A Somali man Identified as Shareef had lost his ability to hear and speak after a bomb explosion in his conflict-battered African country, he regained his hearing sense while on Hajj (Muslim annual pilgrimage).
He was hit by a bomb during internal clashes in Somalia over 20 years ago and decided later to immigrate to Britain after he could no longer hear or speak.

Doctors in Britain examined him but found that his condition is incurable, prompting authorities to let him stay as a “deaf-mute” refugee. Shareef, in his 40s, has been living in Britain with his wife and four children ever since, adding that he came to Saudi Arabia along with the Somali-British Hajj mission to perform Hajj.

After going around the Ka'aba in the grand mosque at Makkah along with the other pilgrims, he drank Zamzam (sacred) water and went to the bathroom, when he got out of the bathroom, he heard the call for Fajr (morning) prayers. “He could hardly believe what he heard…he rushed to his friends and told them what happened…they were shocked when they heard him talking.”

The head of the Somali-British Haj (pilgrimage) mission, Abdul Samad Mohammed said he was stunned when he heard him speak. “Shareef had been deaf mute for a long time…during our flight to Saudi Arabia, he was writing what he wanted from the cabin crew,” Mohammed said. “At first we could not believe it….so we asked him to speak again and he did… we took him to the hospital here for examination and doctors said there is nothing wrong with him.”

Apart from many Arabic newspapers, this story was reported on the front page of Gulf News ,

Other Links to story

http://www.emirates247.com/news/region/deaf-man-regains-hearing-during-pilgrimage-2010-11-16-1.318039

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2010111787515 (with picture)

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