Bayburt University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
İH107Y	Usul-i Fiqh Science	Elective	1	1	6

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle

Objectives of the Course

Topics of Islamic legal methodology; Shariah evidence and methods of making judgments from them, ijtihad, methods of disagreement and preference.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Tevhit Ayengin Prof. Dr. Davut Yaylalı Doç. Dr. Yusuf Şen Doç. Dr. Yakup Mahmutoğlu

Learning Outcomes

1	To be able to explain the primary and secondary sources of law of fiqh.
2	To be able to comprehend the methods of making judgments in fiqh method
3	To be able to recognize the basic concepts of fiqh and its development in the historical process.

Mode of Delivery

Normal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

none

Recommended Optional Programme Components

none

Course Contents

Ways of understanding and making judgments about judgments, judges and nass. Ijtihad and sects

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	The nature of the fiqh method.
2	The Birth of Islamic Law Methodology
3	Classical Fuqaha and Mutakallimin Schools
4	Islamic Law, the concepts of fiqh and sharia, the relationship between them and the place of fiqh among other Islamic sciences
5	Evidence concept, Primary evidence
6	Subsidiary evidence, People of Practice in Medina
7	Maslahat (public benefit), Istishab
8	Terms and Types, Fard, Vajib
9	Haram, Makruh, Health, Mischief
10	Legal acts, Taxpayer
11	Words in the Qur'an and Sunnah, Emir and Nehiy
12	General words in the Qur'an, Genuine words
13	Muhkem, Âm (General) Speeches
14	Purpose of Islamic Law, Ijtihad, Nasih

Recommended or Required Reading

1. Zekiyyüddin Şaban, İslam Hukuk İlminin Esasları (çev. İbrahim Kafi Dönmez), Ankara 2005 2. H. Yunus Apaydın, İslam Hukuk Usulü, Kayseri 2017. 3. Muhsin Koçak, Nihat Dalgın, Osman Şahin, Fıkıh Usulü, İstanbul 2013. Muhammed Ebû Zehra, Usûlü’l-Fıkh, İstanbul 1974. 4. Muhammed Hudari Bey, Usûlü’l-Fıkh, Mısır 1969. 5. Abdülvehhab Hallaf, İlmu Usûli’l-Fıkh, Kuveyt 1968. 6. Abdülkerim Zeydan, el-Vecîz fî usûli’l-fıkh, Bağdat 1985.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		30
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		70
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

none

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	89	1	89
Individual Study for Final Examination	89	1	89
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			180

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6
LO1
LO2
LO3

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High