3 Credit Hours

Students will study the following subjects
* The definition of the governing body both linguistically and religiously based on evidences found in Al-Qur'an and Sunnah , the criteria of judges, the appointment and removal of judges, the concept of the court system, the multiplicity of the judges in one jurisdiction, the assistants of the judge and the judge's authority. 

References in Arabic & English: 

الأحكام السلطانية للماوردي - تبصرة الحكام - فتاوى الشيخ عليش - أعلام الموقعين لابن القيم - الاشباه والنظائر للسيوطي - الأشباه والنظائر لابن نخيم - فتح القدير - بدائع الصنائع - الشرح الصغير - حاشية الدسوقي - بلغة السالك - مغني المحتاج. Provisions of the Royal Maurdi - enlightened rulers - Fataawa al-Shaykh Aleesh - flags of the signatories to the Ibn al-Qayyim - likes and isotopes of resettlement - Nazaa'im Ibn camp out - Fath al-Qadeer - Badaa'i Trades - little explanation - a footnote Dessouky - language Salek - singer in need.