some Islamic scholars of today's world
some Islamic scholars of today's world
Zakir Abdul Karim Naik (born 18 October 1965) is an Indian Islamic preacher and the founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF). He is also the founder of the "comparative religion" Peace TV channel through which he reaches a reported more than hundreds of million viewers. He has been called an "authority on comparative religion", "perhaps the most influential Salafi ideologue in India" and "the world's leading Islamic preacher". Unlike many Islamic preachers, his lectures are colloquial, given in English, not Urdu or Arabic.Naik says that his goal is to "concentrate on the educated Muslim youth who have become apologetic about their own religion and have started to feel the religion is outdated". He considers it a duty of every Muslim to remove perceived misconceptions about Islam and to counter what he views as the Western media's anti-Islamic bias in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. Naik has said that "despite the strident anti-Islam campaign, 34,000 Americans have embraced Islam from September 2001 to July 2002". According to Naik, Islam is a religion of reason and logic, and that the Quran contains 1000 verses relating to science, which he says explains the number of Western converts. Some of his articles are published in magazines such as Islamic Voice.
Islamic Supremacy
Zakir Naik professes Islam is the best religion because "the Quran says it. No other religious text or scripture claims this fact." He added that "Islam is also labeled as intolerant, and it is indeed, but towards corruption, discrimination, injustice, adultery, alcoholism, and all evils. Islam is the most tolerant religion as far as promoting human values is concerned."
mufti Menk was born in Harare, where he undertook his initial studies.
Menk then went on to obtain a degree in Shariah Law from the Islamic University of Madinah.
Following this, he went on to specialize in Jurisprudence in Gujarat, India.
He is the director of the Daar ul Ilm (Islamic Educational Centre) of the Majlisul Ulama which
caters to the educational needs of the Muslim population of Zimbabwe.
Menk is known especially in eastern Africa and also teaches internationally.
Shaykh Husain was born in the United States (Chicago, Illinois) in 1972.
After completing his primary education in his hometown,
he joined the University of Chicago as an undergraduate where he studied Biology,
Arabic and Islamic Civilization.
It was during this period that he began his study of sacred knowledge, studying Arabic grammar (nahw),
Hanafi jurisprudence (fiqh) and principles of jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh) under ‘ulama (scholars) in Chicago.
In 1994, Shaykh Husain also began training in Islamic spirituality (tasawwuf).
After obtaining his undergraduate degree,
Shaykh Husain enrolled in the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago.
Along with his medical studies, he continued his studies of sacred knowledge.
In his final year, he took leave from medical school to focus on his religious studies,
traveling to Syria and then Pakistan,
where he studied a traditional curriculum for a number of years under some of their greatest scholars.
Throughout his years of study,
Shaykh Husain also continued his training in Islamic Spirituality (tasawwuf)
and was formally authorized to teach tasawwuf in July 2001.
Shaykh Husain is currently an Associate Professor of Pathology
at the University of Chicago’s Prizker School of Medicine and is a practicing Surgical Pathologist
at the University of Chicago Medical Center. He is most widely known for his contributions to medical education.
His textbook Fundamentals of Pathology is one of the most popular medical textbooks
and his website (Pathoma.com) is utilized by the most medical students across the world.
Shaykh Husain resides in Chicago with his wife and four children.
During his free time, he teaches and lectures across the United States on various subjects of Islamic knowledge,
including purification of the soul.
Mufti Ismail Ebrahim Desai is an internationally reputed Shariah scholar and Islamic finance expert
who is a Shariah Advisor and member of Infinity’s Shariah Supervisory Board.
He currently serves as Shariah Advisor to various Islamic financial institutions
and educational institutes around the world including Ideal Ratings, Southern African Consultant,
Ethica Institute of Islamic Finance, Centre for Advanced Islamic Economics, Hejaz Financial Services,
Zero Mortgage, Jenuard Holdings AG, Al- Mabroor Investments
besides other Islamic investment firms and real estate funds around the world.
Shaykh Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari is a traditionally-trained Islamic scholar
who has studied the Arabic language and various other traditional Islamic sciences including
Qur’anic exegesis (tafsir), Hadith and Fiqh in different parts of the world including the UK,
Pakistan and Syria. His Shuyukh/teachers include his father,
Shaykh Mawlana Adam, Shaykh Yusuf Motala, Shaykh Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani,
Shaykh Abd al-Razzaq al-Halabi and others.
He has received authorizations (ijazahs) in various Islamic disciplines including
the six major collections of Hadith and the science of issuing religious verdicts (Fatwa).
His authored works include: Islamic Guide to Sexual Relations,
Elucidation of Forty Hadiths on Marriage, Birth Control & Abortion in Islam,
The Issue of Shares and Simplified Rules of Zakat,
and is widely known for providing answers to people’s everyday issues
and comprehensive fiqh related articles;
which can be found at his website www.daruliftaa.com.
Shaykh Sulaiman Moola (may Allah preserve him) began studying the sacred sciences
at an early age. After having completed the memorization of the Quran
at the age of 14 in 1989, for the next seven years he went on to study
the Islamic sciences which include Arabic (and all its related sciences becoming
especially fluent in Arabic poetry), Tafsir, Hadith, Aqidah and Fiqh (specializing in the Hanafi School).
Having studied under senior ulama from South Africa and the Indian Subcontinent
and receiving ijazah from them, he went on to teach at various Madaris
in South Africa including Dar al-Uloom Zakariyya.
The founder and principal of As-Suffa Institute & Outreach, Shaykh Zahir was born and
raised in the United Kingdom. After formal school studies,
he began his journey of studying the sacred sciences at Darul Uloom,
Bury culminating with an ijaazah (certificate) to teach from Darul Uloom, Newcastle,
South Africa. With an enthusing spirit and vision for the progress of the Deen in the UK,
the Shaykh returned and took on the role of the Khateeb for Jami Masjid,
one of the largest in Birmingham, whilst studying for a BA in
Islamic Theology from Birmingham University. Through the lens of concern for the community
and with an understanding of their culture and needs, he founded As-Suffa Institute which today,
by the grace of Allah, caters the full time and part time Alimiyyah course,
Islamic Studies diplomas, post-graduate courses,
modular sciences, youth facilities and regular weekend courses.
Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra is an Imam from Leicester, England, who is well known for his work
on interfaith dialogue and understanding, particularly between Islam and the West.
He is leading figure in an emerging generation of theological leaders
and Muslim Imams who promote effective Muslim integration into British society.
Imam Mogra currently serves as Chair of the Interfaith Relations Committee of the Muslim
Council of Britain.
Imam Mogra was born in Malawi and came to England at the age of 18.
He holds advanced and postgraduate degrees in classical theology and
traditional sciences of Islam: he is a graduate of Dar-ul-Uloom Institute
of Higher Islamic Education in Holcombe, as well as the prestigious
Al-Azhar University in Cairo. In addition, Imam Mogram received his Master’s degree
from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.
Ibrahim Memon Madani, is an imam and Muslim scholar who was born in Medina.
He was a student of a renowned scholar Shaikh Zakariya as a boy.
He moved to England in 1980 where he completed his Hifz ul-Qur'an and Aalim course.
In 1987, he was appointed imam of the mosque in Waterloo, Ontario and in 1991 he moved to Buffalo,
New York with his father and brothers to establish the Darul-Uloom Al-Madania.
He later would establish Darul-Uloom Canada, in Chatham Canada.
Shaykh Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq was born in Gujarat, India in 1971.
He came to the UK at the age of three, to join his father Moulana Muhammad Gora sahib
who was serving as an Imam and religious leader for the Muslim community in Leicester, UK.
By the age of ten the Shaykh had memorised the entire Qur’an,
and also completed the study of a number of books in various Islamic topics.
When he was thirteen he enrolled at Darul Uloom al Arabiyyah al Islamiyyah, Bury, UK,
(the first and most prestigious Muslim seminary in the West) and graduated six years later,
in early 1991. In Darul Uloom the Shaykh undertook an intensive study of many Islamic topics
including Arabic, Qur’anic tafseer, hadeeth and fiqh under traditionally qualified scholars.
His eminent and erudite teachers from whom he has ijazah in various Islamic sciences
include Shaykh Yusuf Motala and the late Shaykh Islamul Haq.
He also has ijazah in hadeeth from the late Mufti Mahmood Hasan Gangohi and the famous Muhaddith,
Shaykh Yunus of Saharanpur, India.
Shaykh Faizal Manjoo’s specialisation is in Shari’ah, Law and Islamic studies.
He is also proficient in the areas of Takaful and Retakaful, Labour Law,
Islamic Law of Inheritance, Family Law, Commercial Law and Shari’ahh Law.
His first degree in Shari’ah Law and Islamic Studies is from
University of Johannesburg, S.A, whereas his MA Degree is from Loughborough University,
UK and He holds a PhD in Islamic finance and is a well-established
academic in many European Universities.
His broad-based knowledge on Islam is founded on his
Aalimiyyah Qualification from Madrasah Arabia Islamiyyah, S.A. He is an admitted
attorney-at law at the Pretoria High Court, S.A. He is a member of the Shari’Ah
Supervisory Board of some Islamic financial institutions in Bahrain, South Africa
and Mauritius. Apart from being a founding member of the Muslim Lawyers
Association of South Africa, he also acts as the Lead Examiner
for the Foundations of Islamic Finance & Practice at IFS School of Finance,
London and a consultant in Islamic Finance.
he has written and presented numerous conference papers and has authored academic articles and books.
Born in Azad Kashmir in 1971 Shaykh Ahmad Ali came to the U.K. at the tender age of 6.
Coming from a moderately practicing family, the odds were always stacked against him,
but even as a young boy Shaykh displayed a yearning for deen.
His stubborn determination resulted in him completing the memorisation of the Holy Quran
at the age of 14 under the supervision and guidance of his teachers at the local mosque,
Masjid Quba. Having completed this great feat, the thirst for furthering his
Islamic knowledge could no longer be quenched in the confines of the local mosque.
Searching for more in 1986 Shaykh enrolled at Darul Uloom Al Arabiya Al Islamiya, Bury,
the main nucleus of Islamic study in Europe at the time.
During his time in Darul Uloom, Shaykh excelled in his studies undertaking an
intensive study of many Islamic sciences including Arabic, Quranic Tafseer,
Hadeeth, Fiqh and Aqeedah under the supervision of Hadhrat Yusuf Motala Sahib.
Following this 1n 1994 Shaykh moved on to the world famous Azhar University in Egypt,
specialising in Hadeeth.
Ibrahim Memon Madani, is an imam and Muslim scholar who was born in Medina.
He was a student of a renowned scholar Shaikh Zakariya as a boy.
He moved to England in 1980 where he completed his Hifz ul-Qur'an and Aalim course.
In 1987, he was appointed imam of the mosque in Waterloo, Ontario and in 1991 he moved to Buffalo,
New York with his father and brothers to establish the Darul-Uloom Al-Madania.
He later would establish Darul-Uloom Canada, in Chatham Canada.
Shaykh Mufti Kamaluddin Ahmed is a qualified Islamic scholar and university academic
in the field of Islamic studies, specializing in Qur’an, Hadith, Law, History,
Spirituality, and Ethics. He is currently a Doctoral Fellow in Islamic Intellectual
History at the University of Oxford.
Born and raised in Manhattan, he has a Bachelors from the University of Chicago
and a Masters from the University of Oxford. He also traveled and spent many years
pursuing an intensive full-time study of the classical disciplines of Islamic
learning and was awarded formal certifications as an ‘Alim and Mufti.
Shaykh Ebrahim I. Bham is known to be one of the most active scholars
in South Africa for education, development, advocacy and interfaith
Skaykh Rafiq Sufi (Patel) was born in England and has gained licenses to teach (Ijaazas)
in many Islamic sciences including Qur’an, Jurisprudence
and Traditions of the last Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alayhi Wasallam, from various scholars.
He studied and graduated in 1992 in one of the most recognized Islamic Institution in England,
Darul-Uloom al-Arabiyya al-Islamiyya. As well as becoming an Alim (Scholar),
he also memorised the Qur’an in different methods of recitation (Qari).
Sheikh Deedat (he died few years back ,may Allah give him Jannatul ferdous)was a charismatic, self-taught Muslim scholar from South Africa,
most famous for engaging Christian evangelists in public debate.
In 1986,he debated Jimmy Swaggart
and even challenged the late Pope John Paul II to a debate in the Vatican Square.
His son, Yousuf Deedat, calls him a "lion of the stage".
But while Sheikh Deedat was most famous for his sharp and impassioned debating style,
he was also a prolific writer.
He published more than 20 books and wrote free literature and pamphlets,
of which millions of copies were distributed across the globe.
most famous for engaging Christian evangelists in public debate.
In 1986,he debated Jimmy Swaggart
and even challenged the late Pope John Paul II to a debate in the Vatican Square.
His son, Yousuf Deedat, calls him a "lion of the stage".
But while Sheikh Deedat was most famous for his sharp and impassioned debating style,
he was also a prolific writer.
He published more than 20 books and wrote free literature and pamphlets,
of which millions of copies were distributed across the globe.
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