Judge Shaikh Nasib Al Bitar was a Palestinian jurist, born in the city of Nablus in Palestine on June 13, 1890 as the second son of Al Sayyed Said Al Bitar Al Husseini.
Education
He finished his elementary education in Nablus on July 13, 1902. He completed Al Rushdieh by 1905. For his college education he started in Nablus and then went to Al Azhar University in Cairo for his university degree.
He then went to Istanbul for his higher education in Islamic Law. He finished as the First World War broke out.
Career
He served gallantly for about four years moving up the ranks, thus got his share of the First World War and a medal for his honorable discharge and gallant service. He had served most of his military duty in Iraq. After the War he worked all over Palestine in Islamic Law courts, starting in Jaffa in 1921, to Jerusalem in 1923 followed by Gaza as an Islamic Judge in 1938, Nazareth and Jenin came later in 1942 together with Beisan.
He then was appointed to Haifa in 1944. Finally back to Jerusalem in 1946 as the Jerusalem Islamic Judge. Judicial services Jaffa Islamic Court 11 September 1921 Jerusalem Islamic Court 27 February 1923 Gaza Islamic Court 15 April 1938 Nazareth and Jenin Islamic Courts 1 January 1942 Haifa Islamic Court 1 January 1944 Jerusalem Islamic Court 1 January 1946 He died in Amman and was buried in Nablus 26 June 1948 Whenever he went to Nablus he was always invited to lead the prayers in the main mosque as a gesture of respect.
He also was an expert in Arabic calligraphy and sometimes gave lessons of "Al Khat Alarabi" at Al Rawdah School in Jerusalem next to the court-house. He wrote poetry but never published it, he only exchanged reciting it with his intellectual friends in his Majlis مجلس. One day during the 1948 War and as a result of it, he felt a severe headache and felt very sick, and because of the war all hospitals in Palestine would not take him in.
He had to be taken to the Italian Hospital in Amman, Jordan. There he died on June 26, 1948. He was buried in Nablus his birthplace in Palestine.
He died in 1948, She died in 1967, they both died during war-time. He died on June 26, 1948. She also died on June 26, 1967.
They died two wars apart. He died at the Italian Hospital in Amman. She also died at the same hospital.
Membership
He was a member of al-Muntada al-Adabi المنتدى الأدبي.