Inna Lillahe Wa Inna Ilaihe Raajeoon.
TO HIM WE BELONG AND TO HIM WE SHALL RETURN
Dear Friends,
Assalam Alaikum.
With a very heavy heart and acceptance of Allah The Almighty's will, I came to know about the sad demise of Mr. Saiyid Hamid TODAY at 5:15 in Majidia Hospital of his University Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi.
He breathed his last after a prolonged illness.
The 94-year-old educationist Saiyid
Hamid, a retired IAS officer who is regarded as a reformer, was also one of the
members of the high level committee headed by Justice Rajendra Sacchar which
was appointed by the Prime Minister in 2005.
After retiring from a long and
distinguished career in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), he was
appointed Vice Chancellor of his alma mater Aligarh Muslim University AMU).
He later succeeded Hakeem Abdul
Hameed, Founder of Hamdard Dawakhana (now Hamdard (Wakf) Laboratories) as the
Chancellor of Hamdard University in Delhi. He was also appointed by Hakeem
sahib as Secretary of Hamdard Education Society to look after Hamdard Public
School and Hamdard Study Circle.
He is a winner of several national
level awards, including Sanskriti Award for literature, Urdu Academy Delhi
award, Hindi Academy Delhi award and National fellowship award by Ministry of
Culture, Government of India.
He has many books to his credit, two
novels, three full length plays and many short story books for neon-literates.
He was,
he is and he shall ever remain as one of the tallest figures of Muslims
in India. We have lost yet another stalwart who was a light of beacon to
all Indians and specially Muslims.
On
my behalf and behalf of AMUOBA Riyadh, I extend sincere
condolences to all family members, and pray to
Almighty Allah
to forgive all his shortcomings and reward immensely for
all his good deeds, and place him in Jannat-ul-Firdaus with great honor,
respect and ease.
May Allah make these hard times easy on all the members of his family including us. Aameen.
Regards,
Dr. Mohammad Ahmad Badshah
Associate Professor
King Saud University
&
President
AMU Alumni Riyadh Chapter
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