The Scholars
Shaykh Muhammad Amin al-Hasanat Shah al-Qurashi was born in Bhera, Punjab, on 25th Rajab 1369 AH (9th May 1950). His father is the late Justice Shaykh Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari (ra). Following family tradition...
Shaykh of al-Azhar al-Sharif Professor Dr Ahmad al-Tayyeb was appointed as the Grand Imam and Shaykh of al-Azhar al-Sharif in March 2010, after the passing of his predecessor, Shaykh Dr Muhammad...
Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada, born in 1946 in Jhang, Pakistan, is a graduate of DMG Bhera and the University of the Punjab (Pakistan). His qualifications include Adib, ‘Alim and Fadil ‘Arabi, BA (English), MA (Islam...
Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (T. J. Winter) is the Shaykh Zayed Lecturer in Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. He is also the Director of Studies in Theology at Wolfson College...
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Husayni al-Ninowy is a descendant of the noble Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), from the family of Imam Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) by the way...
Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi is one of the leading scholars of Islam in the world whose words have transformed the lives of thousands of people. He is a charismatic public speaker in both Arabic and English; and studied...
Shaykh Muhammad Mazhar Hussain al-Qadri was born on Monday 25th November 1963 to a noble family of scholars and saints. His father Khawaja Shaykh Muhammad Karam Hussain al-Qadri (Allah have mercy upon him) was an...
Shaykh Yusuf ‘Abd al-Wahhab ibn Mahmud Abu Sneina is undoubtedly a fortunate, honoured and blessed individual for he is the Imam and Khatib of al-Masjid al-Aqsa (Jerusalem). Al-Masjid al-Aqsa was the original qibla of the Muslims...
Shaykh Abdullah Nooruddeen Durkee al-Shadhuli is the khalifah in the Western Hemisphere of Shaykh Ibrahim Muhammad al-Battawi, of the Shadhuliyyah-Badawiyyah order for the Illumination of Hearts and Tranquillity...
Shaykh Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar was born in Ghana, West Africa. He specialized in Islamic Law and Jurisprudence, including comparative religion, astronomy, spiritual science and healing, divine poetry and chanting, fine arts...
Hajj Ahmad Thomson is a leading barrister and the head of Wynne Chambers. He specializes in the law relating to charities, wills, employment, discrimination and also Islamic law, and is considered a leading authority on...
Imam Muhammad Shahid Raza Na’eemi OBE completed his BSc in Chemistry and Biology as well as an MA in Islamic Studies. He is at present the Head Imam at Leicester Central Mosque and Chairman of MINAB (Mosques and...
Imam Muhammad Arshad al-Misbahi is the Chair of AKSA (Al-Karam Scholars Association) and has been serving at Manchester Central Mosque Victoria Park since 1997 as the Khatib, Imam and Headteacher.He was born in 1968...
Bakhtyar Haider Pirzada al-Azhari was born in 1980 at a time when his noble father, Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada, was serving as the Head Imam and Minister of Religion in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire...
Zulfqar Haider Pirzada al-Azhari was born in Buckinghamshire’s historical town of High Wycombe in 1982. After successfully completing his GCSE’s in 1999, he began a rigorous study of traditional Islamic disciplines such as...
Shaykh Muhammad Yazdani Raza (Misbahi) is a Hanafi Jurist, who received primary education in the sciences of Islam, under the supervision of his father, the noble Shaykh Muhammad Ismail (Misbahi). Having undergone a solid...
Abu Awais Imam Muhammad Zahoor Chishti was born in Oldham into a pious and practising Muslim family. He has studied at Jamia Al-Karam, a centre of spiritual and educational excellence, at the hands of Shaykh Muhammad...
Imam Hafiz Gul Muhammad started his basic Islamic education at Jamia Al-Karam in Milton Keynes (UK) under the tutelage of Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada, one of the most profound thinkers of recent...
Asif Ali al-Azhari was only two years old when he came to England and grew up in High Wycombe. At the age of 15, he was fortunate to be admitted to Jamia Al-Karam as part of the first five students in 1985, where he studied under...
Imam Najeeb-ur-Rahman Naz was born in 1971 in Gujranwala, Pakistan. In 1985 he moved to Norway and in 1988 he travelled from Norway to UK in the pursuit of knowledge to study at Jamia Al-Karam, which at that time was...
Imam Muhammad Irfan Faizi Chishti MBE graduated with a Law degree in 1995 after which he embarked on a 7 year path of higher education specialising in theology and language. His studies took him to...
Imam Tahir Mahmood Kiani undertook his initial studies under Allamah Abu ’l-In`am Muhammad Abd al-Bari at the local masjid, Jame Masjid Muhammadia Ghausia, Batley, established by his late father al-Haj Muhammad Taj Ali...
Imam Hafiz Mahboob Hussain al-Azhari is a mureed of Hazrat Zia-Ul-Ummat Shaykh Pir Justice Pir Karam Shah Al-Azhari and a student of Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada. As such, Mahboob Hussain is the founder...
Imam Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Khan al-Azhari grew up in Nelson where he completed his initial studies in Qur’anic Arabic and Tajweed with Qari Muhammad Khan Qadri. He came to Jamia Al-Karam in 2000 at the age of...
Imam Imran Muhammad came to Jamia Al-Karam in the year 1995 where he did his GCSEs and A-Levels. After his school and college education at Jamia Al-Karam he embarked on his journey in studying the Qur'anic sciences...
Imam Iftikhar Daad al-Azhari was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, in 1982 into a very simple and humble family. After completing his primary education in London, he went on to study in one of the leading Muslim secondary schools...
Imam Osman Saeed Dar al-Azhari is a young scholar from Rochdale (UK) who from a very early age had a deep interest and passion for studying Islam. This led him to studying the Islamic Sciences at Jamia Al-Karam in...
Imam Muhammad Ramzan al-Azhari completed his secondary and further education in his home town of Rochdale (UK). He then went on to study Higher Islamic Studies at Jamia Al-Karam where, under the guidance of the honourable...
Imam Hafiz Ghulam Moyhuddin was born in Pakistan in 1985 and arrived to the UK in 1990 where he settled in Redditch. In 1996 he performed his first Umra in the sacred house of Allah, and this is where he made a promise...
Imam Muhammad Asim Hussain was born on the 14th of February 1990 in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire. The Imam began his primary education of Arabic Language at an early age of fifteen under the guidance of his...
