Public Defense of a Doctoral Dissertation
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 doctoral dissertation submitted by PhD candidate Ismail Hamad Dahmoush of the Department of Sharia, College of Islamic Sciences, University of Fallujah, was held on the morning of Monday, June 29, 2026, in the Central Hall of the College of Islamic Sciences.
The dissertation was entitled:
“Juristic Issues in Ibn Qudamah’s Al-Mughni on Which Two Opinions Were Reported within the Hanbali School: From the Book of Dower (Ṣadāq) to the End of the Book of Marital Relations and Khulʿ – A Comparative Study.”
The examination committee consisted of the following professors:
- Prof. Dr. Ali Hussein Abbas – Chairperson
- Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Bandar Ali – Member
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohammed Abdulrazzaq Mahmoud – Member
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asmaa Diaa Al-Din Ahmed – Member
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saif Abdulwahab Abdulrazzaq – Member
- Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Shams Al-Din Abdulameer – Member and Supervisor
Dissertation Objectives
The dissertation aimed to collect and examine the juristic issues in which two opinions were reported within the Hanbali school as presented in Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah (d. 620 AH), from the Book of Dower (Ṣadāq) to the end of the Book of Marital Relations and Khulʿ, and to study these issues through a comparative jurisprudential analysis with other Islamic legal schools.
Major Findings
The dissertation reached a number of significant findings, most notably the abundance of juristic issues involving two reported opinions in Al-Mughni and the diversity of Ibn Qudamah’s presentation of such issues. The study also revealed the use of various legal and jurisprudential terminologies among Hanbali scholars. Furthermore, it demonstrated areas of convergence between the Hanbali and Shafi‘i schools in certain opinions, alongside issues in which the Hanbalis held distinct positions, while also highlighting similarities in their methods of legal reasoning and deduction. In addition, the study found that the examined opinions were often based on rational argumentation and the general principles of Islamic law.
Following an extensive discussion and examination of the dissertation by the members of the examination committee, the dissertation was accepted with the grade of Pass.
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