Ustadh Abd al-Rahman al-Azhari

Imam Abd al Rahman completed his ‘Alimiya course at Jamia Al-Karam, Retford under the blessed tutelage of Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada, Shaykh Ul Hadith Mufti Fazle Subhan al-Qadiri and Dr Bashir Ahmad Siddiqi.

He graduated from Jamia al-Azhar in 2006 with a BA (Hons) in Islamic Law. Subsequently he enrolled for the translation course at the American University in Cairo and continued studies with erudite scholars at the Zawiya of Shaykh Zaki Ibrahim.

Amongst those who have graced him with Ijaza in the Islamic Sciences, are the great Gnostic, al-Muhaddith Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim Abd al-Baeth al-Kattani and Shaykh Ul Hadith Allama Abdul Hakim Sharaf al-Qadiri.

Imam Abd al-Rahman has served as Imam and teacher at the Wolverton Masjid, Milton Keynes between 2008 and 2013 and continues to lecture in local mosques in Burnley and Pendle.