Visiting Teacher
Ustadh
Yahya was born and raised in America's midwest. At the age of 19 he became
Muslim in the San Francisco Bay Area and began studying with Shaykh Hamza
Yusuf and other distinguished scholars visiting from Mauritania, namely,
Shaykh Khatri & Shaykh Abdullah Ould Ahmadna.
In 1998, he traveled to Mauritania to further his studies of the Islamic
sciences. There he spent more than 2 years learning with some of Mauritania's
greatest scholars, including Shaykh Murabit al-Hajj.
In 2000, he moved to Tarim, Yemen to continue his studies at the prestigious
Dar al-Mustafa. There he studied with renowned scholars Habib 'Ali al-Jifri,
Habib 'Umar bin Hafiz, and other local scholars.
In 2005, he returned from his studies overseas to serve as a full-time teacher
at Zaytuna Institute. Though to further persue his studies he put on hold
the teaching role and returned to Tarim. (Information correct as of
06/2007)