Abu Muslimah was born and raised in Plainfield, NJ. He embraced Islam in 1978 through relationships with the Haqq family of Bait Quraish, a Muslim group from Newark, NJ. He graduated from Rutgers in 1986, majoring in Management and African American Studies. In 1988, he obtained an Arabic Diploma for fluency in classical Arabic. In 1993, The Imam graduated from the College of Da’wah and the Fundamentals of the Religion, Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia. Abu Muslimah speaks, writes and understands Arabic with fluency. Arabic is considered his second language which has assisted him in educating various audiences and populations.

Abu Muslimah has been the Imam of The Islamic Center of America, Masjidu Ahlis Sunnah in East Orange, NJ since April 1995. Since this time, he has also served as the Islamic Studies Coordinator and/or teacher of Qur’an and Arabic off and on from 1994-present (21 years) at the Ahlus Sunnah School.

He is the author of over thirty (30) various published works and a well-known, sought out speaker on a national and international level. He has delivered thousands of lectures. Many of his rare audio lectures are found on this site below. The Imam is an avid reader and researcher with an extensive library of over 5,000 books. Outside of his religious duties, family life and listening to Qur'anic Recitation; Imam Abu Muslimah has a love for herbal medicine and nutrition and is constantly researching natural health remedies and preventive strategies by natural means.  He loves Islam and has dedicated over 25 years of his life studying, preparing, teaching and researching.

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