THE CONCEPT OF SHARIAH

WEEK ONE

CONTENT

A. DEFINITION OF SHARIAH

B. COMPONENTS OF SHARIAH

C. AQIDAH

D. AKHLAQ

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E. FIQH

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F. DISCIPLINE OF SHARIAH

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A. DEFINITION OF SHARIAH

LITERAL MEANING

DEFINITION OF SHARIAH

Rule
Command

DEFINITION OF SHARIAH

TECHNICAL MEANING

AlQurtubi 671AH

The canon law of Islam, all the different commandments of Allah to mankind

Another Definition

The injunctions revealed to the Prophets of Allah related to legal or believe

Another Definition

Following strictly the injunctions of Allah, or the way of Islam

Modern Islamic Jurist

The Divine rules and ordinances of both prescriptions and prohibitions revealed in the Scripture: al-Quran and as amplified by the teaching of the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w

GENERAL MEANING OF SHARIAH

Imran Nyazee: The total sum of Islamic teaching and system, which was revealed to Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. recorded in the Quran as well as deducible from the Prophets divinely- guided lifestyle called the Sunnah
[The Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, 2004]

Rules and Values Revelation

A Way of Life

COMPONENT OF SHARIAH

MAJOR COMPONENTS OF SHARIAH

BELIEF SYSTEM Tawhid Qiamat Heaven and Hell

DOCTRINES OF CONDUCTS

ETHICAL DOCTRINES

Doings Sayings Relationships Telling Truth Sincere Honest Respect The Elders

SHARIAH

AQIDAH - BELIEF SYSTEM

HADITH

LITERAL MEANING Literally means an Islamic creed religious The Prophet Muhammad s.a.w says:
[It is to affirm your faith in Allah, His angels, His Books, His Messengers and the Last Day, and to believe in the Divine Destiny whether it be good or bad] - Bukhari and Muslim

TECHNICAL MEANING Technically the term [al-aqidah] denotes those matters over which Muslims hold conviction

SIX ARTICLES OF IMAN

ALLAH

FATE

PROPHETS

SIX ARTICLES OF BELIEF

Muslims enumerate their creed to include the Six articles of belief. There is a consensus on the elements of this creed across all spectrums as they are clearly articulated in the Quran
QIYAMAH ANGELS

BOOKS

AKHLAQ - ETHICAL DOCTRINES

GENERAL MEANING
A science concerning the question of right and wrong in the human conduct [how things ought to be]

ILM ALAKHLAQ
A science which deals with the ways to maintain virtues at their optimum level, i.e., to avoid wrongdoing and to do what is right and desirable.

WHAT CONSTITUTES RIGHT AND WRONG?

The Quran and the Sunnah mention numerous kinds of behavior that define the Islamic concept of morality and those that fall outside it. Fadail (virtues) and razail (vices)

CONCLUSION
Those traits of behavior that are regarded by Islam as good abstaining from what is censured by Allah and His prophet and doing what is enjoined by them

FIQH - DOCTRINE OF CONDUCT

FIQH

CONCLUSION

LITERAL MEANING

QURAN

Insight into something and comprehending it.

SUNNAH

IJMA

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATION

QIYAS

IJTIHAD
etc

SHARIAH AND FIQH

TECHNICAL MEANING

SHARIAH BELIEF & ETHIC

The science of derived practical legal rules relating to human conduct, as construed from their detailed evidences.

FIQH

THE COMPONENTS OF FIQH

FIQH AL-IBADAT
RULINGS RELATED TO PRAYER

FIQH AL-MUAMALAT
FAMILY LAW COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS

RULINGS RELATED TO FASTING ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE RULINGS RELATED TO ALMSGIVING POLITICAL SYSTEM RULINGS RELATED TO HAJJ

CRIMINAL LAW

AHKAM AL-SIYAR ECONOMIC SYSTEMS OTHERS

THE DISCIPLINES OF SHARIAH