Critical Loyalty College

Shaykh Uthman Khan

Shaykh Uthman Khan 

  • ʻĀlimiyyah Degree – Madrasah Taleemul Islam (UK)

  • MA in Islamic Studies – Hartford International University

    • Focus: Muslim-Christian Relations

  • Current Ph.D. Student – Sociocultural Anthropology, University of Alberta

Teaching Philosophy

  • Combines classical Islamic tradition with critical inquiry

  • Emphasizes matan and sharḥ (text-based study) and sanad transmission

  • Teaches with a Socratic approach: encouraging students to ask questions around clarity, depth, logic, and relevance

  • Advocates for sincerity, humility, and intellectual integrity

Traditional Islamic Training & Ijāzāt

  • Ijāzah in the 6 books of Ḥadīth (Bukhāri, Muslim, Tirmidhī, Nasā’ī, Ibn Mājah, Abū Dāwūd), Muwaṭṭā of Imām Mālik, Mishkāt al-Masābīh, Musalsalāt Shāh WaliAllāh — Muslihuddin Barodawi and Moosa Badat, Yorkshire, UK, Sep 2004.

  • Ijāzah in the Islamic Sciences, Qur’ān, Tafsīr, Ḥadīth, Fiqh, ‘Usūl al-Fiqh, ‘Usūl al-Ḥadīth, ‘Usūl al-Tafsīr, Laws of Inheritance (Farā’idh). — Muslihuddin Barodawi, Yorkshire, UK, Sep 2004.

  • Ijāzah in the Small Variant Readings (al-‘Ashr al-Sughrā) — Imtiyaaz Wali, Yorkshire, UK.

  • Ijāzah in the Small Variant Readings (al-‘Ashr al-Sughrā) — Khalid Barakaat, Lebanon.

  • Ijāzah in the Small Variant Readings (al-‘Ashr al-Sughrā) — Abdullah Siraaj, Egypt.

  • Ijāzah in the Small Variant Readings (al-‘Ashr al-Sughrā) — Misbah Ibrahim, Egypt.

  • Ijāzah in the Great Variant Readings (al-‘Ashr al-Kubrā) — Abdullah Siraaj, Egypt.

  • Ijāzah in the Great Variant Readings (al-‘Ashr al-Kubrā) — Abdul Fattah Furaisi, Morocco.

  • Ijāzah in the Great Variant Readings (al-‘Ashr al-Kubrā) — Wisaam al-Tom, Montreal, Canada.

  • Ijāzah in the Great Variant Readings (al-‘Ashr al-Kubrā) — Abdul Basit Hashim, Egypt.

  • Notably, Shaykh Khalid Barakaat and Shaykh Abdul Fattah Furaisi, two distinguished scholars, have also received Ijāzāt from Uthman.

  • Recognized as Shaykh al-Qurrāʾ of North America by Shaykh Abdullah Siraaj

Community Leadership

  • Served as Imam/Khateeb in:

    • Wichita (KS), Jacksonville (FL), Phoenix (AZ), Montreal (QC), Edmonton (AB) and various UK cities

  • Led tarāwīḥ across North America and the UK

  • Worked alongside scholars like Dr. Iqbal Nadvi, Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Shah, and Dr. Talat Sultan