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Jurisprudence of Jihad and International Relations

Course Description: This course covers: - The reality and rulings of Jihad. - The reality and rulings of international relations.

Credits: 2

Objectives of the course :

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
– Clarification of the terms and concepts of Jihad and international relations.
– Mention the jurisprudential rulings on jihad and international relations.
- The formation of the jurisprudential framework that enables the derivation of legal rulings on jihad and international relations, with its detailed evidence and application to real-world situations.
– Demonstrating etiquette and skills in dealing with those who disagree on controversial issues.
– Utilizing modern technology to access information on course matters.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
1. To define the terms and concepts of jihad and international relations.
2- To mention the evidence and jurisprudential rulings on jihad and international relations.
To explain the evidence for rulings on issues of Jihad and international relations from the Book and Sunnah, according to the scientific methodology of commentators and hadith scholars.
Skills:
1- Utilize technical, computational, and numerical skills in jurisprudential issues and supporting sciences of the specialization.
2. To derive the legal rulings for jihad and international relations.
3. To apply the jurisprudential rulings on jihad and international relations to actual events.
Values, autonomy and responsibility:
1- Demonstrate Islamic ethics, social, professional and academic values, and disagreement etiquette.
2 - Bear the assigned responsibility professionally and independently.
3- Work collaboratively and effectively as a team.

Additional information:

Course Topics:
The Reality of Jihad and its Rulings: The reality of jihad, its ruling, and its wisdom. The divisions of jihad in terms of defense and offense, and their realities.
and their conditions, cases where jihad is an individual obligation, guarding the frontier for Allah, its meaning and virtue, differentiating between those fit for jihad and those not, rulings related to the commencement of war, invitation before jihad, its ruling and importance, who may be killed in war and who is forbidden, operations resulting in the taking of life, throwing stones at the enemy who is using civilians as a shield, seeking the help of polytheists in jihad, legitimate and prohibited weapons.
. The rulings on fleeing the battlefield, its types, the legal rulings related to the wounded, prisoners, and the slain, spoils of war, *nafl*, *fay'*, and *kharaj* (their meanings and rulings), *dhimmi*, the covenant holder, the one granted asylum, and the enemy combatant (their meanings and their most important related rulings), the *dhimma* contract (its meaning, who can enter into it, and who it is valid for), the rulings on *dhimmi* people and what invalidates the covenant, *jizya* (its meaning and rulings), the asylum contract (its meaning, ruling, and conditions), and a truce (its meaning, ruling, and conditions).
The ruling on immigration in detail.
The reality of international relations and their rulings, what is meant by international relations, their relationship to the science of *Sirah* (the Prophet's biography) and Islamic jurisprudence and their sources in Islam.
. The state: its meaning and pillars. The abode of Islam, the abode of treaty, and the abode of war: the meaning of each and the related rules. International relations in times of peace and war. Conditions for international responsibility in times of peace and war.

Last updated: 2026-05-05