Born and raised in Montreal. He completed hifz (memorization of the Holy Qur’an) at
Makkah Masjid while completing his high school studies at PCHS.
He proceeded to study 7 years ‘Aalimiyyah program, which he completed at Darul Uloom Azaadville in South Africa. This program consists of studies in Arabic sciences of syntax, morphology, rhetoric; jurisprudence, principles of jurisprudence; hadith, principles of hadith; exegesis of the Quran, etc.
He has also taught for one year at Al-Hassanain madrassah in Indianapolis, then returned to his hometown of Montreal to take up the task of teaching and training future scholars who were studying locally.