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Course Topics:
The Book of Hajj (The Meaning of the Rituals, Related Terms, Hajj and Umrah: Their Ruling and the Wisdom Behind Them.
Conditions for the obligation of Hajj and Umrah and the ruling on repeating them, performing Hajj without a permit. The meaning of the stipulated ability for Hajj. Hajj for someone with debt. A woman traveling for Hajj without a mahram. Rulings related to a child's Hajj. Representation in Hajj and Umrah and their rulings. Someone for whom Hajj and Umrah became obligatory but died before performing them.
The Temporal and Spatial Miqats and Their Rulings: (The intended meaning of temporal and spatial miqats. Spatial miqats, their current names, and their most important rulings. Temporal miqats and their related rulings. Alignment: its meaning and its resulting applications.).
Ihram: (Its meaning and what is prescribed before it. Stipulation at the time of Ihram. The types of rituals in Hajj, their descriptions, the differences between them, and which is best. Travel that interrupts Tamattu. Changing the ritual. Rejecting the ritual. Prohibitions of Ihram: their meaning and multiplicity. The consequences of committing a prohibited act and the conditions for these consequences to apply, and the difference between them according to the rulings that result from each. What the pilgrim in Ihram does after entering Ihram until entering the Sacred Mosque. Rulings on missing the pilgrimage and being prevented from completing it, and their contemporary applications).
Pillars of Hajj and Umrah and their related rulings. Obligations of Hajj and Umrah and their related rulings. Rulings of Tawaf and Sa'i. Knowledge of the Sharia boundaries of Arafat, the ruling of staying there, and its timing. Ruling of staying overnight in Muzdalifah and the concession for that. Knowledge of the Sharia boundaries of Mina, the ruling of staying there, and the concession for that. Stoning of the Jamarat: its rulings, the ruling of appointing a proxy for it, and recent developments related to stoning the Jamarat. Farewell Tawaf in Hajj and Umrah: its ruling, timing, and who is permitted to forgo it. Sunnahs of Hajj and Umrah and the rulings related to these Sunnahs. Description of Hajj. Description of Umrah. Intermingling in the rituals of Hajj. Crowding and its effect on the rituals of Hajj. Most prominent contemporary issues in the Hajj rituals. Visiting the Prophet's Mosque.
The Rulings on Hadi, Udhiyah, and Aqiqah: Hadi: Its meaning, ruling, and time. Udhiyah: Its meaning, ruling, and wisdom behind it. What suffices for Hadi and Udhiyah, and defects that prevent sufficiency. The time for slaughtering Hadi and Udhiyah. Disposing of the meat of Hadi and Udhiyah. What the sacrificer should avoid upon the arrival of the first ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah. Aqiqah: Its meaning, ruling, wisdom behind it, and its related rulings. Rulings related to the newborn child.
Book of Foods: Rulings related to animal and plant foods: The origin of foods and drinks and the controls of what is permissible and what is forbidden. Reasons for the prohibition of forbidden foods. Animals forbidden by their essence from the start and animals forbidden for a reason that befalls them. The origin of dead sea creatures with evidence and the difference between marine and amphibious animals. Rennet and its components in food composition and its effect. Al-Jallalah: What is meant by it
And its ruling. Differentiating the ruling between predatory animals and other animals. An animal born from a consumable and non-consumable animal: its example and ruling. Vicious animals and the ruling on killing them and the wisdom behind it. Vile animals: their meaning and examples. What is disliked in terms of food. Crops and fruits that are irrigated with impure water or sewage, or fertilized with impurities. Eating forbidden things when necessary. Etiquette of eating.
Provisions regarding beverages: Consuming alcohol. Fermentation of alcohol. The criterion for necessity that permits consuming the forbidden. The amount a person in necessity may consume and the ruling on stocking up for such a person. Etiquette of drinking. Provisions of hospitality in Islam. Intoxicants, drugs, sedatives, and stimulants: their types, examples, and rulings.
The Meaning of Dhabihah and its Important Rulings: * **Dhabihah:** Its meaning, ruling, and wisdom behind it. * **Conditions for Dhabihah.** * **Criterion for what is permissible to slaughter (Dhabihah).** * **Dhabihah of the insane, the drunk, and the child.** * **Conditions considered for the slaughtering instrument.** * **What must be severed during slaughter.** * **Modern methods of Dhabihah and their rulings.** * **Distinction between the meaning of slaughter (Dhabh) and neck-slitting (Nahr).** * **The animals that are slaughtered (Dhabh) and those that are neck-slit (Nahr), and the effect of reversing these actions.** * **Distinguishing between the Dhabihah of marine animals and land animals.** * **Rulings on neglecting to mention Allah's name (Tasmiyah) during slaughter.** * **Etiquette of slaughter, what is disliked, and what is forbidden during slaughter.** * **Slaughtered animals that are impermissible (e.g., slaughter for other than Allah, the slaughter of a Magus, etc.).** * **The ruling on imported slaughtered animals and meats.**.
Regulations related to hunting: the hunting officer and their ruling, and when an ostrich is treated as game? Conditions for the permissibility of hunting. Al-Mawquza: its meaning and the conditions for the permissibility of hunting that remain after it. Distinguishing between catching game alive and catching it with the movement of a slaughtered animal. What is required of a hunting animal. Rulings on intention and the utterance of God's name when using a tool or a hunting animal. Situations in which hunting is forbidden.
Jurisprudence of Oaths and Vows: The meaning and rulings of an oath. Oath: Its meaning and ruling. Permissible and impermissible oaths. The wording that constitutes an oath and when it is binding. What results from it. Distinguishing between wording that functions as an oath and wording that functions as a vow. The ruling on oaths where the name of Allah is not mentioned. Types of oaths, with examples for each type, their rulings, and the effect of expiation. Conditions for the obligation of oath expiation. Euphemisms and implications in oaths.
The Meaning of Exception in Oaths and Its Rulings: Exception in Oaths: Its meaning, examples, and its effect on the oath with evidence. Conditions for an exception to affect an oath with examples. The consequences of separating an exception from an oath, and an exception with the intention of the heart without utterance. The ruling on an exception in the form of a vow in divorce.
The Reality of Breaking an Oath and the Most Important Rulings Related to It: Breaking an Oath: Its Meaning, Ruling, and the Atonement Resulting from It. The Amount of Feeding for the Atonement of an Oath and the Description of Sufficient Clothing in Accordance with Current Attire. The Order of Fasting in the Atonement. The Ruling on Offering the Atonement Before Breaking the Oath.
Jurisprudence of Oaths and Vows: The Reality of Oaths and Their Rulings, Oaths: Their Meaning and Ruling. Permissible and Other Oaths. The Wording That Constitutes an Oath and When It Occurs. What Results From That. Distinguishing Between Wording That Is Like an Oath and Wording That Is Like a Vow. The Ruling on Oaths in Which the Swearer Does Not Mention the Name of Allah. Types of Oaths, Examples of Each Type, Their Rulings, and the Effect of Atonement (Kaffarah) on Them. Conditions for the Obligation of Atonement for Oaths. Equivocation and Allusion in Oaths.
The Meaning of Exception in Oaths and Its Rulings: Exception in Oaths: Its meaning, examples, and its effect on the oath with evidence. Conditions for an exception to affect an oath with examples. The consequences of separating an exception from an oath, and an exception with the intention of the heart without utterance. The ruling on an exception in the form of a vow in divorce.
The Reality of Breaking an Oath and the Most Important Rulings Related to It: Breaking an Oath: Its Meaning, Ruling, and the Atonement Incurred. The Amount of Food for the Atonement of an Oath and the Description of Suitable Clothing in Accordance with Current Attire. The Order of Fasting in Atonement. The Ruling on Providing Atonement Before Breaking an Oath. The Ruling if the Oath-Taker Does What They Swore to Do While Forgetting, Ignorant, or Coerced. The Ruling on Atonement for Forbidden Oaths.
Illustrations of Multiple Oaths and Their Important Rulings: Illustrations of the various forms of multiple oaths. Illustrations of the difference between someone who swore one oath on multiple actions, someone who swore repeated oaths on one action, and someone who swore repeated oaths on multiple actions. Ruling on expiation for someone who swore many times on one specific thing, then broke the oath. Ruling on expiation for someone who repeated oaths on different actions. Ruling for someone who swore one oath on different categories. Ruling on expiation for someone who swore in one oath on more than two attributes of Allah Almighty.
The most important rulings on intention in oaths: rulings on intention in oaths of claim and others. The order of recourse in interpreting an oath. Rulings resulting from oaths that include names (Sharia, literal, and customary).
The reality of a vow and its rulings. A vow: its meaning, the ruling on its establishment, and the ruling on fulfilling it. What is required for the validity of a vow from the perspective of the one who made it. Types of vows with examples and mentioning what is required for each. Divisions of vows and the ruling on expiation for each division with examples. What is required of one who vows to give away all or most of his wealth in charity. Rulings concerning vows related to fasting, I'tikaf, or charity. What constitutes the fulfillment of a general vow in acts of worship. One who vows something and is then unable to fulfill it. Changing to something other than what was vowed.