Sheikh Azeem Aziz
Sheikh Mufti Ameen Aziz () is well known Muslim scholar and Mufti. He has written several books AbOUT Hadeeth, Fiqh and Seerah of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is a successful speaker and Imam in the United States, and Pakistan. He speaks English, Arabic, Urdu, and Panjabi. He is the founder of Islamic Council on Dawah and Educating, and Almuslimoon Society of America. His lectures at different locations can be found online. Aziz studied under well known and great scholars of Islam such as Imam Bin Baaz, Ibn Usameen, Sheikh Ashunqeeti, Matr-Az-Zahrani, Imam Ali-Al-Hudaifi, , Hammad-Al-Ansari, Atia Salim, Abu Bark Al-Jazairi and many others. Since 1997 Sh. Aziz is working as an Imam/Director in the United States of America. From 2005-2006 he worked as principal of Valley Crescent school of Fresno.
Biography
Mufti Aziz was born in Pakpatan, Pakistan, to well known peer mian makhdoon Seyd Muhammad, in 1973, went to Islamic school in Mamon Kanjan, Pakistan, Studying Quran, Hadeeth, Fiqh, History, Arabic, and Adab. He completed Dars e Nzami, “bachelor's degree” Doraea-Tafseer, and Ifta' course in 1991. During that time he also passed several examinations such as Fazil-Arbi, Fazil-Urdu, and F.A. from the higher secondary board of Faisalabad. In 1991 he was accepted in Medina University to study higher Islamic education where he studied Hadiths, Science of Hadith, and Fiqh al Muqaran. There, he completed a second bachelor's degree, specializing in hadith studies, and then went on to complete an M.A. in Islamic Theology. In 1996 he was appointed as a lecturer in Abu Bakr University of Pakistan, at the same time he served as a director of the Research and Translation Department in the University.
Current activities
He is the Director of Muslim children Education & Civic Center and Imam/Khateeb of Almadinah Masjid in San Antonio. He teaches Islamic theology, Tafseer, Seerah, Fiqh, and other topics. He gives regular sermons and lectures. He also give Fatawas for Muslim families for there various need. He is Director of MCECC Sunday School and advisor for Muslim scholar committee of America. He is chairman of Almuslimoon society of America.
Works
- Al Mubahith Al Jiad Fi Ilmil Asnad: An Arabic book in the Usool of Hadeeth
- AlMajalis almufidah Fill mabahith al Aqeedah: An Explanation of the Principles of Islamic Creed
- Almueen fi elm alhadeeth walmuhadde seen: An Introduction to the Sciences of the Hadeeths
- Aakhari Eint: A book in Urdu about the Khatam Nabuwat
- Fiqh ul Muslimeen: Complete Fiqh of Quran and Sunnah
In the News Papers
- Tulsa World profiles Sheikh Ameen Aziz—Tulsa imam denounces violence
- Tulsa World Shiekh Ameen Aziz's speech on Trialogue series at the Charles Schuster man Jewish Community Center of Tulsa
- Tulsa World Sheikh Ameen Aziz with interfaith’s leaders
- Tulsa world interviews Sh. Ameen Aziz on the month of Ramadan
- Tulsa World interviews Sheikh Ameen Aziz about his life and Biography
See also
- Islam in the United States
- List of Da'ees
- Dawah
- Mufti
- Muslim scholar
- Imams