Scholar Dr. Wahba Zuhayli passes away

Manama

Dr. Wahba Zuhayli , one of the most prominent scholars of Islamic jurisprudence in the Arab and Muslim world in the modern era passed away in Syria on Saturday morning. He was 83.

He was a member of the Royal Society for Research on Islamic Civilization of the Aal al Bayt Foundation in Amman Jordan as well as many other worldwide Islamic legal bodies, including the Syrian Majis al Ifta, Islamic Fiqh Academy in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Fiqh Academies of the United States, India, and Sudan. He was also an imam and preacher at the Othman Mosque in Damascus. Dr. Zuhayli wrote numerous extremely detailed works, mostly about Islamic law and legal theory. He was well acclaimed for devoting his life to scientific research in order to develop Islamic banking development. He was an example of sincerity in the Islamic faith.

Chairman of Al Baraka Banking Group, Shaikh Saleh Abdullah Kamel, board of directors and members of the Shari'a Supervisory Board expressed their condolences and sympathy to the Arab and Islamic financial Banks and families on the death of Dr. Zuhayli.