Muhammad Hamidullah

Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah was a genius and prolific writer.Anyone who has an interest in the Qurans translation, Hadith literatureInternational Islamic Law, Islamic Politics and archival heritage of Islamcannot ignore Dr. Hamidullahs contributions. He started writings on thesubject of Islamic Economics as early as the 1930s. He was a pioneer in Islamiceconomics and many firsts in this subject belong to him. For instance: interest freefinancial institutions in the modern period, advocacy of mutuality as thebasis for Islamic insurance, mutuality based Islamic finance and proposal forestablishment of international interest-free monetary fund. He also critiquescurrent systems and offers an alternative. His works are also a rich sourceof Islamic economic history. None of his contemporaries in the first half oftwentieth century had written on such a diverse aspect of the subject.