Shaykh Shihāb ad-Dīn ibn Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Bannā was born in 1962 (1384 AH) in Giza, Egypt. He was raised in a family grounded in Tawḥīd and the Sunnah. His father, Shaykh Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Bannā (raḥimahullāh), was a renowned Salafī scholar and teacher at the Prophet’s Mosque and the Islamic University of Madinah.

After moving to Madinah with his family, he completed his studies and graduated from the Islamic University of Madinah in 1395 AH. He later completed his studies at the College of Daʿwah and Uṣūl al-Dīn in 1406 AH.

Shaykh Shihāb studied under leading scholars including Shaykh Ibn Bāz, Shaykh al-Albānī, Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī, and Shaykh Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī, among many others. He is known for his deep knowledge, sound creed, and connection to the senior scholars of Madinah.