Biography
Muhammad Ayyub was born in 1372 AH (1952/1953) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
He completed memorizing the Quran in 1385 AH (1965/1966) under Khalil ibn `Abd ar-Rahman al-Qari' in the Bin Ladin Mosque in Mecca. After completing his primary education in 1386 AH (1966/1967), he moved to Medina, where he completed his intermediate and secondary education at an Islamic school, graduating in 1392 AH (1972).
He then enrolled in the Faculty of Sharia at the Islamic University of Madinah, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1396 AH (1976). Then he specialized in Tafsir and `Ulum al-Qur'an (Quranic exegesis and sciences of the Quran), receiving a master's degree from the Faculty of the Holy Qur'an and Islamic Studies. He received a doctorate from the same faculty in 1408 AH (1987/1988).
Besides studying at school, he also studied under several other Islamic scholars in Medina, in subjects including tafsir and its related sciences, the fiqh of the four madh'habs, hadith and hadith terminology, and usul al-fiqh.
In 1410 AH (1990) he was appointed as an imam of Al-Masjid an-Nabawi. He held this post until 1417 AH (1997). He has led prayers at several other mosques in Saudi Arabia, as well as in Kuwait, the U.A.E., and in Bahrain.
Muhammad Ayyub is of Burmese descent and follows the Hanafi madh'hab.
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