Imām Abdul-Malik Sheikh studied Arabic and Shari’ah at the European College of Islamic Studies in France and then in Wales. He also spent some time studying under teachers in the Middle East, foremost amongst them were Shaykh Ahmad Hawwa in Jordan, with whom he studied Shafi’i Fiqh, and Shaykh Munir al-Kamantar al-Tunisi in Damascus, with whom he studied Arabic grammar and spirituality.

Imām Abdul-Malik Sheikh completed his Alimiyyah under the tutelage of Dr Shaykh Mohammad Akram Nadwi at the Al-Salam Institute. He completed his specialisation in Hanafi Fiqh and Ifta at Darul Ilm Birmingham in 2021.

Imām Abdul-Malik Sheikh is also child protection social worker. He completed his BA in Social Work at the Goldsmiths University of London. He also completed post graduate studies in Social Work at the Royal Holloway University of London. He has worked in field the of child protection and safeguarding in a number local authorities across London. He lives in London with his family and is active in teaching the traditional sciences.