English - Hadith Studies

TRAINING COURSE

Definition:

The MA Hadith Studies program is a specialized course in which the students acquire a deep knowledge about the modules and over successful completion of the program receive MA in Hadith Studies.

General Objectives of the Program:

Training lecturers in Hadith Sciences for international seminary schools and universities
Training researchers in the relevant fields
Instructing skilled individuals in the field of Hadith Studies
Preparing talented students for related PhD studies

Educational Objectives and Policies:

Making students research-oriented through allocating 30% of the credits to research works in related subjects
Avoiding over-reading in classes
Developing the skills at authoring, teaching and translating in relevant fields
Developing the ability of using Arabic and English texts in the field of Hadith studies
Internalizing moral and spiritual traits in students
Presenting a deep, analytical and comparative understanding of texts related to Hadith Studies
Providing a logical understanding of Hadith Studies
Developing the skills at dissemination of Quranic teachings and tradition through using relevant academic sources
Preparing and encouraging students to advance to doctoral level
Acquiring intermediate knowledge of reasoning jurisprudence and principles of Islamic law, as considered necessary
Providing familiarity with the orientalists’ viewpoints regarding Hadith Studies and critiquing and analyzing them
Developing the ability of using Hadith studies in intermediate level according to relevant principles and basics
Providing a general understanding of the Quranic and Ahl-e Bayt teachings and capability of collecting relevant information based on the subjects
Developing a syllabus based upon the contribution of students

Program Structure:

There are a total of 32 credit units including dissertation plus a 32 prerequisite credits (seminary courses and special requirements) studied over 5 semesters. (Maximum credits presented per semesters are 14)
Theoretical credits are16 hours studied over 16-week semesters
Students should submit a dissertation which accounts for 4 credits

Course Units:

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

Importance and Necessity:

Since the Holy Quran is the major source in the religion of Islam and as it provides the religious needs of Muslims and due to the fact that having this knowledge is necessary for researching and teaching Islamic subjects, it is a must to have Hadith Studies as an independent program so that the need of Islamic world for the lecturers and researchers is fulfilled.

Role and Effectiveness:

The graduates of this program, with the knowledge acquired, can become researchers and lecturers in relevant courses and play an effective role in elevation and expansion of Islamic culture and provides the others with this knowledge. They can also acquire the qualifications needed in doctoral level and advance to PhD and be more efficient for the aforesaid plans.

Course Units:

a.Prerequisite Courses of MA Hadith Studies program

No.	Course Units	Credit rating	Total hours	Theoretical	Practical	Pre-requisite	Notes
1.	Introduction to Nahj Al-Balaqe	2	32	32			*
2.	Introduction to Sahife Sajadiyye	2	32	32			*
3.	Jurisprudence of Hadith (2)	2	48	16	32	Jurisprudence of Hadith (1)
4.	Jurisprudence of Hadith (3)	2	48	16	32	Jurisprudence of Hadith (2)
5.	Position and Status of Hadith	2	48	16	32	Criterion of Critiquing Hadith
6.	Analyzing complex Hadith	1	16	16		Principles of Understanding Hadith
7.	Analyzing Terminology of Ahadith	2	32	32
8.	Analyzing Complex Ahadith	1	16	16		Principles of Understanding Hadith	Intellectual and Comparative Commentary
9.	Analyzing Contradictory Ahadith	1	16	16		Principles of Understanding Hadith
10.	Jurisprudence (1)	3	48	48
11.	Jurisprudence (2)	2	32	32		Jurisprudence (1)
12.	Jurisprudence (3)	2	32	32		Jurisprudence (2)
13.	Principles of Islamic Law	3	48	48
14.	Islamic Philosophy (1)	2	32	32			*
15.	Islamic Philosophy (2)	2	32	32		Islamic Philosophy (1)	*
16.	Arabic Literature (1)	2	64	-	64		*
17.	Arabic Literature (2)	2	64	-	64	Arabic Literature (1)	*
18.	Psychology	1	16	16			*
19.	Sociology	1	16	16			*
20.	Geography of Islam world	2	32	32			*
21.	History of Islam	2	32	32			*
22.	Criticizing the West social thinking	2	32	32			*
23.	Pedagogical and Cultural Management	1	16	16			*
24.	Dissemination Methods in Contemporary World	1	16	16			*
25.	Politics	2	32	32			*
26.	Islamic Training and Teaching	2	32	32			*
27.	Comparative Theology (1)	2	32	32			*
28.	Comparative Theology (2)	2	32	32		Comparative Theology (1)	*
29.	Research Method	2	48	16	32		*
30.	Regional Needs	2	32	32			*
	Total	55	1008	784	224

Note:

If considered necessary, the faculties can make some courses for some students as compulsory
The faculties can have 6 credits as prerequisites and present them
The courses market with (*) are elective and students should pass 12 of them

b.Specialized Courses:

No.	Course Units	Credit rating	Total hours	Theoretical	Practical	Pre-requisite	Notes
1.	Hadith and Orientalists	2	32	32
2.	Research Method in Hadith Studies	1	32		32		Focusing on writing dissertation
3.	Hadith Researches in Contemporary Time	1	16	16
4.	Hadith and Sciences	2	32	32			Focusing on Human Sciences
5.	Seminary Schools and Different Schools of Hadith	2	48	16		Position and Status	Underlining Quranic verses and Rewayat
6.	Comparative Analysis of Commentary Rewayat of Fariqayn	2	48	16	32	Criterion of Critiquing Hadith	Underling the Arba’e Books and evaluating Sahah-e Setteh
7.	Comparative Analysis of Fariqayn Rewayat	3	64	32	32	Criterion of Critiquing Hadith	In a comparative form Ind Al-Fariqayn
8.	Analyzing the Phenomenon of Fabrication of Ahadith and Ahadith-e Mowzo’eh	3	64	32	32
9.	Criterion for Evaluating Hadith	2	32	32
10.	Principles of Understanding and Evaluating Hadith	2	32	32		Analyzing the Phenomenon of Fabrication of Ahadith and Ahadith-e Mowzo’eh	Analyzing Ahadith regarding Theology, Prophets, Imams; underlining preserving Hadith
11.	Jurisprudence of Hadith (1)	2	48	16	32
12.	Principles of Authenticating and Rejecting Ahadith	2	32	32		Comparative Analysis of Rijali Sources of Fariqayn
13.	Comparative Analysis of Rijali Sources of Fariqayn	2	48	16	32	Principles of Authenticating and Rejecting Ahadith
14.	Advance Foreign Language	2	48	16	32
15.	Dissertation	4	128		128
	Total	32	688	336	352

TRAINING COURSE

system jame amozesh

sampa

ketabkhane

nashriat