Sheikh Muhammad Awol

Who is Sheikh Muhammad Awol?

Sheikh Muhammed Awol is an Ethiopian MADIH.

He was born in Kombolcha, Debub Wollo Zone; his father was Haji Hamza Maeruf and his mother Rahma Omer. He Completed his study on the recitation of the Qur'an under his own father at an early age. His father, a local scholar and Muhib, initiated him to continue his Islamic studies at a nearby famous learning centre called Gojjam, near Bati, and stayed for seven years learning fiqh. It seems that the fate of the Menzuma star was not in the rural area but in the metropolitan Addis Ababa. At his own initiative he moved to Addis Ababa although he had no previous acquaintances and family to support him. He made his meager income at Anwar Mosque as a scribe, copying Islamic literature.

The young Muhammed eventually joined the Muslim youth club at the Anwar mosque. Following his talent, he started working under the Menzuma wing of the club, where he got his start The Ethiopian radio aired his Menzuma every Monday under the Afarigha program and on every Thursday and Friday on the Arabic section of the broadcast. Meanwhile, Sheikh Muhammad started his career as a religious teacher at Yemen Community School.