Young(ish) English speaking Sunni ulama in the UK: a list

[naqshbandijamaati]

:s1:

I think it'll be really useful to have a list of names of Sunni ** ulama from the UK who are either native English speakers or who speak English at a fluent or native level and are resident here. Here are a few I know of but I'm sure there are others:

1. Allama Arshad Misbahi (Victoria Park Mosque, Manchester)
2. Allama Munawwar Ateeq
3. Allama Zain al Aqtab Siddiqi and his brothers.
4. Allama Muhammad Hanif Naqshbandi
5. Allama Irfan Chishti
6. The brother who used to come on Islam TV and is Indian with an orange amaamah.
7. Pir Saqib Shami
8. Ahmad Thomson
9. Shaykh Abd al Hakim Murad
10. Isa Waley (?)
11. Aisha Bewley
12. Allama Zahoor Chishti

who else is there? My list is pretty desi-centric but i am sure there must be other Sunni scholars from other ethnicities such as Arabs, Turks, Africans, Caucasians (nearly wrote Devils there!! ;-)) in the UK of whom we're not aware...

and, more importantly, these bredwins should be invited as main speakers at all Sunni events in the UK and on the TV channels instead of the usual suspects.

**noto bene:for those who still don't get it this EXCLUDES Deobandis and their ilk like Riyadh al Haq, Ahmed Ali etc.

[sherkhan]

6. The brother who used to come on Islam TV and is Indian with an orange amaamah.


I think you mean Allama Ghulam Yazdani

[Aqdas]

6. The brother who used to come on Islam TV and is Indian with an orange amaamah
nearly, sherkhan. it is mawlana yazdani raza misbahi.

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13. mawlana muhammad aslam - imam, lozells masjid, birmingham
14. mawlana asrar - teacher at sultan bahu trust, birmingham
15. mawlana sajjad hussain - faidan e rasool, birmingham; aqsa publications
16. mawlana yaseen - faidan e rasool, birmingham

[maulanax]

are mawlana yazdani raza misbahi and maulana arshad misbahi brothers?

[Yaseen]

Good thread.Definetely agree in that our English speaking 'ulama should be given a slot at our gatherings. I'd like to add Shaykh Saleem Ghisa from Preston who is a brilliant speaker. You can hear some of his speeches on the following site:

http://www.islamieducation.com/en/speeches/shaykh-muhammad-salim.html

Theres' also some very good speakers from Dawate Islami as well. Theres a few clips on utube.

[azizq]

Brother Aqdas mentioned mawlana asrar, mashaAllah I have listened to a couple of his speeches and he is really good. Link to some of his talks.

http://www.islamieducation.com/en/speeches/shaykh-muhammad-asrar.html

[Aqdas]

are mawlana yazdani raza misbahi and maulana arshad misbahi brothers?
no, they're not brothers. misbahi denotes their connection to al-jamiatu'l ashrafia (http://aljamiatulashrafia.org/), mubarakpur, india. the university was first known as misbah al-'ulum.

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from yaseen:

17. mawlana salim ghisa, preston

[Aqdas]

from the jamia al-karam graduates:

18. mawlana gul muhammad
19. mawlana bakhtyar - jamia al-karam, nottinghamshire
20. mawlana athar - sultan bahu, birmingham
21. mawlana asif ali al-azhari - jamia al-karam

all very competent speakers.

[Seeker_1]

As salaam walay kum

MashAllaah A very good post,

22. Mufti Zaahid Hussain, Preston
23. Moulana Zafar ullaah, Sheffield
24. Shaykh Saajid, Sheffield
25. Moulana Kaleem al Azhari, Bolton

[maulanax]

what about MIH pirzada sahib. he can also speak english roughly.

[azizq]

Shaykh Ba Bakir - London
Shaykh Abdul-Aziz - Glasgow?

Shaykh Ibrahim Osi Efa - Liverpool(this one is really good in my opinion)

http://www.radicalmiddleway.co.uk/videos.php?id=30&art=30&vid=85

Shaykh Afifi Al-Akiti
Scholars at ash-shifa school

[Seeker_1]

Shaykh Israar al Haq, Bradford
Shaykh Anwar al Haq, Bradford
Shaykh Abdullah Khan Niazi, Sheffield

[Madani]

Allama Rashid Attari Al Madani (Accrington)
Allama Qamar Attari Al Madani (birmingham)

[SA01]

Nuneaton Coventry:

Hazrat Pir Faizul Aqtab Siddiqi -LLB Barrister At Law (Principle of Hijaz College Islamic University)

Hazrat Tauqir Ishaq-BSc MSc CEng MICE ACGI (Chief Executive of Hijaz College Islamic University)

[SA01]

what about MIH pirzada sahib. he can also speak english roughly.

Their son speaks well also.

[maulanax]

Their son speaks well also.

whats his name?

[zulfikar]

alhamdulillah!on the 01-08-09 we had the honor of welcoming allama arshad misbahi to s.a. A young dynamic resonant vibrant speaker who eloquently eleborated on his topic and speaking fluent english is indeed a rare commodity.apparently he came last year and gave an awe inspiring lectuer ppl were spellbound.the organizers had to call him again due to public demand.only problem he delivered the same lecture as last years one. bit disappointed though he is a gr8 speaker hey!

has anyone got his e-mail add?or website

[SA01]

whats his name?

Bakhtyar H. Pirzada al-Azhari.

I recall watching a video of His Eminence MIH Pirzada entitled 'Could the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Read?', and his son translated the lecture succintly in English.

In fact....here is the link:

http://mihpirzada.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=95&Itemid=49

[maraqialFalah]

munazir-e-ahl`e sunnat mawlana abu fatima muhammad yasin chisti (student of hazrat`e ustad ul-ulema mawlana rasul baksh sa`idi)

[maraqialFalah]

shaykh ul-hadith mawlana asrar rashid attari (student of hazrat`e ustad ul-ulama allama mawlana rasul baksh sa`idi and mureed of hazrat`e qibla sayyidi ameer-e-ahle sunnat)

[maraqialFalah]

Allama Rashid Attari Al Madani (Accrington)
Allama Qamar Attari Al Madani (birmingham)

I know one of hazrat`e allama rashid madani's students personally.

[ottomanhanafi]

Slm

Can somebody post a bit more info on Shaykh Rashid Attari al Madani. It begs the question when we have so many young English speakers why they are not given the platform to engage with the youth.

[Haroon]

Salam alaikum,

"shaykh ul-hadith mawlana asrar rashid attari (student of hazrat`e ustad ul-ulama allama mawlana rasul baksh sa`idi and mureed of hazrat`e qibla sayyidi ameer-e-ahle sunnat)"

Can you give more info on Asrar Rashid - ie his background, where he studied etc. Is there any biography on him? How did he become shaykh-ul-hadith?

Wasalam,

Haroon

[Madani]

Allama Rashid AL Madani born in Blackburn, went to Madani Markaz Karachi at the age of 16, studied for 8 years, completed Dars Nizami, had Dastar Bandi done by Ameer-e-Ahle-Sunnat (May His Sayaa remain upon us). Now teaches Dars Nizami at Faizan-e-Madina Accrington.

I know this brother very well, when he came back after graduating he was sent to Nottingham to be the imam of Islamic Centre, Main Masjid of Nottingham. He was with us for a year. MashAllah he is a very simple and humble Preacher of Islam. In fact the Comitee terminated his contract because he wouldnt scream and shout in his speeches. His speeches are full of ilm and wisdom and he does Arabic speeches at the UK Level Ijtimas

[ottomanhanafi]

MashAllah he is a very simple and humble Preacher of Islam. In fact the Comitee terminated his contract because he wouldnt scream and shout in his speeches. His speeches are full of ilm and wisdom and he does Arabic speeches at the UK Level Ijtimas

Why doesn't that surprise me. The juhala have been placed in charge of the masajid and this is probably the biggest factor for the lack of progressiveness of sunnis.

[Madani]

Its very sad, alot of youngsters would come to learn from him, even had uni students that would come specially to him for answers regarding what they heard at the najdi talks in unis

[ghulam-e-raza]

22. Mufti Zaahid Hussain, Preston

Alhamdulillah, a great scholar! He is a student and mureed of Huzoor Muhaddith E Kabeer Allamah Zia Ul Mustafa Qadri.
You can listen to some of his speeches here (http://thesunniway.com/browsespeeches/mufti-zahid-hussain-qadri)

[maraqialFalah]

Shaykh Asrar has studied under

1) Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqu`bi
2) Mawlana Rasul Baksh Sa`idi
3) Mufti Yar Muhammad Qadri

He is currently writing a Sharh of Jami`i al-Tirmidhi.

[maraqialFalah]

As for Sayyidi Shaykh Rashid al-Madani, he truly is a Wali of Allah ta`ala and an excellent `aalim. His student informed me that Sayyidi Shaykh Rashid al-Madani has entire books memorized by heart and is extremely soft-spoken and humble.

[maraqialFalah]

3. Allama Muhammad Hanif Naqshbandi

You mean Shaykh Haneef Haqqani?

[naqshbandijamaati]

i think so. i had some cassettes by him about a decade ago and he was a mureed of shaykh nazim. whatever happened to him? i´ve not heard anything since...

[naqshbandijamaati]

I´m amazed that we have so many English speaking ulama! That´s great but begs the question: why aren´t they at every major Sunni programme like the Urdu speaking ones? Also, we need to start having programmes entirely in English. Thirdly, the Deobandits like Riyadh and Ahmad Ali have lots of cassettes released. We need the talks of these Sunnis to be made available as CDs, mp3s, etc. for "sale in all good Islamic bookshops near you" (!) and online.

[naqshbandijamaati]

i´m listening to a speech of mufti zahid hussain (thanks for the link) but what infuriates me is why such fluent English speaking Sunnis are told to only speak for "ten minutes" whereas shouting and screaming Urdu/Punjabi speakers get the full hour.
I am reminded of Manchester Victoria Park mosque when Allama Arshad Misbahi would get 10 minutes and then Muzammal Shah would get the rest of the time!

[ghulam-e-raza]

i´m listening to a speech of mufti zahid hussain (thanks for the link) but what infuriates me is why such fluent English speaking Sunnis are told to only speak for "ten minutes" whereas shouting and screaming Urdu/Punjabi speakers get the full hour.

The speech you are talking about was done in Holland, and most of the mehfil was dedicated to Huzoor Muhaddith E Kabeer Allamah Zia Ul Mustafa Qadri's speech.