The Buried Treasures

Donate! supportmu.org View the Future Masjid! https://youtu.be/QwO0qwyD5DA Shaykh Junayed Ahmed grew up in New York and completed the memorization of the Qur’an at Darul Uloom New York. He had the opportunity to participate in multiple international Qur’an competitions after completing his memorization. Thereafter, Shaykh Junayed started his pursuit for higher learning at DUNY for and completed 4 years of studies. He was then accepted into the College of Qur’an at the Islamic University of Madinah. He is the second American graduate from the College of Qur’an at the Islamic University of Madinah and is an Ashara Qari. Shaykh Junayed currently serves as a Religious Director in Dallas. https://www.instagram.com/jjunayedd/ https://www.youtube.com/c/JunayedAhmed ⏰  Season finale next week! 📧  Contact us at info@masjiduthman.org Note: Audio will be uploaded on all podcast platforms on Mondays at 6 AM CST. Please visit YouTube.com/MasjidUthman where we upload on Thursdays at 6 PM CST.

Donate! supportmu.org  View the Future Masjid! https://youtu.be/QwO0qwyD5DA Mufti Hussain Kamani is an instructor at Qalam. He is a faculty member at the Qalam Seminary. He gives lectures, conducts seminars and workshops, teaches Intensives, and leads Hajj & Umrah groups at Qalam. You can listen to the numerous series that he has recorded on the Qalam Podcast.   He currently resides in Dallas, TX with his wife and four children. He also serves as a resident scholar for the Islamic Association of Carrollton (Masjid Al-Rahman).   Mufti Hussain Kamani was born and raised in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. His journey to pursue sacred Islamic knowledge began at age 6. By the age of 9, he completed the memorization of the Holy Quran. To further advance his studies in the Islamic Sciences, he traveled to the United Kingdom and pursued formal Islamic authorizations (ijazahs). For 7 years, Mufti Kamani studied a rigorous curriculum covering the Arabic language and literature, Islamic jurisprudence, Tafseer of the Holy Qur’an, Hadith, Islamic Philosophy, and Aqeedah. Afterward, he was selected for a post-graduate level course in Islamic Law and Legal Verdicts, which he completed within two years. He later earned his graduate degree in Business Management from the University of Coventry in the UK. ⏰  New episode every week! 📧  Contact us at info@masjiduthman.org Note: Audio will be uploaded on all podcast platforms on Mondays at 6 AM CST. Please visit YouTube.com/MasjidUthman where we upload on Thursdays at 6 PM CST.

Donate! supportmu.org  View the Future Masjid! https://youtu.be/QwO0qwyD5DA Mufti Wasim Khan was born in Dallas, Texas, and began his journey in Islamic knowledge at a very young age. After spending considerable months improving his Quran recitation at Jami’atul ‘Ilm Wal-Huda in the UK, Mufti Wasim embarked on a decade-long ‘Aalim training program. After studying in 4 different continents, Mufti Wasim graduated in 2010 from Darul Uloom Zakariyya. After graduation, Mufti Wasim studied for an additional 2 years at Darul Uloom Zakariyya to complete the iftaa course (for learning the discipline of giving fatwa) and to further specialize in the sciences of Tafseer, Hadith, and Fiqh – fields in which he holds multiple ijazaat.    Mufti Wasim currently holds the second shortest sanad in the world to the Prophet Mohammed (s) through the sanad of Maulana Makki Hijazi. Amongst his most prominent teachers are Mufti Radha ul Haq, Sheikh Makki Hijazi, Sheikh Shoaib Arnaoot, Sheikh Muhammed Awwamah, and Sheikh Mohammed Ali Saabuni.   In addition to currently serving as the Director and Dean of ISRA Foundation, Mufti Wasim is a regular speaker across North America at conferences, workshops, youth programs, social services events, and development programs. In 2014, Mufti Wasim joined the Institute of Islamic Education in Illinois as a full-time teacher, teaching Aqeedah, Hadith, and Fiqh among other subjects. In 2015, Mufti Wasim presented his thesis on abortion at the American Muslim Jurist Assembly (AMJA), making him the youngest presenter at this conference. Mufti Wasim is extensively involved in Houston and Dallas, TX communities, active in counseling, interfaith work, community representation, and teaching classes at various institutions.   Some of Mufti Wasim’s projects over the past few years include the founding of ISRA Foundation and Khateeb Notes. Mufti Wasim serves as the Vice-President of his family business, Caravan Travel, through which he takes regular Hajj and Umrah groups. ⏰  New episode every week! 📧  Contact us at info@masjiduthman.org Note: Audio will be uploaded on all podcast platforms on Mondays at 6 AM CST. Please visit YouTube.com/MasjidUthman where we upload on Thursdays at 6 PM CST.

Donate! supportmu.org  View the Future Masjid! https://youtu.be/QwO0qwyD5DA Mawlana Yasir Khan graduated from Darul Uloom Zakariyya, South Africa in 2014 after completing a 7 year seminary course. It was there that he received Ijazas in various fields of Islamic Sciences. During his studies, he interned at various Islamic organizations where he learned about different efforts led by Ulama that can be practiced to benefit those living in America. Since 2014 he has served as an Imam at the Islamic Center of Rancho Cordova, Central Valley Crescent in Modesto, and California Islamic Center in Lodi, CA. Mawlana Yasir Khan founded Al-Misbaah in 2015 with the hopes that it will be a means of Muslim youth preserving their Iman and working to serve their communities. In addition to building the Iman of the people, one of Al-Misbaah’s goals is to serve as a means of dawah, to invite others to the beautiful religion. Check out Al-Misbaah! https://al-misbaah.org/ ⏰  New episode every week! 📧  Contact us at info@masjiduthman.org Note: Audio will be uploaded on all podcast platforms on Mondays at 6 AM CST. Please visit YouTube.com/MasjidUthman where we upload on Thursdays at 6 PM CST.

Donate! supportmu.org  View the Future Masjid! https://youtu.be/QwO0qwyD5DA Mawlana Hamza Mehter was born and raised in New York. He completed his hifz and went on to pursue an education in the Islamic sciences. He dedicated nine years to these studies in Canada, after which he continued to study at Madrasa Arabia Islamia Azaadville in South Africa. He had the good fortune of spending a lot of time in the company of Mawlana Fazlur Rahman Azmi. Thereafter in 2012, he served as imam at the Islamic Society of West Contra Costa County, Masjid Al Rahman, Richmond, CA, where he remains today. He currently serves as the principal of Universal Mercy Academy. ⏰  New episode every week! 📧  Contact us at info@masjiduthman.org Note: Audio will be uploaded on all podcast platforms on Mondays at 6 AM CST. Please visit YouTube.com/MasjidUthman where we upload on Thursdays at 6 PM CST.

Donate! supportmu.org  View the Future Masjid! https://youtu.be/QwO0qwyD5DA Mawlana Yousuf Ahmed was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He completed the memorization of the Quran while in high school and subsequently enrolled in the Alim program at the Institute of Islamic Education, where he completed a formal Alimiyyah Degree. He currently serves as an Islamic studies teacher at Darul Arqam North for grades 6-12 in Houston, Texas. ⏰  New episode every week! 📧  Contact us at info@masjiduthman.org Note: Audio will be uploaded on all podcast platforms on Mondays at 6 AM CST. Please visit YouTube.com/MasjidUthman where we upload on Thursdays at 6 PM CST.

Donate! supportmu.org  View the Future Masjid! https://youtu.be/QwO0qwyD5DA Shaykh Hamzah wald Maqbul was born in Whittier, California, and lived in Southern California until the age of ten when he moved to Blaine, Washington. After graduating from Blaine High School, he went on to attend the University of Washington and in 2004 completed a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and a Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.     During his study at the university, he was active on campus, serving as the president of the UW Muslim Students Association. After 9/11 he was also listed by the University of Washington as an expert on Islam and was invited to address various groups from all walks of life from universities to high schools to community groups as well as all forms of media (TV, Radio, Newspaper, Internet).   After graduation, Shaykh Hamzah went on to pursue traditional Islāmic studies, which took him to a number of countries, including Syria and Egypt where he studied the Arabic language, Morocco, Mauritania, and UAE, where he studied the madhhab of Imām Mālik, grammar, usul al-hadith, and the two renditions of the qira’ah of Imam Nāfi’, Warsh and Qālūn, and finally, Pakistān where he had the opportunity to study tafsīr, Usūl al-Hadīth, Hadīth, ‘Ilm al-Rijāl and Hanafī Fiqh. All of these studies culminated in him receiving an Ijāzat al-Tadrīs, literally meaning “a license to teach” which is the equivalent in Pakistānī Islāmic seminaries to a MA in Arabic and Islāmic studies, as well as an unbroken chain of transmission by which to narrate the Hadīth of such books as the Muwatta' of Imām Mālik, the Sihāh al-Sittah (Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Nasā'ī, and Ibn Mājah), and the Sharh Ma'ānī al-Athār of Imām al-Tahāwī.   After his return to the United States, Shaykh Hamzah spent five years as the resident scholar of the Thawr Institute, a non-profit religious and educational organization based in Seattle, Washington, teaching, giving khutbahs in local Masājid, and traveling through America promoting the knowledge and practice of the sunnah. In parallel with his work at Thawr, he worked closely with Islamic Relief, CAIR Seattle, and a number of other non-profit organizations that serve the Muslim Community. He is currently the resident scholar for Ribāt, a center for learning and remembrance in the Midwest United States. ⏰  New episode every week! 📧  Contact us at info@masjiduthman.org Note: Audio will be uploaded on all podcast platforms on Mondays at 6 AM CST. Please visit YouTube.com/MasjidUthman where we upload on Thursdays at 6 PM CST.

🕌 Help build a Masjid! Donate at supportmu.org! Construction Recap Video: https://youtu.be/D6os_Edq41M Mufti Hisham Dawood completed ḥifẓ al-Qurʾān (the memorization of the Qurʾān) at the age of fourteen. In January of 2007, he enrolled at the Madrasah Inʿāmiyyah in Camperdown, South Africa. He completed the final three years of the ʿĀlimiyyah program at the renowned Dārul ʿUlūm Zakariyyā under the tutelage and mentorship of Shaykh al-Hadīth Muftī Riḍāʾ al-Haq who is counted among the world’s leading contemporary scholars. Mufti Hisham completed his iftāʾ studies at Dar al-Iftāʾ Maḥmūdiyyah under Mufti Ebrahim Desai and Mufti Husain Kadodia. In 2015, he joined Darul Qasim where he continues to serve as a full time member of its faculty and Dār al-Iftā department.   ⏰  New episode every week!   📧  Contact us at info@masjiduthman.org   Note: Audio will be uploaded on Mondays at 6 AM CST. Please visit YouTube.com/MasjidUthman where we upload on Thursdays at 6 PM CST.

🕌 Help build a Masjid! Donate at supportmu.org Mufti Nabbil Khan began studying Islamic studies in 2011 by enrolling in the Alim course at Ma’had Ta’lim al-Islam (Elgin, IL).  For his final year of extensive hadith studies, Mufti Nabbil traveled to Pakistan and enrolled at the renowned Jami’ Darul Uloom Karachi, where he studied under and receive authorizations from Mufti Muhammad Taqi Uthmani, Mufti Muhammad Rafi Uthmani, Mufti Abdur Rauf Sikhrawi and others (may Allah lengthen their lives). Upon returning to Chicago in 2018, Mufti Nabbil was accepted into Darul Iftaa Chicago to specialize in the field of issuing legal verdicts (iftaa) under the tutelage of Mufti Abrar Mirza (may Allah protect him).  He received authorization in the field and continues to remain active therein, in addition to managing various business ventures. 📧  Contact us at info@masjiduthman.org Note: Audio will be uploaded on Mondays at 6AM CST. Please visit our YouTube channel for an earlier release of the episodes.

Mawlana Atiq Taiyab completed his hifz at the age of sixteen. He began his studies under Mawlana Aziz Ahmed. Thereafter he studied at DarusSalam for two years. He then went to Darul Uloom Zakariyya in South Africa for one year and Madrasa Ibn Abbas in Karachi for one year. After returning to America, he completed his studies at Darul Qasim. Mawlana Atiq is currently teaching the Shaykh al-Hind program at Darul Qasim. ⏰ New episode every Thursday at 6PM CST on https://www.youtube.com/masjiduthman We at Masjid Uthman are proud to announce a weekly video podcast series called The Buried Treasures. 💪🏽  Support The Buried Treasures at https://www.patreon.com/theburiedtreasures Season 1 of this podcast will focus on stories of scholarship and what scholars experienced during their studies. Where and why did they go study? What difficulties or challenges did they face during their studies? This weekly series will take a deep dive into the lives of these individuals to better understand their journey. 🕌 Help build a Masjid! https://www.masjiduthman.org/donate.html 📧  Contact us at info@masjiduthman.org Note: Audio will be uploaded on Mondays at 6AM CST. Please visit our YouTube channel for an earlier release of the episodes.

Mawlana Ifdhal Khan completed Hifz in 6 months from Kashiful Uloom in Bangladesh under the guidance of Mawlana Huzaifa. He then travelled to South Africa and completed the seven year Alimiyya program from Darul Uloom Zakariyya. He has served as an Imam at AIA in Frankfort, IL and an instructor at DarusSalam Seminary in Lombard, IL. He is currently residing in Detroit, MI and teaching Alim Course in Harvey, IL. ⏰ New episode every Thursday at 6PM CST on https://www.youtube.com/masjiduthman We at Masjid Uthman are proud to announce a weekly video podcast series called The Buried Treasures. 💪🏽  Support The Buried Treasures at https://www.patreon.com/theburiedtreasures Season 1 of this podcast will focus on stories of scholarship and what scholars experienced during their studies. Where and why did they go study? What difficulties or challenges did they face during their studies? This weekly series will take a deep dive into the lives of these individuals to better understand their journey. 🕌 Help build a Masjid! https://www.masjiduthman.org/donate.html 📧  Contact us at info@masjiduthman.org Note: Audio will be uploaded on Mondays at 6AM CST. Please visit our YouTube channel for an earlier release of the episodes.

Qāri Mohammed Osman Shareef completed his memorization of the Holy Qur’ān at the Institute of Islamic Education in Elgin, IL at the age of 15. He traveled to South Africa where he enrolled at Madrasa In’aamiyyah in Camperdown, South Africa. He pursued an ‘ijāzah (formal authorization) in the rendition of Imām Hafs (Riwāyah Hafs ‘an Shu’ba) followed by an ‘ijāzah in Saba’ ‘Asharah Qirā’ah (10 different methods of reciting the Holy Qur’ān) in South Africa. He graduated with an ‘ijāzah al tadrīs (licensure to teach) and asānīd (unbroken chains of transmission) in Qirā’ah, Hadīth, Fiqh, and various other Sacred Sciences of Islām in 2014 at the age of 25. He has taught hifdh in Dallas, TX at multiple institutions. Currently he is the Director of the Qur’ān Academy at Islamic Foundation North in Libertyville, IL. ⏰ New episode every Thursday at 6PM CST on https://www.youtube.com/masjiduthman We at Masjid Uthman are proud to announce a weekly video podcast series called The Buried Treasures. 💪🏽  Support The Buried Treasures at https://www.patreon.com/theburiedtreasures Season 1 of this podcast will focus on stories of scholarship and what scholars experienced during their studies. Where and why did they go study? What difficulties or challenges did they face during their studies? This weekly series will take a deep dive into the lives of these individuals to better understand their journey. 🕌 Help build a Masjid! https://www.masjiduthman.org/donate 📧  Contact us at info@masjiduthman.org Note: Audio will be uploaded on Mondays at 6AM CST. Please visit our YouTube channel for an earlier release of the episodes.