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Shaykh Muhammad Salih al-Hamawi was born in Damascus in 1931 and studied with many of the city's leading scholars, including Shaykh Muhammad al-Hashimi,…
Shaykh Muhammad Salih al-Hamawi was born in Damascus in 1931 and studied with many of the city's leading scholars, including Shaykh Muhammad al-Hashimi, Shaykh Sa'id al-Burhani and Shaykh Abd al-Razzaq al-Halabi. In 1960 he became imam and preacher of the al-Sadat al-Mujahidin Mosque, where he taught the Qur'an, Hanafi law, belief and the shama'il of the Prophet ﷺ for decades. He was loved for his gentle teaching and his gatherings of prayers upon Nabi Muhammad ﷺ. He passed away in 2009, his funeral prayer was held in the Umayyad Mosque, and he was buried in the al-Dahdah cemetery.