ISL 201 KSU

MODULE 1

UNIT 1 DEFINITION AND SCOPE OF ISLAMIC LAW (SHARĪ‘AH)

Introduction

Objectives

Main Contents

Definition of Shari‟ah

Scope of Shari‟ah

Conclusion

Summary

UNIT 2 SIGNIFICANCE OF ISLAMIC LAW (SHARI‘AH)

Introduction

Objectives

Main Contents

Origin of Islamic Law (Sharī„ah)

Inadequacies of Human Made Laws

Shaping of Human Minds by Sharī„ah

Conclusion

Summary

UNIT 3: PRIMARY SOURCES OF ISLAMIC LAW (SHARI‘AH)

Introduction

Objectives

Main Contents

The Glorious Qur‟ān

The Apostolic Traditions (Hadith and Sunnah)

Conclusion

Summary

UNIT 4 SECONDARY AND SUPPLIMENTARY SOURCES OF ISLAMIC LAW

Introduction

Objectives

Main Contents

Consensus Opinion of the Muslim Jurists (Ijmā„)

Analogical Deductions (Qiyās).

Supplementary Sources of Islamic Law

Conclusion

Summary

MODULE 2: ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE (AL-FIQHU) IN PERSPECTIVE

UNIT 1 Definition of (Fiqhu) and (Usulu fiqh) as Islamic Jurisprudence

Introduction

Objectives

Main Contents

Definition of (Fiqhu) the jurisprudence

Meaning of (Usulu fiqh) and its development

Conclusion

Summary

UNIT 2 Nature of Islamic law

Introduction

Objectives

Main Contents

Nature of Islamic law

Distinction between Shariah and western legal system

The first Muslim community and its legal development

Conclusion

Summary

UNIT 3 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE LAWS (MAQASIDU-SHARI’AH)

Introduction

Objectives

Main Contents

Definition and Maqasid al-Shari‘ah in general

The significant of maqasid in Ijtihad

Classification and the hierarchy of maqasid al-shari‘ah

Conclusion

Summary

UNIT 4 DIFFERENCES OF UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE SAHABAH AS ORIGIN OF MADHAHIB

Introduction

Objectives

Main Contents

Differences in understanding among the Sahabah during the time of the Prophet SAW.

Meaning of Madhahib

Formation of Madhahib

Conclusion

Summary

MODULE 3 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE 4 MADHAHIB AND THEIR MODE OF OPERATIONS

CONTENTS

Introduction

Objectives

Main Content

The personality of the founder of the Hanafiya school

The the development of the school

The special approach of the school and its peculiarities

Conclusion

Summary