Shaykh Muhammad Sa‘id al-Jamal ar-Rifa‘i ash-Shadhuli (1935,
Tulkarm – 11 November 2015, San Francisco)
better known as Shaykh Muhammad al-Jamal, was a Palestinian Islamic scholar, Khatib, Imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and famous Sufi scholar of the 21st century. He was a teacher at the
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Al-Aqsa Mosque (, ), also known as Jami' Al-Aqsa () or as the Qibli Mosque ( ar, المصلى القبلي, translit=al-Muṣallā al-Qiblī, label=none), and also is a congregational mosque located in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is situa ...
and
Dome of the Rock
The Dome of the Rock ( ar, قبة الصخرة, Qubbat aṣ-Ṣakhra) is an Islamic shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, a site also known to Muslims as the ''al-Haram al-Sharif'' or the Al-Aqsa Compound. Its initial ...
in
Jerusalem. Muhammad Said al-Jamal was a descendant of
Ahmad al-Rifaʽi
Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Rifāʿī ( ar, أَحْمَد ابْن عَلِي ٱلرِّفَاعِي) was a Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Rifaʽi tariqa (Sufi order) ...
, founder of
Rifaʽi
Rifai (also ''Rufai'', ''Rifaiyya'', ''Rifaiya'', Arabic, الرفاعية) is an eminent Sufi order (tariqa) within Sunni Islam founded by Ahmed ar-Rifai and developed in the Lower Iraq marshlands between Wasit and Basra. The Rifa'iyya had ...
Sufi Order.
Early life
Muhammad Sa‘id al-Jamal ar-Rifa‘i ash-Shadhuli was born in 1935 in
Tulkarm city in the Holy Land.
Works
Muhammad Said al-Jamal ar-Rifa'i has written more than 40 books in English and
Arabic. His books include:
* Music of the Soul: Sufi Teachings, , August 1996.
Death
Muhammad Said al-Jamal ar-Rifa'i died on 11 November 2015 in San Francisco,
he was buried in
Jerusalem after
Salat al-Janazah for him in
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Al-Aqsa Mosque (, ), also known as Jami' Al-Aqsa () or as the Qibli Mosque ( ar, المصلى القبلي, translit=al-Muṣallā al-Qiblī, label=none), and also is a congregational mosque located in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is situa ...
.
External links
In Remembrance of Shaykh Muhammad Said Al-Jamal
References
1935 births
2015 deaths
Palestinian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
Death in San Francisco
People from Tulkarm
Palestinian writers
Palestinian Sufis
Palestinian scholars
Muslim scholars
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