Biographies - Mufti Hussain Kamani

Mufti Hussain Kamaniwasborn to a Hindu revert-to- Islamand
Muslimfather in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. With the blessings and du'a
(supplications) of hisparents,Mufti Hussain Kamaniunderwent a journey
of a lifetime in pursuit of sacred Islamic knowledge. He began
hispursuit of the Islamic sciences at the young ageof six to memorize
the entire Quran at the acclaimed Darul Uloom Madania in Buffalo, New
York. By the blessings of Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, he was able to
complete this momentous task in 1999.
Mufti Hussain Kamani'sIslamic Education
Having the growing thirst to quench more knowledge, Mufti
HussainKamani then traveled across the world to the United Kingdom to
attainmore advanced formal Islamic authorizations in the field of
Islamic theology. He studied at Darul Uloom Bury, the renowned
seminary of the great revivalist and scholar of Hadith,
Shaykh-ul-Hadith Zakariyya Kandhlawi (Rahmatullahi Alayh). Mufti
Kamani completed the traditional six-year curriculum covering the
Arabic language, Arabic morphology, Islamic jurisprudence, Tafseer
(exegis) of the Holy Qur'an, Hadith (PropheticSciences), philosophy,
and Aqeedah (Islamic Creed) under the guidance of some of the pioneer
scholars in England, including Shaykh Yusuf Motala, Shaykh Hashim,
Shaykh Bilal and Shaykh Abdur Raheem bin Dawood amongst others.
Upon graduationMufti Hussain Kamaniwas then was specially selected to
enter a post-graduate level course in Islamic Law and Legal Verdicts
(Fatwa). He completed this course in two years and received formal
authorization in it as well.
Following his graduation with top honors, Mufti Hussain Kamani went on
to earn his post-graduatedegree in Business Management & Strategy at
the University of Coventry (RDI).
Mufti Hussain Kamani at present
Currently, Mufti Hussain Kamani is the Imam of the Islamic Center of
Chicago. With the help of Allah, he is constantly working on projects
and programs to cater towards the needs of the Muslim youth and the
greater-Chicago community. This includes conducting numerous weekly
lecture series, holding after-school Quran classes, counseling youth,
couples, and adults in general, teaching new Muslims, giving da'wah to
non-Muslims, and being asenior advocate of Halal awareness and
integrity.
Mufti Hussain Kamani is also an instructor in the Sacred Learning
programheaded by Shaykh Husain Abdul Sattarand is a favorite at Darul
Hikmah's Weekend Islamic Sciences Academy.He is also part of the
Shariah Board of America's Fatwa Department staff. He is one of the
scholars that accompany a Hajj group led by Sacred Hajj.
Many of Mufti Hussain Kamani's talks and lessons on Seerahcan be found
at the Audible Wisdomsite.