Mufti Taqi Usmani is one of the leading Islamic scholars living today. Author of more than 40 books, he is an expert in the fields of Islamic law, Economics and Hadith. For the past 35 years, he has been teaching at the Darul-Uloom in Karachi that was established by his father Mufti Muhammad Shafi, the late Grand Mufti of Pakistan. He also holds a degree in law and is a Judge at the Sharia Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He is a consultant to several international Islamic financial institutions and has played a key part in the move toward interest free banking and the establishment of Islamic financial institutions. He is the deputy chairman of the Jeddah based Islamic Fiqh Council of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).

Shaykh Saalih Ibn al-'Uthaymeen

Abu 'Abdullaah Muhammad ibn Saalih ibn Muhammad ibn al-'Uthaymeen at-Tameemee an-Najdee was born in the city of Unayzah, Qaseem Region (Saudi Arabia) on 27th Ramadhan 1347H in a famous religious family.

He got his education from many prominent scholars like Shaykh 'Abdur-Rahmaan as-Sa'dee, Shaykh Muhammad Ameen ash-Shanqeetee and Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez ibn Baaz.

When he entered into teaching, a great number of students from inside and outside Saudi Arabia get benefited from him. He has his own unique style of interpretation and explanation of religious points. He is from among those scholars who served Islaam without any type of religious prejudice and kept themselves away from the limitations of blind-following. He is distinguished in his great exertion of effort in religious matters and analogical deductions which clearly prove the religious understanding he possesses, and the correct usage of the principles of religion, he adopts.

In giving religious verdicts, like Shaykh ibn Baaz, his Fataawa are based on evidence from Qur'aan and Sunnah. He has about fifty compilations to his credit. Presently he is teaching Religious Fundamentals at the Sharee'ah Faculty of Imaam Muhammad ibn Sa'ood Islaamic University, Qaseem Branch. He is also a member of the Senior Scholars Committee of the Kingdom, and is the Imaam and Khateeb of the big Mosque of Unayzah city (Saudi Arabia).