وهبة مصطفى الزحيلي
Wahbah al-Zuhayli (RH)
Wahbah Mustafa al-Zuhayli
Also known as: Wahbah Zuhaili, Wahbah az-Zuhaili, al-Zuhaili
1351–1436 AH · 1932–2015 CE
Fiqh Shafi'i
Syrian jurist whose comparative encyclopedia of fiqh is widely used, including in Malaysia.
Wahbah al-Zuhayli was born in Dayr 'Atiyah, north of Damascus, and studied at the Sharia college in Damascus before going to Egypt, where he studied at al-Azhar and took a doctorate in law from Cairo University. He then taught at the University of Damascus for half a century and was a visiting professor in many countries.
His al-Fiqh al-Islami wa Adillatuh sets out the rulings of the four schools side by side with their evidence and is used by students, muftis and courts across the Muslim world; its Malay translation, Fiqh dan Perundangan Islam, is widely read in Malaysia. He also wrote Usul al-Fiqh al-Islami and a Quran commentary, al-Tafsir al-Munir.
Life journey
- 1932 CE Dayr 'Atiyah دير عطية
- 1946 CE Damascus دمشقStudied at the Sharia college in Damascus.
- 1952 CE Cairo (al-Qahira) القاهرةStudied Sharia at al-Azhar and law at Cairo universities, gaining his doctorate in 1963.
- 1963 CE Damascus دمشقDied 2015 CE · 1436 AHTaught at the University of Damascus until his death.
Teachers
- Abu Zahrah (RH) 1898–1974 CEAl-Zuhayli studied with Abu Zahrah in Cairo in the 1950s.
Key works
- al-Fiqh al-Islami wa Adillatuh الفقه الإسلامي وأدلتهIslamic Jurisprudence and Its ProofsA comparative encyclopedia of the four schools' rulings with their evidence.
Places in their life
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Sources
- Badi' al-Sayyid al-Lahham, Wahbah al-Zuhayli: al-'Alim al-Faqih al-Mufassir