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Doctrine (1)

Course Description: This course covers the meaning of correct creed, its importance, its most prominent characteristics, and its topics.

Credits: 2

Objectives of the course :

1. The student should know the meaning of correct creed, its importance, its most prominent characteristics, and its topics.
2. The student should know the meaning of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah, their sources for receiving creed, their methodology of inference, and the differences between them and those who oppose them in this regard.
The student should know the evidence for God's existence, discuss those who deny God's existence, and some forms of modern atheism, and refute them.
4. The student should know the meaning of the Oneness of Lordship (Tawhid al-Rububiyyah), its evidences, and the manifestations of deviation within it.
5. The student should know the doctrine of Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jama'ah regarding the Oneness of Names and Attributes, their principles therein, and the views of those who oppose Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jama'ah, along with a discussion of those views.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
1. Understanding the meaning of correct creed, its importance, its most prominent characteristics, and its topics.
2. Understanding who "Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah" are, the sources of their creed, and their methodology of derivation.
3. Knowing the proofs of God's existence, discussing those who deny God's existence, and some forms of modern atheism.
4. Understanding the meaning of Lordship (Rububiyyah) Tawhid, its proofs, and manifestations of deviation within it.
5. Understanding the creed of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah regarding the names and attributes of Allah, their principles, and the views of those who oppose Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah, along with refuting them.
6. Understanding the meaning of Lordship Monotheism and its evidence.
Skills:
1- Knowing the issues related to attributes.
2. Understanding the meaning and manifestations of atheism.
3. Knowing what relates to the existence of God.
4. Knowing what contradicts the Oneness of Lordship.
5. Knowing some manifestations of Shirk in Lordship.
Values, autonomy and responsibility:
Ability to work in a team. .
2. The ability to communicate and engage in responsible discussion.
3- Ability to take responsibility during individual or group work.
4. The ability to provide constructive criticism and receive feedback and criticism from students.

Additional information:

Course Topics:
– Definition of 'Aqidah, its importance, and its most prominent characteristics.
1- The meaning of the science of creed, its subject, its names, and the most important books authored in it.
The meaning of the term Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah, their sources of reception, and their methodology of argumentation.
3. Comparing the Sources of Reception among Ahl al-Sunnah and Other Opponents.
4. The claim of reason over transmission and its discussion.
The claim of not inferring from hadith ahad in creedology, and its discussion.
Proof of God's Existence and Its Evidence.
Sects that deny the existence of God Almighty, and their discussion.
Contemporary Atheism:
Its roots and causes.
2. Image and its appearance.
3. Highlight his doubts and discuss them.
4. Its effects and consequences.
5. Its treatment and prevention methods.
1- Definition of Tawhid and its divisions.
2- The meaning of unifying proof and knowledge, and its types.
Unifying proof and knowledge necessitates unifying intention and pursuit.
4. The meaning of Tawhid al-Rububiyyah and its evidences.
What is meant by Shirk in Rububiyyah, and its most prominent manifestations.
The concept of Tawhid al-Asma wa al-Sifat:
1. Definition of Tawhid al-Asma wa al-Sifat.
A/ The Names of Allah Almighty:
1. Evidence for the Names of Allah Almighty.
1. Rules for the Names of Allah.
2. Count and enumerate them.
3. Some of the names of Allah mentioned in the Quran and Sunnah and their meanings.
4. Atheism in the Names of Allah and its Types.
5. The effects of believing in the Names and Attributes of Allah.
6. The Rules of Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jama'ah Regarding the Names of Allah Almighty
The Attributes of God Almighty:
Evidence of the Attributes of Allah.
2. The Quran's method of mentioning the attributes of Allah Almighty.
3. Categories of Allah's Attributes and Distinguishing Between Them.
4. The difference between affirmation and negation in the attributes of Allah. .
5. The Rules of Ahl as-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah Regarding the Attributes of Allah.
Opinions of the most prominent opponents of Ahl al-Sunnah in the chapter of Names and Attributes and refuting them:
1. The Jahmiyyah sect and its refutation.
2. The Mu'tazila school of thought, and refutation of it.
3. The Ash'ari School of Thought and its Refutation.
4. The Doctrine of the People of Delegation, and Refutation of It.
A study of some of the attributes of God mentioned in religious texts.
(Life, Hands, Anger, Equitability, Highness, Presence, Descent, Sight, Speech, Knowledge.)
3. Meaning, its type.
Its evidence.
The position of the opponents and a general response to them.
6. It aroused faith in her.
The unification of proof and knowledge necessitates the unification of intention and request.

Last updated: 2026-06-03