Fiqh Program
- Level 3
- Duration: 4 years
Overview
This program has been designed to produce a new generation of Fiqh scholars who will have the skillset to understand how fiqh conclusions are reached in light of their original sources, fiqh principles and the social context of the time. This will thus enable them to understand how to tackle contemporary issues and provide the guidance best suited for the situation at hand.
Course Curriculum
Module 1: Classical Fiqh
This module will cover the following subjects:
- 1.Uṣūl al-Fiqh: A study of the origin and evolution of the principles of fiqh and how they are applied to reach fiqh conclusions using Abū Zahra’s text Uṣūl al-Fiqh.
- 2.Fiqh al-ʿIbādāt: A study of the ritual aspects of the dīn covering ṭahārah, ṣalāh, zakāh, ṣawm, ḥajj and ʿumrah from Fiqh al-Ḥanafī fī Thawbihi l-Jadīd by ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd Maḥmūd Ṭahmāz.
- 3.Fiqh al-Muʿāmalāt 1: A study of spousal rulings covering marriage, child nursing and divorce from Fiqh al-Ḥanafī fī Thawbihi l-Jadīd by ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd Maḥmūd Ṭahmāz.
Module 2: Classical Fiqh
This module will cover the following subjects:
- 1.Fiqh al-Muʿāmalāt 2: A study of regulations pertaining to waqf, gifting, trusts, governance, jizya and penal law from Fiqh al-Ḥanafī fī Thawbihi l-Jadīd by ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd Maḥmūd Ṭahmāz.
- 2.Fiqh al-Muʿāmalāt 3: A study of rulings on nafaqah, renting, hunting game, animal slaughter, vows, kaffārāt, beverages, istiḥsān, borrowing and hermaphrodites from Badāʾiʿ al-Ṣanāʾiʿ by ʿAlāʾu al-Dīn al-Kāsānī.
Module 3: Contemporary Fiqh
This module will cover the following subjects:
1. Fiqh al-Nawāzil 1 (ʿIbādāt):
- a.Ṭahārah: A study of the rules on ritual purity in connection with dentures, prosthetics, makeup, performing tayammum from the walls of a train.
- b.Ṣalāh: A study of the rulings on performing ṣalāh on a plane, following an imam on live stream, burying the dead in a box.
- c.Zakāh: Looking at the niṣāb of gold and silver, zakāh on inventory prior to receiving delivery, zakāh on debts, zakāh on payment plans, giving zakāh in Allāh’s way (fī sabīl li- llāh)
- d.Ṣawm: A study of the regulations on fasting in areas with extended daylight.
- e.Ḥajj: A study of the rules on businesspeople entering Makkah without iḥrām, the sequence of rituals to be performed on the 10th, performing ṭawāf al-ziyārah in the state of major ritual impurity.
2. Fiqh al-Nawāzil 2 (Muʿāmalāt):
- a.Studying the rulings on supplying human milk, drop shipping, buying and selling debt, dealing with stocks, financing, contemporary forms of gambling.
- b.Dealing with interest in Dar al-Ḥarb, definitions of Dār al-Ḥarb, Dār al-Islam and Dār al-Aman, rulings on Dār al-Aman, recipients of bank profits, rulings on paper and digital currency, buying and selling on digital platforms, lending with profit, loans from conventional banks, insurance.
- c.Prenuptial, court marriages, marrying Christians and Jews, marrying a Shia, marrying an Ahmadi, rulings on IVF, using contraceptives.
- d.Rulings on receiving a blood transfusion, using medicine with alcohol, sex reassignment, medical assistance in dying, transplants.
- e.Praying for deceased non-Muslims, unity of religions.
- f.Chemical structural change, pre-slaughter electric stunning, machine slaughter of poultry, the slaughter of a Jew or Christian,
- g.Muslim involvement in politics, running for elections, participating in non-Muslim celebrations
$20
Details :
- Teacher: MLC Teachers
- Class days and timings: Every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:45 pm to 9:30 pm
- Completion Certification