Our Teachers
Shaykh Issarar Hussain was born in Sheffield and began his journey in the study of Islam through the memorisation of the Qur’an. He then completed his A-levels and began his studies of the sacred sciences. After studying the Nizamiyya syllabus for 6 years within the UK under the guidance of Shaykh Pirzada, he then travelled to Egypt where he further enhanced his knowledge at the world renowned Al Azhar Masjid. The Shaykh was blessed to study under the tutelage of eminent scholars such Shaykh Ashraf Hamid al-Azhari, Shaykh Dr Ahmad Ma’bad Abd al-Karim, Shaykh Taha Rayyan and many other learned Ulama of Al-Azhar. In particular he studied comparative fiqh with Dr Amr Ghanem al-Azhari, a professor of Islamic law in Al Azhar over a period of two years in order to deepen his understanding of Islamic Jurisprudence. Following this, he completed the rigorous Dawra al-Hadith program with the inheritor of the Bandayalwi tradition, Shaykh Fadl Subhan al-Qadri. He also holds a Masters degree in Islamic Theology from the University of Nottingham.
Shaykh Muhammad Naveed Jameel was born and raised in Nottingham. The Shaykh began his journey in the study of the Islamic Sciences at the age of 17 at the exemplary institution of Jamia Nizamiyya Ridawiyyah in Pakistan. Here the Shaykh attained his foundations in the Islamic sciences studying the traditional Nizamiyya Syllabus for 4 years under the guidance of eminent scholars such as the erudite Allamah Abdul Hakeem Sharaf al-Qadri, Shaykh al-Hadith Pir Muhammad Chishti, Shaykh al-Hadith Dil Muhammad Chishti, Shaykh al-Hadith Allamah Khadim Hussain Rizvi, and Shaykh al-Hadith Hafiz Abdul Sattar Saeedi. Thereafter, the Shaykh travelled to Syria where he spent a further 5 years studying at the renowned Ma’had al-Fath al-Islami, and studied advanced Aqidah, Fiqh, Usul and much more with the foremost scholars of Damascus such as Shaykh Muhammad Jumu’ah’, Shaykh Dr Saeed Ramadan al-Buti, Shaykh Abd al-Hadi al-Kharsa, Shaykh Fawwaz al-Nimr and Shaykh Osama Rifai. Upon his return to the UK he continued his studies under the tutelage of Mufti Ashfaq Ridawi in Nottingham and began to teach the Islamic sciences.
Shaykh Mubeen Raza, originally from Coventry, studied Human Physiology at the University of Leeds, earning a BSc (Hons). His interest later shifted to sacred Islamic knowledge, which he pursued in Jamia tul Madina in Bradford and Birmingham, and further advanced in Karachi and Lahore. There, he studied under prominent scholars such as Mufti Hashim Khan Attari and Mufti Muhammad Qasim Attari, specializing in Islamic jurisprudence and Quranic exegesis. He holds ijazaat from prominent scholars of the UK, Pakistan, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. Shaykh Mubeen also benefited from various teachers, including Shaykh Asrar Rashid and the highly respected Imam al-Mudarrisīn, al-‘Allāma Ghulam Muhammad Tonswi, who was a student of the legendary al-Imām ‘Ataa Muhammad Bandyalwi. Additionally, during a two-year stay in Turkey, he studied Tasawwuf, Tafsir, Hadith, and other Islamic sciences while enhancing his conversational Arabic. With over a decade of experience in teaching Islamic sciences, Shaykh Mubeen focuses on Arabic grammar, rhetoric, Ḥadīth, and Tafsīr.
Shaykh Mahin Saiyed al-Azhari, a distinguished Islamic scholar from the United Kingdom has studied under the guidance of renowned scholars like Allama Abu al-Mahmood Nishtar (Wales, UK), Shaykh Muhammad Naveed Jameel, Moulana Hafiz Gul Muhammad, and Moulana Zein Hud (all based in the UK). His quest for knowledge led him to seek out the Ulama of Egypt, where he spent time at the famous Al Azhar Masjid. There, he benefitted from eminent scholars, including Dr Amr Ghanem al-Azhari, as Dr Ayman Hajjar, Shaykh Ahmad al-Sharif and other learned scholars of Al-Azhar.
Moulana Sufyan completed his studies in the UK under the tutelage of Moulana Shahid Raza and other dedicated teachers. He continues to pursue his advanced studies of the Islamic sciences alongside his teaching duties with learned scholars of the Ahl al-Sunnah in the UK.