Sheikh Ismā˘īl Katrada – revised the Qur`ān with him.He also learnt his initial teachings of fiqh, Islamic history and so forth by him.
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Sheikh Muhammad Yūsuf Mulla – learnt how to recite Qur`ān as well as completing its memorization by him.He also read the Qur`ān to him in the narration of Hafs via the Shātibiyyah. Sheikh Muhammad ˘Abbās Dharamfūri – read Miftāh al-Qur`ān, Fawā`ide Makkiyyah, Khulāsah al-Bayān and the Muqaddimah al-Jazariyyah.He subsequently received ijāzah in these qirā`āt, his written works and all the books read to him, as Qāri Anīs received ijāzah in them from his teachers before him. Qāri Ayyūb spent eight years under the skilled training of Qāri Anīs, reading the Qur`ān to him firstly combining all seven qirā`āt via the Shātibiyyah, then the ten qirā`āt via the Durrah, and thereafter the ten qirā`āt via the Tayyibah. His manner of expression was clear so that the student could easily grasp all the discussions deliberated. The methodology adopted by Qāri Anīs in teaching these works were that a student read a portion of the book to him after which Qāri Anīs would explain all matters pertaining to the portion read regarding those issues upon which the qurrā` agree, those issues in which they disagree, the grammar of the verses, the opinions of various commentators and so forth. He also read to him many books including Nihāyah al-Qoul al-Mufīd of Makkī Nasr Juraysī, Ghayth al-Naf˘ of Safāqusī, Ithāf Fudalā` al-Bashr of Ahmad al-Bannā`, the ˘Aqīlah of Imam Shātibī, al-Nashr of Ibn al-Jazarī, al-Wujūh al-Musfarrah of Mutawallī and many others. Qāri Anīs Ahmad Khan – he read to him the seven qirā`āt via the Shātibiyyah, and the ten qirā`āt via the Durrah and the Tayyibah.He also read all the works of Qāri Anīs Ahmad in tajwīd and qirā`āt. Subsequently, he completed the study of the Shātibiyyah, the Durrah, and the Tayyibah, as well as reading the Qur`ān combining all the qirā`āt contained in these works to Qāri Anīs Ahmad Khan. To both, Qāri Anīs Ahmad and Sheikh ˘Abbās, he read the Qur`ān in the narration of Hafs via the Shātibiyyah. Some of these books of tajwīd he also read and studied by Sheikh Muhammad ˘Abbās Dharamfūri. They include Miftāh al-Qur`ān, Fawā`ide Makkiyyah, Khulāsah al-Bayān, the Muqaddimah al-Jazariyyah, al-Fawā`id al-Tajwīdiyyah. The books studied by him comprise of Urdu as well as Arabic works. Under the expert tutelage of Qāri Anīs Ahmad Khān, at this madrasah, he studied tajwīd and qirā`āt. Here he gained proficiency in the Arabic language, fiqh, tafsīr, hadith, philosophy, and so on. he enrolled at Dār al-˘Ulūm Falāh al-Dārayn in Gujarat, India. Thereafter he spent a year with Sheikh Ismā`īl Katrada revising the Qur`ān. During this time he completed his tertiary education. It was also at his hands that at the age of fourteen, he had memorized the Qur`ān. Qāri Ayyūb’s initial studies in Qur`ānic recital, fiqh, ˘aqīdah, amongst other Islamic sciences, were completed under the auspices of Sheikh Muhammad Yūsuf Mulla. He was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa in 1381 A.H./1961 C.E.
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Ayoob Essack, full name is Ayyūb ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Sulaymān Ishāq.