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Al Sharif Mahamud was a pious Saint and Mufti who possessed vast spiritual knowledge and a deep love for Somali and African people. He was founder of Pan African Muslim (Al-Rabita Islamiya Al-Afriqiya in the Horn of Africa, who dreamed, believed and worked hard for unity throughout the Muslim world as well as unity between the Muslims and Christians in Africa. Al-Al-Sharif Mahamud was a co-founder of Al-Rabita Al-Islamiya's center for Al-Dawaah, a non-profit charitable organization that sought to provide quality education to women and the poor in Somalia and surrounding countries. He loved spending time in the masjid and daily reading the Qur'an and Hadith, in which he followed for his entire life.

Family
Born 1829-1992 into the Sarrmann clan in the Shinile zone of the Ethiopian/Somalia ogaden Region. A descendant of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him) through the Polestar and leader of the saints, Sheik Abdul-Qadir Gilani (R.A), whose lineage goes back through Al Imam Hussein ibn Ali, grandson of the prophet Muhammad, who was the son of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (R.A), the nephew of the Prophet Muhammad and Sayyida Fatimah al Zahra (R.A) the beloved daughter of the Prophet Muhammad. his father was Al-Shaykh Abdur-Rahmaan Waliallah, a great scholar and leader of the al-Qadiriyya tariqa in Somali ogaden Region/ Ethiopia. Al-Sharif Mahamud setttled in Brava Somalia, married a women of Saudi descendant and had several children.

Education
memorized the entire Qur'an at the age of twelve and was introduced to the sciences of hadith, fiqh, Seerah, physics and mathematics at an early age by his uncles, who were also scholars in Ethiopia. As a young man he traveled to the holy city of Medina, Saudi Arabia where he studied Arabic and literature. In Medina he received Ijaza (permission) to propagate the religion of Islam. Al-Sharif Mahamud then moved to Cairo, Egypt and enrolled in Al-Azhar University, the oldest University in the world. At Al-Azhar, he attained a Bachelor of Islamic studies and graduate as a Lawyer of al-Sharea Islamic Law,. He received distinguish Islamic Scholar honor, for his vision to teach the Arabic language in the horn of Africa and his leadership in uniting Muslims in Africa. he also received a honor from the president of the Arab league for leadership in promoting unity throughout Muslim Africa and the world. while in Cairo,he net Saad Zaaqlul, the Egyptian leader and freedom fighter of British colonialism, and Jamal Al_Deen Al-Afghani, the great scholar from Afghanistan.

Activities
Al-Sharif Mahamud spent a lot of money for education from his own pocket Money, and his time speaking out against Italian fascist slavery in Somalia,for freedom,for education,for liberty,for justice for Pan Somalisim ,for Pan African Muslim Nationalist,for Agrculture Revolution(Self-Sufficient in Somalia and the importance of education. He helped build many schools throughout the Horn of Africa like; Al-Madrassa Al-Falah, Al-Madrassa Muhammad, Al-Madrassa Al-Huda, Al-Madrassa Hafith Qur'an, Al-Madrassa Al-Rabita Islamiya ,Al-Madrassa ( Allah)and many others. He was appointed as a representative of the Arab league for the Muslim world conference and sent to develop Arabic language courses in Zanzibar, Tanzania; Mombasa, Kenya; Uganda, Eritrea and Somalia. He secured scholarships from Al-Azhar University for students from Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia. in the 1950's,

Al-Sharif Mahamud encouraged and sent children as young as ninteen such as,President haji Mohamed Hussein,Abdul Kadir Zobe,Dr.Omar Amoody,Dr.Abdul Aziz Noor Hirsi,Dr.Ahmed Suleiman Bare.Dr.Abdulahi Musa Bogor,Dr.Ali Mohamed Noor.Dr.Mohamed Haji Deriya,Dr.Abdulkadir haji Mohamed Noor(Gob Goble).,Dr.Hussein Noor Abyen,Dr.Muhidin Baraho,Dr.Abdulahi Haji Bussuri,Dr.Omer Saleh ,Dr.Saleh Nassir,Dr.Abdulaziz Sido,Dr.Omar Muhidin,Dr.Muhidin Sheikh Norein,.Dr.Abubaker hajii Noor(Clombo)Dr.Abdurhman Hajii Mahamud(Makareyos)Dr.Abukar Toto,Dr.Abdulahi wardiglee,Dr.Omar Amudi,Dr.Abdulkadir hajii Deriya,Dr.Musa Islam,Dr.Omar deriya,DrMohamed Sharif Mahamud,Dr.Ahmed Sharif MahamudDr.Dr.Ali Aqil,Dr.Amed aqil,Dr.Abdulahi noor Aliyo,Dr.Abdulkadir Mohamed Jibril,Dr.Ali Dof,Dr.Mohamed Hajii Osman,Dr.Noor hajii Dera,Dr.Sharif hajii Dera,Dr.Ibrahim Haschi,Dr.Abdulqani,Dr.Abdurhman ture,Dr.Lawaah,Dr.Abdulkar Sido,Dr.Abuker Sido,Dr.Mohamed Iqladyos from Eritrea,Dr.Ali mohamd Alamoody from Zanzibar,Dr.AlikassimAl-Mzurui from Mombassa,Dr.Kadija Maskati,Dr.Shamsu hajii Mahamud,Dr.Khadra Hajii Deriya,Dr.Hawa yousuf Egal,dr.Faduma Ahmed(Urejah)Dr.fadumah Hajii farah,Dr.zahra Ahmed hussein Beyhani,Dr.Asha Hajii Mohamed Hussein,Dr.Fadumah hajii mohamed hussein,Dr.Maryam Mussa Boqoor to Egypt and Pakistan to study math, physics and medicine. He also sent children to boarding schools in Morocco, Sudan and Egypt. In an effort to eradicate hunger and wide spread ignorance among the Somali nomads, especially the women and children of the north, he set up classes to improve their skills in livestock management, fishing and the latest agricultural technologies. In 1944 he traveled to Egypt, Sudan, Nigeria and various other countries to raise money and resources for the Somalians in rural villages who were facing starvation.

In the 1920's,Sharif Mahamud helped establish Pan African Muslim Al-Rabita Al-Islamiya Al-afriqiya, in Mogadishu Somalia, an international humanitarian organization. The organizations goals ranged from fighting slavery in Somalia and throughout Africa, developing clinics and hospitals, and building schools that sought to create sustainable human and natural resources to educate women, protect children and alleviate poverty through the instruction of Islamic sciences and modern technology,to promote Islamic education in all Horn of africa,to promote  Moderntechnology in Somalia,to unite all Somali(one family one nation)..He advocate equality of human beings Regardless of gender or religious differences.All human are created by the will of GOD(Allh)and all of them deserv a dignified existence.

Sharif Mahamud was a profound speaker and lectured at many Mosques around Somalia reminding people to have Taqwa (god consciousness) and of their obligations to GOD(Allah). He traveled to many countries like Pakistan,Eritrea, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania He visited presdent ,Kings such as King of Saudi Arabia,King Hussein of Jordan,King Hassan of Moroco president Jamal Abdunassir, etc., teaching the meaning of Qur'an and Hadith (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad) and encouraging the growth of businesses, building masjids and institutions. He helped organize at Masjiid hamerwen in mogadishu,an Islamic Social welfare System for needy women and children He loved to feed poor needy person,There were days and Month non relative very poor use to came his home and eat with him everyday and his wife was from clan hatimi decendent of saudi arabia every day she was cooking and serving food to people she did not know,she never get tired to serve and feed needy poor He always makes the poor children happy for fest(Eid celebration)he buyes a lot of cloth to give as gift.He use to pay poor student monthly salary.He use to fasr and pray a lot for Somali unity.Sometimes he can not sleep at night when he sees homles children in the streets who had no food for weeks and nowhere to go and they had to be accomoded from his home./ He had a guest house in(Shangani Mogadishu Somalia);three Bed rooms Like hotel allow Refugees from Ethiopea and Kenya to stay for free until the were able to get a job.He gave free food;His hospitality was not confined to Somali alone but was extended to other ethnic such as Eritrea Chritian.

Al-Sharif mahamud received the following Honors in Egypt from Al- azhar university distinguish African Shoolar for his vision to teach Africa arabic language and islamic education. He received Honor from president of Arab league recognized his contribution to teach Somali Arabic language.He recieved Honor from Muslim world league for his work to unite Muslim in horn of africa.

Having identified British and western colonialism as a cause of much suffering and repression among Muslim nations,Sharif Mahamud supported many nations in their struggles for independence. He always resisted against the Anglo-Italian-Ethiopian artificial boundaries and invited all leaders from north Somali land, Djibouti, and surrounding areas to come to Mogadishu and hold conferences and protest against western powers in Somalia.

Death
Sharif Mahamud died March 1st 1992, at the age of ninety eight, in Cairo Egypt where he is buried