Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq

Shaikh Abu Yusuf Riyadh-ul-Haq was born in Gujarat, India in 1971. He came to the UK in 1974 to join his father, Maulana Muhammad Gora, who was serving as an Imam for the Muslim community in Leicester.

Riyadh-ul-Haq is described as being "fêted internationally as a leading scholar of Islam." The Shaikh is a spiritual successor to Shaikhul Hadith Hadhrat Maulana Yusuf Motala "daamat barakaatuhum"

Education

His father began his son's religious instruction at a very young age. By the age of ten, the Shaikh had memorised the entire Quran and completed the study of a number of "kitabs" on various Islamic topics. When he was thirteen, he enrolled at Darul Uloom Al-Arabiyyah Al-Islamiyyah in Bury (the first and most prestigious Muslim seminary in the West). There, the Shaikh undertook an intensive study of Arabic, Quranic tafseer, hadith and fiqh under traditionally qualified scholars. His teachers from whom he has "ijazah" in various Islamic sciences include Hadhrat Shaikh Yusuf Motala and the late Shaikh Islamul Haq. He also has "ijazah" in hadith from the late Mufti Mahmood Hassan Gangohi and the famous Muhaddith, Shaikh Yunus of Saharanpur, India. Shaikh Abu Yusuf Riyadh-ul-Haq graduated from Darul Uloom Al-Arabiyyah Al-Islamiyyah in early 1991.

After his graduation, he became the Imam of Birmingham Central Mosque and then began teaching hadith at Madinatul Uloom Al-Islamiyyah.Until 2003, the Shaikh served as the honorary headmaster of Madinatul Uloom Al-Islamiyyah in Kidderminster, where he had also been "sadr mudarris" (head teacher/dean of the faculty) since 1992. Since graduation he has devoted himself to the work of deen and remained actively involved in da'wah and teaching. He has taught and commented on numerous classical Islamic works and has lectured extensively on a range of topics including Quranic tafseer, hadeeth, aqeedah and fiqh. He has also travelled widely, teaching and lecturing in various countries in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and North America. Many of his sermons and lectures are recorded and are widely available. He has also authored two books, 'The Salah of a Believer in the Quran and Sunnah' and 'The Causes of Disunity'.

References

External links

* [http://www.akacademy.eu Al Kawthar Academy - [Lectures of Shaykh Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq] , January 24 2008
* [http://hamzajennings.com/?page_id=590 MP3 Lectures listen or download]
* [http://uk.youtube.com/user/AlKawtharAcademy Al Kawthar Academy on YouTube]

* [http://www.dar-ul-ishaat.com/blog/index.php?/categories/1-Islam Islamic Information]
* [http://www.darul-ishaat.co.uk/store/home.php?cat=45 Darul Ishaat UK - Purchase All of Audios in CD format]

peeches

Most of his speeches are digitally recorded and widely distributed.They can be found in most Islamic book stores in the form of cassettes or CD's.

His lectures can also be found at several places online. To mention but a few:
* [http://www.alkawtharacademy.org/ The umbrella website of his institutions in the country, Al Kawthar Academy]
* [http://hamzajennings.com/?page_id=590 Lectures of Shaykh Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq on Muhabbat ul Deen]
* [http://darulislam.info/index.php?name=UpDownload&req=viewsdownload&sid=13 Website featuring a wealth of Islamic lectures]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/AlKawtharAcademy Online Video Lectures of Shaykh Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq]