12 Facts About Wahbah al-Zuhayli

Wahbah Mustafa al-Zuhayli born in Dair Atiah, Syria was a Syrian professor and Islamic scholar specializing in Islamic law and legal philosophy.

Wahbah al-Zuhayli was a preacher at Badr Mosque in Dair Atiah.

Wahbah al-Zuhayli was the author of scores of books on Islamic and secular law, many of which have been translated to English.

Wahbah al-Zuhayli was chairman of Islamic jurisprudence in the College of Sharia at Damascus University, and a signatory to the Amman Message and A Common Word documents.

Wahbah al-Zuhayli lectured in both the colleges of sharia and law and he specialized in Islamic law, Islamic legal philosophy, and comparative legal systems.

Wahbah al-Zuhayli taught as a visiting professor at the faculty of law at University of Benghazi in Libya, the faculty of sharia law at the University of the United Arab Emirates, the University of Khartoum, Sudan, and the Islamic University of Riyadh.

Wahbah al-Zuhayli was Chairman of the Research Institute for Islamic Financial Institutions.

Wahbah al-Zuhayli was a well known religious preacher in the Islamic world, appearing frequently on television and radio programs; he frequently appeared in the Arab press.

Wahbah al-Zuhayli was an imam and preacher at the Othman Mosque in Damascus and later a summer preacher at the Badr Mosque in Dair Atiah.

Wahbah al-Zuhayli has defended the Qasidah al-Burda poem of Busiri from attacks by some puritanical Muslim groups.

Wahbah al-Zuhayli argued that war must never be waged to force non-Muslims to convert to Islam or for account of their religion, but only in relation to aggression.

In total, Dr Wahbah al-Zuhayli wrote over one hundred and sixty books.