Hakim Mohammed Said a many
faceted personality, Physician, Visionary, author, bibliophile, idealist,
innovator, organizer, philanthropist and educationist -- embraced martyrdom on
Saturday the 17th October 1998 at 6.02 am as he was about to enter his clinic.
By and large it was through Hakim
Mohammed Said’s untiring efforts that the WHO accepted Tibb as an Alternate
Medicine. It was his main aim that the Hakim, the Doctor and the Scientist
should work jointly as a triumvirate, for “Health for all by the year 2000”. As
a physician, he treated 3 million patients.
Shaheed Hakim Mohammed Said was
held in high esteem by anyone who came in touch with him so long as he lived.
His magnanimous qualities of head and heart were so endearing. He was a
herbalist, a physician a scholar and researcher, an able administrator, an
astute planner, a visionary and an educationist all at once. He loved children
and children loved him. Like a statesman, his eyes were fixed on the next
generation.
He was sought by the sick and he
made himself freely available to them without ever charging a fee. He was a
philanthropist and a lover of knowledge. He was a true Muslim and died in a
state of fasting which was his wont. He was a pious and abstemious man whose
heart bled for humanity.
Each of these peerless qualities
in the modern world he demonstrated with deeds which are now a part of history
and which exhort us to cherish his memory.
Shaheed Hakim Mohammad Said never
shirked humanitarian and national duties whenever he was called upon to play
his part-as a Federal Minister of Tibb, as a Governor of the Province of Sindh,
as a consultant and as an advisor.
He represented Pakistan ably in
more than one hundred fifty national and international conferences and
congresses in which he presented scholarly papers. These words are shy of a
fuller narrative of his achievements and contributions, but his Madinat
al-Hikmah the city of education, science and culture is a living symbol of all
he stood for. It is a solid witness to his single-minded determination to usher
in, single-handedly, a renaissance of the Glory of Islamic learning.
At Madinat al-Hikmah he now lies
in peace which was his dearest dream--the benison of peace through love and
dignity of mankind, peace through mutual understanding. May his soul rest in
Peace, Amen.
Born on 9th January, 1920, Hakim
Mohammad Said migrated to Pakistan on 9th January, 1948 and founded his Hamdard
Dawakhana at Karachi. Sole proprietorship of Hamdard Dawakhana (Waqf) was
converted into Islamic Waqf on 1st April 1953. Business activities and welfare
activities were. carried out by Hamdard (Waqf) itself.
Later, it was considered
appropriate to administer and control the charitable unit separately and
independently from the business unit hence HAMDARD FOUNDATION PAKISTAN was
established.
Where as HAMDARD EDUCATION
SOCIETY of Pakistan was established to perform educational activities of
Hamdard (Waqf).
MADINAT AL-HIKMAH Inspired by
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),
Hakim Mohammed Said established Madinat al-Hikmah the City of Education,
Science and Culture in the vicinity of Karachi in 1983, where the following
educational institutions have since been established and are functioning.
1. HAMDARD PUBLIC SCHOOL
2. HAMDARD COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
3. HAMDARD COLLEGE OF COMMERCE
4. HAMDARD VILLAGE SCHOOL
5. HAMDARD UNIVERSITY: Hamdard
College of Medicine and Dentistry
Hamdard College of Eastern
Medicine
Hamdard Institute of Management
Sciences
Hamdard Institute of Education
and Social Sciences
Hamdard Institute of Information
Technology
Dr Hafiz Mohammad Ilyas Institute
of Pharmacology and Herbal Sciences Centre for Horticulture and Hydrochemistry
Lab.
BAIT AL-HIKMAH It is fully
equipped with latest facilities and is one of the largest libraries in South
Asia.
COMMITMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN
Shaheed Hakim Mohammed Said was
deeply interested in the development of children of Pakistan. Throughout his
life he worked for their health, education and development by establishing the
following.
BAZM-E-HAMDARD NAUNEHAL now NAUNEHAL ASSEMBLY
NAUNEHAL SHAHR (CHILDREN’S CITY)
where children will receive education through recreation. A full-fledged
children’s literature division, NAUNEHAL ADAB was established to produce good
quality books.
NAUNEHAL BOOK CLUB which has a
membership of over five thousand. The Club has played an important role in
promoting book reading among children.
INTELLECTUAL FORUMS
SHAM-I-HAMDARD now
MAJLIS-E-SHOORA --- HAMDARD THINKERS FORUM: Dialogue with a galaxy of prominent
scientists, historians. culturists, educationists, writers, poets, physicians,
intellectuals, scholars, lawyers, economists, jurists, journalists etc.
PUBLICATIONS
Wrote and edited over 200 books
both in Urdu and English languages. Published more than 500 articles on Islam,
medicine, history and philosophy of science etc. Regular publications included.
1. Monthly Unesco Payami (Urdu
version of UNESCO Courier), 1977-90
2. Quarterly Hamdard
lslamicus-1978 continued
3. Quarterly Hamdard Medicine-i
957 continued
4. SPEM, Bulletin of the Society
for the Promotion of Eastern Medicine-1958-1967
5. Medical Times (Fortnightly)
-1963-1987
POSITIONS HELD
Advisor/Federal Minister to the
President of Pakistan on Tibb, 1979-82. Governor of Sindh 19th July 1993 to
21st January 1994.
HONOURS PRIZES AND AWARDS
1. D.Sc. “Medicina Alternative”
The International Multidisciplinary Scientific Society on Alternative
Medicine-i 984.
2. Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Pakistan 1966
3. Sadiq Dost Award, from the
people of Bahawalpur through Commissioner of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
4. Certificate of merit from the
Institute of History of Science and Technology, Istanbul Technical University,
Turkey 1981
5. Islamic Medicine Prize, Kuwait
Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, Kuwait 1982
6. Winner of the Novosti Press
Agency’s (USSR) Abu Ali lbn Sina (Avecenna) International Prize for 1989
7. World No-Tobacco Day Medal
Award-1995 from World Health Organization
8. Award conferred by the
Pakistan League of the United States of America, New York, 1996 for services in
the field of health, education and social work
9 Outstanding Pakistani Award by
the Rotary Club Islamabad Cosmopolitan--i 996
ASSOCIATION WITH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
LEARNED SOCIETIES
NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
1. President, Institute of Health
and Tibbi (Medical) Research
2. Secretary General, Society for
the Promotion of Eastern Medicine (SPEM)
3. Founder, Awaz-e-Akhlaq
Movement
4. President, Society for the
Promotion and Improvement of Libraries (SPIL) Pakistan
5. President, Pakistan Historical
Society
6. President, Ibn-e-Khaldun
Education Society
7. President, Institute of
Central and West Asian Studies
8. Member, Board of Governors,
Sindh Madressah-Tul-Islam
9. President, Cancer Association
of Pakistan
10. President, Pakistan Tibbi
Association
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
1. Member, Administrative Council
of the International Fund for the Promotion of Culture, UNESCO, Paris, France
2. Member, Executive Committee,
International Union for Health Promotion and Education, Paris, France
3. Member, New York Academy of
Sciences, New York, USA
4. Associate Member, Royal
Society of Health, London, England
5. Member, International Union
Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
6. Member, International Council
for Health, Physical Educational, Recreation, Sport and Dance, USA
7. Member, The Institute for
Advanced Research in Asian, Science and Medicine, USA
8. Member, American Institute of
the History of Pharmacy, USA
9. British Society for History of
Science, England
10. Vice President, Board of
Trustees of the Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences Kuwait
11. Member, History of Science
Society USA
12. Member of the Planetary
Society USA
13. Chairman, Duke of Edinburgh’s
Award, Pakistan Chapter
14. International Trustee Duke of
Edinburgh’s Award London
Courtesy: HAMDARD FOUNDATION
PAKISTAN, KARACHI.
To commemorate the occasion Pakistan Post Office is issuing a commemorative postage stamp of Rs 51 denomination on October 17, 1999.
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