Bachelor’s Degree Program Information
Bachelor’s Degree in Islamic Studies and Jurisprudence (5 years/ 10 semesters)
OVERVIEW
STRUCTURE
FACULTY
OVERVIEW
Bachelor’s Degree in Islamic Studies and Jurisprudence is one of the primary academic programs of al-Mustafa University and is a preliminary for pursuing higher education in the university. In this program, students, apart from studying introductory courses in Quranic skills and some other Islamic sciences (Theology, Islamic Laws, Exegesis and History), focus on studying subjects such as Arabic grammar, Jurisprudence, Principles of Jurisprudence and Logic at a baccalaureate level.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
- Proficiency in Persian Language in terms of understanding, listening, reading and writing skills
- Successful completion of Persian Language course from al-Mahdī school.
- Ability to appear for entrance interview in Persian.
- Having a diploma certificate (Intermediate Education Level).
- Having less than 35 years.
OBJECTIVE
- Identifying talented students and guiding them to pursue higher academic degrees.
- Training of academics, researchers and teachers in Islamic studies and jurisprudence.
- Training of Islamic scholars who are qualified to be ambassadors of Islamic culture and the teachings of Ahl al-Bayt in their respective communities.
Program Outline
- Duration:
- The Bachelor’s Degree in Islamic Studies and Jurisprudence is a 5 years program. Program is structured on a credit-based system over the course of 10 academic semesters requiring 190 credits.
- Each theoretical credit in an academic semester is of 16 hours (1 hour every week for 16 weeks) and each practical credit is of 32 hours (2 hours every week for 16 weeks).
- Minimum number of credits required per semester is 18 and the maximum is 24.
- During the duration of the program students may take up to one semester off.
- Duration:
STRUCTURE
Quranic Skills
| No. | Tittle | Book | Author | Credits | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Recitation, Fluency in Recitation, Tajwīd and Advanced Tajwīd. | – | – | 6 | 96 |
| 2. | Meaning of Quran (Mafāhīm-e-Qur’ān) | Āmūzish-e-Tarjume wa Mafāhīm-e-Qur’ān | Sayyid Hādī Muḥaddith, Ḥamīd Ṣaffār Hirandī, Abul-Faḍl ‘Allāmī | 6 | 96 |
| 3. | Quranic Sciences (‘Ulūm-e-Qur’ānī) | Āshanā’ī bā ‘Ulūm-e-Qur’ānī | 2 | 32 | |
| 4. | Ḥadīth Sciences (‘Ulūm-e-Ḥadīth) | Āshanā’ī bā Tārīkh wa Manābe‘-e-Ḥadīth | 2 | 32 |
Theology with a New Approach
| No. | Tittle | Book | Author | Credits | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Introduction to Islamic Sciences | Bartarīn Ārazū | Mu’assase Jawānān-e-Āstān-e-Quds-e-Raḍawī | 5 | 80 |
| 2. | Islamic Beliefs with a Theological Approach | Āmūzish-e-Kalām-e-Islāmī | Sa‘īdī Mehr | 7 | 112 |
| 3. | Foundations of Islamic Thought with a Philosophical Approach | Collection of six Ṭarḥ-e-Wilāyat books | Book1: ‘Abdullah Muḥammadī & Mujtabā Miṣbāḥ Book2: ‘Abdur-Rasūl ‘Ubūdiyyat & Mujtabā Miṣbāḥ Book3: Ṣafdar Ilāhīrād Book4: Mujtabā Miṣbāḥ Book5: Muṣṭafā Dānishpazhūh Book6: Qāsim Shabān-Niyā | 13 | 208 |
| 4. | Doubts of Wahhabism | – | 2 | 32 | |
| 5. | Introduction to Islamic Mysticism | Āmūzish-e-Pūdamānī-e-Mabānī-e-‘Irfān-e-Islāmī | Alī Amīnī-Nezhād | 2 | 32 |
Arabic Grammar
| No. | Tittle | Book | Author | Credits | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Arabic Speaking | Al-‘Arabiyyah bayn Yadayk | Ashrāf Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān Āl al-Shaykh | 10 | 160 |
| 2. | Morphology (Ṣarf) | Dānish-e-Ṣarf | Sayyid Ḥamīd Jazā’irī | 10 | 160 |
| 3. | Syntax | Al-Hidāyah fī al-Naḥw Al-Bahjat al-Marḍiyyah | Ḥusayn Shīrafkan Jalāl al-Dīn Suyūṭī | 28 | 448 |
| 4. | Applied Morphology and Syntax (Tajziye wa Tarqīb) | – | Ḥusayn Shīrafkan | 2 | 32 |
| 5. | Rhetorics (Balāghat) | Tahdhīb Jawāhir al-Balāghah | Amīr Amīnī | 5 | 80 |
Islamic Laws (Aḥkām)
| No. | Tittle | Book | Author | Credits | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Introductory Islamic Laws | Āmūzish-e-Fiqh | Fallāḥ-Zāde | 6 | 96 |
| 2. | Risāle-e-Āmūzeshī | Āyatullah Sayyid ‘Alī Khāmene’ī | 3 | 48 | |
| 3. | Region-relevant Laws | Fiqh al-Mughtaribīn | Ayatullah Sīstānī | 2 | 32 |
Jurisprudence (Fiqh)
| No. | Tittle | Book | Author | Credits | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | History of Jurisprudence | Āshanā’ī bā Dānish-e-Fiqh | Reḍā Islāmī | 2 | 32 |
| 2. | Comprehensive Jurisprudential Laws (Fiqh-e-Fatwā’ī) with Focus on the Laws Relevant to Western Regions | al-Fiqh al-Muyassar | Anṣārī | 3 | 48 |
| 3. | Deductive Jurisprudence (Fiqh-e-Istedlālī) | Al-Rawḍah al-Bahiyyah fī Sharḥ al-Lum‘ah al-Damishqiyyah Durūsun Tamhidiyyatun fī al-Fiqh al-Istidlālī | Shahīd-e-Thānī Muḥammad Bāqir Īrawānī | 35 | 560 |
| 4. | Comparative Jurisprudence | Al-Fiqh al-Muqārin al-‘Ibādāt wa al-Aḥwāl al-Shakhṣiyyah | Sayyid Kāẓim Muṣṭafawī | 3 | 48 |
Principles of Jurisprudence (Uṣūl-e-Fiqh)
| No. | Tittle | Book | Author | Credits | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Introductory Shi’ite Uṣūl | Durūs fī ‘Ilm al-Uṣūl – al-Ḥalaqah al-Ūlā | Shahīd Ṣadr (r) | 5 | 80 |
| 2. | Semi-advanced Uṣūl | Durūs fī ‘Ilm al-Uṣūl – al-Ḥalaqah al-Thāniyyah | Shahīd Ṣadr (r) | 15 | 240 |
| 3. | Renowned Views in Uṣūl | Al-Mūjaz fī Uṣūl al-Fiqh | Āyatullah Shaykh Ja‘far Subḥānī | 32 | 32 |
Islamic Philosophy
| No. | Tittle | Book | Author | Credits | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Brief History of Islamic Philosophy | Falsafe-e-Muqaddamātī | Shahīd Muṭahharī | 2 | 32 |
| 2. | Islamic Philosophy | Bidāyah al-Ḥikmah | Allāmah Ṭabāṭabā’ī | 13 | 208 |
History-Religions-Culture
| No. | Tittle | Book | Author | Credits | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Early History of Islam | Farāzhā’ī az Tārīkh-e-Payāmbar-e-Islām | Āyatullah Shaykh Ja‘far Subḥānī | 2 | 32 |
| 2. | Islamic History and History of era after occultation | Sīre-e-Pīshwāyān | Mahdī Pishwā’ī | 2 | 32 |
| 3. | Analytical History | Hamrazmān-e-Ḥusayn | Āyatullah Sayyid ‘Alī Khāmene’ī | 2 | 32 |
| 4. | History of Religions | Āshanā’ī bā Tārīkh-e-Adyān | Ḥusayn Tawfīqī | 4 | 64 |
| 5. | Islamic Schools of Thought and Sects | 2 | 32 | ||
| 6. | History of Islamic Culture and Civilization | 2 | 32 | ||
| 7. | History and Culture of Iran | 2 | 32 |
Ethics-Family-Social and Communication Skill
| No. | Tittle | Book | Author | Credits | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Islamic Family | Dānish-e-Khānawāde wa Jam‘iyat | 2 | 32 | |
| 2. | Foreign Language | 3 | 48 | ||
| 3. | Persian Literature | 3 | 48 | ||
| 4. | Islamic Nurturing and Ethics | 2 | 32 | ||
| 5. | Methodology of Disseminating Islamic Teachings (Rawish-e-Tablīgh) | 2 | 32 | ||
| 6. | Physical Training | 2 | 32 |
Research Skills
| No. | Tittle | Book | Author | Credits | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Research Methodology | 2 | 32 | ||
| 2. | Final Research Paper | 4 | 64 |
FACULTY
Department of Philosophy and Logic
Head of Department:
Hujjat al-Islam Behnam Malek-Zadeh
Other members:
Hujjaj al-Islam: Muhammad Amin Abul-Hasani, Mustafa Salehi, Muhammad Mahdi Hamid-Nejhad & Saeid Van Urmer.
The department of Philosophy and Logic is responsible for:
- Selection of appropriate subjects / text books related to Philosophy and Logic
- Provision of highly qualified curriculum
- Supervision of research activities of the students
Department of Islamic Studies and Jurisprudence
Head of Department:
Hujjat al-Islam Muhammad Mahdi Nabi-Zahed
Other members:
Hujjaj al-Islam Sayyid Yasir Sadeqi, Asadullah Fathi-Nia & Abdullah Muhammadi
The department of Jurisprudence and Islamic Doctrine is responsible for:
- Selection of appropriate subjects / text books related to Jurisprudence and Islamic Doctrine
- Provision of highly qualified curriculum
- Supervision of research activities of the students
Department of jurisprudence and principle of Jurisprudence
Head of Department:
Hujjat al-Islam Sayyid Yasir Sadeqi
Other members:
Hamzeh Ali Sheikh Tabar, Muhammad Amin Safa’i-Zadeh, Majid Arbabi & Salman Bujani
The department of Jurisprudence and Principle of Jurisprudence is responsible for:
- Selection of appropriate subjects / text books related to Fiqh & Usul
- Provision of highly qualified curriculum
- Supervision of research activities of the students
Convenor
Sheykh Ibrahim Salamati
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