Mohammad Amin Sheikho

Mohammad Amin Sheikho
Born 1890 A.D (1308 A.H)
Died 1964 A.D (1384 A.H)
Known for Interpretation of the Qur'an

M. Amin Sheikho (1890-1964 A.D / 1308-1384 A.H) was a scholar and interpreter of the Quran.

Sheikho was born in al-Ward district in Sarouja Quarter, one of the historical districts of Damascus, in Syria which was called mini-Istanbul during the period of the Ottoman rule. He was raised in an Arab style house situated opposite the famous public al-Ward Bathhouse. This house stands there to the present day.

M. Amin Sheikho was still young when his father, the merchant Ismael Sheikho, departed this world. Mohammad Saleem, the only and elder brother of Mohammad Amin, was assigned as a director of the Military School during the Ottoman rule.[1]

Education

At the age of twelve he was enrolled at al-Rashidiya School, he then went on to complete his studies in Amber, the Royal Ottoman Faculty in Damascus. He received many certificates of praise and commendation during the Ottoman rule and then under the reign of King Faisal in Syria. There are many copies of these certificates still preserved in trustworthy hands.[2]

Achievements

Pupils

Professor Abdul-Kadir John, alias al-Dayrani is the best known and most distinguished among the pupils of M. Amin Sheikho. He received a certificate of General Education (a Syrian certificate which included the study of nine different sciences). Prof. al-Dayrani collected and verified more than fifty books which were dictated by M. Amin Sheikho and written on his behalf. Therefore, his name is always mentioned in association with the name of Mohammad Amin Sheikho.[16]

Publications

M. Amin Sheikho dictated to his pupils many books about Islam in the Arabic language, some of which have been translated into English and French. The following are just some of these:[17]

  1. Interpretation of the Great Qur'an (Lights of Descending & Realities of Meaning)
  2. Interpretation of Am'ma Section of the Qur'an
  3. Impeccability of Prophets
  4. Am'ma Encyclopedia (The Compassionate's Gifts in Interpreting the Qur'an)
  5. Al-Amin Interpretation of the Great Qur'an (The Previous Nations)
  6. Visiting the Prophet (cpth) and the Effect of His Love in Elevating the Believing Spirit
  7. High Grades of Al-Taqwa (Seeing by Al'lah's Light)—The Jewels of Rules in Explaining the Pillars of Islam
  8. The Sources of Spring Water in the World
  9. The Reality of Our Master Mohammad (cpth) Appearing in the Twentieth Century
  10. Proclaiming God's Love (The Scientific and Qur'anic Motivations for Halal Slaughter)
  11. Islam… What is the Veil for? What is Divorce for? What is Polygamy for?
  12. The West has Liberated Man from Slavery—Did Islam not do the same?
  13. The Great Scientific Discovery—the Astonishing Reality of the Six Days and the Seven Heavens
  14. The Amazing Miracle of the Fundamental Verses of the Book in the Twenty-first Century
  15. Cupping: the Marvelous Medicine that Cures Heart Disease, Paralysis, Haemophilia, Migraine, Sterility and Cancer—A Prophetic Medical Science in its New Perspective
  16. The Reality of Tamerlane the Great Appears in the Twenty-first Century
  17. The Envoy of Peace Looms on the Horizon: The Second Coming of Christ
  18. Secrets of the Seven Praising Verses
  19. Goodbye to the Doctor of al-Muqawqis (Cyrus, Patriarch of Alexandria)

Radio and TV Programmes

Thoughts and views

Cupping

The name of Mohammad Amin Sheikho is always referred to whenever ‘cupping’ is mentioned, for it is he who disclosed its correct rules. Following the death of M. Amin Sheikho his pupil, Prof. Abdul-Kadir al-Dayrani undertook scientific research about this operation with the participation of a large medical team composed of many professors and doctors specialised in various medical ailments.[30] When the results of the analysis of the blood extracted by the cupping operation were declared and many patients were healed completely after being cupped, the procedure soon spread widely and had a wide following in many societies. The results were published in many magazines and journals, and as a result, many medical people began to apply the procedure according to the exact and correct conditions that had been laid down.[31]
The official broadcasting station of London (BBC), in one of its main news bulletins on 12/08/2001, declared the following: “The Syrians were used to betake themselves to the British capital seeking for channels of treating their diseases of which they were desperate, or they came to make medical checkups or to perform some complicated medical operations. Such a way of acting on the part of the Syrians seemed very normal, but the unexpected act was the change in their destination from Great Britain towards the Syrian capital. A scientific medical team representing the British Royal Family began communications and dialogues with a group of Syrian physicians in Damascus in search for the cupping operation for the treatment of the hereditary disease, hemophilia. The disease confirmed its recovery in a number of sick people in Syria by means of cupping operations[32]”.

Reason for Mentioning the Name of Al'lah over a Carcass

He emphasised the necessity of mentioning Al'lah's Name aloud over animals as they are being slaughtered, for when they hear Al'lah's Name their meat becomes pure and free of any microbes.

Prof. al-Dayrani also subjected the ideas of his teacher, M. Amin Sheikho, in this field, to a scientific study. A great number of doctors and university professors carried out scientific research, the like of which had never been attempted before. They took many samples of the meat of cattle, some of which were slaughtered while mentioning Al'lah's Name aloud over them, while others were slaughtered without the benefit of this blessing. A comparative analysis of the outcome was then carried out. The results of this study were also published in a book issued on behalf of M. Amin Sheikho, entitled, Proclaiming God’s Love (The Scientific and Qur'anic Motivations for Halal Slaughter.[33]

Mrs. Salma Estwani, the BBC correspondent in Syria at that time, announced the scientific results of this study and interviewed the doctors and researchers who carried it out.

Also, after revealing these results, many signboards were posted in Damascus streets on which it was written, ‘How terrible! Is it true that we Syrians eat microbes through our food?’ And on the front of the citadel of Damascus, a large sign was displayed on which was printed: 'The Great Syrian Humane Scholar Mohammad Amin Sheikho.'[34]

References and sources

  1. The site of Mohammad Amin Sheikho: amin-sheikho.com
  2. The site of M. Amin Sheikho and things not said: rchss.com
  3. History of the Scholars of Damascus, Ch. 3, p. 325.
  4. The Encyclopedia of the Distinguished Personalities of Syria in the Twentieth Century, Solaiman Saleem al-Bawwab, Ch. 3, p. 81.
  5. Alarabiya.net
  6. Journeys in Islamic countries, John Godolphin Bennett.
  7. Sheikh Amin Keftaro: On the Occasion of the Fiftieth Year of His Death.
  8. The site of Mohammad Amin Sheikho: amin-sheikho.com
  9. History of the Scholars of Damascus, Ch. 3, p. 325
  10. Witness, John Godolphin Bennett.
  11. Journeys in Islamic countries, John Godolphin Bennett.
  12. Journeys in Islamic countries, John Godolphin Bennett.
  13. The Second Coming of Christ, Mohammad Amin Sheikho
  14. Journeys in Islamic countries, John Godolphin Bennett
  15. Stories of M. A. Sheikho, a book by Prof. Abdul-Kadir al-Dayrani.
  16. A Calm Dialogue about the Scholar Mohammad Amin Sheikho, by Prof. A. K. John alias al-Dayrani, 4/11/2001
  17. The site of Mohammad Amin Sheikho: amin-sheikho.com
  18. Interpretation of the Holy Qur'an, Mohammad Amin Sheikho
  19. The Reality of our Master Mohammad (cpth) Appears in the Twentieth Century, Mohammad Amin Sheikho
  20. Impeccability of Prophets, Mohammad Amin Sheikho
  21. The Sources of Spring Water in the World, Mohammad Amin Sheikho
  22. The Sources of Spring Water in the World, Mohammad Amin Sheikho
  23. The Sources of Spring Water in the World, Mohammad Amin Sheikho
  24. Impeccability of Prophets, Mohammad Amin Sheikho
  25. The Jewels of Rules in Explaining the Pillars of Islam, Mohammad Amin Sheikho
  26. Az-Zakat (Almsgiving), Mohammad Amin Sheikho
  27. Pilgrimage (Hajj), Mohammad Amin Sheikho
  28. Goodbye to the Doctor of Al-Muqawqass, Mohammad Amin Sheikho
  29. The Reality of Tamerlane the Great, Mohammad Amin Sheikho
  30. Documentary Film: Cupping, a Prophetic Medical Science in Its New Perspective, by Prof. A. K. John alias al-Dayrani
  31. Cupping, a Prophetic Medical Science in Its New Perspective, book by Prof. A. K. John alis al-Dayrani
  32. Azzaman newspaper, Printed in Baghdad, London and Beirut, Editor in Chief Saad Albazzaz, No. 1004, 27 Aug 2001
  33. Documentary Film: A Medical Discovery Which Gives Glad Tidings of Curing Cattle Mad Cow Disease and Bird Plague, By Prof. A. K. John alis al-Dayrani
  34. Al'lah is Greater—Be kind to Animals, Mohammad Amin Sheikho
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