Our teachers convey traditional Islamic knowledge, which they have learned from their teachers, who learned from their teachers...with an unbroken chain all the way back to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
Shaykh Muhammad Yaseen
Born and raised in Birmingham, Shaykh Muhammad Yaseen developed an interest in acquiring the traditional Islamic Sciences... |
Shaykh Waseem Ahmed
Shaykh Waseem started his search for knowledge by studying Arabic in the UK before leaving for Damascus in Ramadan 2005 to study at the Abu Nur institute.... |
Shaykha Noshin Gul
Shaykha Noshin is an accomplished and experienced teacher of the science of recitation of the Qur'an. In 2005, after completing her university studies she decided to travel to the blessed lands of Shaam... |
Ustadh Muhammad Ali
A former bank manager who left his career in pursuit of studying Sacred Knowledge. Ustadh Muhammad Ali has spent time learning Traditional Islamic Sciences at Al Markaz Ul Islami (Bradford)... |
Ustadh Amin Al-Astewani
Born and raised in Manchester. He descends from a family of notable scholars. His forefathers include Shaykh Shukri Al-Astewani, (Grand Mufti of Syria), Shaykh Abdul Muhsin Al-Astewani (Supreme Shari'ah Judge in Damascus) ..... |
Visiting Teachers
Shaykh Faisal Abdur-Razak
Shaykh Faisal Hamid Abdur-Razak lives in Brampton, Canada. From 1977 to 1986 he studied in Saudi Arabia, first at Umm al-Qurra University in Makkah, then at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah. |
Shaykh Wajid Iqbal
Shaykh Wajid Iqbal is from a noble family of scholars, his grandfather, the honourable Abdul Hakim, being the grand Mufti of Kashmir... |
Shaykha Safia Shahid
Shaykha Safia Shahid is a leading scholar exemplifying Islam's rich tradition and history of female scholarship... |
Imam Khalid Hussein Abdulla
He was born in the historic city of Leicester and began studying from his mother at a young age, a student of Habib Umar b. Sumayt, Syed Ahmed Abdullah Saleh Faris, Syed Abu Bakr al-Shibli... |
Shaykh Nasir Rashid
Shaykh Nasir Rashid began his studies in 2002 studying Shafi’i Fiqh. In 2003 during I’tikaf he was invited to study with Shaykh Rasul Baksh Saeedi at the FR Institute and has since progressed considerably in his studies and has covered a number of texts in the higher sciences... |
Shaykh Imran Muhammad (Bolton)
Upon returning to the UK from Egypt he enrolled at the University of Chester where he initiated his second degree in Muslim Youth Work. Currently he is working as a Muslim chaplain at HMP Strangeways... |