A Comparative Study of the Islamic Scholars’ Titles During the First Centuries of the Islamic Era and those of the Islamic Scholars at the Today's Universities

Abstract

Islam is the founder of a glorious culture in the world. It's civilization has various components the most important one of which is education. Islamic education, especially from the first to the fifth centuries AH, experienced its golden era; it introduced scholars on Islamic and other sciences to humanity. This paper Used the descriptive - analytical method to compare the scholars’ titles during the first few centuries in the Islamic era with those of the professors in the present time And identify their historical roots. Academic titles of university teachers such as lecturer or instructor, assistant professor, associate professor and professor are common today. In the first Islamic centuries muslim scholars also had titles that reflected their scientific positions like Imam, Amir, Hafiz, Faqih, Rehlah, Mohaddeth, Mosnad, Modarres and Moeed. Studying the related literature, one can find out if it is possible to compare the scientific and academic titles in that era with today's titles.