# Monday 3/28/2022

# Notification / Follow-up section

The Chancellor of Al-Ahgaff University, Professor Abdullah bin Muhammad Baharoon, opened the endowment library of Dr. Abdullah bin Saeed Al-Dhabhani, may God have mercy on him, which was endowed by his heirs to the library of the Faculty of Sharia and Law, Al-Ahgaff University.

In the opening, which was attended by the Dean of the Faculty, Dr. Abdullah Awadh Bin Sumait, Sheikh Muhammad Bin Ali Al-Khatib, Professor of Shafi’i Jurisprudence at the Faculty, Dr. Arafat Al-Maqdi, Head of the Department of Sharia and Law at the Faculty, Professor Muhammad Bin Talib, the Legal Adviser of the University, and a number of heads of scientific departments, teachers and researchers. The Librarian of the Faculty Sharia and Law Mr. Hassan Salem Al-Kaf presented a brief overview of the library, the number of books and titles. The number of titles in Dr. Al-Dhabhani Endowment Library reached 2,906 titles in 3,179 books.

Dr. Arafat Al-Maqdi, Head of the Department of Sharia and Law at the Faculty, presented an introductory overview of Dr. Al-Dhabhani, may God have mercy on him, his scientific life and his great interest in collecting this specialized library, which included all legal disciplines, especially the specialization of constitutional law and constitutional judiciary.

After that, the Chancellor of the University, Professor Abdullah bin Muhammad Baharoon, gave a speech in this regard in which he thanked the heirs of the late Dr. Al- Dhabhani for their endowment of the library to the Faculty of Sharia and Law, stressing that this endowment is in the right place and that it will greatly benefit students and researchers locally, regionally and internationally.

During his speech, the Chancellor of the University stressed that the availability of this large number of books in a personal library is an indication of the great determination, the scientific faculty, and the great activity that the late al- Dhabhani carried out as a reference in law, which is a message and a lesson for every student of knowledge to increase reading and research and never stop.

At the conclusion of his speech, the professor reiterated his thanks to the heirs of the late Al- Dhabhani for choosing the library of the Faculty of Sharia and Law, Al-Ahgaff University, to be a place for endowing his library.

It is worth mentioning that Dr. Al- Dhabhani, may God have mercy on him, was a dear, generous, sincere and honest man who persevered in his duties and performed his scientific mission and his lectures at the Faculty of Sharia and Law, Sana’a University.

The late had obtained his doctorate in 1996 from the Faculty of Law, Cairo University, and held many positions and worked as a lawyer at the Supreme Court and many courts of the Republic of Yemen and as a legal advisor to many bodies of stature in society until his death in the year 2020.

His relationship with his Al-Ahgaff students was strong and solid, and the library endowment is a continuation of his scientific message and his will for all students and researchers to pay attention to science and be honest to achieve it.

We ask Allah to make this endowment as part of his good deeds and to grant him the reward of this charity.