Islamic Studies Diploma Course: Usul al-Fiqh

Description

Students learn the basics of how to read the Qur’an and the Sunnah, adduce scholarly consensus, and apply analogy. Upon completion, students will grasp how scholars extract rulings from the evidence, gain an appreciation for how their methodologies work, and comprehend the various levels of shariah evidence for a better understanding of Islam in general, and Islamic law in particular.

 

Lesson One: Introduction

Lesson Two: Legal Rulings & the Ten Principles of Usul al-Fiqh

Lesson Three: Divisions of Speech

Lesson Four: Commands & Prohibitions

Lesson Five: General & Specific Wordings

Lesson Six: Clear-Cut & Ambigious Terms

Lesson Seven: Actions of the Prophet (pbuh) & Abrogation

Lesson Eight: Conflicting Evidence

Lesson Nine: Consensus

Lesson Ten: Reports

Lesson 11: Analogy

Lesson 12: Prioritizing Evidence

Lesson 13: The Mufti, the Mustafti,  & Taqlid

Lesson 14: Ijtihad