Teachers
Here are profiles of some of the teachers that taught us over the last few months
Shaykh Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf
Shaykh Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera has been studying the traditional Islamic sciences and writing scholarly works for most of his life. He completed the bulk of his studies at Darul Uloom Bury, North England, where he memorized the Qur’an by the age of fifteen and thereafter went on to complete a rigorous, six-year Shari‘a program. He graduated from this program with authentic certifications (ijaza) in numerous Islamic disciplines, including Arabic, Islamic jurisprudence, and hadith (with particular emphasis on the six canonical collections of hadith (Sihah Sitta) and the Muwattas of Imam Malik and Imam Muhammad. His teachers at Darul Uloom Bury included Shaykh Yusuf Motala and other students of Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi. source: www.whitethreadpress.com
Shaykh Muhammad Jihani
Formerly the pride of the Libyan national football team, moved to the UK where the state of the Ummah sparked a fire within his heart initiating his mission of Da'wah. The Sheikh's simple lifestyle and unique Da'wah techniques have been the cause of his success in this field, with hundreds if not thousands of shahaadahs under his name. However, due to immense humility and sincerity, Sheikh Muhammad Jihaani is hardly known amongst the masses, but nonetheless greatly respected by the few. source www.ar-rawdah.com
Shaykh Habibur Rahman
Shaykh Habibur Rahman was born in Bangladesh and memorised the Quran at an early age. He studied Islam in respectable institutes in UK and then went to study in the famous Islamic University Madina under various scholars. The Shaykh took a degree course in English and Computing in the UK. Currently he is the director and head of various organisations including Khateeb and Imam of Ford Square Masjid and is the head of Madinatul Uloom, UK. You can visit them on www.madinatululoom.co.uk
Shaykh Muhammad Sibbini
Shaykh Muhammad Sibbini is from Damascus, Syria. He has studied under various ulama and teaches a wide range of subjects. Shaykh Sibbini had taught at Ebrahim College, London. He teaches at many places around London and currently resides in London with his wife and children. www.ebrahimcollege.org
Mufti Umair Zulfiqar
Mufti Umair Zulfiqar Graduated in Double MA in Islamic Studies from Darul Uloom Karachi and Arabic, followed up by 2 years in specialise in placing Islamic verdicts on contemporary issues. One scholar who has also studied under Shaikh Taqi Uthmani , Shaikh Abdul Haleem Nomani, Mufti Rafi Uthmani and many others. Presently studying BSc Economics and Law at University of East London. (Source: Rashidoon)
Ustadh Abdus Samad
Ustadh Abdus Samadstudied under Mufti Umar Farooq and graduated from Darul Uloom London and has obtained an additional MA from Birbeck University and spent one year in Syria, learning the traditional sciences. (Source Rashidoon)