COURSE UNIT TITLE

: METHODS OF HADITHS II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TIS 5138 METHODS OF HADITHS II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Basic Islamic Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Basic Islamic Sciences

Course Objective

To gain advanced knowledge on the principles and methodology of the Hadith.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To comprehend the Prophet s legislative place and authority in Islam, as well as necessity of Sunnah and Hadith beside the Holy Quran,
2   Increasing the level of information about traditional objections to the hadith of the Orientalists and their scientific value and reasons behind their criticism,
3   Learning about the main issues in the old and new methodological hadith works,
4   Improving the text -solving skills by reading at least one of books written in Arabic-Turkish on field,
5   To gain enough knowledge and experience about the books of Hadith methodology, terminology, most famous narrators and authors in this field.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The parts of the Khabar (Hadith) in terms of reaching us: Mutewatir and Ahad
2 Mashhoor, Aziz, Gharib
3 Ahad's kinds in terms of strength and weakness: Acceptable khabers (hadiths): Sahih and Hasan
4 Not acceptable khabers (hadiths): Weak Hadith and it's types: Muallaq, Mursal, Mu'dal, Munqatı', Mudallas, Muan'an ve Muen'en
5 Mawdu, Matrook, Munkar, Ma'roof, Mu'allal, Mudrac, Maqlub, Mudtarib, Musahhaf, Shazz
6 Qudsi, Marfu, Maukuf, Maqtu
7 al-I'tibar, Mutabi', Shahid
8 Jarh and Ta'deel (criticism and praise) ranks
9 The methods of tahammul and ada' (reception and transmission) of hadits (riwayah)
10 The issues regarding to Isnad: 'Ali and Nazil, Musalsal, Mudabbac, Sabiq and Lahiq
11 Knowing narrators: Sahaba (Companions), Tabieen, Muttafiq-Muftariq, Mu'talif-Mukhtalif, Mutashabih, Muhmal, Mubham
12 Narrators cited with different names and adjectives, Titles and nicknames (laqabs and kunyas) of them, History of narrators, Categories of narrators
13 Readings from Nawawi's "Forty Hadiths" (al-Arbain) (I)
14 Readings from Nawawi's "Forty Hadiths" (al-Arbain) (II)

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Dayhan, Ahmet Tahir, "Hadislerde Ilim ve Amel Ilişkisi", Anadolu Üniversitesi Ilahiyat Önlisans-HADIS, Eskişehir 2010.
2. A'zamî, Muhammed Mustafa, Islâm Fıkhı ve Sünnet, Istanbul 1996; Hadis Metodolojisi ve Edebiyatı, Istanbul 2010.
3. Çakan, Ismail Lütfi, Hadis Edebiyatı: Çeşitleri, Özellikleri, Faydalanma Usulleri, Istanbul 2009; Hadis Usûlü, Istanbul 2009.
4. es-Sâlih, Subhi, Hadis Ilimleri ve Hadis Istılahları (Ulûmu'l-hadîs ve mustalahuhû), Ankara 1988.
5. Koçyiğit, Talât, Hadis Usûlü, Ankara 2008; Hadis Tarihi, Ankara 2003.
6. Cum'a, Ammâd Ali, Tablolarla Hadis Usulü ve Edebiyatı, çev. Yavuz Köktaş, Istanbul 2011.
7. Tahhân, Mahmûd, Yeni Hadîs Usûlü (Tercüme ve Metin), çev. Cemal Ağırman, Istanbul 2013.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Prior studies on selected documents in foreign language, reading them and discussing on the subjects in the texts.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The exams are in written form (classical or testing); semester work (homework) is in the form of verbal lecture.

Assessment Criteria

Written exams (midterm and final) and the points obtained over 100 in the semester are collected by calculating on certain percentages.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance and to fulfill assignments and tasks carefully and on time is essential. Students will be able to express themselves and to make the team working and will be continuous liaison wtih books in their field, will improve the ability of using technical and technological means, especially the Internet.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Tel: 0 535 783 03 06
e-mail: dayhan@excite.com
Blog: http://deuif.blogspot.com.tr
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ahmettahir.dayhan
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/deuif

Office Hours

Every day of the week.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Reading 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 156

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7
LO.1
LO.23
LO.334
LO.44445
LO.5