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 Emminence Ayatollah
¿usayn al-Amini. Shaykh Arif has dedicated his life to preaching the
universal teachings of the Prophet and His Househould to
Muslims and non-Muslims throughout the world.