Ahmad al-Zein explained

Religion:Islam
Era:Modern
Ahmad al-Zein
Arabic: احمد الزین
Shaykh
Birth Place:Sidon, Lebanon
Birth Date:1933
Death Date:2 March 2021[1]
Region:Lebanon
Denomination:Sunni
Movement:Union of Muslim Ulama
Influenced:Musa al-Sadr[2]

Ahmad al-Zein (Arabic: احمد الزین) was a notable Sunni Muslim scholar who was also known as "Shaykh of the Levant". He was the head of the Union of Muslim Ulama of Lebanon.[3]

Early life

He was born in 1933 in the city of Sidon in southern Lebanon.[4] Ahmad al-Zein was a graduate of Al-Azhar University in Egypt and was the religious judge of the Lebanese Sharia courts for 35 years and the Friday Imam of the Omri Kabir Mosque in Sidon.[5] He was one of Lebanon's leading Sunni scholars, a member of The World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought.[6]

Death

He died on March 2, 2021, at the age of 88.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: شیخ «احمد الزین» رییس جمعیت علمای مسلمان لبنان درگذشت . Mehr News Agency.
  2. Web site: شیخ «احمد الزین» رییس جمعیت علمای مسلمان لبنان درگذشت . Mehr News Agency.
  3. News: One of major supporters of Islamic Resistance in Lebanon passes away. abna24.
  4. Web site: چهره خبری؛ شیخ احمد الزین، عالمی مجاهد در دفاع از مقاومت . IRIB.
  5. Web site: Senior Lebanese Cleric Passes Away . IQNA.
  6. News: One of major supporters of Islamic Resistance in Lebanon passes away. abna24.
  7. News: One of major supporters of Islamic Resistance in Lebanon passes away. abna24.