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What does the Mufti think of Shaykh Ramadan al-Buti?

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Thoughts on Shaykh Sa'id Ramadan al-Buti

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Mufti Abu Layth regards al-Buti as a great scholar of his time whose books, especially Ma'a al-Nas, he benefited from. He says it is a shame al-Buti got caught up in Syrian politics.

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Mufti Abu Layth is asked for his view on Shaykh Ramadan al-Buti. He says al-Buti was a great scholar, definitely a scholar of his time, and that he benefited from some of his books, especially his question-and-answer volumes Ma'a al-Nas, of which he owns two. He says it is a shame that al-Buti got caught up in the politics in Damascus and Syria. He recalls meeting him and attending a few of his packed live lessons at a masjid. He prays that Allah grant him an elevated station in Jannah, remarks that such matters always become political, and mentions a dispute between al-Buti and, he thinks, Shaykh al-Yaqoubi and their followers.

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Mufti Saab, what is your view on Shaykh Ramadan al-Buti?

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Uh, Mufti Saab, what is your view on Sheikh Ramadan al-Bouti? I think Sheikh Ramadan al-Bouti, you know, was a great scholar. He was definitely a scholar of his time. Um, I've benefited a lot from some of his books. I love his Q&A books, Ma'a al-Nas. I've got at least two two of them. I don't know if he's got more of them. But, um, Uh, and I think it's a shame that he got caught up in this whole political thing in Damascus in Syria and But, I mean, khair, I did meet him in my lifetime and uh and in his lifetime, sorry, in my

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lifetime. I suppose in my lifetime, too, but in his lifetime. I did meet him and I attended only a few of his durus, not many. He used to hold uh live durus at a masjid and the and it would be rampacked, seriously. But, yeah, it's a shame the whole politics and everything.

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Right, may Allah grant him an elevated maqam in Jannah. I mean, it's a shame. You know, this whole thing it got it See, it gets what it's always political. Rajniti people, Rajniti. You know, there was this thing between him and I think Sheikh Yaqoubi and the whole um and their followers and things like that.

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2020, March 3). What does the Mufti think of Shaykh Ramadan al-Buti? [Video, segment 2020-03-03-S01, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tzngkxyiaxu/s/1/

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Mufti Abu Layth. 2020. "What does the Mufti think of Shaykh Ramadan al-Buti?" Video, segment 2020-03-03-S01, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded March 3, 2020. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tzngkxyiaxu/s/1/

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@misc{abulayth-2020-03-03-S01,
  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{What does the Mufti think of Shaykh Ramadan al-Buti?}},
  year = {2020},
  month = {3},
  date = {2020-03-03},
  howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tzngkxyiaxu/s/1/}},
  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tzngkxyiaxu/s/1/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2020-03-03-S01, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}

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