Hadhrat Shaikhul Hadith Maulana Yusuf bin Suleman bin Cassim Motala (da) Lineage & Early Life Hadhrat’s father’s family has resided in the village of Varethi, within the Surat district, for centuries. Though their occupation was farming, his paternal grandfather relinquished his land on a contract and adopted business as his source of income. Due to [...]
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Mufti Abdool Kader Hoosen
Mufti Abdool Kader Hoosen is the resident Mufti of Channel Islam International which is an extremely well known and successful radio station. The current radio coverage spans across 65 countries across three continents. (Africa, Europe, Arab Peninsula – also available over the internet). Mufti Abdool Kader Hoosen: “I was born in Heidelberg, Gauteng, South Africa [...]
Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam
Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari is a young traditionally trained scholar who studied in different parts of the world. Born in Leicester, UK and raised under the guidance of his illustrious father, Shaykh Mawlana Adam, he started learning about Islam from a very young age and memorized the Qur’an at the very tender age of [...]
Shaykh Husain Abdul Sattar
Shaykh Husain [may Allah preserve him] was born in Chicago (USA) in 1972. After completing his primary education at schools in his hometown near Chicago, he joined the University of Chicago where he studied Biology, Arabic and Islamic Civilization. It was during this period that he began his study of sacred knowledge, studying Arabic grammar [...]
Maulana Tariq Jamil
Maulana Tariq Jamil is a well known scholar from Pakistan. He was born to a fudel lord (famous but unkown to us) and his parents had aspirations for him to become a doctor. After matriculation (secondary school), he attended college in the city of Lahore. Here he resided in hostel with some friends. One of [...]
Shaykh Ebrahim Bham
Shaykh Ebrahim I. Bham is born and raised in South Africa. He has attained his masters in the Islamic sciences and theology under great traditional scholars. Shaykh Ebrahim I. Bham is known to be one of the most active scholars in South Africa for education, development, advocacy and interfaith. He has served in various capacities [...]
Imam Nawawi
IMAM NAWAWI [631 - 676 A.H] Birth and Birth place: The complete name of Imam Nawawi is Abu Zakaria Mohiuddin Yahya, son of Sharaf An-Nawawi, son of Murry, son of Hassan, son of Hussain, son of Muhammad, son of Juma, son of Hazam. Nawawi refers to Nawa, a place near Damascus, in the suburb of [...]