Correspondence Courses

Running Correspondence Courses

Elementary Correspondence Course in Islamic Law

Introduction
Elementary Correspondence Course in Islamic Law that is also known as the elementary course has been running successfully since 1994. This is an introductory course especially designed for the legal fraternity to make them acquainted with the basic concepts of Islamic law. Realizing its importance for the general public it has also been offered to the common graduates. The course provides basic knowledge about the nature, scope and development of Islamic law. It covers many important areas of Islamic law such as sources, historical evolution, juristic differences, family law, Islamic concept of property and ownership, criminal law, Muslim-non-Muslim relations, Islamic injunctions on state and governance, taxation in Islamic perspective, and some other important aspects and dimensions of Islamic law. Twenty four units (booklets) of the course are shown in the following table.
Table of units

اسلام میں شراکتی کاروبار کا تصور	یونٹ13	اسلامی قانون کے مآخذ: ماخذ اوّل-قرآن	یونٹ1
مزارعت اور مساقات	یونٹ14	سلامی قانون کے مآخذ: ماخذ دوم-سنت	یونٹ2
اسلام کا نظامِ محاصل	یونٹ15	اسلامی قانون کے مآخذ: ماخذ سوم-اجماع	یونٹ3
اسلام کا نظامِ مصارف	یونٹ16	اسلامی قانون کے مآخذ: ماخذ چہارم-قیاس	یونٹ4
اسلام میں عدل و قضا کا تصور	یونٹ17	اجتہاد: ایک تعارف	یونٹ5
اسلام کا نظامِ احتساب	یونٹ18	اسلام میں قانون سازی کا تصور اور طریقِ کار	یونٹ6
اسلامی نظامِ عدل و قضا میں شہادت کا تصور	یونٹ19	دینی مسائل میں اختلافات، اسباب اور ان کا حل	یونٹ7
اسلام کا تصورِ جرم و سزا	یونٹ20	اسلام کا قانونِ نکاح و طلاق	یونٹ8
اسلام کا فوجداری قانون	یونٹ21	اسلام کا قانون وراثت و وصیت	یونٹ9
اسلام کا دستوری قانون	یونٹ22	اسلام میں عورت کی استثنائی حیثیت اور اس کی وجوہ	یونٹ10
اسلام کا قانون بین الممالک	یونٹ23	اسلام کا تصورِ ملکیت و مال	یونٹ11
اسلام میں ربا کی حرمت اور بلاسود بینک کاری	یونٹ24	اسلام کا تصورِ معاہدہ	یونٹ12

Salient features

Language of the course is very easy to understand
Living examples to illustrate the various concepts of Islamic law
Difficult terminology is avoided
Objections upon the various concepts are rebutted very logically

Date of admission:
Elementary correspondence course is offered in the month of November every year. The course is advertised in newspapers and on the university website as well.
Eligibility Criteria:
Any person who holds the graduation degree or above is eligible to take admission in this Course

Sr. No	Years	No of Participants
1	1994-1995	399
2	1995-1996	482
3	1996-1997	515
4	1997-1998	546
5	1998-1999	573
6	1999-2000	474
7	2000-2001	574
8	2001-2002	354
9	2002-2003	775
10	2003-2004	632
11	2004-2005	653
12	2005-2006	628
13	2006-2007	693
14	2007-2008	713
15	2008-2009	183
16	2009-2010	206
17	2010-2011	319
18	2011-2012	308
19	2012-2013	378
20	2013-2014	307
	Total	9712

Advanced Correspondence Course in Usul-al-Fiqh

Advanced Correspondence Course in Usul-al-fiqh shortly known as the Advanced Course has been running successfully since 2005. This course helps the participants to understand the sources of Islamic law, the rules of interpretation and the methodologies of early Muslim jurists to derive Shari’ah rules from the original sources of Islamic law viz. the Qur’an and the Sunnah and the relevance of these methodologies in the changing circumstances.
Major themes of this course are as follow:

Introduction to the science of Usul al-Fiqh;
Sources of Islamic law
Al-Hukm al-Shar’i (al-Hukm al-Taklifi and al-Wad’i);
Dalalat: Rules of interpretation in Islam;
Theory of Ijtihad in Islam;
Methods of Ijtihad;
Codification of laws;
Islamization of laws in Pakistan;
Islamic legal maxims

Duration of the course is one year. Every candidate has to write two assignments each month with the help of 24 booklets provided for each topic. Detailed table of units is as under.
Table of units

خاص	یونٹ13	علم اصول فقہ: ایک تعارف-۱	یونٹ1
عام ،مشترک، حقیقت و مجاز، صریح و کنایہ	یونٹ14	علم اصول فقہ: ایک تعارف-۲	یونٹ2
دلالات	یونٹ15	قرآن	یونٹ3
اسلام کا نظریہ اجتہاد	یونٹ16	سنت	یونٹ4
مناہج و اسالیب اجتہاد	یونٹ17	سنت کی حجیت کا جائزہ	یونٹ5
تقنین (اسلامی احکام کی ضابطہ بندی)	یونٹ18	اجماع	یونٹ6
پاکستان میں قوانین کو اسلامیانے کا عمل	یونٹ19	قیاس	یونٹ7
فقہ حنفی و فقہ مالکی	یونٹ20	شرائع سابقہ و اقوالِ صحابہؓ و استصلاح	یونٹ8
فقہ شافعی و فقہ حنبلی	یونٹ21	استحسان و استصحاب و استدلال	یونٹ9
فقہ جعفری و فقہ ظاہری	یونٹ22	عرف اور سدِّذرائع	یونٹ10
قواعد کلیہ-۱	یونٹ23	حکم شرعی-۱ (حکم تکلیفی)	یونٹ11
قواعد کلیہ-۲	یونٹ24	حکم شرعی-۲ (حکم وضعی)	یونٹ12

Salient features

Language of the course is very easy to understand
Modern pattern of teaching of Islamic Jurisprudence has been adopted
New concepts like codification of Islamic law are also included in the course

Date of admission:
Elementary correspondence course is offered in month of June every year. The course is advertised in newspapers and on the university website as well.
Eligibility Criteria:
Any person who holds the graduation degree or above is eligible to take admission in this Course.

Courses in Pipeline

Family Law of Islam

Family is the basic unit of any Society. A healthy Society can not be formed without organizing the family unit. This unit occupies a central position in Islamic law. Realizing the importance of this aspect of Islamic law, the academy has started working to launch a specialized correspondence course on family law of Islam. Ten units have gotten printed and remaining two units are under process. We hope that reading material will be ready soon and we will be able to launch this course after few months.
The Department plans to launch a correspondence course in Islamic Finance. Various units of the said course have been submitted to the research and publication department to take necessary steps.

Research Activities

Although the Department of Distant Learning acts as an educational institute as it provides education through correspondence courses, it is also participating in the research activities of the Academy. Four units of the forthcoming correspondence course of Islamic Finance have been written by Mr. Muhammad Abubakar Siddique Incharge Department of Distant Learning. Other units of the said course too are being written under his supervision.

Future Plans

Due to the increasing role of the information technology in the field of education, the department intends to extend its correspondence courses through online system. For this purpose negotiations are continued with International Institute of Quran learning to provide the facilities of online data handling.
Running correspondence courses of the Academy have been proven to be very significant and got a great appreciation from the participants. However, it is generally felt that there is an increasing demand to offer these courses in English Language, so that, the people living abroad or those who do not understand Urdu can equally be benefitted by these courses. To meet this demand the department will soon start work on this project.