Abu Usamah Atthahabi

Passionate and Outspoken, Shaykh Abu Usamah is the Imaam of Green Lane Masjid in Birmingham, U.K. His love for Islam has led him to deliver lectures and seminars in many parts of the world. He is also an expert translator for many Arab speakers visiting the West to disseminate Islamic knowledge. Shaykh Abu Usamah grew up as a Christian in New Jersey. He embraced Islam in 1986; he studied Islam from the University of Medina and earned his degree in Usul al-Deen and Da’wah.
He spent two intensive summers learning from two of the most eminent scholars of our time, Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Baz and Shaykh Muhammad al-‘Uthaymin. With a remarkable style of speaking, Shaykh Abu Usamah often mentions quotes during his lectures without looking at any written material, and when asked about how he is able to do that, he simply replies, “It is tawfiq from Allah.”
His media programs include Islam 101 aired by Huda Satellite TV, The Sunnah The Better, a show broadcasted all over the globe (including Africa) and he weekly hosts a show on Radio Islam mainly dealing with contemporary issues affecting the general Muslim public, especially the youth.