Shaykh Dawood B. Trevelyan

Shaykh Dawood B. Trevelyan embraced Islam in 1998 at the hands of the esteemed Shaykh Maulana Isma’il Waadi Naqshbandi Saahib, Rahmatullahi ‘Alayhi. He began his studies under local Ulama, most notably Shaykh Ibrahim Osi-Efa and Shaykh Haroon Hanif. He then traveled to Syria where he spent five years studying Arabic, Sarf, Nahwa, Mantiq, Balagha, Hanafi Fiqh, Usool, Aqeedah, Tasawwuf, Hadith, and Tafsir at the prestigious Mahd al Noor & Mahd Fath al Islami. He then traveled to Jordan and Turkey to further his studies in various fields and holds Ijaazaat in various sciences. Shaykh Dawood has studied under the tutelage of Shaykh Hassan Al-Hindy, Shaykh Muhammad Jumuah, Shaykh Abdur-Rahman Ghawsh, Shaykh Mahmood Dahla, Shaykh Khalid Al-Kharasa, Shaykh Samir An-Nass, Shaykh Umar Nashuqati, Shaykh Muwaffaq Al-Murabi’, Shaykh Muhammad Bisam Hijazi, Shaykh Muhammad Shukayr, Shaykh Ahmad Yusuf Dubanah Zada, Shaykh Abdul-Malik As-Saa’di, Shaykh Firas Shaheen, Shaykh Muhammad Anas Al-Siba’I, Shaykh Muhammad Abu Ghawsh, Shaykh Abdur-Rahman Idrisi, and Shaykh Ali Khadhr. Shaykh Dawood is the founding director of the Shaykh Al-Akbar Muhyud-Deen ibn Arabi Institute for Language, Fiqh, Mantiq, and other sciences.