Muhammad Hamidullah Philosopher

Muhammad Hamidullah (Urdu: محمد حمیداللہ), (February 9, 1908 – December 17, 2002) D. Phil., D. Litt., HI, was a Muhaddith, Faqih, scholar of Islamic law and an academic author with over 450 books cited in WorldCat.org, the world's largest bibliographic database. A prolific writer, his extensive works on Islamic science, history and culture have been published in several languages and many thousands of articles in learned journals. His scholarship is regarded by many as unparalleled in the last century. A double doctorate (D.Phil and D.Litt) and a polymath, he was fluent in 22 languages including Urdu (his mother tongue), Persian, Arabic, French, English, German, Italian, Greek, Turkish, Russian etc. He learned Thai at the age of 84.

Personal facts

Birth date	February 09, 1908
Birth place	Hyderabad State
Date of death	December 17, 2002
Place of death	Jacksonville Florida
Main interest	Hadith Sharia Quran International law