COURSE : ISLAMIC STUDIES

CODE : GHF 0012

NO. OF CREDITS : 2

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

1. understand the basic of Islamic teaching involving its sources of knowledge,

creed and jurisprudence.

2. describe and absorb true Muslim personality based on Islamic teaching.

3. response to certain current issues in the Islamic point of view.

4. resolve problems according to Islamic method.

ASSESSMENT

TEST 15 %
PROGRAM REPORT 15 %
QURANIC MEMORIZATION & TILAWAH 15 %

PAPER WORK 10 %
PRESENTATION 5%

FINAL 40 %

TOTAL 100 %

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WEEK TOPIC AREA AND SYLLABUS REFERENCES

Ahmad Von Denffer

1 The Quran and Revelation
Chp 1

Ahmad Von Denffer

2 Transmission of the Quranic Revelation
Chp 2

Suhaib Hassan
3 Introduction to the Science of Hadith
Section A & B

Understanding Ijtihad, Hasan Abdoney

4
Introduction to Islamic Creed (Tawheed) Ameenah Philip, Chp 1

Categories of Tawheed,
5 Tawheed Ruboobeeyah, al-Asmaa wa al-Sifaat and Ameenah Philip, Chp 1
al-‘Ebaadah

6 Categories of Shirk Ameenah Philip, Chp 2

Abdul Rahman I Doi

7 The Definition of Shariah
Chp 1
The Purpose and Aims of Shariah
Pg 2-6

The Concept of Justice from Islamic Point of View, Muhammad Hamidullah

8
The Judicial System of Islam Pg 93-105

The Recognised Islamic School of Fiqh: C,G Weeramantry

9
Hanafi, Maliki, Shafiee and Hanafi Pg 49-54

Hammudah Abdalati
The Definition of Akhlaq (Islamic Morality)
10 Chp 3
The Concept of Morality
Pg 44-49

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 Hammudah Abdalati
11 The Application of Islamic Morality Chp 3 pg

97-114
Hammudah Abdalati
Problem solving: Application of Islam to Daily Life,
12 Chp 4
The Internal Nature, The External Nature
Pg 118-135
Hammudah Abdalati
13 The Islamic Social Life Chp 4
Pg 217-222
Islam and Current Issues I
14 The Borderless World and The Islamic Economic
System

Islam and Current Issues II

15
The Political System and International Life

16 Revision and Consultation

17 & 18 Final Examination

References:

1. Ahmad Von Denffer, Ulum Al-Quran: An Introduction to the science of the

Quran.
2. Suhaib Hassan, Introduction to the Science of Hadith,
3. Hasan Abdoney Jr, Towards a Better Understanding of Ijtihad and Mujtahid.
4. Abdur Rahman I.Doi, Shariah the Islamic law.
5. Hammudah Abdalati, Islam In Focus .
6. Muhammad Hamidullah, Introduction to Islam
7. C.G Weeramantry, Islamic Jurisprudence An International Perspective.