COURSE SYLLABUS

METHODOLOGY OF ISLAMIC LAW

1	Course Title:	METHODOLOGY OF ISLAMIC LAW
2	Course Code:	İLH2016
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	4
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. RECEP CİCİ
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. H. İbrahim ACAR, Doç. Dr. Ali KAYA, Yrd. Doç. Dr. M. Salih KUMAŞ
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	cicirecep@hotmail.com 0532 608 83 06 U.Ü. İlahiyat Fakültesi
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Informing students about the sources of Islamic law (adilla shar‘iyya) and legal norm (sharia hukm) and deriving legal norms from the sources (istinbat)
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To understand characteristic of the method of islamic law and its functions comparing to islamic law;
2	To learn basic terms of the method of islamic law and its development in historical process;
3	To learn basic literature of the methodology of islamic law;
4	To explain fundemental and secondary sources of judgement of the method of islamic law;
5	To understand the methods to derive judgement from the method of islamic law;
6	To compare the methods of “Hanefi” and “Mütekellimin” with the perspective of general systematic in the method of islamic law;
7	To understand importance of Arab language and logic in the method of islamic law;
8	To get knowledge about making solutions to current islamic law problems from point of datas of the method of islamic law;
9	To learn the “Shari”s aim (makasıdü'ş-Şârî);
10	To understand islamic epistemology from the point of the datas of the science of the method of islamic law;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Definition of “Methodology of Islamic Law”, the birth, to be codified, historical development and the basic literature
2	Sources of Shari'ah judgements: The definition and properties of the Quran. Value of the source of the Qur'an and place among the other sources
3	Definition of Sunnah, types, and value of the source of Sunnah
4	Definition of consensus (Icma) is, the realization conditions, types and source of value
5	Definition of qıyas , value of the source. The basic elements of qıyas and terms. Definition of illah, terms, Methods for determining of illah. The concept of illah and hikmah (wisdom)
6	Maslaha al-mürsele and Istihsan
7	Urf, sedd-i zerâî, shar-u man kablanâ, sahabî kavli and ıstıshab
8	Taqlifi and vazî provision (hukm)
9	Hâkim, theory of husn-kubh, mahkûm fîh and mahkûm aleyh
10	Deriving legal norms from the sources (Istinbat Methods)
11	Words used in terms of meaning Words in terms of clarity and closure to form dalala of meaning
12	Words in terms of form dalala of meaning
13	Juggement's aims, conflict of evidence Judgement's aims, conflict of evidence and nesh
14	Ijtihad and taqlid

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Zekiyyüddin Şaban, İslam Hukuk İlminin Esasları (çev. İbrahim Kafi Dönmez), Ankara 2005 2. Muhammed Ebû Zehra, Usûlü’l-Fıkh, İstanbul 1974 3. Muhammed Hudari Bey, Usûlü’l-Fıkh, Mısır 1969 4. Abdülvehhab Hallaf, İlmu Usûli’l-Fıkh, Kuveyt 1968 5. Abdülkerim Zeydan, el-Vecîz fî usûli’l-fıkh, Bağdat 1985
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High