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Legitimate policy

Course Description: - Student's understanding of what is meant by Sharia politics. - Principles of Sharia politics, its origins, and prominent works in the field. - The ruling on practicing Sharia politics, its guidelines, and its scope. - Public mandates and their most prominent characteristics. - Old and contemporary applications of Sharia politics.

Credits: 2

Objectives of the course :

– Studying the Islamic concept of nation-state policy by Islamic law.
– Studying the role of the Imam in enacting regulations and the limits of the legitimacy of regulations.
Refuting suspicions raised about the application of Islamic Sharia.
– A statement that Sharia is applicable in every time and place, supported by evidence.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
1. To define the terms and concepts of Sharia politics.
2. To mention the general rulings and evidence for matters of Islamic jurisprudence, methods of inferring them, juristic rules, and objectives.
3. To identify the elements of judicial systems and procedures and their applications concerning matters of Sharia policy.
4. To describe the scientific research methodology for studying jurisprudential issues in Sharia politics.
Skills:
1- To derive the legal rulings for Islamic governance from detailed evidence.
To apply the jurisprudential rulings of Sharia politics to actual events.
To apply the scientific research methodology to study jurisprudential issues in Sharia politics.
Values, autonomy 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:
The meaning of Sharia policy, the linguistic implication of Sharia policy, the political implication of Sharia policy, the concept of Sharia policy according to jurists, the opinion of Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn Aqil, from the Hanbalis.
Political Science of Islamic Law in the Modern Era: Its Definition, Subject Matter, and Objective.
The relationship between Fiqh and Sharia Politics.
An Introduction to the Study of Islamic Systems, comprising:
Definition of the system linguistically and terminologically, its divisions, its controls, and its contemporary applications.
The guardian's authority in enacting regulations and the controls thereof.
The Political System in Islam and the Authority of the Guardian in Restricting Permissible Acts.

Last updated: 2026-05-06