Riaz Ansary

12 Apr Riaz Ansary

Riaz Ansary was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and accepted Islam in 1979. He graduated from the College of Sharee’ah at the Islamic University of Madeenah in 1993. He completed his master’s degree in Usool al-fiqh at the International Islamic University of Malaysia.

In 1997 he moved to the UAE where he worked as a translator and editor with Dr Bilal Philips, and then as a teacher of Arabic and Islamic studies at the New Muslim Center of Sharjah. He has appeared frequently as a guest on Sharjah TV’s “Discover Islam Series”, then hosted a show by the same name on the Iqra satellite channel, as well as also appearing on Peace TV. He has translated a number of Arabic books into English, including biographies of the companion Adee ibn Haatim, the scholar of hadeeth Aboo Daawood al-Sijistaanee, and Muhammad Hamidullah’s compilation Political Documents of the Prophet (pbuh). He is also the author of the book- A Search for Happiness, published by Dar ul-Huda in Chennai, India.

Dr. Riaz is currently in Malaysia pursuing a Ph.D. at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization.