Born in Ciamis, Indonesia, on July 3rd, 1957, Surahman Hidayat completed his doctoral education in 2000 from the Sharia Faculty at University of Al-Azhar, Egypt. Now he is a lecturer in several colleges including the post-graduate program at UIN in Jakarta, Bandung National Institute of Islam (IAIN), and University of Ibnu Khaldun, Bogor.
He is active in various organizations such as Expert Staff of the Center of Sharia Consultancy, Sharia Consultant in PKPU, Head of Research Section in LP2S Al-Haramain, Jakarta, and many others. He has been a speaker in various seminar forums, discussions and correspondents in morning news of several TV stations.