His Eminence was appointed a corresponding member of the Council of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) representing the State of Palestine on 10 April 2007.

His Eminence has also held several important positions, including serving as a teacher and preacher at Al-Aqsa Mosque from 1982 to the present, a teacher at the Islamic Orphanage House in Jerusalem, and a teacher at Al-Aqsa Sharia Secondary School in Jerusalem. He has also served as the Grand Mufti of Palestine at the Palestinian Fatwa House from 2006 to the present, Director of the Affairs of Al-Aqsa Mosque from 1986 to 2006, and Supervisor of Islamic Guidance at the Islamic Waqf Department in Jerusalem.

He has also served as Chairman of the Palestinian Supreme Fatwa Council, Chairman of the Advisory Council of the College of Qur’an and Islamic Studies, a founding member of the Association of Scholars and Preachers of Bayt al-Maqdis, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Yasser Arafat Martyr Foundation, General Supervisor of Al-Isra Magazine issued by the Palestinian Fatwa House, a member of the General Secretariat of the National Popular Conference for Jerusalem, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Jerusalem Fund and Endowment Foundation, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Khaled Al-Hassan Center for Cancer Treatment and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chairman of the Islamic-Christian Commission, a member of the Muslim World League, a member of the General Secretariat of Fatwa Institutions, a member of the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Jordan, a member of the Higher Islamic Council, a member of the Board of Trustees of Palestine Ahliya University, a member of the Council of Islamic Awqaf, Affairs, and Holy Sites in Jerusalem, a member of the Higher Committee for Jerusalem 2020 Capital of Sports for Islamic Countries, and a former member of the Islamic Waqf Council in the West Bank.

His Eminence has received numerous official academic awards from Egypt, Palestine, Morocco, and Jordan, and has authored several books and research papers published in local and international journals.

Books and Research

Books

The Exemplary Messenger Muhammad (Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him), by Shaykh Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories, Preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Chairman of the Supreme Fatwa Council, 16 volumes, Jerusalem, Palestine, published by various publishing houses, 2008–2024.

Jerusalem, Its Virtues and the Regulations Governing Its Visitation under Occupation, by Shaykh Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories, Preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Chairman of the Supreme Fatwa Council. This study was submitted to the Twenty-Second Session of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy Conference, an organ of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, State of Kuwait, Jerusalem, Palestine, 1436 AH / 2015.

Several articles published in Al‑Isra Magazine, supervised and edited by Shaykh Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, under the title “Editorial of the Issue”, with one article appearing in each issue.

The article “The Exemplary Messenger Muhammad (Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him)”, published every Friday in Al‑Quds Newspaper, available at: www.alquds.com/ar.

Research Papers Published in the Journal of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy

• The Environment and Its Preservation from an Islamic Perspective, Journal of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, Issue Nineteen.
• The Role of Fiqh Academies in Guiding the Course of Islamic Financial Institutions: Mechanisms and Models, Journal of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, Issue Twenty.
• Fighting Among Muslims in the Name of Jihad, Journal of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, Issue Twenty-One.
• Jerusalem, Its Virtues, and Visiting It Under Occupation, Journal of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, Issue Twenty-Two.
• Marriage of Underage Girls Between the Guardian’s Right, the Girl’s Interest, and the Extent of the Ruler’s Authority to Prohibit or Restrict It from a Shariah Perspective, Journal of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, Issue Twenty-Three.
• Tolerance in Islam, Its Social and International Necessity, and Its Effects, Journal of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, Issue Twenty-Four.
• The Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on the Rulings of Worship, Family Affairs, and Criminal Matters, Journal of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, Issue Twenty-Five.