Usul (Usool/Uloom)- Sciences
Scholars teach various subjects under the Umbrella of Sciences.
We will highlight the subjects which are commonly taught:
1. Uloom-Al-Quran:
- Sciences of the Quran (Uloom-Al-Quran)
- Usul-Al-Tafsir
- Tafsir
- Tajweed
2. Usul-Al-Fiqh:
- Maqasid al shariah
- Usul-Al-Fiqh
- Fiqh
3. Hadith:
- Sciences of the Hadith (Uloom-Al-Hadith)
- Hadith
- Seerah
Uloom Al Quran or Sciences of the Quran
Quran is the code of life for the Muslims.
This subject establishes the authenticity of the Quran. The way it was revealed, gathered & taught for generations.
Courses :
"Stairway to the Quran" by Shaykh Abu Nahla Alwazani.
"The Qur'an: Is it suitable for our time?" by Shaykh Abu Nahla Alwazani. Link here
Provided by: The Quranic Way
Books:
- "The Perfect Guide to the Sciences of the Quran" by Imam Suyuti
- "Ulum Al Quran" by Von Denffer
- "Introduction to the Sciences of Quran" by Sheikh Yasir Qadhi
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Usul-Al-Tafsir
Usul al-Tafsir serves as a detailed and structured guide to students and readers seeking to greatly elevate their understanding of the Qur'an.
Books :
- "Usul Al Tafsir: The Sciences and Methodology of the Quran" by Recep Dogan
Tafsir
Tafsir refers to exegesis, usually of the Quran. An author of a tafsir is a mufassir. A Quranic tafsir attempts to provide elucidation, explanation, interpretation, context or commentary for clear understanding of Quran
Tajweed
Tajwīd is a set of rules for the correct pronunciation of the letters with all their qualities and applying the various traditional methods of recitation.
Book:
- "Tajweed Rules" by Rania Habib-Link here
Usul Al Fiqh
Usul-Al-fiqh is a methodology and rules and principles which guide the jurist to derive legal rules from the original sources.
Books :
- "Usul al-Fiqh: Methodology of Islamic Jurisprudence" by Recep Dogan
- "Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence" by Prof. Mohammad Hashim Kamali
Maqasid Al sharia
Maqasid or maqāṣid al-sharīʿa (goals or objectives of sharia) is an Islamic legal doctrine.
Book:
- "Imam Al Shatibi’s Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law" by AHMAD AL-RAYSUNIWith an Introduction by TAHA JABIR AL-ALWANI. Translated from the Arabic by NANCY ROBERTS
Fiqh
Fiqh is Islamic jurisprudence. Fiqh is often described as the human understanding and practices of the sharia, that is human understanding of the divine Islamic law as revealed in the Quran and the Sunnah (the teachings and practices of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions). Fiqh derives Islamic ruling by using those legal rules in the light of the Usul fiqh methodology.
Book:
- "Fiqh-us-Sunnah" Shaykh As-Sayyid Sabiq (5 volumes)
Uloom Al Hadith
Uloom-Al-hadith is the science of hadith that contains the principles with which a hadith specialist evaluates the authenticity of individual narrations.
Books :
- "A textbook of Hadith Studies" by Prof. Mohammad Hashim Kamali
- "Hadith Methodology & classification" by Muhammad Saeed Mitwally Rahawān
Hadith
Ḥadīth in Islam refers to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval of the Islamic prophet Muhammad as transmitted through chains of narrators.
- "Sahih Al Bukhari" by Imam Bukhari
- "Sahih Muslim" by Imam Muslim
- "Sunan Abu Dawood" by Abu Dawood
- "Sunan Al Tirmidhi" by Al Tirmidhi
- "Sunan Al Nasai" by Al-Nasai
- "Sunan Ibn Majah" by Ibn Majah
- "Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik" by Imam Malik Ibn Anas
Seerah (Life of Prophet Muhammad (SAWS)
As-Seerah an-Nabawiyyah commonly shortened to Sīrah, and translated as prophetic biography, is the traditional Muslim biography of Prophet Muhammad (saws)
Online Books:
Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah - The Life of Muhammad Translated by A. Guillaume- Click here
Books:
- "When the Moon Split (A Biography of Prophet Muhammad)" by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri
"Muhammad: Man and Prophet" by Adil Salahi