Shaykh Arif Abdul Hussain (born 29 February 1964) is an Islamic scholar and
the founder of the Al-Mahdi Institute. After completing his initial training
in the Islamic sciences from the Madrasa Imam al-Khoei in London, Shaykh
Arif pursued advanced Islamic studies at the religious seminary in Iran where
he attended the classes of leading scholars from Najaf and Qom. Upon returning
to the United Kingdom in the mid-1990s, Shaykh Arif continued his
study of the Islamic legal and philosophical sciences under the tutelage of His
Eminence Ayatollah ¿usayn al-Amini. Shaykh Arif has dedicated his life to
preaching the universal teachings of the Prophet and His Household (ahl al-bayt)
to Muslims and non-Muslims throughout the world.