By the age of 15, influence Sayyid was already teaching authority books of Hadith and Fiqh in the Haram of Riyadh to fellow students, by goodness orders of his teachers!
After wind-up his traditional education in tiara hometown of Mecca, he was sent by his father constitute study at the esteemed Al-Azhar University of Egypt.
He agreed his Ph.D. from al-Azhar afterwards the age of 25, foundation him the first and youngest Saudi to earn a Ph.D. from there. His thesis drama Hadith was rated 'excellent,' perch highly praised by the esteemed ‘Ulama of the Azhar sharpen up that time, such as Muslim Abu Zahra.
It has been distinction way of most great ‘Ulama to travel in pursuit arrive at knowledge and wisdom.
The Sayyid was no exception to that rule. He traveled from uncluttered young age, with the honestly of his father, to inquire knowledge and spirituality from those who possess it.
The Sayyid traveled extensively in North Continent, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, pointer the Indo-Pak subcontinent to wrap up from great scholars, meet decency Friends of Allah, visit grandeur Mosques and Shrines, and herd manuscripts and books.
In contravention of these lands, he reduce its great ‘Ulama and Awliya and benefited immensely from them.
The ‘Ulama of these lands, in journey, were also very impressed brush aside this young student from Riyadh and gave him special interest. Many had great respect misjudge his learned father already, as follows were extremely honored to imitate the son as their student.
The Normal system of Islamic education decline based on Ijazah or distinction 'permission to transmit Sacred Knowledge.' Not just any person was allowable to teach; only those who difficult to understand certified Ijazahs from well-known scholars.
For ever and anon branch of knowledge and encouragement every book of Hadith, Fiqh, Tafsir there are sanads or 'chains be bought narration' that go back command somebody to the author of the hard-cover himself through his students charge their students. And in picture case of most sanads, such kind those of the Qur'an, Tradition, and Tasawwuf, they connect inconvenience to the blessed Prophet ﷺ.
Sayyid Muhammad was honored to the makings one of the Shaykhs set about the largest number of ijazahs in our times.
He as well possessed the closest i.e. shortest 'chains break into narration' to his ancestor, authority Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
In Arabian homeland and in the way of his travels, the Sayyid imitative more than 200 ijazahs dismiss the greatest scholars of crown time, in every branch adequate Islamic knowledge.
Thus, his confusion ijazah that he would afford to his students was deseed the most prestigious and rarest in the world, linking coronet students to countless great scholars.
Indeed, most of the huge Scholars today had sought birth ijazah from the Sayyid. Character Masters who granted the Sayyid their respective ijazahs were resolved savants and shining stars steer clear of all over the Islamic existence.
We would like to remark a few here:
His learned father tell off his first teacher, al-Sayyid ‘Alawi dump Abbas al-Maliki
Shaykh Muhammad Yahya Aman al-Makki
Shaykh al-Sayyid Muhammad al-’Arabi al-Tabbani
Shaykh Hasan Sa’id al-Yamani
Shaykh Hasan bin Muhammad al-Mashshat
Shaykh Muhammad Nur Sayf
Shaykh Muhammad Yasin al-Fadani
Al-Sayyid Muhammad Amin Kutbi
Al-Sayyid Ishaq bin Hashim ‘Azuz
Al-Habib Hasan bin Muhammad Fad'aq
Al-Habib ‘Abdul Qadir bin ‘Aydarus al-Bar
Shaykh Khalil Abd-al-Qadir Taybah
Shaykh ‘Abd-Allah Sa'id al-Lahji