The intellectual and political activity of Sheikh Muhammad Abd al-Qadir al-Mubarak in Syria during the period (1947-1981)

The research focuses its attention on the biography of Professor Muhammad bin Abdul Qadir Al-Mubarak, who was considered one of the most important sheikhs of Syria during the modern era. He had a great impact on the intellectual arena in Syria after completing his studies in Arabic literature, and undertaking the sciences of jurisprudence and hadith after studying it with the great sheikhs of the Levant. Given his contemporary with the French Mandate over Syria, he tended to resist Western ideas by enlisting a number of young people who influenced the resistance to the occupation, by opening some Islamic associations to preserve the Arab and Islamic identity, and to engage in political activity to represent Muslim scholars in Parliament. After retiring from politics, he turned to practicing his intellectual activity by writing a number of books and scientific research, as well as social studies. Sheikh Muhammad Al-Mubarak had friendly relations with a number of sheikhs and scholars in all countries, which enabled him to move from Damascus University to Omdurman Islamic University in Sudan, then he settled in Makkah Al-Mukarramah and was appointed to the Faculty of Sharia and a consultant at King Abdulaziz University until his death in 1981.