Sh Abu Safiyyah Mohammed Osman is an Islamic theologian, lecturer and teacher of Islamic studies who has taught in many international contexts in the West and the Middle-East. He graduated from Madinah Islamic University (KSA) with a BA Hons in Hadith & Islamic Sciences. The Shaykh has numerous Ijazat (licenses) in various disciplines, such as Hanbali Jurisprudence and many books of Hadith, Arabic language, Usul al-Fiqh, Mustalah al-Hadith and many other sciences, as well as authoring and translating numerous books such as The Woman in the Text: A Collection of Essays. His prominent list of teachers includes Shaykh Dr Abdullah Al-Ghunayman, Sh AbdulMuhsin al-‘Abbad, Shaykh Dr Khalid Afeefi and many others. He is currently completing an MA in Islamic Studies and has lead and directed multiple successful Islamic organisations in the UK, such as SALAM.org and is a khateeb in Masjid al-Ikhlas, Cambridge.