Man and Allah’s Justice on Earth : Imam Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Buti (RA), Mahdi Lock (Translator)

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This important book addresses one of the failed tactics of those who seek to sow doubt in order to push the upcoming generation away from Islam by saying,
‘If Allah existed, justice would prevail throughout the world, because Allah is just. But where is this justice when we see innocent people suffering and criminals living in luxury?’
This book contains a scientific answer to this question and shows the reader how this tactic always fails, as long as a person is adorned with objective thought and a free intellect.

Imam Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Buti (RA) is one of the foremost Muslim theologians and legal scholars of this age. Born in 1929 in the village of Ayn Dewar in northern Syria, the imam moved to Damascus at the age of four with his father, the great scholar Mullā Ramaḍān al-Būṭī, where he received his primary and secondary education. In 1953, he joined the Faculty of Sharīʿah at the University of al-Azhar in Cairo, Egypt, graduating with a first class in 1955. The following year he obtained a Diploma in Education from the Faculty of Arabic at the same University.

In 1958, the Imam was appointed as a teacher at the secondary school in Homs and in 1961, he was appointed as a lecturer in the Faculty of Sharīʿah at the University of Damascus. In 1965, at the University of al-Azhar once again, he obtained his doctorate with high distinction and a recommendation for a teaching post. That same year, he was appointed as a teacher in the Faculty of Sharīʿah at the University of Damascus, then an assistant professor and finally a full professor. He became the vice dean of that college in 1975 and then the dean in 1977. A few years later, he was appointed head of the department of Theology and Comparative Religion.

In addition to his lecturing, Imam al-Būṭī wrote around sixty books covering various Islamic sciences and subjects, the most prominent ones being Fiqh al-Sīrah (The Jurisprudence of the Prophetic Biography), Kubrā al-Yaqīniyyāt al-Kawniyyah (The Greatest Universal Sureties) and his four-volume commentary on the spiritual aphorisms of Imam Ibn ʿAṭāʾillāh al-Askandarī. He was also very active in teaching common believers in local masjids, especially Masjid al-Īmān in Damascus, and on television, recordings of which can be found online and especially on the site www.naseemalsham.com. He also served as the imam at the Umayyad Grand Masjid in Damascus for Friday prayers, a post he held for decades.

On March 21, 2013, Imam al-Būtī, along with approximately fifty students, was murdered by terrorists while teaching Qurʾānic commentary in Masjid al-Īmān. Despite the immense trials and tribulations that Syria was and is still enduring, Imam al-Būṭī was never dissuaded from his dedicated service to knowledge. After a funeral prayer that was attended by thousands of people, the Imam was buried next to Imam Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Ayyūbī in Bāb al-Saghīr graveyard in Damascus. May the Lord have mercy on him and all of us.

YouTube Video: Man and Allah's Justice on Earth - Ustaz Mahdi Lock - Session 7: Nawabooks: May22.2023

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Article:Reconciling Faith and Sufferings: Insights from Sa‘id Ramadhan Al-Buti’s Theodicy:   Nurhanisah Senin1, Hamidun Mohamad Husin2, Nazneen Ismail2, Mustafa Kamal Amat Misra2, Norsaleha Mohd Salleh2 1Faculty of Leadership and Management, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Bandar Baru Nilai, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, 2Fakulti Islamic Civilization Studies, Universiti Islam Selangor, Bandar Seri Putra, 43000 Kajang, Selangor

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v14-i9/22640

Abstract: The concept of divine justice is a pivotal issue within the philosophy of religion, frequently raising questions about how a Just and Benevolent God can permit the existence of evil in human life. This paper explores Sheikh Sa‘id Ramadan al-Buti’s perspective on theodicy as articulated in his work Man and Allah’s Justice on Earth. Utilizing a qualitative methodology, the study applies content analysis through a deductive approach to thoroughly examine alButi’s conceptualization of divine justice. The analysis identifies two principal methods in alButi’s understanding of theodicy: first, the acknowledgment of human existence and the role of humans as servants of God, and second, the recognition that human life constitutes a minor segment of a more comprehensive divine narrative. The findings underscore that a proper understanding of these aspects of theodicy is essential for maintaining the integrity of one’s faith in the concepts of divine decree and predestination. Keyword: Theodicy, Al-Buti, Divine Justice, Faith, Suffering.