Syllabus content and objectives
Official JAMB Islamic Religious Studies outline · Part III: Islamic History and Civilization
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i. Aims and objectives of Islamic education
Objective
Explain the aims and objectives of Islamic education.
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ii. The Glorious Qur’ān and Hadīth on education (Q.96:1-5; Q.39:9)
Objective
Assess the position of the Glorious Qur’ān and Hadīth in education.
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iii. Hadīth: “The search for knowledge is obligatory on every Muslim” (Ibn Majah)
Objective
Examine the importance of seeking knowledge in Islam.
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iv. Hadīth: “Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave”
Objective
Examine the importance of seeking knowledge throughout life in Islam.
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v. Hadīth: “The words of wisdom are a lost property of the believer… a better right to it…” (Tirmidhi)
Objective
Examine the importance of wisdom and the pursuit of knowledge in Islam.
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vi. Intellectual activities of Islam in West Africa: development of written history in Arabic and establishment of Sankore University
Objective
Analyse the intellectual activities of Islam in West Africa.
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vii. Intellectual activities of Ahmad Baba of Timbuktu, Sheikh al-Maghili, Sheikh Usman Danfodio, Sultan Muhammad Bello and Ibn Battuta
Objective
Assess the contributions of Sheikh al-Maghili, Sheikh Uthman Dan Fodio, Sultan Muhammad Bello and Ibn Battuta to education.
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viii. Islamic educational institutions: House of Wisdom in Baghdad, al-Azhar University in Cairo and Nizamiyyah University in Baghdad
Objective
Account for the development of intellectual centres in Baghdad and Cairo.
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ix. Lives and contributions of Ibn Sina, Al-Ghazali, Ibn Rushd, ar-Razi and Ibn Khaldun to education
Objective
Examine the contributions of Ibn Sina to medicine; assess al-Ghazali’s contribution to Islamic education; analyse Ibn Rushd’s contribution to philosophy and fiqh; assess ar-Razi’s contribution to philosophy; and analyse Ibn Khaldun’s contribution to modern sociology and the method of writing history.
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