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Muhammad Ayyub
Imam of Prophet's Mosque (–)
Muhammad Ayyub ibn Muhammad Yusuf ibn Sulaiman Umar (Arabic: محمد أيوب بن محمد يوسف بن سليمان عمر) 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 [2]
Biography
Birth
Muhammad Ayyub was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in ( AH).[3]
His family, originally from Arakan, Burma, had migrated to Mecca to escape the persecution faced by the RohingyaMuslims. 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.[4]
Education
Muhammad Ayyub completed his memorization of the Quran in ( AH) under the guidance of Khalil bin Abd al-Rahman al-Qari in Mecca.[5] During this period he became acquainted with Ali Abdullah Jaber.[6] After finishing his primary education in ( AH), he moved to Medina and continued his studies at an Islamic school, graduating in ( AH).[7]
He then enrolled in the Faculty of Sharia at the Islamic University of Madinah, and received a bachelor's degree in ( AH). 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 or ( AH).[7]
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)[3].
Imamate
In ( AH) he was appointed as an imam of Al-Masjid an-Nabawi and held this post until ( AH).[8] 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 ( hijri) to lead taraweeh prayer.[4][9]
Muhammad Ayyub was of Burmese descent and followed the Hanafimadh'hab.[10]
Death
He died on 16 April The Funeral Prayer was held in Prophet's Mosque after Zuhr prayer and he was buried in Baqi Cemetery in Medina.[4][9][11]