College of Educational Sciences

The first group consisted of 19 men and women students. The department had taken upon its shoulders to spread Islamic knowledge, particularly ‘aqida and shari’a, and Islamic morals as a way of life. The department educated a considerable number of Najah graduates, charged them with the carrying of the message of Islam by preaching and setting good examples.

In 1991, the department became a Shari’a College. At present this college has two academic programs, one leading to a B.A. degree and another leading to an M.A. in two specializations: Fiqh and Tashri’, and Usul e-Deen.(fundamentals of Islam)

Undergraduate Program
The College of Shari’a has curriculum plans leading to a B.A. degree in two specializations: Fiqh and Tashri’, and Usul e-Deen. The first is marked 1 and the second is marked 2.
Soon after joining the College of Shari’a, students, in the first semester, take general courses offered by the college. These courses, making 23 credits, are distributed as follows:

Course #	Course title	Credit hrs	Remarks
41111	Fiqh of Ibadat I	3	-
41112	Introduction to Fiqh I	3	-
41114	Usul al-Fiqh I	3	-
42111	Sciences of the Holy Qur’an	3	Exegesis
42112	Sciences of the Hadith	3	Hadith
42113	Islamic 'Aqida I	3	'Aqida
42114	Syntax I	3	-
42117	Recitation and Memorization of Qur’an I	2	-

Course descriptions
SHA41111 Fiqh of Ibadat I
This course covers a number of topics: definition of fiqh, purity, ablution, washing of body, water, filth, menstruation, prayers, their rules & wisdom, times and call for prayers, prayer conditions, pillars, and manners. The course also dwells on travelers’ prayer services, Friday prayer services, feast prayers, patient's prayers, prayer for rain, prayer for fear, prayer for funeral, and martyr’s rules.

SHA41112 Introduction to Fiqh I
This course begins with an introduction to purposes or aims of Islamic shari’a overall fundamentals, fiqh sub-issues, civil rights and their relationship with fiqh, standardization of Islamic fiqh, role of Al-Ahkam journal and Islamic Fiqh Encyclopedia. The course also introduces pillars of Islamic fiqh, basic principles in shari’a, public and private rights, roles fiqh has played, sources of dependence in Islam, custom, contract and property theory in Islamic shari' a.

SHA41114 Usul al-Fiqh I
This course first introduces science of fiqh fundamentals, its subjects, history, differences between fundamentals and fiqh rules, the hows of writing on fiqh fundamentals, disagreement on evidence: prohibition of evasive legal devices, customs, public interest, and application of discretion in a legal decision (istihsan). .

SHA42111 Sciences of the Holy Qur’an
This course covers a number of topics: definition of Holy Qur’an, differences between Medanite and Meccan discourses, inspiration of and revelation of Holy Qur’an in stages, occasions of its revelation, compilation of Holy Qur’an and its writing, revelation of the Holy Qur’an in seven alphabets, the seven readings, repeal, Qur’an as a miracle, exegesis and interpretation, levels of exegesists.

SHA42112 Sciences of the Hadith
Topics covered in this course include definition of sunna, its importance, and its proof, its explanation of the Holy Qur’an, definitions of Hadith sciences, transference, its quotation and attribution, origin of Hadith science, Hadith endurance and performance, ways of endurance, narration of hadith by paraphrasing, reliability and unreliability, levels of reliability, and unreliability, which governed people’s narrations, news of repentants from lasciviousness, hadith chain of narration, infamous Hadith, true, good and weak hadiths, their divisions, the Prophet’s companions and post companions.

SHA42113 Islamic 'Aqida I
This course begins with the meaning of Islamic 'aqida, its traits, effects of its presence or absence in the individual or group. Then it proceeds to show the Holy Qur'an’s way of building it among the first generation. The course also highlights verses referring to existence of Allah Subbanahu, barriers or obstacles standing in the way of belief or conviction, human beings’ position towards it, meaning of oneness and its types, requirements and reversals.

SHA42114 Syntax I
This course covers the following topics (1) grammatical terms such as noun, verb, alphabet, morpheme, structure, subject, predicate, “kana” and its sisters, “inna” and its sisters (2) morphological balance, emphasis, attribution and all derivatives (3) application and this includes comprehensive application of Arabic syntax issues extracted from the Holy Qur'an.

SHA42117 Recitation and Memorization of Qur’an
In this course, students are expected to memorize chapter 30 of the Holy Qur’an, study meanings of difficult words, good manners of recitation, virtue of recitation, levels of recitation, familiarity with the ten readings; meaning of "tajwid" linguistically and technically, its rule, wisdom, rule governing the touching of Holy Qur'an by those lacking ritual purity, "isti'atha" (seeking protection from Allah) al-Basmalah (in the Name of Allah), rules governing “silent noon” and "tanween", rules governing silent “meen”, "istila’" phonemes, rules governing "ra’" and "qalqala". There will be practical training on these rules from Al-Kahf to An-Nas suras in the Holy Qur’an.