About Dr Wahbah Zuhaily

EKISPEDIA - Dr. Professor Shaykh Wahbah Al-Zuhayli (1932-2015) born in Syria and Qualified from Azhar and various other Universities in Egypt and Syria is a prominent Sunni professor and Islamic scholar specializing in Islamic law and legal philosophy.

Dr Zuhayli has defended traditional orthodox Sunni Islam – regarding the Ashari and Maturidi schools of belief to be orthodox and defending the option of lay Muslims to follow a madhhab or school of Islamic jurisprudence in their everyday lives. 

His works on Islamic legal theory establish that traditional Sunni Islamic orthodoxy is defined by that which complies to one of the four valid Sunni madhhab, however he has also stated that following one of the four madhhab is not obligatory.

He is the author of many of books on Islamic and secular law, many of which have been translated to English. 

He is chairman of Islamic jurisprudence in the College of Sharia at Damascus University. 

He is also a signatory to the Amman Message and A Common Word documents.