Saad al-Alami

Saad el-Din el-Alami (; 1911 – 6 February 1993) was a Sunni Muslim religious leader of the Palestinian people and the fourth Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, in office from 1952 until his death.

Al-Alami was born in Jerusalem in 1911, and worked as a sharia judge in Ramallah from 1948–51 and in Nablus from 1951–53. The Alamis were a notable family in the Jerusalem area generally. In 1952, the Jordanian Jerusalem Islamic Waqf appointed Saad al-Alami as Mufti of Jerusalem in succession to Hussam ad-Din Jarallah.

After the Six-Day War in 1967 Al-Alami helped found the Islamic High Council to try to protect Muslim Holy Sites in Jerusalem from potential Israeli infringement. Al-Alami said in the fatwa “This Asad, had murdered many Muslims, including Palestinian Muslims. The Islamic law is that such a person must be killed.” Al-Alami came to regret his decision after Israeli troops allowed Temple Mount Faithful members to start building the temple in October 1990.

Death Al-Alami died on February 6, 1993 of heart failure, and was buried in Jerusalem.