JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA

A CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
Department of Islamic Studies
INTRODUCTION

The Department of Islamic Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia covers a

whole range of topics on Islam, Islamic civilization and culture.

The Department's main interest includes the development of Islamic

Thought, Sciences, Culture, Mysticism, Literature, Fine Arts,
Administration, Socio-economic structure and other similar aspects of
Islamic Civilization.

Islamic Studies has been a part of Jamia’s curriculum since its

inception in 1920 at Aligarh. Prominent scholars have taught Islamic
Studies at Jamia, to name only a few: Maulana Mohammed Ali Jauhar,
Maulana Aslam Jairajpuri, Maulana Abdus Salam Kidwai Nadvi, Maulana
Zainul Abideen Sajjad, Prof. Mohammad Mujeeb, Dr. Abid Hussain, Prof.
Ziaul Hasan Farooqui and Prof. Mushirul Haque.

In 1975 a separate multi-disciplinary Department of Islamic and Arab-

Iranian studies was created. Following a trifurcation, a full-fledged
Department of Islamic Studies came to be established in 1988.

The Department offers courses at Honours and Masters level, besides

two compulsory papers in Islamiat and Indian Religious and Culture for
undergraduate students. At graduate and postgraduate level the
Department has adopted semester system and revised and expanded its
syllabus. There are papers in B.A. (Hons.) covering Islamic history and
culture, Indian Religion and Culture, Islam in India, Muslims in Spain,
Muslim Educational and Reform Movements, Fine arts and religious
sciences; origin and development of Muslim sect from the early phase of
Islam to the modern period. At postgraduate level, the Department offers
papers in History of Muslim civilization, Islamic Religious Sciences: The
Quran, Hadith, Fiqh, Tasawwuf, Muslim Sects and Kalaam, Contribution by
non-Muslims to Islamic Studies, Muslim Philosophy, Islam in India, Muslim
Reform Movements and Thinkers, Contemporary Muslim World, Major
World Religiouns, Medieval Muslim Contribution to Science, Technology and
Fine Arts and Proficiency in Arabic. The Department also offers Ph.D
programme in the above mentioned areas.
 Faculty of Members of the Department
of Islamic Studies

Professors:
1. Iqtidar Mohd. Khan*

M.A., B.ED., Adv, Diploma in Spt. Edn., Ph.D (Jamia)

2. Mohammad Ishaque (Head of the Department)

Aalim and Fazil, Diploma in Archival Studies, M.A., Ph.D (Jamia)

3. Syed Shahid Ali

M.A., Ph.D (Jamia)

Assistant Professors:

1. Junaid Haris

Aalim, Fazil (UP Board); Aalim (M.D.K.S. Delhi), Fazil (J.I. Faiz-e-Am),

M.A. (Urdu), M.A. (Islamic Studies), ADOP Mass Media, M.Phil (JNU)

2. Mohd. Arshad

M.A., Ph.D (Jamia)

3. Mohammad Mushtak

M.A., Ph.D (Jamia), Fazil Deoband

4. Mohd Khalid Khan

M.A., Ph.D (Jamia)

5. Mohd Umar Farooque

M.A., Ph.D (Jamia)

6. Khursheed Afaq

M.A., Ph.D (Jamia)

* Head of the Department

 DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
B.A (H) Islamic Studies

Semester-I
BISH-101 Islam the Early Phase: The Holy Prophet
BISH-102 Islam the Early Phase: The Pious Caliphate

Semester-II
BISH-201 History of Islamic Culture and Civilization: Umayyads
BISH-202 History of Islamic Culture and Civilization: Abbasids

Semester-III
BISH-301 Development of Islamic Sciences: Tafsir
BISH-302 Development of Islamic Sciences: Hadith
BISH-303 Islam in India: Sultanate Period

Semester-IV
BISH-401 Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh)
BISH-402 Sufism (Taswwuf)
BISH-403 Islam in India: Mughal Period

Semester-V
BISH-501 Some Important Dynasties of Central Aisa, Iran, Egypt and Syria
BISH-502 History of Muslim Civilization in Spain
BISH-503 Islam in the Modern Age: India Sub-continent

Semester-VI
BISH-601 Muslim Sects and Kalam
BISH-602 History of Muslim Civilization: The Ottomans
BISH-603 Islam in the Modern Age: West Asia
 DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
B.A (H) ISLAMIC STUDIES
SEMESTER-I
PAPER:BISH-101
ISLAM: THE EARLY PHASE: THE HOLY PROPHET

Marks: 100 Credits-4

UNIT-I Pre-Islamic Arab Society:

a) Arabia in the 6th Century A.D: Socio Religious conditions
b) Tribal System
c) Economic Condition
d) Makkah as a religious and commercial centre

Unit-II Muhammad ( SAW) and his mission:

a) Life before Prophethood

b) The Prophet at Mecca
c) The Prophet at Madina: Major Battles
d) The Treaty of Hudaybiah and its significance

Unit-III Introduction to Fundamental Islamic Beliefs and Practices:

a) Tawhid :Meaning and Significance

b) Maád Meaning and significance
c) Risalat and Wahy
d) Islamic Practices ( Ibadat)

Unit-IV The Society Built by the Holy Prophet:

a) Formation of Islamic Society

b) Muwakhat ( Brotherhood)
c) Mithaq-e-Madina and its implications
d) Farewell Pilgrimage and its Message
 DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
B.A (H) ISLAMIC STUDIES
SEMESTER-I
PAPER:BISH-102
ISLAM THE EARLY PHASE: THE PIOUS CALIPHATE

Marks: 100 Credits-4

Unit-I Hadrat Abu Bakr and Hadrat Umar

a) Hazrat Abu Bakr’s Selection as Caliph: Immediate Challenges and his Contribution
b) Consolidation of the Caliphate
c) Umar’s Caliphate and his Contribution
d) Territorial expansion during Hazrat Abu Bakr and HazratUmar

Unit-II Hadrat Uthman and Hadrat Ali

a) Caliph Uthman: Life and Achievements

b) Caliph Ali: Life and Contributions
c) Challenges faced by Hadrat Uthman and Hazrat Ali
d) Transformation of Caliphate into Dynastic Rule

Unit:-III Polity and society during the Pious Caliphate:

a) Administration
b) Shura and Legislation
c) Concept of Baitul Mal
d) Social and Religious life
e) Education
 DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
B.A (H) ISLAMIC STUDIES
SEMESTER-II
PAPER: BISH-201
HISTORY OF ISLAMIC CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION (UMAYYADS)

Marks: 100 Credits-4

Unit-I Establishment of Umayyads Rule

a) Establishment of the Umayyad Rule and Role of Amir Mua’wiyah

b) Abdul Malik: Life and achievements
c) Expansion of Arab Empire during Umayyads
d) Walid: Life and Contribution
e) Hadrat Umar Bin Abdul Aziz: Life and Contribution

Unit-II Administration and Social Structure

a) Civil Administration
b) Economic system
c) Military Organization
d) Classes in the Society and their positions ( Ruling class, Mawalis, Zmmis, Slaves)

Unit-III Intellectual Development

a) Education and its System

b) Literacy Activities
c) Development of Religious Sciences
d) Architecture
 DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
B.A (H) ISLAMIC STUDIES
SEMESTER-II
PAPER: BISH-202
HISTORY OF ISLAMIC CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION (ABBASIDS)

Marks: 100 Credits-4

Unit-I Establishment of the Abbasid Rule

a) Nature and Causes of the Revolt against the Umayyads

b) Establishment and Consolidation of Abbasid Rule
c) Some Important Abbasid Rulers: Mansur, Harun, Mamun

Unit-II Administrative, Social and Economic Conditions

a) Civil Administration
b) Military Organization
c) Social Life with special reference to the Shoubiyah
d) Economic life : Agriculture, Industry, Trade

Unit-III

a) Glory of the Abbasid Empire

b) Baitul Hikmah
c) Causes of Decline and Downfall
 DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
B.A (H) ISLAMIC STUDIES
SEMESTER-III
PAPER: BISH-301
DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC SCIENCES: TAFSIR

Marks: 100 Credits-4

Unit-I Introduction to Tafsir and its History

a) Tafsir and its Importance

b) Origin and Development of Tafsir

Unit-II Eminent Tafsir Writers and their Works: A short Introduction

a) Tabari
b) Razi
c) Zamakhshari
d) Ibn-e-Kathir
e) Jalalain
f) Baidawi

Unit-III Eminent Urdu Tafsir Writers and their Works: A brief Introduction

a) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

b) Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi
c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
d) Maulana Amin Ahsan Islahi
 DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
B.A (H) ISLAMIC STUDIES
SEMESTER-III
PAPER: BISH-302
DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC SCIENCES: HADITH

Marks: 100 Credits-4

Unit-I Hadith and Usul-e-Hadith

a) Definition of Hadith and its significance

b) Terminology of Hadith: Sahih, Hasan, Dai’íf, Marfu,Mauquf Maqtu, Sanad, Matn,
Riwayat and Dirayat.
c) Historical Development of Hadith Compilation.

Unit-II Classical Books on Hadith and their significance

a) Muwatta of Imam Malik

b) Musnad of Ahmad Bin Hanbal
c) Sihah-e-Sittah

Unit-III Some Indian Muhaddithin and their Contribution to Hadith

a) Imam Raziuddin Hasan Saghani

b) Shaikh Abdul Haq Muhaddith Dehlavi
c) Shah Waliullah Muhaddith Dehlavi
d) Allama Anwar Shah Kahsmiri
 DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
B.A (H) ISLAMIC STUDIES
SEMESTER-III
PAPER: BISH-303
ISLAM IN INDIA: SULTANATE PERIOD

Marks: 100 Credits-4

Unit-I Early Indo-Arab Relations

a) Indo-Arab Trade
b) Muslim conquest of Sindh and Multan
c) Impact of Islam on the Social Life of India
d) Socio-Religious and Political Conditions of India on the Eve of the Arrival of the
Turks

Unit-II Establishment of Delhi Sultanate

a) India on the Eve of the Turkish Conquest

b) Turkish Conquest of India
c) Introduction to Dynasties: Salves, Khilijes, Tughlaqs and Lodhis

Unit-III Influence of Islam on India Society

a) Role of Sufis and Ulemas

b) Bhakti Movement
c) Nature and Influence of Shattaria, Madaria and Roshania
 DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
B.A (H) ISLAMIC STUDIES
SEMESTER-IV
PAPER:BISH-401

ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE (FIQH)

Marks: 100 Credits-4

Unit-I Origin and Development of Fiqh

a) Meaning, Origin and Sources

b) Development of Fiqh
c) Important Fuqaha : Hadrat Aisha , Abdullah Ibn Masud, Muádh Ibn Jabal, Abdullah
Ibn Umar

Unit: Important Schools of Fiqh:

a) Hanafi
b) Maliki
c) Shafai
d) Hanbali
e) Jafari
Unit-III Indian Contribution to Fiqh

a) Fatawa-e-Tatar Khania
b) Fatawa-e-Alamgeeri
c) Imdadul Fatawa
 DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
B.A (H) ISLAMIC STUDIES
SEMESTER-IV
PAPER:BISH-402
SUFISM ( TASAWWUF)
Marks:100 Credits-4

Unit-I Origin and Development of Tasawwuf

a) Meaning and Definition

b) Historical Development
c) Some Important Early Sufis: Hasn Basari, Rabia Basari, Zunnun Misri, Shaqeeq
Balkhi and Junaid Baghdadi

Unit-II Main Sufi Orders in India and Some Prominent Sufis

a) Chisti:Khuwaja Moinuddin Chishti

b) Suhyarwardi: Bahauddin Zakariya Multani
c) Qadri: Mian Mir
d) Naqshabadndi: Khwaja Baqi Billah

Unit-III Brief Introduction to Sufi Literature

a) Kitabul Lumaa
b) Risala Qushairia
c) Kashful Mahjub
d) Fawaidul-Fuwad
e) Akhbarul Akhyar
 DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
B.A (H) ISLAMIC STUDIES
SEMESTER-IV
PAPER:BISH-403
Islam in India: Mughal Period

Marks:100 Credits-4

Unit-I ISLAM IN MUGHAL INDIA

a) Establishment of the Mughal Rule in India
b) A brief Survey of Mughal Rulers
c) Socio-Religious condition under the Mughals

Unit-II Educational Development

a) Education during the Mughal Period

b) Foundation of Dars-e-Nizami
c) Technical Education during the Mughals

Unit-III Cultural Exchange

a) Impact of Islam on India and Vice Versa

b) Intellectual Activity: Translation with special Reference to Dara Shikah
c) Arts and Architecture
 DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
B.A (H) ISLAMIC STUDIES
SEMESTER-V
PAPER:BISH-501
SOME IMPORTANT DYNASTIES OF CENTRAL ASIA, IRAN, EGYPT
AND SYRIA

Marks: 100 Credits-4

Unit-I: Some Early Dynasties of Central Asia and Iran

a) Samanids: Introduction and Contribution

b) Saljuqs: Introduction and Contribution
c) Ghaznavid and Gaurids: Introduction and Contribution

Unit-II: Some Medieval Dynasties of Central Asia and Iran

a) Timurids: Establishment and some important rules (Amir Timur, Shah

Rukh and Ulugh Beg)
b) Academic and Scientific development under Timurids
c) Safavids: Establishment and some Important ruler (Shah Ismaeel, Shah
Tahmasp and Shah Abbas)
d) Socio-Cultural Life of Iran under Safavids

Unit-III: Some important Dynasties of Egypt and Syria

a) Fatimids: Establishment and Introduction, Literary and scientific

development
b) Zangids and Ayyubids: Establishment and Introduction, Role in Crusades
c) Mamluks: Establishment and Introduction
d) Contribution to literature, science and architecture
 DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
B.A (H) ISLAMIC STUDIES
SEMESTER-V
PAPER:BISH-502
HISTORY OF MUSLIM CIVILIZATION IN SPAIN

Marks: 100 Credits-4

Unit-I Muslim Rule in Spain

a) Socio-Political and Economic condition of Spain on the Eve of Muslim Conquest

b) Establishment of Muslim Rule in Spain ( Role of Musa bin Nusair and Tarique bin
Ziyad)
c) Some Prominent Rulers and Important Dynasties ( Umayyads: Abd Al-RahmanI & III
Hakam II & Hajib Al Mansur, Murabits, Muwahhids and Nasirids)

Unit-II Society and Administration

a) Social Structure: Arabs, Berbers, Muwallads, Muzarabs

b) Economic condition: ( Agriculture, Industry and Trade)
c) Civil and Military Administration

Unit-III Intellectual and Artistic Activities

a) Scientific, Literary and Academic Progress

b) Arts in Muslim Spain (Music, Painting, Calligraphy & Industrial Arts )
c) Muslim-Spanish Architecture ( Mosque of Cordova, Medinat at Zahra & Alhambra)
 DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
B.A (H) ISLAMIC STUDIES
SEMESTER-V
PAPER:BISH-503
ISLAM IN THE MODERN AGE: INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT

Marks:100 Credits-4

Unit-I Establishment Aims and Objectives

a) Deoband
b) Aligarh
c) Nadwatul Ulama
d) Jamia Millia Islamia

Unit-II The Indian Islamic Movements:

a) Jamiatul Ulama
b) Tablighi Jammat
c)Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
d) Ahl-e-Hadith
e) Sunni Barelavi Jamaat

Unit-III Origin and Establishment of Muslim States

a) Ideological Foundations of Pakistan

b) Socio-Political Back ground of creation of Bangladesh
 DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
B.A (H) ISLAMIC STUDIES
SEMESTER-VI
PAPER:BISH-601
(Muslim Sects and Kalam)

Marks: 100 Credit-4

Unit-I Dissent in Islam

a) Dissent: Meaning and significance

b) Causes of Dissent (Political, Social, Religious)
c) Major Political Sects: Kharijites and Shiaits (Origin, Basic belief, Effects and
offshoots)

Unit-II Exposure to Greek Philosophy and reaction of Muslim society

a) Murjites: Origin and basic beliefs

b) Qadrites: Origin and basic beliefs
c) Jabrites: Origin and basic beliefs
d) Mutazilites: Origin, basic beliefs, Effects and issue of Khalq-e-Quran

Unit-III Ilm-e-Kalam

a) Origin and development

b) Some prominent Mutakallemeen: Abul Hasan Ashari, Abu Mansoor Maturidi,
Abu Hamid Ghazali
 DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
B.A (H) ISLAMIC STUDIES
SEMESTER-VI
PAPER:BISH-602
(HISTORY OF MUSLIM CIVILIZATION: THE OTTOMANS)

Marks:100 Credits-4

Unit-I Rise of the Ottomans and Important Rulers

a) Establishment of the Ottoman Empire

b) Decline and Fall f the Ottomans
c) Important Rulers: Murad I, Salim I, Mohammed Fateh, Sulaiman the Magnificent

Unit-II Society and Administration

a) Social and Economic Life under the Ottomans

b) Civil and Military Administration, Yanechari
c) Millat System and Young Turks

Unit-III Intellectual and Artistic Development

a) Literary, Academic and Scientific Progress

b) Artistic Development
c) Architectural Contribution
 DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
B.A (H) ISLAMIC STUDIES
SEMESTER-VI
PAPER:BISH-603
(ISLAM IN THE MODERN AGE: WEST ASIA)

Marks:100 Credits-4

UNIT-I
a) Wahabis
b) Salafiah
c) Sanusiah
d) Urubah ( Arabism)
e) Jamaluddin Afghani and Sheikh Muhammad Abduhu

Unit-II Turkey:

a) Tanzimat
b) Secular State
c) Young Turks

Unit-III Origin and Establishment of Muslim States:

a) Iran on the Eve of Revolution

b) Post-Revolution Iran
c) Afghanistan since Amanullah