The oral defense of the Master's thesis submitted by the student Muhammad Bashir Muhammad Mustafa and entitled, 'Narrations of Imam Isma`il bin Abu Khalid Al-Mullah in the Book Al-Ilal by Al-Daraqutni', was held on Thursday, 12 Jumada Al-Thani, 1440 A.H., at 9 a.m, in the discussion hall at the College of Education. At the end of the defense, the student was awarded the master's degree with excellence. May Allah make him and his knowledge beneficial.

The defense committee included: Dr. Abdul-Rahman Hasan Othman (rapporteur), His Eminence Dr. Abdulaziz Mukhtar Ibrahim (examiner), and His Eminence Dr. Abdul-Rahman bin Nuwaif` Al-Sulami (examiner).