Abd al-Razzaq al-Bitar

Abd al-Razzaq ibn Hasan al-Bitar al-Maydani al-Dimashqi (d. 1335 AH / 1917 CE), a religious scholar well versed in literature, history and music. He was born and died in Damascus. ¹

He memorised the Qur'an in his youth and excelled in its sciences. He had a fine voice and composed verse. He worked in literature for a time, then in his last years confined himself to the sciences of the Book and the Sunna, and he was among the advocates of reform. Among his books is "Hilyat al-Bashar fi Tarikh al-Qarn al-Thalith 'Ashar", in which he gives biographies of his contemporaries. ¹

The date of his birth is confused in the printed text; the common one is 1837 CE. ¹