What is a Syed in Islam?
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What is a Syed in Islam?
The Arabic meaning of Syed is noble one. Syed’s are the most honourable, respected, educated and high ranking individuals among muslims. In these countries, the title “Syed”, an honorific that denotes descent from Muhammad, is the most common English spelling of the Arabic term Sayyid (سيد).
Who are the descendants of Muhammad today?
Fatimah bint MuhammadZainab bint MuhammadIbrahim ibn MuhammadHusayn ibn AliQasim ibn MuhammadHasan ibn Ali
Muhammad/Descendants
What is a Syed Shia?
The Syed can be found among both Shia and Sunni Muslims (Joshua Project n.d.a; Encyclopedia.com n.d.a). A study on the ancestry of the Syed indicates that Syed is a “common honorific title given to male Muslims belonging to certain families claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad” (Belle, et al. Sept. 2010, 217).
Who is Hashmi caste?
The Abdal (Shekh Hashmi) are a Muslim community found in North India. They are a sub-group within the Arabic old shekh community.
Female syeds are given the titles Syeda, Alawiyah, or Sharifa. In some regions of the Islamic world, such as in India, the descendants of Muhammad are given the title Amir or Mir, meaning commander, general, or prince. Children of a Syeda mother but a non-Syed father are referred to as Mirza.
Who is Syed Syed Ali Shah Tirmizi?
MPA Aijaz Ali Shah and Ex-Provincial Secretary Arbab Ali Shah are Sherazi Syed. The Tirmizis, who settled in Pakistan, are mostly descendants of the great Sufi spiritual saint Syed Ali Shah Tirmizi Pir Baba.
Who is Syed Ali Qaswer?
His grandfather, Syed Ali Qaswer, a decedent of Hazrat Imam Jafar Sadiq, the grandson of Hazrat Imam Hussain AS, migrated from Bughdad and was settled in Gardez, Afghanistan. The Gardezis of Pakistan and the Azad of Jammu and Kashmir are his descendants.
Who are Alvi Syed?
The descendants of Ali and his other wives are called Alvi syed; they are titled Shah, Sain, Miya Fakir or Dewan. There are numerous Syeds in Pakistan. Some of these Syeds first migrated to Gardez, Bukhara, and Termez, and then to South Asia.
