He also occupied a position at the Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Issuing Fatwas during his time in Mecca.

[4] [5] He was part of the Association of Muslim Scholars and a friend of Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani who he traveled with in Jordan starting in 1991.

He also knew Bin Baz, who said of him "this man (Subhi) is one of the remnants of the people of hadith in Iraq."

He was a noted collector of Islamic manuscripts and traveled as far as Berlin, Dublin, and Princeton in search of them.

[6] [7] [8] Between 1990 and 2003 he gained a bigger following as the government weakened and religious teachings began to spread widely.