Samer Hakim

Sayyid Samer Hakim is a practising pharmacist and Islamic scholar whose career uniquely bridges the worlds of clinical healthcare and formal Islamic academia. A pharmacist since graduating from Monash University in 1999, Samer brings decades of experience across community pharmacy management, accredited medication reviews, and locum innovation. He is the founder of Pharmacy SOS and has held roles as a Pharmacy Manager and Accredited Consultant Pharmacist, with a consistent focus on systems improvement, quality accreditation, and patient care. Since 2014, he has pursued formal Islamic scholarship at the seminary in Qom, completing a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Qur'anic Sciences and Exegesis. His theses explored the methodology of Qur'an memorisation and the intersection of Qur'anic education with the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. He is a published author and translator, with works including Migration and the Choice Between a Permissible Difficulty and a Forbidden Ease, Pursuing Excellence: The Guide to Memorising the Holy Qur'an, and translations of Shaykh Mohsen Gharaati's Parables and Ramadhan with the Holy Qur'an. He has taught courses globally on Qur'anic concepts, Islamic jurisprudence, spoken Arabic, and health and wellbeing in Islamic traditions. Through his platform, practicalislam.net, and his active engagement with the international Muslim community—responding to jurisprudential questions and consulting with scholars from leading marja'iyyah offices in Qom—Samer continues to make Islamic teachings accessible, relevant, and spiritually enriching for a global audience.