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.

1 Biography
2 Preaching
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Biography

Sharafi was born in 1954 in Hyderabad, India to a prominent Sufi family. His first schooling was at home, where he was taught from the Qu'ran 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].

[edit] Preaching

Sharafi's first sermons were given at majlises conducted at his home and overseen by his father. In 1964 he was asked by a cleric to give the Friday sermon at the local mosque. Since then, he has given over five thousand speeches and lectures, primarily on the life of Holy ProphetMuhammad (S.A.W.S), though he has also given speeches on Sufism and the basics of Islam.

In 1991 he founded the Islamic History and Research Council India (IHRC) to further disseminate his ideas and research; as of 2006, he had delivered about 730 lectures under the IHRC lecture series banner. These lectures are primarily biographies of all the prophets of Islam, particularly Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.S) , and the history of Islam and Muslims from the Caliphate to the present day. Besides speaking, Sharafi 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]