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Jurisprudential terminology

Course Description: This course establishes scientific knowledge of jurisprudential terms and their precise understanding, enhancing the ability to apply jurisprudential terms to real-life situations, and explaining their impact on determining the causes of jurisprudential differences according to a sound scientific methodology.

Credit hours: 3

Objectives of the course :

1- Studying terminology and delving into the concept of jurisprudential terminology, including its definition and origin. .
2. Enhancing the ability to apply jurisprudential terminology to real-life situations. .
3- The impact of understanding terminology on deducing jurisprudential rulings. .
Statement on the impact of understanding terminology in identifying the causes of differences. .
5. Guiding a student of Islamic knowledge on how to deal with Islamic terminology according to a specific methodology. .

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
1. To clarify jurisprudential terms and their developments.
2. To masterfully describe the scientific methodology for studying and analyzing jurisprudential terms.
Skills:
To derive rulings for contemporary jurisprudential issues.
2- To analyze jurisprudential texts and terms and their meanings.
3- Utilize technical, mathematical and numerical skills in jurisprudential matters and scientific research.
Values, Independence, and Responsibility
1- Demonstrate Islamic principles and values in jurisprudential disagreement and dialog with others.
2- Practicing and managing teamwork efficiently and effectively.

Additional information:

Course Topics :
A. Terminology: Its concept, origin, and its relationship with language and other religious sciences. .
Delving into the definition of the term linguistically and idiomatically, clarifying the meaning of "ilm al-istilāḥ" as an iḍāfah construction, and identifying related terms.
B. An extensive study clarifying the relationship between linguistic and terminological meaning. .
c- Declaration of the origin of the science of hadith terminology, and a statement of the historical development of the science of hadith terminology, and the historical development of terms
D. The significance of terminology and its impact on defining the research scope, understanding the meaning of qualifier exceptions, how to create terminology, and understanding the stages of terminological meaning change, with detailed real-world examples. .
H. Discuss the relationship between idiomatic meanings in the perception of things, and its importance in issuing preliminary theoretical judgments, as judging something is a branch of perceiving it. .
- Clarification of the authority to issue rulings that have a significant impact on the lives and freedoms of others, such as the terms "disbelief," "heresy," and "apostasy." .
Here's the translation: How to apply jurisprudential terms to real-life cases, and an explanation of jurists' methodologies in doing so (such as the Hanafī methodology in classifying legal rulings into *fard*, *wājib*, *rukn*, *makrūh taḥrīman*, and *makrūh tanzīhan*), and the impact of this on other legal rulings.
- Clarification of the meaning of the rule: "There is no dispute in terminology and no dispute in names." .
Practical applications for dealing with terminology:
In creed, the terms are disbelief, innovation, transgression, and heresy. .
2. The jurisprudence of worship, such as: (pillars of prayer, obligations of prayer, sunnahs of prayer... etc.). .
3. Usul al-fiqh, such as: (Wajib, Fard, Rukun, etc.).
4. Jurisprudence of Offenses, such as: (Hudud, Ta'zir, Diyah, types of killing... etc.).
5. Jurisprudence policy such as: (Abode of Islam and Abode of Disbelief, the term of Islamic and secular legal systems and laws, etc.).
6. Islamic Financial and Economic Transactions such as: (Murabaha, Interest, Pillars of Contract, Conditions of Contract, Valid Contract, Void Contract, etc.).
7. Legal Objectives: Such as (Necessities, Needs, Improvements......etc.).
8. Juristic Maxims: such as (the maxim, the rule, etc.).

Last updated: 2026-06-03