Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy (Arabic: محمد بن يحيىٰ النينوي; born 1970) is a Syrian-born American Islamic scholar, theologian, and medical doctor.
His lineage traces back to the Islamic Prophet Muhammad through his grandson al-Husayn,[3] His great-grandfather Ibrahim al-Mujab (son of Muhammad al-Abid, son of Musa al-Kazim) known as the answered blind was born in Madina al-Munawwara and buried circa 300 AH in Southern Iraq next to al-Husayn and in his current Mosque.
[citation needed] Through the Madina Institutes and Seminaries, Al-Ninowy is offering Islamic Studies Degree programs geared toward educating Imams and Theological Scholars.
[citation needed] He is the Founding President of Madina Institute in South Africa, a fully accredited university from the Ministry of Higher Education, offering BA, Honors, and Masters's degrees.
He has been a pioneer working at grass-root levels, to centralize "unconditional compassion and love" as the main themes of religion, and has been the forerunner in promoting non-violence among all people and faith systems worldwide.
[citation needed] Al-Ninowy is also a spiritual guide and heads a worldwide Shadhili Sufi order under the Alawi-Husayni-Ninowi Zawiyah, that seeks to revive the Tasawwuf of Ahl Al-Hadith www.zawiya.org.