Our Resident Honourable Mufti
Mufti Muhammad Saeed Ahmad Mujaddidi is a traditionally-trained Islamic scholar who has studied the Arabic language and various other traditional Islamic sciences including Qur’anic exegesis (tafsir), Hadith, Fiqh and Qira’at in different parts of the world including the Pakistan, Egypt and Libya.
At a young age, Mufti Muhammad Saeed Ahmad Mujaddidi completed Hifz of the Qur’an in just under a year and began his journey in seeking sacred knowledge.
He studied the traditional Dars Nizami Syllabus under his noble father, Shaykh al-Hadith, Mufti Sher Muhammad Naqshbandi who was a student of Mufti e Azam Pakistan, Sayyid Abul Barkaat Shah Sahib and Muhadith e Azam of Pakistan, Allamah Sardar Ahmad Qadri.
He later studied at Darul Uloom Muhammadiyyah Ghausia Bhera Sharif, Jamia Nizamia Lahore and other Islamic Universities under the tutelage of numerous scholars.
Mufti Muhammad Saeed Ahmad Mujaddidi is well grounded in languages including Arabic, Farsi, English and Urdu.
After studying in Pakistan, Mufti Muhammad Saeed Ahmad Mujaddidi travelled to Egypt and Libya to study Qira’at alongside other Islamic sciences including Fiqh. He is also one of the few scholars in the UK who has an Ijazah in all 10 recitals of the Qur’an.
He has Ijazah and Asanid from numerous Arab and Pakistani scholars including Muhadith of Madinah, Shaykh Usamah Saleh, Shaykh Abdul Aal al-Mutawalli (Egypt), Shaykh Abu al-Faidh Hamd-Allah (Egypt), Shaykh Sayyid Salah al-Din al-Tijani (Egypt), Shaykh al-Kabeer Haji Pir Abd al-Wahid al-Naqshbandi (Pakistan), Shaykh Sayyid Mawlaa’i Ismail Basir (Morocco) and many more.
Mufti Muhammad Saeed Ahmad Mujaddidi later practiced Ifta under the supervision of his noble father and was licensed to issue Fatawa. The Shaykh has taught many courses and lectured extensively on a range of topics, and continues to travel regularly teaching and lecturing both in the UK and abroad. Presently, he resides in Accrington, UK and Head Imam of Raza Jamia Masjid Accrington. He is a teacher of various traditional Islamic sciences, and Director and researcher at the Institute of Islamic Jurisprudence (Dārul Iftā ‘Ilmiyyah, www.darulifta.co.uk).