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  Course Description
Course Name : The Companions of Prophet Muhammad and the Hadith

Course Code : ILS416

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 4

Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 2

Name of Lecturer(s) : Asst.Prof.Dr. BEKİR TATLI
Assoc.Prof.Dr. MUHAMMET YILMAZ
Prof.Dr. ALİ OSMAN ATEŞ

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Knows the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad
Understands the importance of the Companions in hadith transmission.
Lists the educational activities in the period of the Companions
Exposes the Companions´ diligence in hadith writing
Analyzes the criticises directed at the Companions

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : Making the definition of the Prophet´s companions and to stand on their activities relating to education and training. To present the ways of the learning hadiths from the Prophet Muhammad and his companions, introduce the importance of hadith transmission during this period and reveal the Companions´ attitudes and behaviors across the hadiths.

Course Contents : The definition of sahabi/companion. Who is called Sahabi? How is known being a person´s companion? The layers of the Companions and their numbers. Education and training activities, places and methods during the period of the Companions. The Companions´ learning and teaching of hadith. The criticises against the Companions

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Classrooms of Divinity Faculty


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 The definition of sahabi/companion. The ways of recognition of the Companions. The relevant topics in the textbook and suggested sources Expression, Question and Answer, Discussion
2 The layers of the Companions and their numbers. Companions who died in the latest. The relevant topics in the textbook and suggested sources Expression, Question and Answer, Discussion
3 Education and training activities during the period of the Companions. The relevant topics in the textbook and suggested sources Expression, Question and Answer, Discussion
4 Education and training places and methods in period of the Companions. The relevant topics in the textbook and suggested sources Expression, Question and Answer, Discussion
5 The Companions´ learning and teaching of hadith. The relevant topics in the textbook and suggested sources Expression, Question and Answer, Discussion
6 Learning by asking, alternation in learning, hadith discussion The relevant topics in the textbook and suggested sources Expression, Question and Answer, Discussion
7 Educational trips The relevant topics in the textbook and suggested sources Expression, Question and Answer, Discussion
8 Midterm exam Midterm exam Midterm exam
9 Devotion of the Prophet´s companions to the narration of the hadith. Companions who narrated the hadiths. The relevant topics in the textbook and suggested sources Expression, Question and Answer, Discussion
10 Devotion of the Prophet´s companions to the narration of the hadith. Companions who narrated the hadiths. The relevant topics in the textbook and suggested sources Expression, Question and Answer, Discussion
11 Thoroughness in hadith narrations and activities of verification The relevant topics in the textbook and suggested sources Expression, Question and Answer, Discussion
12 Proofread and criticize activities among the Companions The relevant topics in the textbook and suggested sources Expression, Question and Answer, Discussion
13 Prophet´s Companions´ Understanding of the Sunnah. The Companions´ Consideration of the Prophet The relevant topics in the textbook and suggested sources Expression, Question and Answer, Discussion
14 In appearance, Fiqhi and Jurisprudential Approaches to the Sunnah in understandings of the Companions The relevant topics in the textbook and suggested sources Expression, Question and Answer, Discussion
15 The criticises against the Companions The relevant topics in the textbook and suggested sources Expression, Question and Answer, Discussion
16/17 Final exam Final exam Final exam


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Nevzat Aşık, Sahabe ve Hadis Rivayeti (Companions of Muhammad and Hadith Narrating)
 Abd al-Sattar al-Sheihk, Abu Hurayra raviyat al-İslam wa sayyid al-huffaz al-asbât
Required Course Material(s)  Bünyamin Erul, Sahabenin Sünnet Anlayışı (Prophet´s Companions´ Understanding of the Sunnah)
 TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi, "Sahabe" md. (Religious Foundation of Turkey Encyclopaedia of Islam, article of "Sahaba/The Companions")
 Ibn Hacar, al-Isaba
 Bünyamin Erul, Aişe´nin Sahabeye Yöneltilği Tenkitler (The Criticises of Aisha Directed to the Companions)


  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 Describes the main concepts, sources, principles, values, and philosophy of the Religion of Islam. 5
2 Explains the effects of the phenomenon of religion on the forming of structure, changing, and progression of the society and human being. 0
3 Explains the processes of the forming and developing of Islamic history and civilization. 0
4 Describes socio-cultural, religious, political, and economic structures of the Islamic societies. 0
5 Reads, explains, and interprets the main religious texts. 3
6 Reaches the true religious knowledge by using scientific methods and techniques, and evaluates and uses that knowledge. 2
7 Determines the main religious problems and produces some solutions according to modern needs. 2
8 Acquires knowledge and skills in the fields of Islamic history, culture, art, and literature. 4
9 Conveys the accumulations acquired to the religious field. 1
10 Classifies and examines the accumulation of knowledge and historical experience acquired in the history of Islamic sciences. 4
11 Expresses truly Islam in terms of belief, worship, moral and acts and procedures. 2
12 Realizes that religion, science, art, philosophy, and moral are mutually complementary elements and that they must be considered as a whole. 0
13 Respects the beliefs and the values attributed holiness, and supports the culture of coexisting. 4
14 Supports attitudes and acts fitted to the unifying, integrating and reconciling role of religious values in society. 0
15 Works in the fields of practical religious services, religious education and teaching. 0
16 Improves professional development, as well as interest in accordance with the capabilities of scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields constantly itself by identifying learning needs. 0
* 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 2 28
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 2 28
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 1 1
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 2 2
    Final Exam 1 3 3
Total Workload: 62
Total Workload / 25 (h): 2.48
ECTS Credit: 2