Sheikh Sulaymon Muhammad –ul-Awwal Amubieya

Biography

Shaykh was born in the ancient city of Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria. He began his educational sojourn at a very tender age. An amazing fact about him is that he assimilates swiftly and this is indeed a blessing from Allah. This made the father of our Shaykh and his teacher (الله رحمھما (enrol him in the great citadel of knowledge, Islamic Institute of Nigeria (Ma’hdul Arabiy Nigeriy) where he excelled beautifully in his studies and he successfully memorised the quran prior to graduation. Due to his undying love for the Quran, he enrolled at Zakariyyah Institute of Quran Memorization in order to learn the varieties of the version of recitation. He attained mastery in a very short time that he was awarded to observe hajj even before his graduation therein. Afterwards, he continued his educational sojourn to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) due to what some delegations from the KSA saw in his sagacity and acute acumen. He was made a trustee for the Library of Shaykh Saalih Abdullah Al Ghusn. He was also appointed as the memorization teacher for a neighbourhood in Riyadh, the capital of KSA. Our respected Shaykh utilised the period to learn directly from vibrant scholars in Riyadh such as Shaykh Saalih Abdullah Al Ghusn who once told him when he insisted on getting a university degree that, ‘what else do you want despite learning in the midst of scholars with masters and doctorate degrees?’ He also learned under Shaykh AbdulKareem AlKhudayr among other eminent scholars by attending their intellectual gatherings especially those that entail memorising texts of the Six Authentic Hadith Collections, Recitations of the Quran, Theology, Literature etc. He had special interest and gained excellence in the science of Hadith, Fiqh and Tafseer. Upon his return, he began to teach the pure Aqeedah and other beneficial knowledge in order to prevent SHIRK and promote righteousness to the extent of establishing educational institutions including this school (Al-Eeman) which has enjoyed a very wide publicity and popularity amongst people through the help of Allah.