Muhammad Ayyub
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Muhammad Ayyub ibn Muhammad Yusuf ibn Sulaiman Umar (Template:Langx) was a Saudi Islamic scholar, imam, and Qari known for his recitation of the Quran. He was an imam of Al-Masjid an-Nabawi and Masjid al-Quba in Medina, Saudi Arabia. He also worked as a faculty member of the Department of Tafsir in the Faculty of the Holy Qur'an and Islamic Studies at the Islamic University of Madinah and a member of the Scholarly Committee of the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran. He died on 16 April 2016.[1]
Biography
Birth
Muhammad Ayyub was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in 1952 (1372 AH)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[2]
His family, originally from Arakan, Burma, had migrated to Mecca to escape the persecution faced by the Rohingya Muslims. Muhammad Ayyub's father was a poor man, and his childhood was marked by hardship, his elder brother had to work to support the family during his father's imprisonment in Burma.[3]
Education
Muhammad Ayyub completed his memorization of the Quran in 1965 (1385 AH)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". under the guidance of Khalil bin Abd al-Rahman al-Qari in Mecca.[4] During this period he became acquainted with Ali Abdullah Jaber.[5] After finishing his primary education in 1966 (1386 AH)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., he moved to Medina and continued his studies at an Islamic school, graduating in 1972 (1392 AH)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[6]
He then enrolled in the Faculty of Sharia at the Islamic University of Madinah, and received a bachelor's degree in 1976 (1396 AH)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".. He then specialized in Tafsir and `Ulum al-Qur'an (Quranic exegesis and sciences of the Quran), obtaining a master's degree from the Faculty of the Holy Qur'an and Islamic Studies. He received a doctorate from the same faculty in the year 1987 or 1988 (1408 AH)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[6]
In addition to his formal education, Muhammad Ayyub sought knowledge from various Islamic scholars in Medina, studying subjects including tafsir (Quranic interpretation), fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), hadith and hadith terminology, and usul al-fiqh (the Principles of Islamic jurisprudence)[2].
Imamate
In 1990 (1410 AH)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". he was appointed as an imam of Al-Masjid an-Nabawi and held this post until 1997 (1417 AH)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[7] Later he spent few years as an Imam in Masjid Quba and other mosques. He was appointed back as an Imam of Al-Masjid an-Nabawi in 2015 (1436 hijri)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". to lead taraweeh prayer.[3][8]
Muhammad Ayyub was of Burmese descent and followed the Hanafi madh'hab.[9]
Death
He died on 16 April 2016. The Funeral Prayer was held in Prophet's Mosque after Zuhr prayer and he was buried in Baqi Cemetery in Medina.[3][8][10]
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