sharif KHITAMY

Sharīf ‘Abdul Rahmān al-Khitāmy, by Sheikh Abdul aziz Ahmed.

‘Abdul Rahmān b. Ahmad Badawīb. Habīb Sālih Jamāl al-Layl, better known as Sharīf
Khitāmy, was one of the foremost scholars of this generation. He excelled as a  scholar, teacher, medical practitioner and caller to Allah.
He was born on the island of Lamu, in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Kenya. The island and surrounding archipelago’s strong connection to Arabia and, in particular Haramawt probably predates Islam. Steady Arab migration to East Africa began during the fourteenth century (CE). Among the migrants from Arabia were scholarly families
and descendents of the Prophet from the Mahdālī family and a few from the Bā‘Alawī
line of Abū Bakrb.Salīm.
He was given the nick name "khitamy" by his father denoting that he was the last born among his children.