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Shaykh Muhammad Jamil al-Shatti (1882 to 1959) was the Hanbali mufti of Damascus and one of the last great scholars of the Hanbali school in the city. He…
Shaykh Muhammad Jamil al-Shatti (1882 to 1959) was the Hanbali mufti of Damascus and one of the last great scholars of the Hanbali school in the city. He wrote on the history of the Hanbali scholars and on Islamic law, and he came from a Damascene family long known for its Hanbali learning. His grave in the al-Dahdah cemetery also holds his son, Salah al-Din al-Shatti.