Born and raised in London, Umair began his studies by completing a diploma in literary Arabic from Birbeck College University of London, passing with a distinction. He then spent a summer in Syria at the Ma’had al-Aminiya enrolled in their summer program. Some 2 years later, an opportunity came up to travel to the blessed city of Cairo, Egypt. There he completed the Arabic language programme at the al-Fajr Centre for Arabic Language. For the past 14 yrs, Umair has studied a wide syllabus of classical Islamic texts with different UK based scholars, one of whom is Shaykh Ridhwan Saleem. He has received formal written Ijaza to teach the Islamic sciences. He currently works in the healthcare sector and resides in West London with his wife and 3 children.
