Master’s Degree Awarded to Mr. Abdulmajid Al-Hamati in Arabic Studies

Mr. Abdulmajid Ali Mohammed Al-Hamati ‎was awarded a Master’s Degree in Arabic Studies‎ with an average of excellent and a grade of (95) for his thesis titled: The Foundations of Arabic Syntax in Bughyat Al-Talib wa Munyat Al-Raghib ala Muqaddimat Ibn Al-Hajib by Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Khalidi (d. 880 AH): A Descriptive Syntactic Study, which was submitted to the Department of Arabic Studies, Faculty of Education– Sana’a University. The MA defense was held on Thursday, May 10, 2026‎‎.

The MA Viva-voce Committee, which was formed based on a resolution issued by the Graduate Studies and Scientific Research Council, consisted of the following:
# Committee Members Designation Position
1 Assoc. Prof. Yousef Hassan Al-Ajili External Examiner Chair
2 Prof. Saleh Ali Al-Nahari Main Supervisor Member
3 Assist. Prof. Mohammed Abdullah Saleh Naji Internal Examiner Member

The thesis aimed to:
 Introduce the scholar Ahmad bin Mohammed Al-Khalidi and his book Bughyat Al-Talib wa Munyat Al-Raghib ‘ala Muqaddimat Ibn Al-Hajib.
 Examine the foundations of Arabic grammar in the Arabic linguistic heritage and in Al-Khalidi’s work.
 Clarify Al-Khalidi’s grammatical views and preferences through his book.
The study yielded several key findings summarized as follows:
 Al-Khalidi’s distinguished scholarly status and the significance of his book among the commentaries on Al-Kafiyah.
 Al-Khalidi primarily relied on transmitted linguistic evidence (sama‘) as the main grammatical foundation in his work, alongside analogy (qiyas) and scholarly consensus (ijma‘).
 Al-Khalidi adhered to the principles, features, and terminology of the Basran school of grammar throughout most of his commentary on Al-Kafiyah.‎
In light of these findings, the researcher recommended the following:‎
 Calling upon the Yemeni state and government, represented by Awqaf Ministry, to collect manuscript copies of Bughyat Al-Talib wa Munyat Al-Raghib from private and public libraries, obtain copies of manuscripts located outside Yemen, republish them in clear editions, and distribute them to public libraries.
 Encouraging postgraduate bodies in Arabic language departments at Yemeni universities to direct researchers toward studying Yemeni grammarians and their specialized grammatical works, and to avoid neglecting or marginalizing them..
The defense session was attended by a number of academics, researchers, students, colleagues, and the researcher’s family.