Dr. Waleed, originally from Alexandria, Egypt, now resides in the United States of America. He holds several prestigious roles, including being a senior member of the Permanent Fatwa Committee of the Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America (AMJA), the president of the Islamic University of Minnesota, and a member of the board of trustees of the North American Imams Federation (NAIF).

Dr. Waleed’s academic achievements include a Bachelor’s Degree in Arabic Language from Alexandria University, a Master’s degree in Islamic Jurisprudence from the American Open University, and a PhD in Islamic Jurisprudence from the Graduate Theological Foundation. His studies were under renowned scholars such as Sheikh Ben Baaz and Sheikh Ben Uthaymeen. Dr. Waleed is also distinguished as a Quranic reciter, having memorized the Quran in ten recitations and completed the four Shawaadh recitations. He holds Ijaazah (certificates of transmission) with continuous chains linked to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), making his chain of narrators one of the shortest to the Prophet (PBUH).