Curriculum
Darul Iftaa Chicago has a unique and carefully crafted curriculum that combines a mix of traditional and contemporary works taught in English with academic critique and practical application. The majority of the time is spent in thorough and well-referenced research of questions, alongside individual reading of various books of fatwa. Students receive training in English grammar and style, as well as practical workshops on numerous contemporary issues conducted by professionals in the relevant fields, such as doctors, lawyers, chemists, and Islamic finance executives.
Year 1
Classes
- Sharḥ ʿUqūd Rasm al-Muftī
- Uṣūl al-Iftāʾ wa Ādābuhu
- Introduction to Islamic Finance
- Fiqh al-Buyūʿ
- AAOIFI Shariah Standards
- Introduction to Ḥanafī Furūʿ Books
- Radd al-Muḥtār, selected portions
- Dhukhr al-Mutaʾahhilīn
- Lubāb al-Manāsik
- A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
- Academic Critique
- Assisted Reading
Assisted Reading
- Al-Madhhab al-Ḥanafī
- Taṭawwur al-Fikr al-Uṣūlī al-Ḥanafī
- Asbāb ʿUdūl al-Ḥanafiyya ʿan al-Futyā bi Ẓāhir al-Riwāya
- Muqaddimat al-Aṣl
- Muqaddimat al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr
Individual Reading
- Fatāwā Dār al-ʿUlūm Zakarīyā
- Nashr al-ʿArf
- Aḥkām al-Qurān li al-Jaṣṣāṣ, 1/3
- The Elements of Style
- Muʿallim al-Ḥujjāj
- Path to Perfection
- Various Research Papers
Training & Workshops
- Tamrīn al-Fatāwā*
- Effective Writing Skills
- Peer Review & Academic Critique
- Sessions with Various Professionals**
Year 2
Classes
- Majallat al-Aḥkām al-ʿAdalīya
- Al-Ashbāh wa al-Naẓāʾir, al-Fann al-Awwal
- Fiqh al-Buyūʿ
- AAOIFI Shariah Standards
- Buḥūth fī Qaḍāyā Fiqhīya Muʿāṣira
- Al-Ḥīlat al-Nājiza
- Introduction to Ḥanafī Uṣūl Books
- Al-Madkhal ilā ʿUlūm al-Ḥadīth
- Academic Critique
- Assisted Reading
Assisted Reading
- Niṣāb al-Iḥtisāb
- Al-Durar al-Mubāḥa
- Adab al-Ikhtilāf
- Musʿifat al-Ḥukkām
Individual Reading
- Aḥsan al-Fatāwā
- Kifāyat al-Muftī
- Aḥkām al-Qurān li al-Jaṣṣāṣ, 2/3
- Tuḥfat al-ʿUlamāʾ
- Various Research Papers
Training & Workshops
- Tamrīn al-Fatāwā*
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Manuscript Research & Editing
- Financial Contracts Analyses
- Fask al-Nikāḥ
- Peer Review & Academic Critique
*Students will be assigned questions daily to provide thorough and well-referenced research.
**Includes psychologists, chemists, lawyers, doctors, food scientists, and others. Students will focus more on writing longer, more complex research papers and, eventually, a thesis.
