Faculty of Shari' a
Establishment and Development

When An-Najah University was established in 1977, it had a department of Islamic education. It was actually a support department offering university service courses as well as other courses to specific departments. Of these, the department offered Islamic Education and Islamic System, as university requirements, and Methodology of Hadith Criticism (Mustalah alHadith), and Exegesis's’ Methodologies, to Arabic majors.

In 1980, the University established a full-fledged department called "Department of Islamic Studies". The department offered a single specialization in Islamic studies. It was one of the departments of the Faculty of Arts.

The department continued to develop and in 1985, it offered a master graduate program in "Fiqh and Tashri’" (Science of Islamic Laws and Islamic Legislation)
The department had taken upon its shoulders to spread Islamic knowledge, particularly ’aqida, shari’a, and Islamic morals as a way of life. The department educated a considerable number of An-Najah graduates.

In 1991, the department became a "Shari’a Faculty" with two undergraduate academic programs, and one graduate program: B.A. in "Fiqh and Tashri’", and B.A. in "Usul e-Deen", (fundamentals of Religion), in addition to M.A. in "Fiqh and Tashri’", which follows later with M.A. in   "Usul e-Deen".
In 2006 a third undergraduate academic program was established called Share'a and Islamic Banking Dept.

Undergraduate Programs

Faculty of Shari’a has curriculum plans leading to a B.A. degree in three specializations: "Fiqh and Tashri’",    "Usul e-Deen", and "Shari’a and Islamic Banking".
The Faculty is marked 4, then following number of the department. The first department, "Fiqh and Tashri’", is marked 1. The second department, "Usul e-Deen", is marked 2. The third department, "Shari’a and Islamic Banking", is marked 3.

The Faculty Compulsory Courses

In addition to the twenty credit hours of the "University Compulsory Courses" with the numbers: 10100, 10101, 10102, 10103, 10105, 10108, 10117, 10323,
And in addition to the six credit hours from the "University Elective Courses", from other Faculties, Soon after joining the Faculty, Students, in the first semesters, regardless their departments, study general compulsory courses offered by the Faculty.
They are of 40 credit hours called: The "Faculty Compulsory Courses", which are as follows: