Public Defense of a Master's Thesis.
Under the patronage of Ahmed Suleiman Hamad, President of the University of Fallujah, and under the supervision and follow-up of Mohammed Jassim Abdul, Dean of the College of Islamic Sciences, the public defense of the Master's thesis submitted by Ahmed Mohammed Khudair, a student in the Department of Sharia, College of Islamic Sciences, University of Fallujah, was held on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in the Central Hall of the College of Islamic Sciences.
The thesis was entitled:
“The Jurisprudential 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 Marriage to the Chapter on Prohibited and Permissible Marriages – A Comparative Study.”
The examining committee consisted of:
- Prof. Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Abdulmajeed — Chairperson
- Prof. Dr. Mohammed Abdulrazzaq Mahmoud — Member
- Assist. Prof. Dr. Wasmi Mohammed Ahmed — Member
- Prof. Dr. Mohammed Ahmed Matar — Member and Supervisor
Objectives of the Thesis
This thesis aims to collect and examine the jurisprudential issues in which two authoritative opinions (wajhan) were reported within the Shafi‘i school regarding matters discussed in the chapters of marriage and prohibited and permissible marriages in Al-Bayan by Al-‘Umrani. The study seeks to provide jurists and researchers with a clearer understanding of the diversity of legal reasoning within a single school of law, to investigate the evidences supporting the various opinions, and to compare these views with those of other Islamic legal schools, particularly in light of the large number of jurists who contributed independent legal opinions within the Shafi‘i tradition.
Major Findings
The study reached several important conclusions, the most notable of which are:
- Al-Bayan is regarded as one of the most significant works that carefully records and preserves the multiple juridical opinions within Islamic legal discourse.
- The diversity of opinions and legal perspectives represents a means of broadening the scope of juristic reasoning and enriching scholarly understanding of jurisprudential issues.
Following an extensive discussion of the thesis by the examining committee, the thesis was accepted with the grade of Pass.
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