Yazbek hails from a family based in Bodai, a town near Baalbek in northern Lebanon.

[4][9] Yazbek supported the revolt of Tufayli in 1987 against the power inequality in Hezbollah in favor of those, who hail from southern Lebanon.

[11] He issues fatwas in regard to the activities of Hezbollah one of which was in 2006 concerning the production of the exact copies of Captagon by the group.

[4][9] Yazbek praised the bombing of the barracks of the marine peacekeepers in Beirut on 23 October 1983 which killed 241 U.S. military members reporting that it shook America’s throne and France’s might.

[21] In 2012, he led to tensions when he revived a historical controversy between Sunnis and Shiites publicly criticising Aisha who was the third spouse of Muhammad.