SS ISLAMIC STUDIES

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1 LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES (LUMS) DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES SUMMER SS ISLAMIC STUDIES Kamaluddin Ahmed Iftikhar Zaman kamaluddin@lums.edu.pk iftikhar.zaman@gmail.com Room 237A Room 237A (next to Auditoriums A-14 and A-15) Ext Tel: Ext Mon-Fri: 10:15 to 11:15 am Venue: Sayeed Saigol Introduction This course is designed to familiarize you with the Islamic tradition, to encourage you to independently engage that tradition and to ascertain its relevance to the modern individual and society. Students are expected to directly engage the authors of the texts, determine what each author is trying to convey, and raise questions on the author s arguments. There will be no attempt to impose a single viewpoint or methodology and students are encouraged to bring their perspectives and experiences to bear on the course. An O-Levels background in Islamic studies is assumed. Deeper knowledge of Islam is welcome, but not expected or presumed. In summary, the goals of the course are: 1. To understand the Islamic tradition on its own terms. 2. To encourage students to make their own unbiased analysis and/or critique of that tradition independent of the confines and paradigms of existing contemporary discourses on Islam. 3. To briefly discuss some of the issues and challenges confronting Islam in today s world. 4. To form the basis for further elective study in Islamic studies, if so desired. Requirements and Grading Attendance 5% Online Class Participation 5% In-Class Reading Quizzes 25% Position Paper (4-6 double-spaced pages) 25% Final Exam 30% 1

2 Attendance is, by consent of the Dean, mandatory. Students who arrive in class more than 10 minutes late will be marked absent. All absences will be marked as Excused or Unexcused. Students who miss a class and wish their absence to be excused must submit a petition via directly to the TA within three days. Valid excuses include documented illnesses, family emergencies, and the like. Students granted an excused absence will receive their mean with no reduction for an unannounced quiz, and with a 20% reduction for an announced quiz, if a quiz is taken that day. Other than Excused absences all other absences will be marked as Unexcused. The first three Unexcused absences will be waived and may be used by students at their discretion at any time and for any reason (oversleeping, etc.). You miss class at your own risk however, and will receive a 0 for a quiz if taken that day. Additional unexcused absences beyond the initial two waived free passes will result in grade reductions according to the following chart: Number of Unexcused Absences Grade Reduction 1-1 of the 5% for attendance 2-3 of the 5% for attendance 3-5 of the 5% for attendance more than 3 5% reduction of overall grade per extra absence Assigned readings form the basis of my lectures, our class discussions and your written work. Keeping up with the readings is thus crucial for satisfactory performance in the course and everyone is expected to come to class having digested the readings and ready to explain and analyze them. Unannounced response quizzes will be given at any time during class. These will consist of term definitions, short answers and/or multiple-choice questions based on the readings for that day. The lowest score quiz will be dropped at the end of the term. Occasionally, there will be a pre-announced quiz that will carry double weight. Announced quizzes will not be dropped. The Position paper will test your skill in understanding and synthesizing course readings and lectures. They should provide a succinct analysis and/or critique of a specific aspect of the readings and should not be lists of quotes or summaries of the readings. Instead, offer your own thoughtful response to the topic question, and clearly state your position on the issue. Paper topics and guidelines for position papers will be handed out five days before they are due. All the questions will be based exclusively on course readings, lectures, and discussions. The focus is on how well you analyze the readings and lectures and 2

3 integrate them into coherent answers to the questions. No further research is required for papers, and is in fact strictly prohibited. Cases of plagiarism will be dealt with seriously and as per LUMS policy. Note: Late submission of papers will adversely affect your grade. Late papers will be downgraded a third of a letter grade per day. For example, a paper due Tuesday that would earn a B when handed in on Thursday will receive a C+. Papers submitted more than three days after the due date will not be accepted. The Final exam will be comprehensive. It will consist of multiple-choice questions and/or short answers. 3

4 Course Outline All readings are in a reading packet available for purchase from the Gestetner photocopy center and for loan from the library. Students are strongly encouraged to acquire their own packet so that they may mark and highlight passages while reading. You must bring the readings with you to class as we may refer to specific passages during class discussions. Additional readings may be assigned during the quarter. There will be 25 class sessions of 60 minutes each. The course will be co-taught by Kamaluddin Ahmed and Iftikhar Zaman with one guest lecture by Sabieh Anwar Readings for Kamaluddin Ahmed are in the reading packet and Readings for Iftikhar Zaman s (and Sabieh Anwar s) sessions are available online at suraj.lums.edu.pk/~ss182. All questions on readings of KA should be addressed to KA. All questions on readings of IZ should be addressed to IZ. KA = Kamaluddin Ahmed SA = Sabieh Anwar IZ = Iftikhar Zaman Session 1 INTRODUCTION KA Islam, Īman and Ihsān, Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali, The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom, translated by Abdassamad Clarke (London: Turath Publishing, 2007), Session 2 ĪMAN IN ALLAH (SWT) - KA Islam and Iman, The Vision of Islam in Sachiko Murata and William C. Chittick, The Vision of Islam (St. Paul: Paragon House, 1994), Tawhid, Shirk, and The Signs of God, The Vision of Islam, On the Kinds of the Sciences of Faith in Nasir al-din Qunawi, The Easy Roads of Sayf al-din, translated by William C. Chittick in Faith and Practice of Islam (Albany: SUNY Press, 1992), Session 3 QUR AN I - KA 4

5 Etiquette in Recitation, Imam an-nawawi translated by Frederick M. Denny, Windows on the House of Islam, The Primary Sources of Islamic Law: The Qur an in Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee, Outlines of Islamic Jurisprudence (Islamabad: ALSI, 1998), Treatise on the Principles of Tafsir, Imam Ibn Taymiya translated by Jane Dammen Mcauliffe in John Renard, ed., Windows on the House of Islam (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998), Qanun at-ta wil, Imam Abu Hamid al-ghazali translated as The Canons of Ta wil by Nicholas Heer, Windows on the House of Islam, Interpreting the Qur an, Imam al-qurtubi, translated in Classical Islam (London: Routledge, 2003), Session 4 PROPHECY KA Foreword to William Montgomery Watt, Companion to the Qur an (Oxford: Oneworld, 1994), 3-4. On Prophecy, The Easy Roads of Sayf al-din, translated by William C. Chittick in Faith and Practice of Islam, The obligation to believe in him, obey him and follow his Sunna in Ash-Shifa of Qadi Iyad, Muhammad Messenger of Allah (saw) (Madinah Press, 1992), The Sunna as Primordiality, Timothy Winter (Cambridge), pp [starting from: Islam is hence the religion of the Alastu bi-rabbikum The True Nature of Prophecy, Imam al-ghazali translated as The Faith and Practice of al-ghazali by W. Montgomery Watt (London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1967), The Finality of the Prophet s Message, Imam Ibn Kathir and others, edited and translated by Nuh Keller in Reliance of the Traveler (Baltimore: Amana, 1994), Session 5 HADITH I - KA The Primary Sources of Islamic Law: The Sunnah, Outlines of Islamic Jurisprudence, The Sunnah, Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence,

6 Weak Hadiths, Mulla Ali Qari and others, Reliance of the Traveler, The Sunnah, Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, The Legal Significance of Traditions, Hadith Literature, The Sunnah, Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, Techniques of Matn Analysis and Criticism, Hadith Literature, Session 6 SCIENCE & ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION SA The following readings are available online at "Al-Ghazali s Introduction", Imam al-ghazali, The Incoherence of the Philosophers translated by M. E. Marmura, (Lahore: Suhail Academy), "A Fresh Perspective on the History of Science in the Islamic Civilization", Sabieh Anwar [This is a report that Dr Sabieh Anwar has written on Prof George Saliba's visit to Pakistan and the discussions and lectures that were arranged in the connection of the historiography of science in Islamic history.] "A Deadly Certitude", Steven Weinberg, Times Literary Supplement, January 17, 2007 The Spirit of the Muslim Culture", in Muhammad Iqbal, The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam, (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2004), Chapter 1: The Book of Knowledge", in Al-Ghazali, Revival of the Religious Sciences: Book 1, Translation by N. A. Faris (Islamic Book Service Delhi, 1962), Session 7 QUR AN II IZ Readings are online at suraj.lums.edu.pk/~ss182 Session 8 HADITH II IZ Introduction to Classical Hadith Scholarship Iftikhar Zaman (2008: unpublished manuscript). Session 9 ORIENTALIST CRITIQUE- IZ 6

7 Selections from Chapter Four: An appraisal of Muslim Hadith Criticism, G.H.A. Juynboll, Muslim Tradition: Studies in Chronology, Provenance and Authorship of Early Hadith, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983) Session 10 ORIENTALIST RECONSTRUCTION- IZ Who Killed John Doe, R. J. Collingwood, The Idea of History (London: Oxford University Press, 1977) Muhammad (saw) and the Rise of Islam, Bernard Lewis, The Arabs in History, (London: The Anchor Press, 1958) Selections from Chapter Two: Mohammed (saw), H. A. R. Gibb, Mohammedanism: An Historical Survey, (Oxford University Press: 1969) Session 11 INDIVIDUAL, SOCIETY & POLITICS - IZ Together, yet apart, Charles Le Gai Eaton, Remembering God: Reflections on Islam (Islamic Texts Society: 2001), Future Shock, Charles Le Gai Eaton, Remembering God: Reflections on Islam (Islamic Texts Society: 2001), Session 12 GOVERNANCE - IZ Selections from Society and Governance in Islam, Syed Sulayman Nadawi, Siratunnabi. Session 13 SUNNAH I IZ Major Themes in Hadith Literature Part One: Faith Ghassan Abdul Jabbar (UNESCO, in press) Session 14 SUNNAH II IZ Major Themes in Hadith Literature Part Two: Deeds Ghassan Abdul Jabbar (UNESCO, in press) Session 15 A TYPOLOGY OF MUSLIM RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT - IZ Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Islam in Modern History (United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 1975) Session 16 IDEOLOGIES AND MODERNISMS I KA 7

8 The Decline of Knowledge and the Rise of Ideology in the Modern Islamic World, Joseph E.B. Lumbard in Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition (Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom, 2004), 39-44, The Muslim Dilemma, Islam, Secularism and the Philosophy of the Future, A Traditional Islamic Response to the Rise of Modernism, Fuad S. Naeem in Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition (Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom, 2004), 79-82, Session 17 ISLAMIC LAW I KA Introduction to Usul al-fiqh in Mohammad Hashim Kamali, Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence (Cambridge, UK: Islamic Texts Society, 1991), 1-3. Proofs of the Shariah, Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, The Definitive (qati i) and the Speculative (zanni), Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, Ijma, Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, Ijma in Reliance of the Traveler edited and translated by Nuh Keller (Amana, 1994), [Recommended] The Ijma in Bernard G. Weiss, The Search for God s Law: Islamic Jurisprudence in the Writings of Sayf al-din al-amidi (Salt Lake City, UT: The University of Utah Press, 1992), Session 18 ISLAMIC LAW II KA History of Islamic Law, Outlines of Islamic Jurisprudence, Ijtihad, Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, Understanding the Four Madhabs: The Facts about Ijtihad and Taqlid, Timothy Winter (Cambridge, 1999), 1-9 [Required], [Optional]. Following Qualified Scholarship, Reliance of the Traveler, Authority, Continuity, and Change in Islamic Law, Wael Hallaq (Cambridge, 2001), ix, 85, Islamic Law and the State, Sherman Jackson (Leiden: Brill, 1996),

9 [Recommended] Divine Sovereignty and Human Subordination in Bernard G. Weiss, The Spirit of Islamic Law (Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 1998), Session 19 IDEOLOGIES AND MODERNISMS II KA Discovering Practice: Textual and Non-Textual Sources in Bukhari, Ghassan Abdul-Jabbar (oxford University Press, 2007), Ikhtilaf al-aimma, Muhammad Zakariyya al-kandhlawi, (Santa Barbara, CA: White Thread Press, 2006), Fiqh al-imam, Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf (Santa Barbara, CA: White Thread Press, 2003), The Development of British Salafism, Sadek Hamid, ISIM Review 21 (Spring 2008): Session 20 KNOWLEDGE AND SCHOLARSHIP KA Warathatu l-anbiya, Ibn Rajab al-hanbali translated as The Heirs of the Prophets by Zaid Shakir (Chicago: Starlatch, 2001), Foreword, James Piscatori in Madrasah Life by Muhammad Akram Nadwi (London: Turath Publishing, 2007), xi-xvi. Introduction, Madrasah Life, 1-8. Session 21 ISLAM, WOMEN, AND GENDER KA Woman Scholars of Hadith, Hadith Literature, Katherine Bullock, Rethinking Muslim Women and the Veil: Challenging Historical and Modern Stereotypes (Herndon, VA: International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2002), xiii-xxxiii, Session 22 FREEWILL KA Trial and Freedom The Vision of Islam, Heedlessness and Guidance, The Vision of Islam, The Letter (Risala) of al-hasan al-basri on Free Will and Predestination in Andrew Rippin, ed., Textual Sources for the Study of Islam (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1986),

10 Session 23 ISLAM, ACTIONS & PRAYER KA On the Excellence of Purity, The Easy Roads of Sayf al-din, On the Excellence of the Obligatory Ritual Prayers, The Easy Roads of Sayf al- Din, 134. Actions and Intentions, Knowledge and Wisdom, Merits of Prayer, Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship, Internal Prerequisites of Prayer: Actions of the Heart, Inner Dimensions, Inner States at Each Stage of the Ritual Prayer, Inner Dimensions, Al-Fatiha, Understanding the Qur an: Themes and Style, Session 24 IHSAN AND ISLAMIC SPIRITUALITY - KA Ihsan, Ikhlas, and Taqwa, in Faith and Practice of Islam, The Poverty of Fanaticism, T.J. Winter in Joseph E.B. Lumbard, ed., Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition (Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom Inc., 2004), On Following the Book and Sunna in ar-risala al-mu aawana, Imam Abdallah ibn Alawi al-haddad, translated as The Book of Assistance by Mostafa Badawi (London: The Quilliam Press, 1989), Maktubat-e-Rabbaniyyah, Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi, selections translated by Muhammad Abdul Haq Ansari, Sufism and Shari ah (Leicester, UK: The Islamic Foundation, 1986), Introduction to Purification in Matharat al-qulub, Imam Muhammad al- Mawlud, Purification of the Hearts, translation and commentary by Hamza Yusuf (Chicago: Starlatch, 2004), On Certainty [Yaqin], The Book of Assistance, 7-9. On the Inner and Outer Self, The Book of Assistance, Session 25 INNER DEVELOPMENT KA The World is But a Moment, Knowledge and Wisdom,

11 Youth and Maturity in Imam Abdullah ibn Alawi al-haddad, The Lives of Man, translated by Mostafa al-badawi (London: Quilliam Press, 1991), Assessing One s Spiritual State, Knowledge and Wisdom, The Ailments of the Heart, Knowledge and Wisdom, The Balance Between Good and Evil Acts, Knowledge and Wisdom, The Company One Keeps, Knowledge and Wisdom, Heedlessness, Purification of the Hearts, Imam Ibn Qudama Maqdisi, Delusions in Reliance of the Traveler, Inward Enormities, Imam Ibn Hajar Haytami, Reliance of the Traveler, On Repentance, Hope, and Fear, The Book of Assistance, Love for Allah in Present Times in Love for Allah (Chicago: Faqir Publications, 2001), [Recommended] On Divine Love and Contentment, The Book of Assistance, [Recommended] Afterword, The Lives of Man, [Recommended] On Counsel, The Book of Assistance, [Recommended] Gentleness, Knowledge and Wisdom,