Islam studies courses and diplomas aims to provide high quality study that systematically and critically explores key concepts, debates, research and analysis in Islamic Studies. The offered courses aim:
To promote critical engagement in a range of contemporary Islamic and community issues relevant to students’ interests, strengths, academic, professional and/or developmental needs;
To enhance students’ knowledge and understanding of professional research, skills of enquiry and the use of evidence within an Islamic Studies context.
To facilitate self-direction and originality in equipping and solving problems, and the ability to act autonomously in designing, planning, implementing and critically analysing and evaluating Islamic related fields.
The range of following courses and diplomas are offered by Leicester Training Centre:
A religious approach is one of the matters emphasized in counselling today. Many researchers find that there is a need to apply the religious element in counselling because religion is important in a client’s life.
There are many different models of counselling, and even different versions of Islamic Counselling, but our Islamic counselling course is in line with Islamic teachings as contained in al-Quran and al-Sunnah and is based on three main aspects: aqidah (faith), ibadah (worship) and akhlaq (moral conduct).
The certificate in Islamic Counselling provides students with opportunity to reflect upon and clarify the values and principles that form the basis of Islam within the counselling context. This is achieved through several learning tools including reflection, listening, experimental exercises and academic enterprise.
The sources of Islamic Law are the Qur’an and the Sunnah (the traditions of the Prophet). The Muslim community has been experiencing fundamental social changes in a modern society, especially in relation to the structure of the family.
The course deals with Islamic family law and Islamic law of inheritance, two subjects concern every Muslim. The aim of this course is to offer an understanding of and engagement with the theoretical discourse regarding Islamic law and the development of the principal sources of Islamic law in the area of family rights.
The course aims to introduce the principles of Islamic jurisprudence, especially the juristic approach to formulating principles of deducing Islamic law from the primary sources of Islam. It examines the key concepts of usul al-Fiqh developed by the classical jurists to enable them to understand the approaches and legal value (hukm shari) of Qur’anic and prophetic legal precepts. The course develops critical and analytical skills to enable students to apply the principles Islamic jurisprudence and understand juristic differences and its causes.
Maqasid al shariah course offers a look into the development of the subject known now as Maqasid al-Shari‘ah. This subject mainly looks at the general philosophy and objectives of legal injunctions often beyond the specialities of the text and focuses on the overall goals and purpose of the precept that is advocated in law rather than the words of the text.
The course looks at the development of this science, the main theories and philosophies of Maqasid al-Shari‘ah, its inception and its development. The main aims of the course are to survey the history of Maqasid al-Shari‘ah, to cover the main doctrine and debates on the epistemic status of legal-ethical knowledge and the hermeneutical and analytical methods for deriving it, and then to study its application to contemporary problem.
This course is introductory in nature and is designed to equip students with a familiarity with the parlance of Hadith Scholars, commonly referred to as Mustalah al-Hadith or Usul al-Hadith.
Many topics will be covered in this course such as, Hadith and chains of narrations; terminologies of Hadith and its people; different types of chains connecting back to the Messenger of Allah (SAW).
You will also learn the Hadith categories according to the number of people narrating it; Khabar Wahid, Mash’hoor, Mutawatir, Azeez, Ghareeb; categories of Hadith based on continuous connection of narrators; Muttasil, Munqati, Mursal, Mu’allaq; types of Hadith based on acceptance; Sahih, Hasan, Da’eef.
This course is ideal for any individual wanting to understand the science of hadith. No previous knowledge is required.
This course is an Introduction to Usul at-Tafsir. It explores the unique style and arrangement of the Qur’an and the various ways in which people have tried to understand the meanings of the Qur’an. It also addresses the principles surrounding understanding, interpreting and reflecting upon the Qur’an.
This course is suitable for any Muslim who wishes to have a greater understanding of the sciences surrounding the Qur’an.