Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Būti مُحَّمَد سَعِيد رَمَضَان ٱلْبُوطِي | |
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 Mohammed Said Ramadan Al-Bouti in 2013 | |
| Title | Shaykh, Allama, Great Islamic Scholar of Levant, Shaheed Al-Mihrab[1] |
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| Born | 1929[2] |
| Died | 21 March 2013 (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 |
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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]
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.
- ^ Miriam Cooke and Bruce B. Lawrence, Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip Hop, p 259. ISBN 080785588X
- ^ Andreas Christmann , 'Islamic scholar and religious leader: A portrait of Shaykh Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Būti', Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations (Publisher: Routledge), Vol. 9, No. 2, (1998) p. 150.
- ^ Zekeriya Budak, Islamic Jurisprudence for Muslims in the West (2011), Leiden, p. 19.
- ^ Al-Bouti, M.S.R., Hâdhâ Wâlidi: al-Qissa al-Kâmila li hayât al-Shaykh mullah Ramadân al-Buti min wilâdatihi ilâ wafâtihi, Damascus, Dar Al-Fikr, 8th edition, 2006, p. 13.
- ^ Sedgwick, Mark (28 February 2020). The Modernity of Neo-Traditionalist Islam. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-42557-6.
- ^ Thomas Pierret, Religion and State in Syria: The Sunni Ulama from Coup to Revolution, p 79. ISBN 1107026415
- ^ a b c d Andreas Christmann, 'Islamic scholar and religious leader: A portrait of Shaykh Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Būti', Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations (Publisher: Routledge), Vol. 9, No. 2, (1998) p. 155.
- ^ a b "Sheikh al-Bouti, the Syrian Sunni cleric who stood by Assad". Al Arabiya. 22 March 2013. p. 1.