IANT | About Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah

Our Imam's Teacher
One of our Imam's great teachers was the late Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah, a giant among scholars. Dr. Hamidullah wrote over 250 books, papers, and manuscripts in French, Urdu, Arabic, English and German.

For more information about the life and work of Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah click here or here or here or here or collectifhamidullah .

Hamidullah Biography by Dr. Y.Z. Kavakci

Hamidullah: A Biography
This is a revealing account of Hamidullah's life and work by one that knew him well.

Dr. Y. Z. Kavakci's Lecture: "A Giant Scholar of Islam"

Dr. Y. Z. Kavakci's Lecture: "A Giant Scholar of Islam"
The link immediately above is a video presentation of a lecture that Imam Yusuf gave in Dallas very soon after the death of this beloved scholar. "As a young man in my early life I met Muhammad Hamidullah lecturing at The Islamic Research Institute of Istanbul University, College of Liberal Arts (Faculty of Letters) late 1950s. He was like the letter Alif, first letter of Arabic Alphabet, and also first letter Lafzat Allah - slim, tall, straight..."

Dr. Hamidullah's grave site pictures.

Able to research and write in Urdu, Arabic, German, French and other languages, Dr. Hamidullah was perhaps the most prolific of Islamic writers and scholars in recent history. Click here to see a partial list of his works.

A Tribute to Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah

"Remembering a Luminous Beacon After a Year of His death" by Dr. Yusuf Z. Kavakci, Sr. Sadida Ahmed (grandniece of Dr. Hamidullah), and Sr. Merve Kavakci on Dec. 20, 2003 at Islamic Association of North Texas(IANT), MP Hall, Richardson, Texas, USA.

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