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HIS LINAGE:
Mbye Kebba Kah is the son of Alhaji Kebba (Allah’s Mercy be upon him) Ibn Sering Mass (Allah’s Mercy be upon him) Ibn Sering Masohna Kah (Allah’s Mercy be upon him). Sheikh Mass Kah (his Grandfather) is the founder of the village of Medina Sering Mass in Lower Nuimi in the North Bank of the Gambia. His mother Mam Mbayang bint Bakr Sarr (Allah’s Mercy be upon them) is from Mbanta village in the North Bank Region of the Gambia.

BIRTH AND ORIGIN:
Mbye Kebba Kah was born in the early 1950s in the village of Medina Sering Mass. His brothers are Alieu, Muhammad, Tijan, Mass and Omar. He also has Sisters. His grandfather, Sering Mass Kah, was said to be among the prominent Muslim Scholars in the Senegambia Region. He was a source of Knowledge to many scholars in the likes of Sheikh Omar Sakho and Sheikh Cherno Omar Jallow (Allah’s Mercy be upon them) to name but a few.

Mbye Kebba Kah had lost his mother at a very young age and grew up in the hands of his late grandmother (Kumba Nyang) in the capital Banjul (formerly Bathurst). His grandmother Mam Kumah Nyang, was wife of Mam Ismail Ndoye (Allah’s Mercy be upon them). He was with them till in the early 1960s when he returned to his father’s custody in Medina Sering Mass.

HIS FIRST STUDY:
He began his study with his late father Sheikh Alhaji Kebba Kah and continued to study with him the Principles of Reading & Writing, the Glorious Quran, and some Fiqh (Jurisprudence) issues. He was as well learning from some of his elder brothers, such as Sheikh Muhammad Ibn Kebba Kah (eldest son of their father) and Cadi Tijan Ibn Kebba Kah, and from some of his Cousin-Brothers such as Imam Muhammad Hadi Ibn Alieu Kah and Imam Cherno Ibn Alieu Kah, to name a few.

In the early 1970s, he moved to an Islamic School in Banjul, where he was studying with Sheikh Ahmed Khaled Al-Banna (Allah’s Mercy be upon him), who was sent to the Gambia by the Eminent Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Ibn Baaz (Allah’s Mercy be upon him). He was taught by Shaykh Ahmed: Fiqh, Hadith, interpretation, unification, terminology, grammar, and many more which was in accordance with the study program at the Saudi Ministry of Education at the time.

HIS STUDY ABROAD:
In 1982, he received a scholarship to study at the Islamic University in Medina, Saudi Arabia, where he studied and attained the following:


 * Middle School Certificate (‘O’ Levels)
 * High/Senior School Secondary (‘A’ Levels)
 * BA – Islamic Law (Shari’a)
 * MA – Comparative Islamic Jurisprudence (Shari’a)
 * PhD – Comparative Islamic Jurisprudence (Shari’a)

In 1982, during his studies abroad, he lost his biological father Sheikh Alhaji Kebba Ibn Mass Kah (May Allah’s Mercy be upon him).

Mbye Kebba Kah spent most of his life in seeking knowledge after having passed many schools in his educational career. Has at least 40 years of experience in the Education Sector. He has taught in Public Schools such as: Wesley Elementary School, St. Teresa’s Elementary & Preparatory School, Kampama Elementary School, and St. Augustine Preparatory, before leaving for his study at the Islamic University in Medina.

HIS STATUE:

 * He serves as Head of the Unit of Islamic Studies & lecturer at the University of the Gambia since his return from Saudi Arabia in 2001.
 * He has served as an Imam in Mosque in State House in Banjul from 2002 to 2017.
 * He is the current Secretary General of the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council.
 * He is the Deputy Secretary General of the Union of African Ulemas (Muslim Scholars).
 * He is the acting Vice Chancellor, Al- Hikmah University and the Dean of the Faculty of Education for Girls.
 * He is a lecturer at the University of Al-Ihsan in Banjulinding in the Gambia.