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.

Исламский ученый, Имам, исследователь,врач.

Он женат, имеет двух сыновей и дочь. Его брат Шейх Саид Аби (Имам мечети Хамза в Атланте)