Shaykh ninowy biography of martin
Shaykh Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy is the Founder and Director of Madina Institute, an Islamic seminary in Atlanta, Georgia, with campuses in South Africa.!
Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy
Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Sa’id ibn Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Ninowy (born 1966) is a Islamic scholar and Imam.
Background
Shaykh Muhammad bin Yahya Al-Ninowy was born in Aleppo, Syria.
Shaykh Ninowy is an outspoken proponent for peace and against violence, hatred and bigotry.
He is a sayyid where his family lineage can be traced back to Islamic ProphetMuhammad through his grandson Hussein ibn Ali by way of Musa al-Kadhim. His family descends from the southern Iraqi village of Ninowa, where Hussein ibn Ali was martyred in a partial area which is also known as Karbala.[1]
Education
Shaykh Ninowy began his study under his father, As-Sayyed Yahya ibn Muhammad, memorising the Qur'an and acquiring knowledge in Islamic sciences, including Aqidah (Islamic theology), Fiqh (Islamic jurispudence), Hadith (Prophetic tradition) and Ihsan (perfection and excellence), with ijazahs (certificate to teach).
He particularly specialises in the fields of Hadith and Tawheed.
He attended Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Usool ud-Deen, where he studied u