A faqeeh, muhaddith and mufassir of West African descent, born near Makkah during his parents’ hijrah, who became a noted scholar of Madeenah.
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‘Abdullaah Ibn Munay’
A senior member of the Council of Senior Scholars, distinguished for his contributions to Islaamic jurisprudence and the judiciary.
Muhammad Amaan Ibn ‘Ali al-Jaamee
An Ethiopian-born scholar who made hijrah to Saudi Arabia to seek knowledge, later becoming a prominent teacher of ‘aqeedah at the Islaamic University of Madeenah.
‘Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbaad
A senior Muhaddith and teacher at the Prophet’s Masjid in Madeenah, known for his decades spent transmitting and teaching hadeeth sciences.
Hammaad ibn Muhammad al-Ansaaree
A West African-born Muhaddith who settled in Madeenah, renowned for his encyclopaedic knowledge of hadeeth and its sciences.
Muhammad al-Ameen al-Mukhtaar al-Jaknee
A West African-born scholar of the Qur’aan, its recitation, and Arabic language, memorising the Qur’aan by the age of ten.
Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee
A self-taught master of hadeeth sciences, who began his path to scholarship through his father’s trade of watch repair before becoming one of the foremost Muhadditheen of his era.
‘Abdullaah Ibn Humayd
Former Chief Justice of Saudi Arabia and Chairman of the Council of Senior Scholars, who memorised the Qur’aan despite losing his sight in infancy.
Hamood ibn ‘Abdullaah at-Tuwayjiree
A prolific author and scholar who began his education just days before his father’s death, going on to write extensively on ‘aqeedah and contemporary issues.
Ahmad an-Najmee
The Mufti of the district of Jaazaan, and a noted Muhaddith and Faqeeh raised by parents who dedicated him wholly to seeking knowledge.