Week8
The 'Ulum of Islam.
`ilm al-adyan wa-`ilm al-abdan. Science is twofold: that which relates to religion and that which relates to the body".
`ilm al-adyan, religious studies.
School of the religious studies.
Mosques.
Public libraries.
House of the `ulama.
Kuttab, al-Kufah, al-Dahha ibn Muzahim, d. 723, free tuition.
Dictations.
The 'Ulum of Islam: Hadith
The meaning, al-sunnah?
Schools of Hadith:
Al-Medinah.
Anas ibn Malik (d. 711)
`Abd Allah ibn Umar (693).
Mecca.
`Abd Allah ibn `Abbas (688).
The 'Ulum of Islam: Hadith
Terms of al-Hadith.
Sahih (authentic)
Da`if (weak).
Mawdu` (fabricated)
Isnad, narrators, its significance.
Matn. Body.
biographical dictionaries.
Hadith and politics.
The 'Ulum of Islam: Hadith.
Books of hadith.
Bukhari.
Muslim.
Tirmidhi.
Nasa'I.
Ibn majah.
Abu Dawud.
In addition: muwata, al-Umm, al-musnad.
Al-Kafi (shi'I)
The 'Ulum of Islam: Fiqh
The meaning.
Al-`ibadat: act of worship.
Al-Mu'amalat (transaction).
Fundamentals of the Fiqh:
Qur'an.
Hadith.
Ijma` (consensus of jurists)
qiyas (analogy)
Ijtihad Iexercise of judgment), when?.
The 'Ulum of Islam: Fiqh
The major Schools of Fiqh:
Hanafi.
Maliki.
Shafi'I.
Hanbali.
Shi'I.
Zaydis.
Ja'faris.
12ers
7ers....ects
Scientific study of Arabic
Why the study of Arabic emerged and who did it?
The school of Arabic:
Desert with the bedouin.
Al-Kufah (built 638)
Al-Basrah (grammar al-Du'ali (d. 688).
Grammar, al-Kitab (Sibawayh d. 793).
Arabic dictionary, al-`Ayn, (al-Khalil d. 786).
The discovery of Arabic prosody and it Rules.
Scientific study of Arabic
Philology and lexicography.
The rise of writing of history.
Historiography (Wahb ibn Munabbih d. 728).
Scientific study of Arabic
Poetry: new kinds:
love poetry (ghazal) in graphic, `Umar b. Rabi`ah.
Pure love of Platonic type, Jamil, and Qays Majnun Layla, for songs.
Political poetry.
Satiric, panegyric poetry ( Jarir, Frazdaq, Akhtal), the party press.
Compilation of poetry, Hammad d. 772)
Education in Early Islam.
Teachers usually from mawali or Christians.
Some aspects of education.
Reciters, are the oldest teachers.
Female Ulama in early Islam
Sakinah bint al-Husayn (d. 735).
Hair style.
Cultural hall.
Debate with `Aishah bin Talhah.
Science: Medicine
Greek and Persians.
Doctors:
al-Harith ibn Kaladah, the doctor of the Arabs. d. 634.
His son al-Nadir.
Ibn Ithal,
Tayadhuq.
Masarjawayh, translated Ahrun's work as the first book medicine in 683.
Science: Medicine.
Al-Walid I, credited with having segregated persons afficted with leprosy.
Umar II, transferred the schools of medicine from Alexandria to Antiock and Harran.
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Scientific study of Arabic
Poetry: new kinds:
love poetry (ghazal) in graphic, `Umar b. Rabi`ah.
Pure love of Platonic type, Jamil, and Qays Majnun Layla, for songs.
Political poetry.
Satiric, panegyric poetry ( Jarir, Frazdaq, Akhtal), the party press.
Compilation of poetry, Hammad d. 772)
Education in Early Islam.
Teachers usually from mawali or Christians.
Some aspects of education.
Reciters, are the oldest teachers.
Female Ulama in early Islam
Sakinah bint al-Husayn (d. 735).
Hair style.
Cultural hall.
Debate with `Aishah bin Talhah.
Science: Medicine
Translation (Hunayn ibn Ishaq 808-873, and Ishaq.
Greek and Persians (Gundishapur).
Islamic scientific writing 9-16 centuries
Doctors:
al-Harith ibn Kaladah, the doctor of the Arabs. d. 634.
His son al-Nadir.
Ibn Ithal,
Tayadhuq.
Science: Medicine.
Masarjawayh, Jewish Persian physician translated Ahrun's work as the first book medicine in 683.
Yuhanna ibn Masawayh d. 857. Dissection in 836 on a apes.
Ibn Masaw, Dughl al-`Ayn. Ophthalmology.
Al-Walid I, credited with having segregated persons affected with leprosy.
Umar II, transferred the schools of medicine from Alexandria to Antiock and Harran.
Science: Medicine.
Pharmacies. , Jabir ibn Hayyan d. 776.
Pharmacies. , Jabir ibn Hayyan d. 776.
Testing physicians by Sinan ibn Qurrah.
Treating patients.
Building Hospitals, Razi's experience.
Al-Razi, (Rhazees )al-hawi (Latin, continens 5th ed. 1542, smallpox and measles.
Ali ibn al-Abbas (Haly Abbas: muscular contractions of the womb.
Science: Medicine.
ibn Sina (Avicenna) 980-1037, the Canon.
It has remained a medical bible for a longer period than any other work. Dr. Osler, The Evolution of Modern Medicine, 1922
Dentistry, Abu al-Qasim.
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Science: Mathmateics.
Arabic Numbers vs Roman numbers.
The concept of Zero.
Al-Khuwarizmi: 780-850, algebra, al-Jabr wa-al-muqabalah. (compulsion and comparison) this treatise was the indispensable prerequisite for advanced future research in the field.
Science: Astronomy.
The need for such knowledge.
Astronomy (al-falak) and Astrology tanjim.
Astronomic calculation, Habash al-Hasib. D. 874.
Thabit ibn Qurrah, 836-901. 40 works.
New Ilm called ilm al-miqat timekeeping.
Observatories were built.
Names of stares: altair, alnasl acrab, adara, almavantar, alphard alkaid, markab nadir, saif , deneb, altaref, errai, caph.
Art and Architecture
Islam and arts (is there Islamic art?
Calligraphy and illumination.
3ds. Representation (sculptures).
Domes 692.
Modern Architecture, housing for the poor.
Arabesque.