Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri (1942–2006)

Born 1942 CE, died 2006 CE.

Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri (6 June 1942 – 1 December 2006) was an Indian Islamic scholar, teacher, and writer affiliated with the Salafi movement. He is best known for his biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar), which won a prize at the 1978 Muslim World League-sponsored Islamic conference on Prophetic biography (seerah) in Mecca.

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