Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti
Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Būti مُحَمَّد 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 |
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| Born | 1929 |
| Died | 21 March 2013 (aged 83–84) |
| Resting place | Umayyad Mosque, Damascus |
| Era | Modern |
| Region | Syria |
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| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
| Movement | Islamic neo-traditionalism |
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Muhammad Said Ramadan Al-Bouti (Arabic: مُحَمَّد سَعِيد رَمَضَان ٱلْبُوطِي, romanized: Muḥammad Saʿīd Ramaḍān al-Būṭī) (1929 – 21 March 2013) was a renowned Syrian Sunni Muslim scholar and author. He was served as professor and vice dean at the Damascus University, also serving as the imam of the Umayyad Mosque.
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. His works have 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.