Imam Yama, the Founder and Religious Director of Blessed Tree, is committed to engaging with Muslim youth across the United States and Canada.

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With a wealth of experience, he previously served as the Dean of Faculty and lead instructor for the youth curriculum at SeekersGuidance Global Academy. There, he taught online courses in Islamic sciences to both youth and adults. He has studied privately for a number of years under several scholars, focusing on subjects like Aqida, Fiqh, Tasawwuf, Sira, and other sciences.

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Imam Yama's passion for working with youth developed during his tenure as Imam of the Islamic Society of Santa Barbara. He worked closely with the MSA at UCSB, taught children in the community, and served as a guest speaker at religious and non-faith based organizations and educational institutions. His primary goal is to provide Muslim youth with a strong foundation in Islamic principles and spiritual purification. He aims to guide them in strengthening their faith and understanding their Muslim identities while navigating the challenges of living in the West. Currently, Imam Yama resides in Canada where he leads local prayers and classes, while also teaching online serving the global community through Blessed Tree.

Sheikh Dawood B. Trevelyan embraced Islam in 1998 at the hands of the esteemed Sheikh Maulana Isma’il Waadi Naqshbandi Saahib, Rahmatullahi ‘Alayhi. He began his studies under local Ulama, most notably Sheikh Ibrahim Osi-Efa and Sheikh Haroon Hanif. He then travelled to Syria where he spent five years studying Arabic, Sarf, Nahwa, Mantiq, Balagha, Hanafi Fiqh, Usool, Aqeedah, Tasawwuf Hadith and Tafseer at the prestigious Mahd al Noor & Mahd Fath al Islami. He then travelled to Jordan and Turkey to further his studies in various fields and holds Ijaazaat in various sciences. Sheikh Dawood has studied under the tutelage of Sheikh Hassan Al-Hindy, Shaykh Muhammad Jumuah, Shaykh Abdur-Rahman Ghawsh, Shaykh Mahmood Dahla, Shaykh Khalid Al-Kharasa, Shaykh Samir An-Nass , Shaykh Umar Nashuqati, Shaykh Muwaffaq Al-Murabi’, Shaykh Salih Al-Murabi’, Shaykh Muhammad Bisam Hijazi, Shaykh Muhammad Shukayr, Shaykh Ahmad Yusuf Dubanah Zada, Shaykh Abdul-Malik As-Saa’di, Shaykh Firas Shaheen, Shaykh Muhammad Anas Al-Siba’I, Shaykh Muhammad Abu Ghawsh, Shaykh Abdur-Rahman Idrisi, Shaykh Ali Khadhr.

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Sheikh Dawood Trevelyan worked alongside various scholars to establish the “Shaykh Al-Akbar Muhyud-Deen ibn Arabi Institute” for Language, Fiqh, Mantiq and other sciences.