) - II (2 credit-hours)
This subject introduces the student to the traditional schools of "Tafsir" (Attafsir bil Mathur). He studies in detail the Opening Chapter "Surat Alfatiha" and 20 verses of the Cow Chapter "Suratul Baqara" from The book of Ibn Jarir Atabari. The student also studies the characteristics of this trend.
IC 222 Introduction to Islamic Tenet (2 credit-hours)
This material clarifies the meaning and the importance of the tenet, the sources of Isl. Tenet, its properties, compared with other tenet; a definition of the origins of the tenet, and method of the Sunnites in studying the origins of the tenet, objective presentation of the going astray in the tenet's studies of mus. Theologians, mystics and philosophers.
IC 223 Islamic Tenet (2 credit-hours)
It studies: the essentials of the Islamic tenet by manifestation of the meaning of Monotheism, its kinds,; the belief in: Angles, Books of Allah, and His Apostles; It presents the Sunnites doctrine in prophecy; the belief in the Last Day, the belief in Destiny whether good or bad.
IC 224 Greek Logic & Mus. Critique of it (2 credit-hours)
This subject contains the following: definition of logic regarding its growth, its influences by the idolatry believes, study of its main subjects such as Conceptions, assents, etc., Muslim critique of logic, especially the critique of Al-Shafi'I, Ibn Assalah, and Assiyuti. It points out the influence of logic upon Islamic sciences.
IC 225 The Sunnites Refutation of Mus. Theo. Claims -B (2 credit-hours)
This subject deals with the following: Study of the doctrines of Al-Asha'ira and Al-Matoridiya in regards to their growth, the historical stages of each one, the opinions of their founders, and different problems of Muslim theology compared with the doctrine of Sunnites.
IC 227 The Opinion of Isl. Toward Philo. -I (2 credit-hours)
This class demonstrates the aspects of differences between religion and philosophy regarding to their origins and results. It contains: a summary of the evaluation of Greek Philosophy, the means by which it had taken its way to the Islamic World, the distinguished thinkers who were affected by it, such as Al-Kindi and Al-Farabi, their trials to harmonize between it and religion, especially the trial of Ibn Roshd.
IC 232 Introduction to Isl. Jurisp. (2 credit-hours)
This course deals with the following issues: the study of the history of Isl.
Jurisp. during its different periods: the Prophetic era, his companions era and their successors, the period which witnessed the emergence of the Four Schools of Islamic Jurisp., the period of recession and then the renaissance of Isl. Jurisp. in the modern age which witnesses the emergence of: drafting and formulation of the Islamic Jurisp. in forms of theories and different kinds of encyclopedias.
IC 234 Islamic Jurisp. of Institution -I (2 credit-hours)
This subject introduces the student to the Islamic political system; its theory, the state foundations, the source of the rule, which are: Quran, Sunna, consensus "Ijma" and independent reasoning (Ijtihad); state origin, the foundations of authority in Islam, It studies the institution of caliphate in Islam and its main principles.
IC 235 Islamic Jurisp. of Transactions -I (2 credit-hours)
This course deals with: Contract of sale: its legal rulings and conditions, its kinds of options, and its pre-requisites; excess usury; different kinds of sales contracts, e.g.: V.'a livrer (advance sale-"Salam"), intrigues "Mosana'a", sale at a profit "Fasid":; contract of bill of exchange; guarantee, mortgage, and tenancy (hire & lease).
IC 236 Islamic Jurisp. of Punishments -II (2 credit-hours)
This course considers the following items: Punishments "Hodud" stipulated in Quran and Sunna for the following crimes: Adultery, slander, the drinking of alcohol, theft, highway robber, apostasy, and outrage; the conditions of each crime and the nature and the degree of its punishment; the confusedness or dubiousness which prevents the infliction of punishment "Had".
IC 238 Islamic Jurisp. of Institutions -B (2 credit-hours)
This material discusses: the Isl. Judiciary system, the Isl. Administrative system and comparison with secular systems.
IC 313 Quranic Interpretation (Tafsir) - III (2 credit-hours)
This subject concentrates on the different trends and methods of Tafsir as well: 1) Anfal Sura, from the Books of Al-Qortobi and Annasafi, 2) Safat Sura, from the book of Ibn Kathir and Al-Baydhawi. He should compare among the methods, and takes a written exam on the two Suras.
IC 314 Traditions of the Prophet Mohammad (Pbuh) (Hadith) - III (2 credit-hours)
This syllabus deals with the following books of Hadith: Mowata Malik, Mosnad Ahmad, Sahih Ibn Khozayma, Sahih Ibn Hiban, Al-Mo'jam Alkabir of Attabarani, Almostadrak of AlHakim. The tudent should read short biograpy of each of these authors, their methods, as well as studying and memorizing five Hadiths from each book.
IC 316 Terminology of the Prophet Mohammad (Pbuh) Trad. -II (2 credit-hours)
Here the student studies the methods of the scholars in categorizing the narrators, and the influence of these methods in judging the authenticity of the Hadiths. He also should be introduced to the most important sources and references of this subject.
IC 317 Fundamentals "Usul" of Islamic Jurisp. -I (2 credit-hours)
Here the student studies introductions to this subject, such as: its topics, roots and growth. He studies in details its sources, which are: The Quran, Sunna, consensus and analogy "Qiyas". Then he studies in general the other sources, such as: application of discretion in a legal decision (Approbation/"Istihsan"), public interest, custom & the prophet's companions sayings.
IC 322 The Tenet of the Sunnites - II (2 credit-hours)
This course illustrates in details the definition of the tenet of Sunnites, their method of understanding the Book and Prophet Mohammad's (Pbuh) Vis-a Vis the opinions and methods of other Islamic sects. All that is in the light of the exposure of their understanding of the revelation, faith, prophecy, its proofs and properties, destiny and basics of moral conduct, and their relation with predestination.
IC 323 The Isl. Opinion Toward Schools of Modern and Cont. Thought (2 credit-hours)
This class deals with: Verification of the Islamic tenet in Allah, and confutation of the allegations of those who deny Allah's existence in some contemporary doctrines such as Marxism, and existentialism, discussion of the Materialism in regard to their conception of cosmos, the Sunnites refutation of their thoughts, explaining the "Quiddity" (Essence) of man, discussing the theory of evolution and free will of man in existentialism in the light of Islamic conception about mankind.
IC 324 Sufism in the Light of Islam (2 credit-hours)
This topic deals with: definition of Sufis, its emergence; life of Sufis, and their tenets, such as: annihilation, incarnation, union, pantheism; the effect of Sufi conceptions in the recession of Islamic civilization; the opinions of Muslim scholars toward Sufism, concentrating on the critique of Ibn Aljawzi and Ibn Taymiya of Sufism.
IC 327 The Opinion of Isl. Toward Philos. -II (2 credit-hours)
This syllabus includes the following topics: to manifest the aspect of difference between the Isl. Religion and philosophy, according to their sources and the methods of each one. This will be in the course of presentation of the philosophers tenets in Divinity, their concept of: existence, anteriority of the universe, prophecy, divine messages, and resurrection; demonstration of the opinion of Muslim scholars in general toward these doctrines, especially that of Alghazali and Ibn Taymiya.
IC 335 Islamic Jurisp. of Transactions - II (2 credit-hours)
The contents of this syllabus are: sleeping partnership "Modharaba" contract; power of attorney "Wakala"; different kinds of companies such as: (Capital) partnership, labor partnership, and general partnership; crop-sharing "Mozara'a" contract; donation (gift/grant); remuneration "Ja'ala"; loans; bankruptcy; reconciliation-arbitration "Solh", and the judgment and conditions of all these kinds of contracts, partnerships and disposals.
IC 338 Islamic Jurisp. of Transaction -B (2 credit-hours)
This course covers: usurpation and its legal consequences preemption "Shofa": its rationale behind and conditions; lending "I'ara" its conditions; deposit, its conditions; bank deposits, its terms; article found (Loqata), its provisions; foundling (Laqit); his conditions, taking care of him & education him; i.e., custody.
IC 339 Comparative Isl. Jurisp. (2 credit-hours)
This course deals with the following: Insurance contract, its various sorts, such as: commercial, Reciprocal, and mutual insurances; the philosophy of each kind; the Isl. Attitude toward it; social insurances, their concepts and financing; the beneficiaries of it; their applications; partnership contract; introducing the partnership, various sorts of partnership; studying in details the joint stock company.
IC 340 Islamic Jurisp. of Worships - I (2 credit-hours)
This class tackles the following: the two kinds of impurities: material and incorporeal; kinds of water as means of purification; classes of purity, such as purity of ritual impurity "Gosl", ablution "Wadhu", and dust ablution "Tayammom"; cleanness of impurity; prayer "Salat", its evidences and kinds, such as : congregational , Friday, the two Bairams (Al'idayn), the prayer for rain, fasting, its evidences, Kinds of fast, such as: obligatory, desirable (Sunni), recommendable, reprehensible, disapproved, and forbidden fast; negators and permissible of fast.
IC 412 Quranic Interpretation "Tafsir" - IV (2 credit-hours)
This course deals with subject interpretation (i.e. its studies one subject throughout the Quran): its Origin, stages, right method, and aims. Examples of these subjects are: money, Jihad, the prophet, etc.
IC 413 The Term of Prophet Mohammad. (Pbuh)Tradition - III (2 credit-hours)
This class will study the narrators, to judge the authenticity of the Hadith; studying the most famous references pertaining to this material.
IC 415 Prophet Mohammad (Pbuh) Traditions (Hadith) - B (2 credit-hours)
Here the student is introduced to some publications titled " Almosanafatwa assonan" , such as: Mosanaf Abdurrazzaq, Mosanaf Ibn Abishalbn, Sunonaddaraqotni, sunan Albaihaqi, & Sharh Maani AlAthar by Attahayi. The student reads about the authors, and studies Chapters from each book.
IC 416 Prophet Mohammad (Pbuh) Tradiitons (Hadity) -C (2 credit-hours)
This course deals with the most important books of JamiAl-Jawami and Zawaid, such as: Jami' Al-usul, Kanzul, the ….'omal, Al-Matalib Al'alia, Jami Jawami', Attargib wa tarhib, and Majma' Azzawaid. The student studies the methods of these publications in addition to five traditions from each of them.
IC 423 The Opinion of Isl. Toward Modern and Cont. Schools of Thought (2 credit-hours)
This is a critique study - in the light of Islam: of modern philosophy as it is represented in: Intellectualism of Decart, Sensationalism and Eipricism of Locke and Hume, Criticism of Kant, also a critical study of cont. schools of though, such as: Marxism, Pragmatism and Existentialism, in the light of the principles of Isl. Monotheism.
IC 425 Non-Islamic Religions -II (2 credit-hours)
This syllabus comprises: explanation of the tenets of Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, and Sabians, in respect of their growth, homeland, their Concept of Divinity, Cosmos, and Destiny of mankind; then criticism of them, and illustration of the Isl. Opinion towards them.
IC 427 The Methods of Muslims & Oreintalists Towards the Interp. of History (2 credit-hours)
This course deals with: a study of some theories of interpretation of history in the modern western thought, such as, the theories of: Hegil, Marx, and Toynbee; then to criticize them in the light of the Islamic monotheism, and explanation of the connection of historical interpretations with tenets; then, presentation of Muslim interp. of history with respect to Ibn Maskawayh & Ibn Khaldoon.
IC 433 Jurisp. of Isl. Holy War (Jihad/ Siyar) (2 credit-hours)
This class demonstrates the following: that Islam divides the world into three categories: the homeland of Islam or the territory of the Islam, conditions linked in a peace treaty, and enemy terror; Jihad, its concept, material, physical and moral preparations for it; war warning; battle field rules and ethics, such as: whom are to be killed, and who are not to be killed, treatment of the wounded, etc; way of performing prayer in the battlefield-prayer at fear; safety convenant; the laying down of war burdens, whether with victory, defeat, truce or with peach treaty; rules of booty distribution and treatment and fate of the prisoners (captives) of war; themmi (free non-Muslims under Isl. Rules) treaty and its consequences, such as poll-tax "tizya" and land-tax "Kharaj".
IC 434 Funds. (Origins/Usul) of Isl. Jrisp. -II (2 credit-hours)
This course considers the following: methods of Usul jurists, regarding extraction of legal rulings from the origins of Isl. Jurisp. (Fiqh); Allah as a supreme Dispenser of legislation; themes of commandment of Allah, which are : obligatory, desirable, undesirable or reprehensible, forbidden, and permissible; themes of Positive ruling (adjudication) which are: the reason "Sabab", prerequisite; legal impediments, decisive judgment "Azima", allowance, validity and imperfection "Fasad"; the conditions of legal capacity of a person and the impediments of this legal capacity.
IC 435 Funds of Isl. Jurisp. -III (2 creit-hours)
This course treats the following items: ways of signification of the meaning according to Hanafi School and Mainstream Muslim Scholarship "Ajjomhur"; lucidity and ambiguity in the legal evidence, and its degrees; the common (conjoint) and its signification to rulings; specification of generalization; contradiction (inconsistency) of collective with the particulars, cases of unconditional and restriction in the legal evident; ordainment and its signification, interdiction and its signification.
IC 436 Funds of Isl. Jurisp. -B (2 credit-hours)
The entries of this syllabus are: themes of contradictions and preference, introducing them their conditions and pillars, negator of contradiction; repeal "Naskh": is introduction, conditions, place, status, wisdom, aspects of modes of knowing it, and the difference between it and " to have an opinion" "Bada": difference between repeal and particularity; then a study of some principles of one of the four leading scholars (Immams).
IC 437 The Biography of Prophet Mohammad (Pbuh) "Sirra" (3 credit-hours)
This syllabus has the following items: a critique, scientific, analysis, verifications, documentary, and methodical study of the life account of prophet Mohammad (Pbuh). This study is based on the original sources, which are: Quran, Sunna, books on the prophet merits (Shamail), books of testimony that Mohammad (Pbuh) is Allah's Apostle, books on the Pro. Military campaigns or expeditions, books on the history of the two Holy mosques, books of general history, and books of arts, concentrating on authentic traditions and clarifies the famous ill-founded and spurious traditions, demonstration of judgments, kessism wisdoms and examples embodied in sirra; presentation of many prophetic merits, miracles; expeditions and campaigns, and the reason behind his marriage to nine wives (Polygamy).
IC 454 The Isl. Society in the First 7c. -I (3 credit-hours)
This course aims to aquatint the students with the methods of the Sunnites in respect of dealing with the history of Prophet Mohammad's (Pbuh) companions, the paramount important cases which Islamic Society has witnessed in the era of the Reshidite Caliphs.mayads, and Abbasides, the wars of Apostasy (Ridda), the Great Dissention, etc; refutation of the skeptics of the Rafidites and orientalists about these issued and some others.
IC 457 The Holy Quran Recitation Rules (4 credit-hours)
The objective of this syllabus is to enable the students acquire fluency and proficiently in the recitation of the holy Quran through the instruction of proper recitation, illustration of the general rules and types of solecism and elucidation of principles of phonetics such as the nasalization, syneresis and other rules of recitation. The theoretical and practical aspects of this subject are uniquely combined through the memorization of the 29th & 30th parts of the Quran.