Curriculum Vitae

 

Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf

 

Summary:

• I started my education by joining the regular education system, where I completed my primary, middle, and secondary education in the capital Sana’a, where I obtained my high school diploma in 1992.
• Then I joined the Collage of Sharia and Law at Sana’a University, and graduated in June 1997, and obtained a bachelor’s degree in Sharia and Law.
• I completed my postgraduate studies at the Yemenia University, in the capital Sana’a, where I obtained a preliminary master’s diploma in Islamic Sharia, and then I finished my master’s studies in comparative Islamic jurisprudence, with an excellent grade, on 08/08/2000, for my thesis entitled “kītāb Jamʿ il-āhkām fī alḥalāl w- lḥarām, li-l’imām alḥādī ‘l-a alḤaqq yaḥya b. al-Ḥusayīn, (almutawafa sanat 298 H.D), dirasa watahqīq li-kītābay alṭaḥāra w-lsalāt”, under the supervision of Prof. Hassan Muhammad Maqbouli Al-Ahdal, may God have mercy on him.
• At that time, I went back to Sana’a University, Faculty of Arts, and obtained a B.A. in Islamic Studies, through the offset system in 2000.
• I completed my postgraduate studies, after joining the doctoral program at Sana’a University, where I obtained a Ph.D. in Comparative Islamic Jurisprudence, on 05/15/2012, for my thesis entitled “aljāmʿ liqawaʿd dīn al’islām almbʿuth bih abu alQāsim Muhamad b. Abdellah, li-ālama ʿAlī b. Muhamad b. ʿAbdallah b. ʿAtīa al-najrānī (hyan ʿām 796H.D), dirasa w-tahqīq”, under the supervision of Prof. Abdulkarim Zaidan, may God have mercy on him.
• After obtaining a Ph.D. in Comparative Islamic Jurisprudence from Sana’a University, I joined the Bachelor’s program in Translator, at the Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, in its first batch, after separating translator from the Arabic language, and I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Translator, in 2017.
• I held several academic administrative positions, including Head of the Department of Islamic Sciences at the University of Knowledge and Modern Sciences, as well as Dean of the College of Humanities and Administrative Sciences, and Acting Dean of the College of Sharia and Law at the same university, and before that Acting Dean of the College of the Holy Qur’an at the University of the Holy Qur’an and Academic Sciences.
• After obtaining my doctorate, I taught at the College of Education – Arhab, Sana’a University since the 2014/2015 academic semester, until I was appointed as an assistant professor at the College of Education – Sana’a, Sana’a University, in the Department of Islamic Studies Curricula in April 2021, pursuant to University President Decision No. 212 of 2021.
• Member of the Sobriety Committee at the College of Education – Sana’a, Sana’a University from September 2024 until now.

 

General Description

– Full name: Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf.

– Current position: Assistant Professor in the Department of Islamic Studies Curricula and Teaching Methods, Sana’a University.

– Date and place of birth: 1976 in the capital, Sana’a, Yemen.

– Marital status: Married and father of three children

– Fluent in Arabic and English, and a beginner in French, German, Hebrew and Japanese.

– Email: a.m.alwadhaf@su.edu.ye

 

Academic qualifications

1- Ph.D. in Comparative Islamic Jurisprudence, Faculty of Arts, Sana’a University, Yemen, May 2012, Thesis title: “aljāmʿ liqawaʿd dīn al’islām almbʿuth bih abu alQāsim Muhamad b. Abdellah, li-ālama ʿAlī b. Muhamad b. ʿAbdallah b. ʿAtīa al-najrānī (hyan ʿām 796H.D), dirasa w-tahqīq”. Supervised by Prof. Abdulkarem Zaidan.

2- Master’s degree in Comparative Islamic Jurisprudence, Faculty of Sharia and Legal Sciences, Yemenia University, Yemen, August 2000, Thesis title: “kītāb Jamʿ il-āhkām fī alḥalāl w- lḥarām, li-l’imām alḥādī ‘l-a alḤaqq yaḥya b. al-Ḥusayīn, (almutawafa sanat 298 H.D), dirasa watahqīq li-kītābay alṭaḥāra w-lsalāt”. Supervised by Prof. Hassan Muhammad al-Ahdal.

3- Bachelor’s degree in Translator, Faculty of Languages, Sana’a University, Yemen, June 2017.

4- Bachelor’s degree in Islamic Studies (Compensation), Faculty of Arts, Sana’a University, 2000.

5- Bachelor’s degree in Sharia and Law, Collage of Sharia and Law, Sana’a University, July 1997.

6- Secondary School Certificate (Literary Section), Kuwait School, Capital Secretariat, 1992.

 

Teaching Profession

 

 Intermediate and Secondary Education: 2000/2001:

• School: Al-Zahraa Model Schools, Capital Secretariat, Sana’a. Subject: Holy Quran and Islamic Education.

 

 Higher Education:

• Department of Islamic Studies Curricula and Department of Holy Quran, Faculty of Education, Arhab, Sana’a Governorate, from the academic year 2014 to 2021.

Courses:

1- Jurisprudence of Worship.

2- Jurisprudence of Transactions.

3- Jurisprudence of Penalties.

4- Social systems in Islam.

5- Hadith of transactions.

6- Hadith of punishments.

7- Biography of the Prophet 1.

 

• College of the Holy Quran, University of the Holy Quran and Academic Sciences, the Capital Secretariat, from the academic year 2016 to 2021.

o Courses: Quranic Sciences 2.

 

• Department of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Administrative Sciences, and College of Sharia and Law, University of Knowledge and Modern Sciences, the Capital Secretariat, from the academic year 2016 to 2021.

Courses:

1- Hadith of worship.

2- Hadith of the family.

3- Hadith of transactions.

4- Hadith terminology.

5- Interpretation 1.

6- History of Islamic legislation.

• Department of the Holy Quran, and Department of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Iqra University for Science and Technology, the Capital Secretariat, Sana’a, from the academic year 2016 to 2022.

Courses:

1- Biography of the Prophet.

2- Islamic criminal legislation.

3- Jurisprudence of worship.

4- Hadith of worship.

5- Hadith of transactions.

6- Hadith terminology.

7- History of Islamic legislation.

8- Interpretation 1.

• College of Education – Sana’a, Sana’a University, the capital, from the academic year 2021 until now.

Courses:

1- Scientific research methodology (Master’s students).

2- Hadith of the family.

3- Hadith of transactions.

4- Hadith sciences.

5- Jurisprudence of punishments.

6- Introduction to the study of Islamic law.

7- Provisions of transactions.

8- Provisions of the family.

9- Hadith of punishments.

10- Comparative law Yan.

11- Hadith Science and its Terminology.

12- Principles of Jurisprudence.

13- Hadiths on Waqf and Wills.

 

Practical Experiences and Employment Record

1- Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Administrative Sciences, University of Knowledge and Modern Sciences, Sana’a Capital Secretariat, 2018.

2- Acting Dean of the Collage of Sharia and Law, University of Knowledge and Modern Sciences, Sana’a Capital Secretariat, 2018.

3- Acting Dean of the Faculty of the Holy Quran, University of the Holy Quran and Academic Sciences, Sana’a Capital Secretariat, 2018.

4- Head of the Department of Islamic Sciences, University of Knowledge and Modern Sciences, Sana’a Capital Secretariat, 2017-2018.

 

Professional Membership

1- Founder of the University of Knowledge and Modern Sciences, Sana’a Capital Secretariat.

2- Founder of Iqra University for Science and Technology, Sana’a Capital Secretariat.

3- Member of the Board of Trustees of Iqra University for Science and Technology, Sana’a Capital Secretariat, 2016-2018.

4- Member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Knowledge and Modern Sciences, Sana’a, 2018.

5- Member of the Council of Iqra University for Science and Technology, Sana’a, 2017-2018.

6- Member of the Council of the University of Knowledge and Modern Sciences, Sana’a, 2018.

7- Founding member of the Yemeni Scholars Association.

8- Member of the International Academy for Handwriting Analysis.

9- Member of the Gulf Council for Human Development.

10- Member of the Tribal Popular Cohesion Council.

 

Refereeing Scientific Research

• Sana’a University Journal for Humanities, Sana’a University, Yemen.

Nama Journal for Revelation Sciences and Human Studies, Nama Center for Studies and Research, Morocco.

 

Conferences, Forums and Seminars

• Seminar Towards a Comprehensive Strategy for the Renaissance of Normalization with the Zionist Entity.. “The Role of Universities and Study and Research Centers”, Iqra University for Science and Technology, Sana’a, 10/01/2020.
• The Third International Symposium: Islamic Jurisprudence and its Schools of Thought after the Seventh Century AH: History, Transformations, and Society, NAMA Center for Studies and Research – Rabat and University of Münster – Federal Republic of Germany in cooperation with the Dialogue and Objectives Laboratory for Studies and Research, Sultan Moulay Slimane University – Morocco, 18-12-2024.

 

Scientific messages, books, research and publications

First: Scientific theses:

1- “aljāmʿ liqawaʿd dīn al’islām almbʿuth bih abu alQāsim Muhamad b. Abdellah, li-ālama ʿAlī b. Muhamad b. ʿAbdallah b. ʿAtīa al-najrānī (hyan ʿām 796H.D), dirasa w-tahqīq“, Department of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Sana’a University, Ph.D. thesis.

2- “kītāb Jamʿ il-āhkām fī alḥalāl w- lḥarām, li-l’imām alḥādī ‘l-a alḤaqq yaḥya b. al-Ḥusayīn, (almutawafa sanat 298 H.D), dirasa watahqīq li-kītābay alṭaḥāra w-lsalāt“, Faculty of Sharia and Legal Sciences, Yemenia University, Master’s thesis.

 

Second: Published works:

1- alqawl al’awal w-lthāni li-imām Zayd b. ʿAlī, Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf, Abkalo House, Iraq, 2024.

 

Third: Translator of books:

1- God of Justice (study in the ethical doctrine of the Quran), Prof. Daoud Rahbar (author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Abkalo, Iraq, 2025.

2- Waqf in Zaydi Yemen, Prof. Eirik Hovden (author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Center for Studies, Research and Development of the General Authority for Endowments and Brill Publishing, Yemen/Leiden, 2024.

3- Animals in the Qur’an. Franz Rosenthal (author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Brill Publishing, Leiden, 2024.

4- Animals in the Qur’an, Prof. Sara Tlili (author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Academic Center for Research, KDA, 2024.

5- GHEVOND’S TEXT OF THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN ‘UMAR II AND LEO III: The First and Oldest Historical Document on the Islamic-Christian Dialogue between Omar b. Abdul Aziz Leo III, Prof. Arthur Jeffery (Author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (Translator), Abkalo Publishing, Iraq, 2024.

6- Muhammad and the Empires of Faith, Prof. Sean W. Anthony (Author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (Translator), Abkalo Publishing, Iraq, 2023.

7- Islam (Muhammad and His Religion), Prof. Arthur Jeffery (Author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (Translator), Abkalo Publishing, Iraq, 2023.

8- Allah (God in The Qur’an), Prof. Gabriel Saeed Reynolds (Author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Abkalo Publishing, Iraq, 2022.

 

Fourth: Published peer-reviewed research:

1- Research: “The School of Imam Yahya bin Hamza (d. 749 AH/1345 AD) in Jurisprudence (Origin, Characteristics, and Figures)”, Namaa Journal for Revelation Sciences and Human Studies, Morocco, in press.

2- Research: “The Shrouding The Martyr In His Clothes (Analytical Study)”, Al- Eddakhira Journal for Researchs and Islamic Studies, Université de Ghardaia, Volume 7/ Issue 1/ June 2023, Dhu al-Hijjah 1444 AH, Pages: 188-223.

3- Research: “The obligation to wash the martyr of the battle between: negation and affirmation”, Sana’a University Journal of Human Sciences, Sana’a University, Volume 2/ Issue 1/ March 2023, Pages: 334-362.

4- Research: “The End of Life: An Objective Quranic Linguistic Study”, Mominoun Without Borders, March 7, 2022.

 

Fifth: A peer-reviewed translator of scientific articles:

1- Translator of the research: Was There a Zaydī usūl al-fiqh? Searching for the Essence of Zaydī Legal Theory in the School’s First Complete Usūl Work: al- Nāṭiq bi-l-Ḥaqq’s (340-424/951-1033) “al-Mujzī fī usūl al-fiqh”, Prof. Ahmed Tamal (author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Dawriyyaẗ Nāma’ Li ʿulūm Al-Waḥī wa Al-Dirāsāt Al-Insāniyy, Volume 8/Issue 4, Pages: 100-123.

2- Translator of the research “Bequest May Not Exceed One-Third: An Isnād-cum-Matn Analysis and Beyond”, Prof. Pavel Pavlovitch and Prof. David Powers (authors), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Al-Masar Magazine, Volume 23/Issue 3 (69), December 2022, Pages: 149-220.

3- Translator of the research “ON THE ABROGATION OF THE BEQUEST VERSES”, Prof. David Stephen Powers (author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Al-Masar Magazine, Volume 23/Issue 2 (68), August 2022, Pages: 25-116.

4- Translator of the research “What Makes a Mad̠hab a Mad̠hab: Zaydī debates on the structure of legal authority”, Prof. Bernard Haykel and Aron Zysow (authors), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Al-Masar Magazine, Volume 24/Issue 1 (70), April 2023, Pages: 184-109.

 

Sixth: Translator of published research:

1- Translator of the research “Zaydi Imams as Restorers of Religion: Ihya and Tajdid in Zaydi Literature”, Prof. Ella Landau Tassiron (author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Mominoun Without Borders, September 17, 2024.

2- Translator of the research “Has the Hijra Come to an End?”, by Wilferd Madelung (author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Mominoun Without Borders, September 10, 2024.

3- Translator of the research “Zaydi Shiʿism and the Ḥasanid Sharifs of Mecca”, Prof. Richard T. Mortel (author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Mominoun Without Borders, July 30, 2024.

4- Translator of the research “THE AGE OF THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS”, Prof. Wilferd Madelung (author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Mominoun Without Borders, July 30, 2024.

5- Translator of the research “What Does Hebrew Mean?”, Prof. D.R.G. Beattie,  Prof. Philip R. Davies (authors), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Mominoun Without Borders, July 30, 2024.

6- Translator of the research “Kissing Hands and Knees Hegemony and Hierarchy in Shari’a Discourse”, Prof. Brinkley Messick (author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Mominoun Without Borders, July 30, 2024.

7- Translator of the research “How did the Quranic Pagans Make a Living?, Prof. Crone, Patricia”, Crone, Patricia (author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Mominoun Without Borders, July 30, 2024.

8- Translator of the research “The Abolition of Adoption in Islam (Reconsidered)”, Prof. David S. POWERS (author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator),, Mominoun Without Borders, August 18, 2023.

9- Translator of the research “Masʾala fī anna ijmāʿ ahl al-bayt ḥujja by the fifth/eleventh-century Zaydī al-Muwaffaq bi-llāh al-Jurjānī”, Prof. Hassan Ansari, Prof. Sabine Schmidtke and Prof. Ammar Jomah Falahieh Zadeh (authors), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Believers Without Borders, October 21, 2022.

10- Translator of the research ” The Shīʿī Reception of Muʿtazilism (I)”, Prof. Hassan Ansari, Prof. Sabine Schmittke (authors), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Mominoun Without Borders, August 02, 2022.

11- Translator of the research ” Hijra among the Yemeni Zaydıs: The Evolution of the Concept and Its Functions in the Ninth to Eleventh Centuries “, Prof. Yasuyuki Kuriyama (author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Mominoun Without Borders, July 5, 2022.

12- Translator of the research “AḤMAD AL-WANSHARĪSĪ”, Prof. David S. Powers (author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Mominoun Without Borders, June 28, 2022.

13- Translator of the research “Was al-Shafi’i the Master Architect of Islamic Jurisprudence?”, Prof. Wael Bahjat Hallaq (author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Mominoun Without Borders, June 21, 2022.

14- Translator of the research “Zaydite ḥadīth Literature and Thought”, Prof. Hassan Ansari and Prof. Jan Thiele (authors), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Mominoun Without Borders, April 26, 2022.

15- Translator of the research “THE SOCIAL LOGIC OF TAQLID AND THE RISE OF THE MUKHATASAR”, Prof. Muhammad Fadel (author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Mominoun Without Borders, March 15, 2022.

16- Translator of the research “Shi’a: Zaydi (Fiver)”, Prof. Eric Hovden (Author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (Translator), Mominoun Without Borders, February 1, 2022.

17- Translator of the research “Authenticity of Prophetic Hadith (A Pseudo Problem)”, Prof. Wael B. Hallaq (author), Prof. Asst. Abdulkarem Muhammad Abdullah Al-Wadhaf (translator), Mominoun Without Borders, January 11, 2022.

 

Other Activities

• International trainer in graphology.
• International trainer in human development.
• Holder of the International Computer Driving License from UNESCO.
• Translator and technical editor for large numbers of comic magazines (comic stories) published on the Arab Comics website.