Rasheed Turabi

Rasheed Turabi (1908–1973) was an Islamic scholar, religious leader, public speaker, poet and philosopher. He was born on 9th Jamadi-us-Sani 1326, 9 July 1908 in Hyderabad, India. He was the eldest son of Maulvi Sharaf Hussain Khan, a nobleman from Hyderabad. He got his basic Islamic education from his father who taught him till the age of 5. He did matriculation from Hyderabad, intermediate-high school from Shia College Lucknow. He was awarded a BA from Osmania University (Hyderabad, India) and MA in Philosophy from Allahbad University, India. He delivered more than 5,000 religious lectures and speeches over the period of 57 years that he spent out of his 65 years of total life in the service of Ahlul Bayt. Allamah Rasheed Turabi introduced many dimensions to the Art of Oratory. The most sought after Urdu public speaker of his times, he was indeed a persuasive and brilliant orator. He was the first person who delivered religious speeches for 10 days or more on selected topics. He was a very good student of Khalifa Abdul Hakim, who directed his studies in philosophy and English. Along with his formal studies, he drank deep at the fountain of Arabic and Persian literature. Ilm was his main forte. He was among the scholars of Islamic learning who learnt a great deal from Ayatollah Syed Hasan Brujardi, Ayatollah Mohsin Tabatabai, Ayatollah Mohsin Tehrani, Ayatollah-ul-Uzma, Abul Qasim Khoi and Ayatullah Shahrestani, etc. All of the above named ulema issued ijazas (authority letters) to Allama Turabi to act as a scholar on Quran and traditions. It was one of the greatest achievements of any religious scholar of the subcontinent. Allama Rasheed Turabi started his political career as a lieutenant of Nawab Bahadur Yar Jang. Later on, he became the chief of the All India State Muslim League. The Quaid nominated him as the information secretary of States Muslim League and it is from this platform that Allama rendered valuable service to the cause of Pakistan. He migrated to