Sheikh Muhammad Rashid Bilal

Who was Sheikh Muhammad Rashid Bilal?

Sheikh Muhammad Rashid Sheikh Bilal was one of the famous Islamic Scholars of the Chercher Highlands of Harerghe province whom many people of Harerghe recall as the most authorized source of his time for the ancient history of Islam in Ethiopia. He is also remembered as a saver of indigenous knowledge, a teacher of many Ulama, a poet and author of many books. While his real name had been Sheikh Muhammed Rashid Sheikh Bilal, he appears on his written documents as Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn Muhammad Al-Bakri Al-siddiqi.