English - History of Ahle Bayt

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Definition:

MA History of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) is one of the specialized programs in the field of Islam history which is studied in the postgraduate level concentrating on the history of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) in the passage of history and considers it from different dimensions, namely political, social, cultural, and others, in the world of Islam.

Program Objectives:

Methodically and scientifically explaining Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) throughout history of Islam
Defending Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) according to the historical viewpoints and answering the doubts about them
Analyzing Ahl-e Bayt’s (a.s)developments in order to find the truths
Presenting the grounds and reasons for the establishment and fall of Shiite governments throughout history
Getting familiarized with geographical distribution of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) throughout history so as to find the proper grounds for utilizing.

Necessity and Importance:

The history of the Shiite is an important one among all the other Muslim sects; since through them we can find about the history of the Prophet (s.a) and His Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) which are bonded to each other and beside that we understand about Shiite governments, sects, scholars and acquire a better understanding of the Shiites which results in a proper planning for the future. Apart from that, since the scholars of Al-Mustafa International University come from different parts of the Islam world acquiring the knowledge of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) is a necessity for them.

Program Structure:

The MA History of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) program is studied over 5 semesters
The educational system is credit-based
Theoretical credits are16 hours studied over 16-week semesters
Practical credits are 32 hours

Course Units:

There are a total of 64 credits in the MA History of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s). The majority of the credits are theoretical which are researched based. The credits are divided into two categories as:

Prerequisite courses
Specialized courses

Based on the following table:

Course Units:

No.	Course Units	Credit rating
1.	Prerequisite	32
2.	Specialized	28
3.	Thesis	4
	Total	64

Role and Effectiveness:

The graduates of this program, with the acquired skills from historical studies, will be able to function as expert researchers inside and outside their countries and work in academic institutions. They can also continue their education and have a more effective role in expansion and elevation of the Shiite culture and civilization as well as exhibiting it to different societies and be useful in achieving the abovementioned objectives.

Course Units:

a.Prerequisite Courses of the MA History of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s).

No.	Course Units	Credit rating	Total hours	Theoretical	Practical	Pre-requisite	Notes
1	Philosophy of History	2	32	32			According to the Quranic Viewpoints
2	Study of the Imams	2	32	32			According to the Doubts
3	Historical Sociology	2	32	32		Sociology
4	History of Islamic Sects	2	32	32			Having a Jurisprudential views
5	Rijal and Dirayah and their applications in History	2	32	32
6	Jurisprudence (1)	3	48	48		Jurisprudence (1)
7	Jurisprudence (2)	2	32	32		Jurisprudence (2)
8	Jurisprudence (3)	2	32	32
9	Principles of Islamic Law	3	48	48
10	Research Method	2	48	16	32
11	Islamic Philosophy (1)	2	32	32			*
12	Islamic Philosophy (2)	2	32	32		Islamic Philosophy (1)	*
13	Arabic Literature (1)	2	32	32			*
14	Arabic Literature (2)	2	32	32		Arabic Literature (1)	*
15	Psychology	1	16	16			*
16	Sociology	1	16	16			*
17	Geography of Islam World	2	32	32		Political Information	*
18	Commentary of Quran	2	32	32			*
19	Critiquing the West’s Social Concepts	2	32	32			*
20	Educational and Cultural Management	1	16	16			*
21	Methods of Dissemination	1	16	16			*
22	Politics	2	32	32			*
23	Islamic Teaching and Training	2	32	32			*
24	Regional Needs	2	32	32		Comparative Theology (1 & 2)	*
25	Comparative Theology (1)	2	32	32			*
26	Comparative Theology (2)	2	32	32		Comparative Theology (1)	*
	Total	50	816	784	32

Note:

The courses not marked with (*) are necessary
The courses market with (*) are electives and students should pass 10 of them
The faculties can select some of the courses for all the students and present them as compulsory
The faculties can have 6 credits as prerequisites and present them

b.Specialized Course Units of MA History of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s)

No.	Course Units	Credit rating	Total hours	Theoretical	Practical	Pre-requisite	Notes
1.	History of the Prophet (s.a)	2	32	32
2.	History of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) (1)	2	32	32
3.	History of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) (2)	2	32	32	History of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) (1)
4.	History of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) (3)	2	32	32	History of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) (2)
5.	History of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) (4)	2	32	32	History of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) (3)
6.	History of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) (5)	2	32	32	History of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) (4)
7.	History of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) (6)	2	32	32	History of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s) (5)
8.	Specialized Texts	2	32	32
9.	Technical Foreign Language (1)	2	32	32
10.	Technical Foreign Language (2)	2	32	32		Technical Foreign Language (1)
11.	Research Method in History and Behavior of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s)	2	32	32
12	Study of Bases of Ahl-e Bayt (a.s)	2	48	16	32
13	Imams in the works of Non-Shiite Scholars	2	32	32
14	Shiite Sects	2	32	32
15	Thesis	4		64
	Total	32	464	432	96

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