PhD Dissertation Defense on Juristic Issues Involving Two Reported Opinions in the Hanbali School.
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, the public defense of the PhD dissertation submitted by Mr. Haroun Rashid Khalaf, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sharia, College of Islamic Sciences, University of Fallujah, was held at noon on Thursday, June 11, 2026.
The dissertation was entitled:
“Juristic Issues in Which Two Opinions Were Reported within the Hanbali School in Ibn Qudamah’s Al-Mughni (d. 620 AH), from the Book of Deposits to the End of the Book of Marriage: A Comparative Study.”
The defense took place in the Central Hall of the College of Islamic Sciences.
The examination committee consisted of the following professors:
- Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ubaid Jasim — Chairperson
- Prof. Dr. Othman Faleh Hassan — Member
- Assist. Prof. Dr. Amjad Muraqib Dawood — Member
- Assist. Prof. Dr. Mohammed Hussein Ouda — Member
- Assist. Prof. Dr. Mohammed Hadi Talal — Member
- Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Shams Al-Din Abdulameer — Member and Supervisor
Objectives of the Dissertation
The dissertation aimed to collect and examine the juristic issues in which two opinions were reported within the Hanbali school in Ibn Qudamah’s Al-Mughni (d. 620 AH), from the Book of Deposits to the end of the Book of Marriage, and to analyze them through a comparative juristic study alongside other Islamic legal schools.
Major Findings
The study reached several important conclusions, most notably the abundance of juristic issues involving two reported opinions in Al-Mughni and the diversity of Ibn Qudamah’s presentation of these issues. The research also highlighted the variety of legal and jurisprudential terminologies employed by Hanbali scholars. Furthermore, it demonstrated areas of convergence between the Hanbali and Shafi‘i schools in certain opinions, while identifying issues in which the Hanbali school maintained distinctive positions. The study also revealed similarities in their methods of legal reasoning and showed that the examined opinions were largely based on rational argumentation and the general principles of Islamic law.
Following an extensive discussion by the examination committee, the dissertation was accepted with the grade of Pass.
