yyūb ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Sulaymān Ishāq, was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa in 1381 A.H./1961 C.E.
Qāri Ayyūb’s initial studies in Qurʾānic recital, fiqh, ʿaqīdah, amongst other Islamic sciences, were completed under the auspices of Sheikh Muhammad Yūsuf Mulla. It was also at his hands that, at the age of fourteen, he memorized the Qurʾān. During this time, he completed his tertiary education. Thereafter, he spent a year with Sheikh Ismāʿīl Katrada revising the Qurʾān.
In 1978 C.E., he enrolled at Dār al-ʿUlūm Falāh al-Dārayn in Gujarat, India. Here, he gained proficiency in the Arabic language, fiqh, tafsīr, hadith, philosophy, and other sciences. Under the expert tutelage of Qāri Anīs Ahmad Khān at this madrasah, he studied tajwīd and qirāʾāt. The books studied by him comprise Urdu as well as Arabic works. They include Miftāḥ al-Qurʾān, Fawāʾid Makkiyyah, Khulāsah al-Bayān, the Muqaddimah al-Jazariyyah, and al-Fawāʾid al-Tajwīdiyyah.
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