Preaching
Sharafi Sahab's first sermons were given at majlises conducted at his home and overseen by his father. In 1964 he was asked by his father and spiritual guide Hazrath Tajul Urafa Syed Mohammed Saifuddin Quadri Sharafi to give the Friday sermon at Sharafi Chaman. Since then, he has given over five thousand speeches and lectures, primarily on the life of Muhammad though he has also given speeches on Sufism and the basics of Islam.
In 1991 he founded the Islamic History Research Council India (IHRC) to further disseminate his ideas and research; as of 10 September 2012, he has delivered about 1008 lectures under the IHRC lecture series banner. These lectures are primarily on biographies of all the prophets of Islam, particularly Muhammad and the history of Islam and Muslims from the Caliphate to the present day. Besides speaking, Sharfi Sahab has written about a thousand articles, though these tend to be more on religious topics than history. These articles are primarily published in Siasat, a prominent Urdu daily in Hyderabad.
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