Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq

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Shaykh Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq was born in Gujarat, India in 1971. He came to the UK at the age of three, to join his father Moulana Muhammad Gora sahib who was serving as an Imam and religious leader for the Muslim community in Leicester, UK.

Riyadh ul Haq is described as being "fêted internationally as a leading scholar of Islam." [1]

The Shaykh is a spiritual successor to Hazrat Shaykh al-Hadith Maulana Yusuf Motala.


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[edit] Background

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Shaykh Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq graduated from Darul Uloom Al-Arabiyyah Al-Islamiyyah in 1991.

Since his graduation he has been the Imaam of Birmingham Central Mosque and then went to teach hadith at Madinatul Uloom Al-Islamiyyah.

His father, began his son's religious instruction at a very young age. By the age of ten the Shaykh had memorised the entire Quran, and also completed the study of a number of books in various Islamic topics. When he was thirteen he enrolled at Darul Uloom al Arabiyyah al Islamiyyah, Bury, UK, (the first and most prestigious Muslim seminary in the West) and graduated six years later, in early 1991. In Darul Uloom the Shaykh undertook an intensive study of many Islamic topics including Arabic, Quranic tafseer, hadeeth and fiqh under traditionally qualified scholars. His teachers from whom he has ijazah in various Islamic sciences include Shaykh Yusuf Motala and the late Shaykh Islamul Haq. He also has ijazah in hadeeth from the late Mufti Mahmood Hasan Gangohi and the famous Muhaddith, Shaykh Yunus of Saharanpur, India.

Until 2003 the Shaykh served as the honorary principal of Madinatul Uloom al Islamiyyah, Kidderminster, UK (a branch of Darul Uloom, Bury, UK) where he had also been head teacher since 1992. Since graduation he has devoted himself to the work of deen and remained actively involved in dawah and teaching. He has taught and commented on many 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'.

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  1. ^ The homegrown cleric who loathes the British - Times Online

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[edit] Speeches

Most of his speeces are digitally recorded and distributed almost nation-wide. They can be found in most Islamic book stores in the form of cassetes or CD's.

His thought-provoking and heart-piercing lectures can also be found at several places online. To mention but a few: