Al-Ninowy was born in Aleppo, Syria. His lineage is traced back to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, through his grandson Hussein ibn Ali by way of Musa al-Kadhim. His family descends from Madina, then the southern Iraqi village of Ninowa, where Hussein ibn Ali was martyred in a partial area which is also known as Karbala where his great grandfather Ibrahim al-Mujab was buried, then to city of Mosul in the northern Iraqi province of Ninowa, then to Aleppo in northern Syria a few hundred years ago.

Islamic scholar, Imam, Researcher, Medical doctor.

He is married, and has two sons and a daughter. His brother Shaykh Sayyid Isa (is the Imam of Masjid Hamzah in Atlanta)