M.A.

- Successful completion of bachelor’s program in Islamic Studies and Jurisprudence from al-Mustafa International University.
- Completion of a practicum of Arabic language (one full semester, 320 hours).

- Identifying talented students and guiding them to pursue higher academic studies.
- 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.

- Duration:
  - Master’s Degree in Islamic Studies and Jurisprudence with a minor in Philosophy is a 4year program. Program is structured on a credit-based system over the course of 8 academic semesters requiring 70 credits.
  - Each theoretical credit in an academic semester is of 16 hours (1 hours 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 12 and the maximum is 16.
  - During the duration of the program students may take up to one semester off.

	Advanced study of different schools of thought of Jurisprudence (fiqh)
No.	Tittle	Book	Author	Credits	Hours
1	Introduction to general laws in jurisprudence	al-Qawā’id al-Fiqhiyyah		5	80
2	Jurisprudential school of thought of Najaf	Makāsib	Shaykh Anṣārī	25	400
3		The book of Khums	Ayatullah Khu’ī	5	80
4	Jurisprudential school of thought of Qom	al-Wilāyah al-Ilāhiyyah (the book of Islamic Governance)	Ayatullah Mu’min	10	160
5	Study of different eras of jurisprudence in Islamic history (Adwār-e-Ijtehād)			2	32
6	Study of science of narrators and science of traditions (Rijāl and Dirāyah)			3	48

	Advanced study of schools of thought of principles of jurisprudence (uṣūl)
No.	Tittle	Book	Author	Credits	Hours
1	School of thought of Shahīd Ṣadr	Durūs fī ‘Ilm al-Uṣūl - Ḥalaqah al-Thālithah	Shahīd Ṣadr	25	400
2	Other renowned school of thought of uṣūl among jurisprudents	Rasā’il	Shaykh Anṣārī	5	80
3		Kifāyat al-Uṣūl	Ākhūnd Khurāsānī	10	160

	Study of Islamic and Western philosophy
No.	Tittle	Book	Author	Credits	Hours
1	Islamic Philosophy	Āmūzish-e-Falsafe	Ayatullah Miṣbāḥ Yazdī	15	240
2		Nihāyat al-Ḥikmah	Allāmah Ṭabāṭabā’ī	20	320
3	History of Islamic Philosophy			2	32
4	The Theological and Intellectual Thought in the Quran and Traditions			2	32
5	The science of the self, (‘Ilm al-Nafs)			2	32
6	Advanced philosophical texts			2	32
7	Epistemology			2	32
8	Introduction to Islamic Mysticism (‘irfān)			2	32
9	Philosophy of Religion			2	32
10	History of Western Philosophy			2	32

M.A. in Islamic Studies and Jurisprudence

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