Sheika Saleha Islam Bukhari

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Sheikha Saleha is a UK-based scholar who specialises in Prophetic traditions, Quran & Tajweed, Fiqh, and Islamic studies.

She is a Sharia graduate from the Ebrahim College seminary, and also a  graduate of the Dawratul Hadith Programme which  further specialised in the Prophetic traditions.

Sheikha Saleha has studied under many prominent UK scholars including Sh. Akram Nadwi, Mufti Barkatullah, Sh. Abdul Hakim Murad, Sh. Shams-Ad Duha, Sh. Sbini, Sh. Mujahid, Sh. Bhuta, Sh. Ashraf Zaman, Mufti Khalid, and Dr Ibrahim Harvey. She has received Ijaazah in Sahih Al-Bukhari and in Qira’a of the Quran.

Sheikha Saleha also has a BSc Hons in Computing studies and is currently close to completing the Professional Counselling Skills Programme.

Today, Sheikha Saleha is a Muslim Chaplain at the Canary Wharf Multi-Faith Chaplaincy working with the business community.  In addition, she works as a Member of the Board of Scholars with several Sharia councils specialising in Islamic Marriage and Divorce. She also teaches Quran and Fiqh for adults at Q-Iman and Ebrahim College.

Sheikha appears as a guest and host on IQRA TV, TV One, and Channel S where she welcomes discussions around life and faith. She is also  the first female to co-host the live Q&A show IslamiQA, on Islam Channel.

Sheikha Saleha is an advocate and believer in the empowerment of Muslim women through education and has delivered lectures and courses for the civil service, various  universities,  and the business community, including Morgan Stanley,  Price Waterhouse and Deloitte.

Sheikha Saleha is married and lives in London UK with her husband and two children.