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Branching out from the basics

Course Description: This course covers the principles of deriving rulings from their sources, its origins, and key literary works. It includes practical training in deriving rulings from their sources on a number of jurisprudence issues.

Credits: 2

Prerequisites: ISF 349

Objectives of the course :

1. Understanding the reality of deriving branches from principles, its utility, origin and development, and its methodology. .
The ability to benefit from the principles of jurisprudence in explaining the rulings of derived branches based on them. .
Practicing diligence in issuing rulings on contemporary issues by referring them to their appropriate sources. .
4. The student will be able to express their opinion correctly. .

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
1. The student knows the reality of deriving branches from roots and its benefit.
2. The student should know the sections of graduation and its implications for the scholars of Usul (Islamic jurisprudence principles). .
The student knows how to derive the branch from the origin.
4. The student will know appropriate applied models for deriving branches from origins.
Skills:
1- That the student understands the relationship between jurisprudence and its principles.
The student will be able to derive the branches from the rules.
3. The student will be able to deduce the reasons for scholarly differences in minor rulings and connect those rulings back to their foundational principles.
4. The student analyzes the output model, indicating its correctness or incorrectness.
Values, autonomy and responsibility:
The student must adhere to Islamic standards and values. .
2- To know how to deal in group situations for decision-making and problem-solving
3- The student should be able to deal with information sources and their analysis tools, weigh judgments and opinions, and adopt the correct option among multiple choices.

Additional information:

Course Topics:
First: Principles of deriving branches from fundamentals, its origin, and works on it.
1. Principles of Hadith verification and its branches.
2. The reality of the science of deriving secondary rulings from primary principles.
3. The relationship of the science of deriving branches from principles to the science of Fiqh and its principles. And the reasons for scholarly differences.
4. The Emergence of Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) that Derives Specific Rulings from Foundational Principles, and the Stages It Went Through.
5. The benefit of the science of branches graduating from roots.
6. Scholars' approaches to authorship in deriving branches from principles.
7. Prominent works on deriving branches from principles, and their methodology.
8. Methods of deriving branches from roots.
9. Director's qualifications and specifications.
10. Reasons for errors in derivation
Second: Training on deriving branches from principles in a number of Usul (Islamic jurisprudence principles) issues.
1- Training on eliciting sub-principles from core principles in a number of core principle issues related to the discussions of legal ruling.
2- Training on deriving secondary rulings from primary sources in a selection of jurisprudential issues related to the discussion of legal evidence.
3. Training in deriving branches from principles in a number of jurisprudential issues related to the discussions of linguistic implications.
4. Training in deriving branches from principles in a set of jurisprudential issues related to the discussions of ijtihad and taqlid, and conflict and preference.

Last updated: 2026-04-27