Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti
Syrian Sunni Muslim scholar (1929–2013) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Muhammad Said Ramadan Al-Bouti (Arabic: مُحَّمَد سَعِيد رَمَضَان ٱلْبُوطِي, romanized: Muḥammad Saʿīd Ramaḍān al-Būṭī) (1929 – 21 March 2013) was a renowned Syrian Sunni Muslim scholar, writer and professor, where he was vice dean in the Damascus University and served as the imam of the Umayyad Mosque.[8]
Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Būti مُحَّمَد سَعِيد رَمَضَان ٱلْبُوطِي | |
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Title | Shaykh, Allama, Great Islamic Scholar of Levant, Shaheed Al-Mihrab, Grand Mufti[1] |
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Born | 1929[2] |
Died | 21 March 2013(2013-03-21) (aged 83–84) |
Resting place | Umayyad Mosque, Damascus |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Modern |
Region | Syria |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Shafi'i[3][4] |
Creed | Ash'ari |
Movement | Islamic neo-traditionalism[5] |
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Awards | Dubai International Holy Quran Award, 2004 |
Al-Bouti wrote more than sixty books on Islamic law and theology. He was a leading figure of Islamic neo-traditionalism which adhered to the four schools of thought in Sunni Islam and the orthodox Ash'arite creed.[8] His works has been highly regarded to be a pivotal defense of Sunni Islam against opposing ideologies such as Secularism, Marxism, and Nationalism along with reformist movements of Wahhabism and Islamic Modernism.
On 21 March 2013, al-Bouti was assassinated at the Al-Iman Mosque in Damascus. The circumstances around the event are still unclear.