Abu Abdissalam was raised in London after being born in Coventry. After earning a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from City University in London, he decided to follow his passion for learning and leave behind a lucrative career in the field to join Dr. Al-Adth Al-Khayriyyah in Makkah, where he went on to earn a degree in Islamic Studies with a focus on Hadith and its Sciences.
He has studied under many of the most eminent academics of our time during his time there. He earned his degree from Dr. Al-Adth in Makkah.
In the course of his studies he has acquired ijāzas for all of the six major books of Ḥadīth (al-Bukhārī, Muslim, al-Tirmidhī, Abū Dāwūd, al-Nasāʾī and Ibn Mājah). In addition to this, he has obtained ijāzas for the Sharḥ of ʿAqīdah Ṭaḥāwiyyah of Ibn ʿAbd al-ʿIzz al-Ḥanafi, Shaykh Muḥammmad Amīn al-Harari’s Sharḥ of the Muqadimmah of Muslim and Nuzhat al-Naẓr Sharḥ Nukhbat al-Fikr of Ibn Ḥajar.
Many Islamic scriptures have been translated from Arabic into English by Abu Abdissalam for the benefit of English-speaking Muslims worldwide. The UK-based satellite station Islam Channel, which is now airing his two shows “Heavenly Pearls” and “Stories of the Prophets,” also features Abu Abdissalam on a regular basis.
