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{{short description|Islamic scholar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox religious biography
|honorific_prefix = [[Sheikh]]
|name             = Muhammad Said al-Jamal ar-Rifa'i
| native_name        = محمد سعيد الجمل الرفاعي
| native_name_lang   = ar
|birth_name       = Muhammad Said Mahmoud Hussein al-Jamal ar-Rifa'i<br> {{lang|ar|محمد سعيد محمود حسين الجمل الرفاعي}}
|birth_date       = 1935
|birth_place      = [[Tulkarm]], West Bank
|death_date       = {{death date and age|df=y|2015|11|11|1935}}
|death_place      = Greenbrae, CA, United States
| citizenship        = Palestinian
|resting_place    = [[Tulkarm]] and [[Jerusalem]]
|ethnicity        = [[Arab]]
|era              = 20th century<br />21st century
|occupation       = [[Scholar of Islam]]
| religion           = [[Islam]]
|denomination     = [[Sunni]]
|main_interests   =  [[Aqeedah]], [[Fiqh]], [[Tafsir]]
}}
'''Shaykh Muhammad Sa‘id al-Jamal ar-Rifa‘i ash-Shadhuli''' (1935 in [[Tulkarm]]<ref>{{Cite web
|title= Sidi Muhammad Sa'id al-Jamal ar-Rifa'i as-Shadhuli
|url= https://farmofpeace.com/our-guide/
|access-date= 4 February 2021
|website= Farm of Peace
|language= en
|archive-date= 30 January 2021
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210130125918/https://farmofpeace.com/our-guide/
|url-status=live
}}</ref> – 11 November 2015 in San Francisco)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web
|title= In Remembrance of Shaykh Muhammad Said Al-Jamal
|url= http://greenmountainschool.org/slides/in-memory-of-a-great-shaykh-in-memory-of-a-long-long-friendship/
|date = 2015
|access-date= 4 February 2021
|website= Green Mountain School
|language= en
|archive-date= 26 November 2020
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126020246/http://greenmountainschool.org/slides/in-memory-of-a-great-shaykh-in-memory-of-a-long-long-friendship/
|url-status=live}}</ref> better known as '''Shaykh Muhammad al-Jamal''', was a Palestinian Islamic scholar, Khatib, Imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque,<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 December 2020|title=Sidi Shaykh Muhammad Sa'id al-Jamal ar-Rifa'i ash-Shadhuli – Dr. Ibrahim Jaffe M.D.|url=https://drjaffemd.com/sidi-shaykh-muhammad-said-al-jamal-ar-rifai-ash-shadhuli/|access-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218025206/https://drjaffemd.com/sidi-shaykh-muhammad-said-al-jamal-ar-rifai-ash-shadhuli/|archive-date=18 December 2020}}</ref> and famous Sufi scholar of the 21st century. He was a teacher at the [[Qibli Mosque|Al-Aqsa Mosque]] and [[Dome of the Rock]] in [[Jerusalem]]. Muhammad Said al-Jamal was a descendant of [[Ahmad al-Rifaʽi]], founder of [[Rifaʽi]] Sufi Order.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web
|title= Our Guide Sidi Shaykh Muhammad Sa'id al-Jamal ar-Rifa'i ash-Shadhulli
|url= https://shaddulicenter.org/who-is-sidi/
|access-date= 5 February 2021
|website= Shadduli Center
|language= en
|archive-date= 18 December 2020
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201218024706/https://shaddulicenter.org/who-is-sidi/
|url-status=live
}}</ref>
== Early life==
Muhammad Sa‘id al-Jamal ar-Rifa‘i ash-Shadhuli was born in 1935 in [[Tulkarm]] city in the Holy Land.<ref>{{Cite web
|title= from Sidi Shaykh Muhammad Sa'id al-Jamal's visit
|url= https://www.techofheart.com/2007/12/from-sidi-shaykh-muhammad-said-al.html
|date = 3 December 2007
|access-date= 5 February 2021
|website= Technology of the Heart
|language= en
|archive-date= 31 January 2021
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210131224404/https://www.techofheart.com/2007/12/from-sidi-shaykh-muhammad-said-al.html
|url-status=live
}}</ref>
== Works==
Muhammad Said al-Jamal ar-Rifa'i has written more than 40 books in English and [[Arabic]].<ref>{{Cite web
|title= Sidi Shaykh Muhammad Sa'id al-Jamal ar-Rifa'i ash-Shadhdhuli
|url= https://sufimaster.org/
|access-date= 5 February 2021
|website= Sufimaster
|language= en
|archive-date= 26 January 2021
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210126185056/https://sufimaster.org/
|url-status=live
}}</ref> His books include:
* Music of the Soul: Sufi Teachings, {{ISBN|978-1-892595-00-3}}, August 1996.
== Death==
Muhammad Said al-Jamal ar-Rifa'i died on 11 November 2015 in San Francisco,<ref name=":0" /> he was buried in [[Jerusalem]] after [[Salat al-Janazah]] for him in [[Qibli Mosque|Al-Aqsa Mosque]].<ref>{{Cite web
|title= محمد الرفاعي
|url= http://www.alquds.com/articles/1448003140315909900/
|date = 20 November 2015
|access-date= 5 February 2021
|website= alquds.com
|language=Arabic
|archive-date= 30 January 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130211841/http://www.alquds.com/articles/1448003140315909900/
|url-status=live
}}</ref>
== External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20210130142012/http://greenmountainschool.org/slides/in-memory-of-a-great-shaykh-in-memory-of-a-long-long-friendship/ In Remembrance of Shaykh Muhammad Said Al-Jamal]
== References==
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[[Category:1935 births]]
[[Category:2015 deaths]]
[[Category:Palestinian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:Death in San Francisco]]
[[Category:People from Tulkarm]]
[[Category:Palestinian writers]]
[[Category:Palestinian Sufis]]
[[Category:Palestinian scholars]]
[[Category:Muslim scholars]]
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