Wahba az-Zuhailī

Wahba Mustafā az-Zuhailī ( Arabic وهبة مصطفى الزحيلي, DMG Wahba Muṣṭafā az-Zuḥailī , * 1932 in Deir Atiyeh; † August 8, 2015 ) was a scholar in the field of Islamic law and legal theory. He was also considered an expert on Islamic international law. Az-Zuhaili was an advocate of traditional Orthodox Sunni Islam and a popular preacher.

He was the head of the Department for Islamic Jurisprudence and Teaching (قسم الفقه الإسلامي ومذاهبه) at the College for Sharia Law (كلية الشريعة Kullı̄yat aš-Šarı̄ʻa ) of the University of Damascus in Syria.

He was on 13 October 2007 one of the 138 signatories of the open letter a common word between us and you ( english A Common Word Between Us and You ), the personalities of Islam to "leaders of Christian churches everywhere" (Engl. "Leaders of Christian Churches, everywhere… ”).

Works (selection)

• al-Fiqh al-islāmī wa-adillatuhū (The Islamic jurisprudence and its evidences). 4th ed., Damascus, Syria: Dar al-Fikr 1997

Web links

• themuslim500.com: Dr Prof. Wahba Mustafa Al-Zuhayli
• ikhwanweb.com: Al-Zuhayli says Gülen's ideas hope of humanity

See also

• Fiqh

References and footnotes

1. ↑ themuslim500.com: Dr Prof. Wahba Mustafa Al-Zuhayli ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ acommonword.com: A common word between us and you (summarized short form) (PDF; 186 kB)

Wahba az-Zuhailī (alternative names of the lemma)
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