Sajid Shahbaz khan(Sajid Hameed)

Contact: sajid.hameed@gmail.com

Sajid Shahbaz Khan [urdu: ساجد شہباز خان] See also(born: October 10, 1965) is the Head of Department of Islamic Studies and an Associate Professor at the University of Central Punjab.

He has 18 years of experience of teaching in renowned institutions of Lahore. He appears off and on in television talk-shows on religious and social issues. He has delivered hundreds of lectures in workshops of Islamic learning in the major cities of Pakistan.

He has authored several books too. Many of his articles have been published in academic journals of India and Pakistan. His major interests are teaching and research in Islamic Studies.

He did his MA in Urdu and Islamic Studies from the University of Punjab. He started his religious education after graduation under his brother Mr Talib Mohsin. He learnt the holy Qur’an from Mr Muhammad Sabiq, a Deobandi scholar. He learnt Muwatta of Imam Malik, the celebrated hadith compilation and Nuzhah al-Fikr, the famous work on Hadith criticism from Hafiz Ata Arahman, an erudite Ahl alhadith scholar. For advanced studies in religion he has associated himself with Mr Javed Ahmad Ghamidi from 1987. He has learnt Qur’an, Hadith, Arabic literature and other religious disciplines from him. He is still under the generous tutelage of Mr Ghamidi. He also learnt from Mawlana Amin Ahsan Islahi who taught him him the first six surahs of the holy Qur’an. He also taught him the chapter Kitab al-Jami’ a part of Muwatta of Imam Malik and Sahih Bukhari upto Kitab al-Buyu’ (Book of Sales).

Sajid Hameed worked in Al-Mawrid as Assistant Director of Education Department. He edited Monthly Tazkeer for more than a year.

In his acdamic work he adopted a name : Sajid Hameed [urdu: ساجد حميد].

Current Status

Head of the Department of Islamic & Religious Studies Associate Professor Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences University of Central Punjab

Books Authored (Urdu)

Nuskhah Ha’ey Na Tamam (Incomplete Prescriptions);
Badgumani Kiya Hey is Sey Kaysay Bachain (What is imagining negatively about others and how to avoid falling into its trap)
Sabar Kiya Hay Isey Kesey Hasil Karayn (What is Perseverance and how to Cultivate it)
Hum per Mushkalain kion ati hain (Why do adversities fall on us);
Iltezaam e Jamat (Loyalty with our State)
Shyatan Kia Hai? (What is Satan)[in process]

Major Writings (Urdu)

Yawmu’l Furqn awr Qur’an (The Battle of Badr) Ishraq; Jul 92

Risalat awr Sunnat i Ilahi (Established Practice of the Almighty regarding His Rusul Ishraq; Nov 92

Explanatory articles on the following Hadith Topics

i) Baghi Ki Saza (The Punishment of Rebels) Ishraq; Mar 93

ii) Khilafat i Rashidah Ka Dubarah Qiyam (Re-establishment of the Khilafat i Rashidah) Ishraq; Jun 93

iii) Tin Kabirah Gunah (Three Major Sins) Ishraq; Nov 93

iv) Sawad i Azam Ki Ittiba‘ (Following the Majority) Ishraq; Jul 94

v) Iltizam i Jama‘ah (Submitting to State Authority) Ishraq; Jan 95, Feb 95

Hadith awr Sunnah mayn Farq (Difference between Hadith and Sunnah) Ishraq; Dec 95

Translation and Commentary on selected Prophetic Supplications Ishraq; Feb-May 94, Aug 93, Oct 93, Dec 93

Bible Ka Khuda Kawn? (Who is the God mentioned in the Bible?) Ishraq; May 97

Current Areas of Research

• A textbook on advanced Arabic literature

• A text book on Islam

Positions Held

• Head Department of Islamic and religious Studies,University of Central Punjab-Lahore [1]

• In-charge Educational Directorate Al-Mawrid, A Foundation for Islamic Research and Education [2]

• Director Education Department. Al-Mawrid, A Foundation for Islamic Research and Education • [3]

• Editor Monthly Tazkīr

• Research Associate Al-Mawrid, A Foundation for Islamic Research and Education • [4]