Master in RKQS

Master of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage in Qur'an and Sunnah Studies

The programme is composed of 40 credit hours and it is offered in three modes: (i) by coursework and research (ii) by research only  and (iii) by coursework only. In the first mode, students are required to accumulate 25 credit hours of coursework and 15 credit hours of dissertation. The second mode is restricted to candidates with previous experience in publication. In the third mode, there are  34 credit hours of coursework and 6 credit hours of academic exercise.

Study types offered

A) Coursework and research

Students are required to take the following courses:

1. Kulliyyah Required Courses (7 credit hours)

• Research Methodology -Eng/ Arab (4 hours)

• Issues in Islamization of Knowledge -Eng/ Arab (3 hours)

2. Core Courses (12 credit hours /3 credit hours each)

• Analytical Studies in Sciences of the Qur’an

• Methodology of Hadith Scholars

• Studies on the Methodology of Qur’anic Tafsir

• Contemporary Issues in Sunnah Studies

• Elective Courses (6 credit hours)

Students are required to choose two from the following courses with 3 credit hours each:

• Studies of Personal Reasoning & Fatwa

• Theory of Permissibility from Usuli’s Perspective

• Studies in Comparative Fiqh

• Islam and Contemporary Western Philosophy

• Islamic Critical Thinking –Eng/ Arab

• Belief Systems and Ideologies

3. Dissertation (15 credit hours) 

B) Coursework Only

Students are required to take the following courses:

1. Kulliyyah Required Courses (7 credit hours)

• Research Methodology -Eng/ Arab (4 hours)

• Issues in Islamization of Knowledge -Eng/ Arab (3 hours)

2. Core Courses (18 credit hours /3 credit hours each)

• Analytical Studies in Sciences of the Qur’an

• Methodology of Hadith Scholars

• Studies on the Methodology of Qur’anic Tafsir

• Contemporary Issues in Sunnah Studies

• Textual Studies From the Books of Tafsir

• Textual Reading from the Six Hadith Collections

3. Elective Courses (9 credit hours)

Students are required to choose two from the following courses with 3 credit hours each:

• Studies of Personal Reasoning & Fatwa

• Theory of Permissibility from Usuli’s Perspective

• Studies in Comparative Fiqh

• Islam and Contemporary Western Philosophy

• Islamic Critical Thinking –Eng/ Arab

• Belief Systems and Ideologies

4. Academic Exercise (6 credit hours)

Students are required to produce two research articles and each article should be about 6000 words.