Islamic Jurisprudence and Its Principles

Divorce, its ruling, the wisdom behind its legality, and a discussion of some of the suspicions raised about it and the consequences of separation between spouses. Iddah, taking back, proving lineage, custody, breastfeeding, inheritance, and attention is noted on contemporary issues such as young people’s reluctance to marry, high dowries, and family planning.

An introduction to Islamic transactions in terms of their legality and importance in life and a study of the provisions of the following transactions (sale, profit, usury, peace, istisna, exchange, leasing, agency, sponsorship, transfer, companies, endowment, usurped gift, reviving dead land, sharecropping and misaqat)

Definition of knowledge, an explanation of its virtue, its wisdom and etiquette, and the reasons for it, the student’s etiquette in himself, the ways and means of acquiring knowledge, mistakes that one must beware of, books for seeking knowledge, the methods of scholars in knowledge and the reasons for disagreement between them, receiving knowledge from the sheikhs, the student’s etiquette with scholars and sheikhs, the etiquette of fellowship, the student’s etiquette in his scholarly life, good work, the foundations of dialogue and debate, the zakat and blessing of knowledge, the danger of issuing fatwas without knowledge, fanaticism towards scholars and its dangers.

An introduction to linguistic and grammatical rules that includes a general review of the most important principles of this science. An applied study of language and grammar and its relationship to the Qur’an and Sunnah and choosing a set of rules and grammatical issues upon which the branches of jurisprudence are built.

Introducing basic concepts and their implications such as jurisprudence, Sharia, law, the need for legislation and its role in life, characteristics of Islamic legislation, objectives of Islamic legislation, sources of legislation in general, the origins of jurisprudence, schools of jurisprudence, the four imams and their approaches and a summary of the history of legislation, factors of stagnation and development of Islamic jurisprudence, contemporary jurisprudential renaissance.

Introduction: Definition of the science of jurisprudence, its subject, purpose, discussions, origins, methods of composing it, ruling: its types and divisions, validity, invalidity, and corruption. License and determination. The sources of legislation are: the Book, its authenticity, its inimitability, and its translation. The Sunnah: its authenticity and its parts, the actions of the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him. Semantics and its types. Words and their uses. Consensus, analogy, and consequential evidence, which are: approval, interest, blocking pretexts. Custom, seeking companionship, was prescribed by us, the saying of the Companion, the action of the people of Medina and the opinions of scholars regarding its validity. Ijtihad, imitation, fabrication, fatwa, conflict, and preference

Defining the family, explaining its importance and characteristics. Marriage, its definition, its ruling and the wisdom of its legality, the introductions to the marriage contract: choosing a husband and wife, engagement, what is forbidden to women, the marriage contract: its pillars and conditions.

The concept of Muslim minorities, an overview of the locations of Muslim minorities in the world, and their most important problems, characteristics of the jurisprudence of Muslim minorities, its sources and foundations, applied models of the jurisprudence of Muslim minorities in acts of worship, transactions, personal status, sacrifices, and political and social relations.

Its definition and legitimacy, exception to oaths, puns on oaths, vows, ruling on vows and their conditions. Expiations. Foods, sacrifices, legal slaughter, ruling on meat imported into Muslim countries, rulings on hunting, the Aqeeqah sacrifice, clothing and adornment.

Introducing acts of worship, the origins of their origin, their educational effects, purity and its rulings. And impurities and their rulings. Prayer: its ruling, wisdom, timing, call to prayer, conditions of prayer, its description, making up for prayers, the chapter on voluntary prayers, prostration of forgetfulness, prostration of recitation, congregational prayer, prayer of the sick, prayer of the traveler, Friday prayer, prayer of the two Eids, prayer of the eclipse, prayer of rain, prayer of fear, funeral prayer

It aims to introduce the Islamic system, the foundations upon which it is based, and its starting points, with a general idea about each of the Islamic systems, their meaning, goals, and impact on life. Islam’s theory of man, the universe, life, and the divine succession of man on earth, and Islam’s approach to confronting life’s problems in light of its characteristics that make it a distinct and unique approach. A study of the most important Islamic systems (belief, worship, morals, society, Hisbah, governance, economics, and international relations)