Where did Shaykh Zaqir Study Islam? Shaykh Zaqir studied in Damascus, Syria for 8 years at the prestigious Abu Nur Institute and studied several classical disciplines of Islamic knowledge at some of the hands of some of the most prominent holders of the tradition both institutionally and privately. He has also studied in the blessed lands of Tarim, Hadramaut, at Dar al-Mustafa. Being classically trained in the sacred sciences he has attained formal ijazahs in various Islamic disciplines as referenced below.
Hanafi Fiqh and Usul:
“Murāqī al-Falāḥ: Explanation of Nūr al-Iḍāḥ” (by Abū al-Ikhlāṣ al-Sharnbalānī): Sheikh Abdul Jalil Al-Atta Al-Bakri, Sheikh Riyad Al-Karkhi.
“Al-Ikhtiyār fī Taʿlīl al-Mukhtār” (by Abdullah bin Mahmud al-Mawsuli): Sheikh Riyad Al-Karkhi, Sheikh Abdul Jalil Al-Atta Al-Bakri, Sheikh Muhammad Wael Al-Hanbali.
“Al-Hidāyah: Explanation of Bidaayat al-Mubtadi” (by Imam Burhan al-Din Ali bin Abi Bakr al-Marghinani): Sheikh Abdul Rahman Arjan Al-Baynahawi, Sheikh Abdul Salam Shannar.
“Al-Ashbah wa al-Nazair” (by Imam Zain al-Din bin Ibrahim, famously known as Ibn Nujaym al-Hanafi): Sheikh Samer al-Nass.
“Mukhtasar al-Ahkam al-Arthiya fi Thil al-Manzumah al-Rahbiyyah” (by Muhammad Bashir al-Mafshi): Sheikh Bashir al-Mafashi.
“Sharh Manzumat Rasmi al-Mufti” (by Imam Muhammad Amin bin Umar, famously known as Ibn Abidin): Sheikh Samer al-Nass.
“Nur al-Anwar: Explanation of Al-Manar” (by Imam Mulla Jiwan bin Abi Saeed al-Hanafi): Sheikh Zakwan Ubais, Sheikh Abdul Jalil Al-Atta, Sheikh Anas Tanta.
“Al-Madhhab fi Usul al-Madhhab: Explanation of Al-Muntakhab” (by Sheikh Muhammad bin Muhammad al-Akhsikiti, Explained by Sheikh Wali al-Din Salih al-Farfur): Sheikh Anas Tanta.
“Khalasat al-Afkar: Explanation of Mukhtasar al-Manar” (by Imam Zaid al-Din Qasim bin Qutlubgha): Sheikh Hassan al-Hindi.
“Ilm Usul al-Fiqh” (by Sheikh Abdul Wahhab Khalaf): Sheikh Samer Yemeni.
Shafi’i Jurisprudence and its Principles:
“Sharh al-Waraqat” (by Imam Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli): Sheikh Abdul Hakim Aal-Uthman.
“Al-Fiqh al-Manhaji: Acts of Worship and Personal Matters” (by Mustafa al-Bagha and Saeed al-Khan): Sheikh Osama Amoura.
“Mughni al-Muhtaj ila Ma’rifat Ma’ani al-Manhaj” (by Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Khatib al-Shirbini): Sheikh Muhammad Kheir Heykal.
Hanbali Jurisprudence:
“Manar al-Sabeel” (by Imam Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Duwayyan): Sheikh Abu Ahmed al-Masri.
Maliki Principles
“Miftah al-Usul” (by Imam Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ahmed al-Tilimsani): Sheikh Abdul Qader al-Khatib.
Jurisprudence of Differences:
“Bidayat al-Mujtahid wa Nihayat al-Muqtasid” (by Imam Ibn Rushd al-Andalusi): Sheikh Abdul Qader al-Khatib.
Books on Language:
Syntax (Nahw):
“Qatr al-Nada wa Bal al-Sada” (by Imam Ibn Hisham): Ustadh Bashar al-Hamzi.
“Sharh Ibn Aqeel ‘ala Alfiyyat Ibn Malik” (by Ibn Aqeel): Sheikhs Adnan Azma, Ustadh Dr Yasin Hafiz, Dr. Haitham Ghara.
“Al-Nahw al-Wadheh” (The Clear Syntax): Sheikh Bashar al-Hamzi.
Morphology (Sarf):
“Ithaf al-Tarf fi ‘Ilm al-Sarf” (by Yasin Hafiz): Ustadh Dr Yasin Hafiz, Dr. Haitham Ghara.
“Al-Tahlil al-Sarfī” (by Yasin Hafiz): Dr Yasin Hafiz, Dr. Haitham Ghara.
Rhetoric (Balagha):
“Al-Mukhtār fī ‘Ilm al-Balāghah wal-‘Arūḍ” (by Dr. Muhammad Sultani): Ustadh Bashar al-Hamzi.
“Al-Balāghah al-Wāḍihah” (by Ali al-Jārim and Mustafa Amin): Ustadh Bashar al-Hamzi.
“ʿIlm al-Maʿānī” (by Dr. Fadlullah Abbas): Hani al-Sahanī.
“Al-Balāghah al-‘Arabīyah fī Funūhā al-Badīʿ wal-Bayān” (by Dr. Muhammad Sultani): Dr Hani al-Sahanī.
“Hilyat al-Lub al-Maṣūn: Sharh al-Jawhar al-Maknūn Minẓūmat Takhḥīṣ al-Qazwīnī” (by Sheikh Ahmad al-Damanhuri): Sheikh Khaled Kharsa, Sheikh Rashid Dawi al-Maghribi.
“Dalā’il al-Iʿjāz fī ʿIlm al-Maʿānī” (by Abdul Qāhir al-Jurjāni): Ustadh Bashar al-Hamzi.
Arabic Adab:
“Tarikh al-Adab al-Arabi” (by Ahmed Hassan al-Ziyat): Dr. Haitham Ghara.
“Sharh al-Mu’allaqat al-Sab’a wa al-Thalath al-Zaid” (by Al-Hussein bin Ahmed al-Zawzani and al-Tabrizi): Sheikh Anas Tanta.
Authentic Hadith Transmission:
Hadith Principles:
“Sharh al-Munthuma al-Bayquniyya” (by Sheikh al-Alama Abdullah Siraj al-Din): Sheikh Adnan Afyuni.
“Sharh al-Nukhba: Nazhat al-Nazr fi Tawdih Nukhbat al-Fikr” (by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani): Sheikh Mujeer al-Khateeb, Malauna Muhammad Adam Lunat.
“Al-Iedaah fi ‘Ulum al-Hadith w-al-Istilah” (by Sheikh Badee’ al-Sayyid al-Laham): Sheikh Badee’ al-Sayyid al-Laham.
“Usul al-Hadith” (by Sheikh ‘Ajjaj al-Din al-Khatib): Sheikh Adnan Afyuni.
“Irshad Talabat al-Haqa’iq fi Ma’rifat Sunan Khayr al-Khala’iq” (by Imam Abu Zakariya al-Nawawi): Sheikh Mu’taz al-Subayni.
“Minhaj al-Muhaddithin” (by Sheikh Badee’ al-Sayyid al-Laham): Sheikh Badee’ al-Sayyid al-Laham.
Noble Hadith Texts:
General Hadiths:
“Jami’ al-Usul min Ahadith al-Rasul” (by Imam Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari): Sheikh Muhammad Khair al-Sha’al.
“Al-Wafi fi Sharh al-Arba’in al-Nawawiyya” (by Sheikh Mustafa al-Bagha and Sheikh Mustafa Saeed al-Khan): Sheikh Mahmoud Shahatha.
“Al-Mukhtarat min al-Sahihayn”: Sheikh Omar al-Sabbagh.
“Sharh Mukhtasar al-Bukhari” (by Imam al-Zubaidi): Sheikh Muhammad Khair al-Sha’al.
“Al-Arbaeen Al-Ajlouni” (by Al-Ajlouni): Sheikh Mu’taz al-Subayni.
Hadith and Legal Rulings
“I’lam al-Anam fi Sarha Buloog al-Maram” Applied Studies in Prophetic Hadith (Worship, Transactions, Family, and Society. 3 Volumes)” (Sheikh Noor al-Din al-Atr): Sheikh Muhammad Khair Al-Sha’al.
The Noble Qur’an and its Sciences:
“Tafsir al-Jalalayn” (by Imam Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti and al-Mahalli): Sheikh Badr al-Din Naji, Sheikh Mu’taz al-Subayni.
“Madariq al-Tanzil” (by Imam al-Nasafi Abu Barakat): Sheikh Badr al-Din Naji.
“Anwar al-Tanzil wa Asrar al-Ta’wil” (by Imam Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Shirazi al-Baidawi): Sheikh Bassam Shaweiki, Sheikh Badr al-Din Naji, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Hajji.
“Tafsir al-Quran al-Azim” (by Imam Ismail ibn Kathir): Sheikh Badr al-Din Naji.
“Manahil al-Irfan fi Ulum al-Quran” (by Imam al-Zarkashi): Sheikh Abdul Aziz Hajji.
“Ulum al-Quran” (by Sheikh Noor al-Din ‘Utair): Sheikh Abdul Aziz Hajji.
“Al-Bayan fi Tajweed al-Quran” (by Dr. Najda Ramadan): Sheikh Ayman Maki.
“Kayfa Taqra’ al-Quran” (by Dr. Muhammad Habash): Sheikh Abu Shaar.
“Al-Tibyan fi Adab Hamalat al-Quran” (by Imam al-Nawawi): Sheikh Mu’taz al-Subayni.
Books on Seerah and Shama-il:
“The Noble Characteristics and Virtues of Prophet Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah” (by Sheikh Abdullah Siraj al-Din): Sheikh Anas al-Nass.
“Al-Shifa fi Haqooq al-Mustafa” (by Qadi Abu al-Fadl ‘Iyad): Sheikh Anas al-Nass.
“The Prophetic Biography” (by Ibn Hisham): Sheikh Anas al-Nass and Sheikh Mu’taz al-Subayni.
“Safwat al-Seerah” (by Sheikh Ahmad Kaftaro): Mr. Ghassan al-Hamawi.
Wayfaring:
Risalah al-Mustrashideen (Imam Al-Muhasibi): Sheikh Abdul Qader Al-Khatib.
Al-Hikam (Imam Ibn Ata Allah Al-Sakandari): Sheikh Samer Al-Nass.
The Etiquette of Worldly Life and Religion (Sheikh Abu Al-Hasan Al-Mawardi): Sheikh Mu’taz Al-Subayni.
The Garden of Gnostics (Imam Al-Nawawi): Sheikh Mu’taz Al-Subayni.
A Summary of the Stages of the Seekers (Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya): Sheikh Omar Al-Sabbagh.
Revival of Religious Sciences (Imam Al-Ghazali): Sheikh Badr Al-Din Naji.
The Beginning of Guidance (Al-Ghazali): Sheikh Badr Al-Din Naji.
The Muhammadan Covenants (Imam Al-Sha’rani): Sheikh Abdul Salam Shannar.
Miscellaneous Books:
Al-Muwafaqat fi Usul al-Shari’ah (Imam Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi): Sheikh Abdul Qader Al-Khatib.
Licensing the Performance for the Worthy and Beneficial from the People of Nobility (Imam Al-Nawawi): Sheikh Mu’taz Al-Subayni.
The Sciences of Theology and Kalam:
Elucidation of the Ambiguous to the Meanings of the Sullam (Abdul Mannan al-Dimnahuri al-Azhar): Sheikh Muhammad Al-Liby.
The Gemstones of Theology in Islamic Creed (Tahira al-Jaza’iri): Sheikh Mu’taz Al-Subayni.
Knowledge (Sheikh Abdul Karim al-Rifai): Sheikh Riad Al-Karkhi.
Explanation of the Sunusiyyah Creed (Al-Saghiri): Ustadh. Jihad Brown.
Al-Inṣāf (Imam Muhammad ibn Tayyib al-Baqillani): Sheikh Riad Al-Karkhi.
Explanation of the Tahawi Creed (Imam Al-Ghunaymi al-Midan): Sheikh Abdul Hakim.
Tuhfat al-Murid Explaining the Essence of Monotheism (Imam Al-Bajuri): Dr. Samir Al-Shawi.
Al-Kubra al-Haqa’iq al-Jaliyya (Dr. Samir Shawi): Dr. Samir Al-Shawi.
Explanation of the Creed of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah (Tahawi’s Creed) (Akmal al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Babarti): Sheikh Hassan Al-Hindi.
Clarification of Hidayat al-Murid to Explain the Essence of Monotheism (Sheikh Bakri Rajab): Sheikh Alaa Al-Din Al-Hamwi.
Al-Iqtisad fi al-‘Itiqad (Al-Ghazali): Sheikh Riad Al-Kharki.
Explanation of the Nasafi Creed (Al-Taftazani): Sheikh Abdul Salam Shinar, Sheikh Al-Hawja Alaa Al-Din Al-Kurdi.
Tabassurat al-Adillah fi Usul al-Din (Maimon ibn Muhammad al-Nasafi): Sheikh Al-Hawja Alaa Al-Din Al-Kurdi.
Explanation of al-Mawaqif with Hashiyah al-Salikuti (Ali ibn Muhammad al-Jurjani): Sheikh Al-Hawja Alaa Al-Din Al-Kurdi.
Tawali’ al-Anwar (Imam Al-Baydawi): Sheikh Muhammad Al-Liby.
Al-Firq (Sheikh Alaa Al-Din Al-Hamwi): Dr. Samir Al-Shawi.
Faysal al-Tafriqah Bayn al-Islam wa al-Zandaqah (Al-Ghazali): Sheikh Abdul Qader Al-Khatib.
Al-Risalah fi ‘Aqidah Ahl al-Sunnah (Al-Ghamam ibn Asakir): Sheikh Adib Klass.
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