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      Fundamentals of Fiqh I  
     
    Subject information
    Hours 3
    Code AAFQ304-E  
    Instructor Dr. Mohammad Said  
    Email msaid42@hotmail.com  
    Academy Adviser Email support@mishkahu.com  
    The Author • Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, Kamali Mohammad Hashim. - Cambridge : Islamic Texts Society, 2003
    You can view an electronic copy at the following link:
    http://www.scribd.com/doc/2388918/Principles-of-Islamic-Jurisprudence?from_related_doc=1    		  
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    Price $ 150  
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    Course Description

    Objective and description

    • The Attainment of the Pleasure of Allah.
    • There is no discipline of knowledge that is more regulated or evidence based than Islam. Therefore, it is vital for the seeker of this sacred knowledge to understand the beautiful and intellectually challenging process of transforming the scriptural evidence into Fiqh rulings, as well as finding rules for all events. That is what Usool al-Fiqh is about!
    • Without understanding the principles of the fiqh, one’s understanding of fiqhi matters and deductions will always be inconsistent, because s/he may apply one principle on one issue and its opposite on a similar one. The understanding of usool in an applied way and how they relate to fiqh is part of the objective of this course.
    • Providing the student with the knowledge that will help him recognize the sources of the Fiqh rulings, such as the Quran, Sunnah,Ijma` (consensus), Qiyas (analogical reasoning), `Urf (customs)...etc. Their order of priority will be discussed as well. In the first course, our focus will be on the Quran and Sunnah.
    • No one can understand fiqh without understanding the difference between the khass (specific) and ‘aam (general) and the mutlaq(absolute) and the muqayyad (qualified). All of this will be discussed in this course.
    • The seeker of knowledge will get to know about the methods through which Fiqh rules are deduced from the evidence, and the difference between the explicit and implicit meanings, and how to use the required, alluded and divergent meanings...etc.
    • Allah meant nothing but benefit for us when He revealed this religion. Part of the wisdom of legislation is graduation. The concept of abrogation, which is essential for graduation shall be discussed in detail in this course.

    Course Topics

    Chapter One: Introduction to Usool al-Fiqh       

    Definition and Scope Usool al-fiqh          

    The Difference between the Usool, and the Maxims of Fiqh (alqawa`id al-fiqhiyyah)     

    Two Approaches to the Study of Usool al-fiqh   

    Proofs of Shari`ah (Al-Adillah Al-Shar`iyyah)       

    Classification of Proofs

     

    Chapter Two: The First Source of Shari`ah: The Qur`an  

    The Qur’an consists of manifest revelation         

    Graduality          

    Transmission     

    Makki & Madani             

    Characteristics of Qur’anic Legislation    

    The Definitive (qat’i) and the Speculative (zanni)             

    Brevity and Detail (al-ijmal wa`l-tafsil)   

    The Five Values As a characteristic feature of Qur`anic legislation              

    Ratiocination (ta`lil)        

    Inimitability (i`jaz) of the Qur’an               

    Occasions of Revelation (asbab al-nuzul)             

     

    Chapter Three: The Sunnah       

    Usage of the word ‘Sunnah” by various types of ulama

    Proof-Value (Hujjiyyah) of Sunnah         

    Classification and Value

    Verbal, Actual Sunnah and Tacit Approval            

    Non-legal and Legal Sunnah       

    Qur`an and Sunnah Distinguished            

    Distortion and Forgery  

    Classification and Value: From the viewpoint of the continuity of their chains     

    The Continuous and Discontinued Hadeeth

    Sahih, Hasan and Da’if 

     

    Chapter Four: Rules of Interpretation I: Deducing the Law from its Sources        

    Ta`wil (Allegorical Interpretation)            

    Conditions of Proper Ta’wil        

    Classification I: Clear and Unclear Words                              

    Classification II: The `Amm (General) and the Khass (Specific).   

    Classification III: The Absolute (Mutlaq) and the Qualified (Muqayyad)  

    Classification IV: The Literal (Haqiqi) and the Metaphorical (Majazi)        

    Linguistic (lughawi), customary (urfi) and juridical (shar`i) usages of words          

    The Homonym (Mushtarak)      

     

    Chapter Five: Rules of Interpretation II

    Al-Dalalat (Textual Implications): The Explicit Meaning (Ibarah al-Nass) - The Alluded Meaning (Isharah al-Nass) - The Inferred Meaning (Dalalah al-Nass) - The Required Meaning (Iqtida` al-Nass) - Divergent Meaning (Mafhum al-Mukhalafah)    

    Shafi`i approach to textual implications (al-dalalat`)        

    Conditions of deduction by way of mafhum al-mukhalafah        

    Types of mafhum al-mukhalafah            

     

    Chapter Six: Commands and Prohibitions           

    I. Commands    

    II. Prohibitions  

    III. Value of Legal Injunctions     

     

    Chapter Seven: Naskh (Abrogation)                                      

    Can Anything outside of the Revelation Abrogate It.      

    Is Naskh Annulment or Explanation        

    Types of Naskh with Regard to Clarity

    Types of Naskh with Regard to Applicability to the Wording and Meaning

    Types with Regard to the Quran and Sunnah Abrogating Each Other       

    Naskh and takhsis differ from one another