Master's Thesis Defense on the Juristic Issues in Which Two Opinions Were Reported within the Shafi'i School of Law.
Under the patronage of the President of the University of Fallujah, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Suleiman Hamad, and under the supervision and follow-up of the Dean of the College of Islamic Sciences, Prof. Dr. Mohammed Jasim Abdul, the public defense of the Master's thesis submitted by the student Rasha Hatem Fazaa from the Department of Sharia, College of Islamic Sciences, University of Fallujah, was held on the morning of Wednesday, June 10, 2026.
The thesis, entitled:
“Juristic Issues in Which Two Opinions Were Reported within the Shafi‘i School in Al-Bayan by Al-‘Umrani (d. 558 AH), from the Book of Racing and Archery to the Book of the Foundling: A Comparative Study”
was defended in the Central Hall of the College of Islamic Sciences.
The examination committee consisted of:
- Prof. Dr. Ali Hussein Abbas – Chairperson
- Prof. Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Abdulmajeed – Member
- Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayman Saleh Mar‘i – Member
- Assist. Prof. Dr. Mohammed Najeeb Hammadi – Member and Supervisor
Objectives of the Thesis
This thesis aims to collect and study the juristic issues in which two opinions were reported within the same school of law concerning the topics discussed from the Book of Racing and Archery to the Book of the Foundling in Al-Bayan by Al-‘Umrani. The study seeks to provide jurists and researchers with a deeper understanding of the diversity of juridical opinions within a single legal school, examine the evidences supporting these opinions, evaluate the various viewpoints, and compare them with the positions of other Islamic legal schools, particularly in light of the large number of jurists who developed independent legal perspectives within the Shafi‘i tradition.
Main Findings
The study reached several significant conclusions, most notably that Al-Bayan is among the most important works that carefully documented the multiplicity of juridical opinions on legal issues. It also concluded that the diversity of opinions and juristic perspectives serves as a means of broadening the scope of legal reasoning and scholarly ijtihad in jurisprudential matters.
Following an extensive discussion by the examination committee, the thesis was accepted with the grade of Satisfactory.
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