Syed Mohammed Hameeduddin Sharafi

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Shaykh Syed Mohammed Hameeduddin Sharfi (born 1954) is a prominent traditional Alim and Islamic scholar who was born in Hyderabad, India. He specializes in Islamic history, and is an expert in Arabic, Urdu and Persian linguistics.^[1]

He has spent most of his life researching Islamic history and has written extensively on historic Muslim personalities.

Biography

Dr.M.Hameeduddin Sharfi was born in 1954 in Hyderabad, India to a prominent Sufi family. His first schooling was at home, where he was taught from the Qur'an by his father, though this was soon supplanted by instruction from other Sufi clerics, under whom he spent almost two decades studying Sufism. His formal education consisted of several years at Urdu Shareef Government High School, Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Osmania University, and a Doctorate from Gulbarga University.^[1]

Preaching

Sharafi Sahab's first sermons were given at majlises conducted at his home and overseen by his father. In 1964 he was asked by his father and spiritual guide Hazrath Tajul Urafa Syed Mohammed Saifuddin Quadri Sharafi (RA)to give the Friday sermon at Sharafi Chaman. Since then, he has given over five thousand speeches and lectures, primarily on the life of the Holy ProphetMuhammad Mustafa [Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallim] though he has also given speeches on Sufism and the basics of Islam.

In 1991 he founded the Islamic History Research Council India (IHRC) to further disseminate his ideas and research; as of 2011, he had delivered about 950 lectures under the IHRC lecture series banner. These lectures are primarily on biographies of all the prophets of Islam, particularly Holy ProphetMuhammad Mustafa [Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallim] and the history of Islam and Muslims from the Caliphate to the present day. Besides speaking, Sharfi Sahab has written about a thousand articles, though these tend to be more on religious topics than history. These articles are primarily published in Siasat, a prominent Urdu daily in Hyderabad.^[1]

See also

• Jamia Nizamia

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} IHRC - Islamic History and Research Council of India - Shaykh Dr. Syed Hameeduddin Sharfi

External links

• IHRC - Islamic History and Research Council Homepage
• Siasat Urdu Newspaper

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