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Advance Diploma in Islamic Studies
Course Title :
Advance Diploma in Islamic Studies
Course Duration :
2-year intensive study & research works
Medium of Delivery :
English / Malay
Course Requirement :
Completed Diploma in Islamic Studies
Course Schedule :
Every Weekend / Weekday (Blended Learning Mode of alternate face to face class study & self directed study)
Assessment :
Assignments & Project Works
Certificate Award :
Certification by TAQUA will be given after complete modules attendance & assessment project works completion.
Course Curriculum Content

Ethics of Islam (Semester 1)

Study Modules:

  • Ideological Foundation of Law and Ethics in Islam
  • Basic Ethical and legal Postulates
  • Basic Religio-Ethical Concepts
  • Requisite Moral Qualities for Muslims

Fiqh for Daily Life (Semester 2)

Study Modules:

  • Universal Ethical Values
  • Islamic Ethics for Various Professional
  • Essential Fiqh for Daily Life
  • Fiqh of Family Life

Shariah (Part I) (Semester 3)

Study Modules:

  • What is Shari’ah
  • Holy Quran: The First Primary Source of Shariah
  • The Legal Injunction of the Quran
  • The Sunnah: Second Primary Source of Shariah
  • The Secondary Source of Shariah
  • The Four Schools of Fiqh and Their Leaders

Shariah (Part II) (Semester 4)

Study Modules:

  • Family Relations: Al-Zawaj (Marriage)
  • Marriage Relationship in Islam
  • Mahr, Talaq, Khul, Iddah and Nafaqh
  • Criminal Law (Al-Uqubat) and Punishment (Al-Hudud)
  • Inheritance and Disposal of Property
  • Mirath (Law of Succession) and Disposal of Property
  • Islamic Economic System: Tijarah (Trade and Commerce)
  • Distribution of Wealth

Muslim Civilization (Semester 5)

Study Modules:

  • Ibn Khaldun’s Theory of Development and Decline
  • Factors that contributed to the Rise of the Muslims
  • Factors responsible for Muslim Decline
  • Economic Decline
  • Decline in Education, Science and Technology
  • Social Decline

Islam in Andalus (Semester 6)

Study Modules:

  • Andalus before Islam
  • The Muslims in Andalus
  • The Murabitun in Andalus
  • The Muwahhidun in Andalus
  • The Mudejares of Northen Spain
  • The Muslim of Southern Andalus
  • The end of Mudejares
  • The Moriscos of Northern Spain

Classification of Knowledge in Islam (Part I) (Semester 7)

Study Modules:

  • The Life, Works and Significance of al-Farabi
  • Al-Farabi Educational Background and Scholarly Life
  • Al-Farabi’s Psychology in its relation to the Hierarchy of the Sciences
  • The Methodological Basis of the Hierarchy of the Sciences
  • Classification and Description of the Linguistic Science and Logic
  • Classification and Description of the Philosophical Sciences

Classification of Knowledge in Islam (Part II) (Semester 8)

Study Modules:

  • The Life, Works and Significance of al-Ghazali
  • Al-Ghazali’s Classification of Seeekers after Knowledge
  • Al-Ghazali’s Classification of the Sciences
  • The Life, Works and Significance of Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi
  • Qutb al-Din’s Classification of the Sciences

Graduates after graduation can pursue studies for Graduate Diploma in Islamic Studies or Degree or Master or PhD Doctor of Philosophy in Islamic Studies.

PhD Doctorate or Master students who are doing thesis dissertation can seek advice or consultant from our pool of Academic Lecturers / Professors holding Doctorate qualifications.