hawza
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A hawza () or ḥawzah ʿilmīyah () is the collective term (plural hawzat) for a madrasa (i.e. seminary) where Shi'a Muslim scholars are educated.
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16 sectionsContents
- Hawza 'Ilmiyya Najaf
- Hawza 'Ilmiyya Qom
- Hawza 'Ilmiyya Khwaharan (Women's Hawza)
- Hawza 'Ilmiyya in the West
- Teaching Method
- Academic Stages in the Hawza ʿIlmiyya
- Stage One: Muqaddimāt (Introductory Studies)
- Second Stage (Intermediate Studies)
- Third Stage (Advanced Research Stage)
- Ijtihad Certification
- Hawza subjects
- Advanced subjects
- Titles in the Hawza
- See also
- References
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A hawza () or ḥawzah ʿilmīyah () is the collective term (plural hawzat) for a madrasa (i.e. seminary) where Shi'a Muslim scholars are educated.
The word ḥawzah is Arabic, and has been adopted into Persian as a loan word. In Arabic, the word means "to hold something firmly". Accordingly, ḥawzah ʿilmīyah would mean a place where the firm knowledge (of the Muslim religion) is acquired. In the Persian language, ḥawzah refers to the middle part of a place or an area. Ḥawzah ʿilmīyah in Persian, therefore, means "the place of knowledge". Another meaning of the word is "circle of knowledge".
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