Brief biography of Shaykh Abul Hasan Hussain Ahmed

The Shaykh has taken Ijazat (permits of scholarly authorisation) under more than 40 scholars around the world, and more specifically in the Middle East, namely Syria, Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon and also the Hijaz under great scholars like the late Shaykh Hussain Usayran (rah), Shaykh Adib Kallas (Hanafi Aqida specialist in Damascus), Shaykh Abdur Razzaq al-Halabi (A great Qari who has some of the shortest chains back to the 10 recitals of the Qur’an), Shaykh Nadir al-Arkani al-Makki (over 125 years old), Shaykh Muhammad al-Wazzani (over 130 years old - through whom he has some of the shortest chains of Transmission in Hadith), the late female Muhadditha of Morocco, Sayyida Nafisa al-Kattaniyya (rah) and many other eminent scholars of this era.

For an extensive biography of Shaykh Abul Hasan Hussain Ahmed and whom he has been honoured to study under, please see the back-cover of the Al-Aqida Al-Tahawiyya CD set.