Fūdah, Saʻīd ʻAbd al-Laṭīf

Sa'id 'Abd al-Latif Foudah (Arabic: سعيد عبد اللطيف فودة; born 1967) is a Palestinian-Jordanian Shafi'i-Ash'ari scholar of Islamic theology (kalam), logic (mantiq), legal theory (usul al-fiqh), and the Chief Theology and Philosophy Adviser to the Imam al-Razi Chair at the King Hussein bin Talal Mosque in Amman, Jordan. He is best known for his criticism of the Wahhabi movement, Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328) and his followers. Sheikh Sa'id Foudah has had a significant influence in combating Salafi (or Taymi) creed. This is despite the fact that he grew up in an environment where criticising some Salafi scholars, such as Ibn Taymiyya or Ibn al-Qayyim, would lead to severe condemnation from the wider scholarly community. His book Al-Kashif al-Saghir sparked considerable controversy; however, it paved the way for others to openly critique Salafi beliefs. He is also known for his refutations of the Sufi master Ibn Arabi (in particular, wahdat al-wujud) and Aristotelian or Avicennian philosophy.