Uthman Ibn Farooq Yusufzai

Uthman Ibn Farooq Yusufzai is an American Sheikh, who is famously known for his Da’wah works in public. He teaches at Masjid Al-Ribat in San Diego, California. He has attained multiple Ijāzāt (accreditations) in books of Hanbali Fiqh, Usool al-Fiqh, Hadith, Mustalah al-Hadith and a master's degree in Hadith sciences.

Uthamn ibn Farooq Yusufzai
Personal life
Born	Islamabad, Pakistan
Known for	Public Dawah
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni Salafi

Early years

Uthman was born in Pakistan, to Afghan parents. He is from the Pashtun tribe, Yusufzai. He migrated with his parents to the United Kingdom but grew up in California from a young age. He began practicing and studying Islam in his later teenage years.

Education

Uthman was inspired to seek Islamic knowledge abroad by ash-Shaikh Dr. ʿAwad al-Garguri. For the next ten years he continued to balance his secular and Islamic studies, earning a bachelor's degree in Information Technology, an executive MBA in technology management, while attaining traditional Ijāzāt (accreditations) in classic Islamic texts from qualified Islamic scholars, such as ash-Shaikh Dr. Yusuf Mishaʿal (Ph.D. Umm al-Qura) and ash-Shaikh Dr. Sadiq al-Manna (Ph.D. Umm al-Qura). His travels in search of Islamic knowledge took him to Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the UAE.