Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibril was born in the United States
and spent part of his childhood in the city of Madinah in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia. When his father
Shaykh Musa Jibril, was a student
at the Islamic University of Madinah. It was there where Ahmad Jibril
memorized the Qur’an at the age of 11. He memorized Sahih al-Bukhari and
Sahih Muslim before graduating from high school. Ahmad Jibril then
spent the rest of his younger years back in the United States graduating
from high school in 1989. He later on memorized the chains of Bukhari
& Muslim, then memorized the 6 (now 9) books of Hadeeth.
Thereafter, he studied at the Islamic University of Madinah as his father did and graduated with a degree in the Shari’ah.
Ahmad Jibril also studied several books cover to cover with
Ibn Uthaymeen and has a rare Tazkiyyah from him.
He studied some books of Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab and Ibn Taymiyyah in private classes with
Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd (May Allah have mercy on him). He studied under
Shaykh Muhammad Mukhtaar Ash-Shinqitee for 4 years and he also studied under
Allamah Hamoud al-Uqla al-Shue’bi (May Allah have mercy on him), who also gave Ahmad Jibril a Tazkiyyah.
He studied under
Shaykh Ehsan Ellahi Zaheer (May Allah have mercy on him) who was also a classmate of his father. When Ahmad Jibril was a teenager, Shaykh Ehsan said about him:
This boy knows my books more than me.
This is when
Shaykh Ehsan was invited to the U.S by
Shaykh Musa.
And he said to
Shaykh Musa Jibril about Ahmad:
You raised a Mujadid In Sha Allah
Ahmad Jibril studied under the author of ‘The sealed nectar’,
Shaykh Safi-ur-Rahmaan al-Mubarakpuri (May Allah have mercy on him) for 5 years.
He also studied with
Shaykh Muqbil,
Shaykh Abdullah al-Ghunaymaan, Shaykh Mohammad Ayub, Shaykh Atiyah Al-Salim (who was the main student of
Ameen Ash-Shinqitee). He is also the one who completed
Shaykh Shinqitee’s best and final Tafsir, ‘Adwa’ al-Bayan. He is also a student of
Shaykh Ibahim al-Husayen (who was Ibn Baaz’s right hand man and trustee for decades). He also made Hajj with
Shaykh Abdullah al-Quood (who was among the early ‘Ulamah of Ifta). He also is a student of
Shaykh Saleh al-Hussayen (May Allah have mercy on him) who was the head of the committee for the two holy mosques.
Ibn Baaz encouraged students from Saudi to benefit from Ahmad Jibril and his father. Ahmad Jibril also has a Tazkiyyah by
Ibn Baaz (3 months before he passed away) in it –
Shaykh Ibn Baaz said about Ahmad Jibril:
A Shaykh who has good Aqeedah (Beliefs) and is well known to me.
The Shaykh has also traveled to other countries such as Egypt and Jordan to study.
He then returned to the United States and finished his JD/LLM (master of law) degree from Michigan law schools. He now currently resides in Detroit, MI.
@Abu Ash’ari