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These are the sciences, along their categories, that were taught in the presented fashion at the Ottoman madrasa. It should be known that the Turkish Ottoman scholars used to be generally แธคanafฤซ in Fiqh and Mฤturฤซdฤซ in Creed, so this is just one of the curriculums according to their specific methodology.
1) ๐๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ (Ar. ‘Ulลซm al-ฤlah)
Language:
– Arabic vocabulary (Lughah)
– Syntax (Naแธฅw)
– Morphology (แนขarf)
– Rhetoric (Balฤghah)
– Prosody (‘Arลซแธ)
– Literature (ฤdฤb)
– Linguistic Theory (Wad’)
– Persian language (Fฤrisฤซ)
Critical Thinking:
– Logic (Manแนญiq)
– Dialectics (Al-Baแธฅthฤซ wa’l Munฤแบara)
2) ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ (Funลซn)
Theoretical Sciences:
– Metaphysics (Al-Ilฤhi)
– Mathematics (Ar-Riyฤdiyyฤt)
– Natural Sciences (At-Tฤbi’i, this includes sciences like Astronomy, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Medicine, etc.)
Practical Sciences:
– Manners (‘Ilm al-Akhlฤq)
– Home management (Tadbฤซr al-Manzil)
– Governance (As-Siyฤsah)
3) ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ (‘Ulลซm ush-Shar’iyyah)
Transmission:
– Recitations of the Qur’ฤn (‘Ilm al-Qirฤ’ฤt)
– แธคadฤซth Narratives (Riwฤyat al-แธคadฤซth)
Exegesis:
– Exegesis (Tafsฤซr al-Qur’ฤn)
– แธคadฤซth Science (Dirฤyat al-แธคadฤซth)
Reasoning:
– Speculative Theology (‘Ilm al-Kalฤm)
– Foundational Principles (‘Uแนฃลซl al-Fiqh)
Application:
– Fiqh (Law)
[Purification:]
For purifying the heart with the science of Iแธฅsฤn, then this would be done by accompanying the masters of Iแธฅsฤn outside of the daily madrasah hours.
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