Prof. Dr. Muthanna Ahmed Waka’a Ali

Prof. Dr. Muthanna is a scholar in the field of Hadith Studies, with a research focus on jarḥ wa taʿdīl, the evaluation of narrators, and the analytical study of their biographical backgrounds. His academic work centers on the authentication of prophetic traditions and the methodological approaches of Hadith scholars.

• B.A. in Qur’anic Sciences and Islamic Education, Tikrit University, 2007
• M.A. in Qur’anic Sciences and Islamic Education, Tikrit University, 2011
• Ph.D. in Uṣūl al-Dīn / Hadith Studies and Its Sciences, Tikrit University, 2014

1. Head of the Graduate Studies Division – College of Education, Tikrit University (2005–2009).
2. Head of the Registration and Admissions Division – Presidency of Tikrit University (2011–2012).
3. Director of the Department of Graduate Studies and Research & Development – Presidency of Tikrit University (2014–2019).
4. Director of the Department of Graduate Studies Affairs – Presidency of Tikrit University (2022–present).

• M.A. Thesis (2019) – Khamis Abdullah Khalil
  Critical edition of “Najāḥ al-Qārī Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī” by Yusuf Afandi Zadah: from the section on “O you who believe, fear Allah and be with the truthful” to the section on the permissibility and disapproval of poetry, rajaz, and chanting.
• M.A. Thesis (2019) – Mahmoud Zahir Hassan
  The Hadith Contributions of Imam Ibn al-Qaysarānī through his work “Dhakhīrat al-Ḥuffāẓ” in Jarḥ wa Taʿdīl.
• M.A. Thesis (2021) – Saleh Sahib Abbas
  Verses on Polytheism in the Holy Qur’an: A Rhetorical Study.
• M.A. Thesis (2024) – Ghanam Matar Eid
  A study of the Hadiths narrated by al-Ṭabarānī in “Al-Mu‘jam al-Awsaṭ” and evaluated by al-Haythamī in “Majma‘ al-Zawā’id” with the phrase: “His narrators are trustworthy.”