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Course Description Course Name : Identification and Criticism of Hadiths Course Code : TİB 704 Course Type : Optional Level of Course : Second Cycle Year of Study : 1 Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks) ECTS : 6 Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. ALİ OSMAN ATEŞ Learning Outcomes of the Course : Are aware of the significance of identification of hadiths. Have knowledge about the method to follow, and historical and contempoarary sources to appeal in identifying hadiths. Have knowledge of computer programmes for identification of hadiths. Are aware of the significance of criticism of hadiths. Have knowledge about the principles, methods, and sources to appeal to in criticism of hadiths. Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None Recommended Optional Programme Components : None Aim(s) of Course : To have knowledge about identification and criticism of hadiths. Course Contents : Significance of identification of hadiths and the method to follow for it; the historical and contemporary sources; Significance of criticism of hadiths, and the method and sources to follow for it; sources about the narrator´s identity , criticism of attribution and its conditions; critism of the text and its contiditions; required conditions for admitting to hadiths’ texts. Language of Instruction : Turkish Work Place : Classroom of Department of Basic Islamic Sciences   Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods 1 Significance of identification of hadiths and the methods to follow Reading the stated resources Verbal lecturing, quetioning-answering, discussion 2 Information about the historical sources to benefit for identification of hadiths Reading the stated resources Verbal lecturing, quetioning-answering, discussion 3 The works classified in alphabetical order. Reading the stated resources Verbal lecturing, quetioning-answering, discussion 4 Contemporary works to benefit for identification of hadiths: a. Concordance / al-Mu’cam al-Mufahras li Alfaz al-Hadith Reading the stated resources Verbal lecturing, quetioning-answering, discussion 5 b. using computer programmes for identification of hadiths. Reading the stated resources Verbal lecturing, quetioning-answering, discussion 6 Significance of critism of hadiths and the methods to be uged in this process Reading the stated resources Verbal lecturing, quetioning-answering, discussion 7 Major elements of hadith identification: criticism of attribution, and criticism of the text. Reading the stated resources Verbal lecturing, quetioning-answering, discussion 8 Mid-term exam Repetition Exam 9 Significance of information about narrator in attribution critism, various features necessary for narrators, the terms ‘carh’ and ‘ta’dil’ used in criticism of narrators. Reading the stated resources Verbal lecturing, quetioning-answering, discussion 10 Sources of narrator’s knowledge. Reading the stated resources Verbal lecturing, quetioning-answering, discussion 11 Main points and principles to be considered in critism of narrators. Reading the stated resources Verbal lecturing, quetioning-answering, discussion 12 Significance of criticism of the text and the rules to consider for text criticism. Reading the stated resources Verbal lecturing, quetioning-answering, discussion 13 Main features required for the acknowledgement of hadith texts: being reasonable, compliance to Qor’an, to history, and to the accurate scientific data. Reading the stated resources Verbal lecturing, quetioning-answering, discussion 14 Other features required for the acknowledgement of hadith texts: That the narrator is a scholar of Islamic law, that the narrator performs the things what he narrates in the hadiths, and that it is predicated on practice by hadith scholars. Reading the stated resources Verbal lecturing, quetioning-answering, discussion 15 Islamic scholar’s for the acknowledgement of hadiths. Reading the stated resources Verbal lecturing, quetioning-answering, discussion 16/17 Final exam Repetition Exam   Required Course Resources Resource Type Resource Name Recommended Course Material(s)  Prof. Dr. İsmail Hakkı Ünal, İmam Ebu Hanife´nin Hadis Anlayışı ve Hanefi Mezhebinin Hadis Metodu; Prof. Dr. Yavuz Ünal, Hadisleri Tesbitte Yöntem Sorunu; Prof. Dr. Mehmet Özşenel, Hadiste İsnad ve Metin Tenkidi; Prof. Dr. Selahattin Polat, Hadiste Metin Tenkidi; Prof. Dr. Enbiya Yıldırım, Hadiste Metin Tenkidi; Prof. Dr. Salih Karacabey, Hadis Tenkidi; Prof. Dr. Ahmet Yücel Hadis İlminde Tenkit Terimleri İle İlgili Çalışmalar; Prof. Dr. Yaşar Kandemir, Mevzu Hadisler. Required Course Material(s)   Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 60     Homeworks/Projects/Others 1 40 Total 100 Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40   Final Assessments 100 Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60 Total 100   Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes # Key Learning Outcome Contribution* 1 Knows the historical development of the Islamic sciences and their methods, concepts and sources, is aware of the differences and similarities between them. 1 2 Analyzes and classifies historical experience and scientific knowledge in the field of Islamic sciences and uses it to solve current affairs. 1 3 Is equipped with skills to create solutions the basic religious problems according to the needs of today 2 4 Has a scientific mindset releated with the academic area 4 5 Has the knowledge to conduct a research using scientific methods and techniques in the field of basic Islamic sciences 3 6 Has the ability to read the basic religious texts and knowledge to explain and interpret them 3 7 Knows schools emerged in the field of Tafsir, Hadith, İslamic Sects, İslamic Law, Mysticism, İslamic Teology throughout the history of Islamic thought and their process of formation, basic ideas, sources and their contributions to Islamic thought. 2 8 Produces scientific knowledge in the field of theology and analyzes them using a critical approach 3 9 Follows national and international studies and publications on basic religious sciences and understands them 3 10 Speaks a foreign language fluent enough to use the international sources and share the information 4 11 Makes researches to solve the problems releated the field in accordance with social needs 3 12 Uses the appropriate methods, technical material and technological opportunities 3 13 Works in cooperation with public and private institutions related to the field 2 * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).   Student Workload - ECTS Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour) Course Related Works     Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42     Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 4 56 Assesment Related Works     Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 10 10     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 15 15     Final Exam 1 20 20 Total Workload: 143 Total Workload / 25 (h): 5.72 ECTS Credit: 6