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Course Description: In this course, students will learn about the importance of the science of Jarh and Ta'deel (criticism and commendation of narrators), its Sharia controls, its origin and development, the methods of Imams in judging narrators, the types of their judgments and their ranks, how to act when they disagree, identifying confusion between narrators, its causes, its impact on judging the narrator, and methods of distinguishing narrators.

Credit hours: 3

Objectives of the course :

Students acquire critical skill, enabling them to reach the degree of a narrator worthy of consideration when critics disagree, by applying the rules of analysis to the critics' statements, or when there are no statements about the narrator, by applying the methods critics used in their judgments, and enabling them to master summarizing the narrator's biography and presenting it well to the reader, following the correct scientific methodology.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
Defines the means and tools used by the imams of criticism in their judgments on narrators.
2- It mentions the terms used by critics to disqualify and qualify narrators, the ranks of these terms, and the ruling on the hadiths of narrators according to them.
Explains the rules and clues for favoring imams' sayings when they conflict regarding narrators.
4. Lists the ways the narrator's translation is presented, and the sayings of the Imams of criticism regarding it.
Skills:
1- Distinguishes the means and tools used by the imams of criticism to evaluate narrators.
2- Distinguishing between the ranks of Imams' pronouncements on narrators in terms of criticism and commendation, and the grades of their hadiths.
3. Comparing critics' statements about narrators, addressing their differences with a scientific approach according to the methodology of the imams of criticism.
4- Improves the summary of the narrator's translation and the smoothness of its presentation in his research and studies.
5. Conducts research according to quality standards using advanced technical methods.
Values, autonomy and responsibility:
Adheres to professional and academic ethical practices in his/her communication with colleagues and professors.
2- Handles the electronic information network with the ethics of a responsible citizen.
3. Uses university and scientific institution digital library resources with integrity and academic honesty.

Additional information:

Course Topics:
Introduction, in which is mentioned:
A- Definition of the Science of Jarh and Ta'deel
B. Its necessity and Islamic controls
C. His upbringing and the phases he went through
d- Books of Jarh wa Ta'deel
The Imams' Methods of Evaluating Narrators
Theoretical rulings on narrators:
Absolute provisions
B. Provisions subject to a specific condition, such as an elder, a country, or a time.
C. Relative Rulings (comparison of the narrator with others)
Practical rulings on narrators:
A- The novel is about the narrator, and leaving the novel about him.
B. Narration Endorsement
The ranks of the Imams' rulings on narrators:
- Their status with the Imams in the era of criticism
B. Its ranks according to Ibn Abi Hatim
c. Their levels among later scholars
Considering the statements of the critics and their rules: (Introduction on the occasional differences of the Imams regarding a single narrator, or the different statements of a single Imam regarding them) and their reasons:
A. Authenticity of the text attributed to its source. .
b- The integrity of the text from distortion and alteration.
C. The person to whom the saying is attributed, his status in criticism, and the divisions of criticism scholars in terms of strictness and moderation. .
Circumstantial evidence surrounding the narrator and what has been said about them.
Identifying and distinguishing between narrators.
First: Genuine scientific suspicion:
A - Its definition
b- Its causes
C- The Imams' Methods for Grouping and Differentiating between Narrators.
d- Its effect on judging the narrator.
Second: Imaginary Suspicion
A. Its definition.
B. Its frequent occurrence and danger.
C- Its causes.
D. Means of distinguishing narrators.
Applied Aspect: Assigning each student short research projects addressing curriculum issues. These research projects will be discussed in the lecture hall by the professor and students.
It is also good for the professor to guide students in each paragraph to those who have written extensively on it, whether ancient or modern, especially in academic theses.

Last updated: 2026-06-07