Abu Raita al-Takriti (Arabic: حبيب ابن خدمة أبو رائطة التكريتي, Ḥabīb ibn Khidma Abū Rāʾiṭa l-Takrītī), was a 9th-century Syriac Orthodox theologian and apologist.
Little is known about Abu Raita's life, and although some sources portray him as a bishop of Tikrit there is no contemporary evidence to support this.
[1] Armenian tradition mentions that Abu Raita was recalled by the prince Ashot Msaker to defend the miaphysite against the Melkite teachings of Theodore Abū Qurra who was on a missionary activity in Armenia.
Abu Raita was unable to travel to Armenia but sent his relative Archdeacon Nonnus of Nisibis with a letter defending his doctrine.
[3] He probably died in Tikrit no later than 830 A.D.[1] Abu Raita's writings are mainly Dialectical aimed at providing answers to questions asked about Christian doctrines.