Shaykh Assim al-Hakeem is a Saudi national from Al Khobar.  In 1987 he obtained his B.A in Linguistics  from King Abdul-Aziz University in Jeddah.  He later graduated with a High Diploma in Islamic Studies from Umm al-Qura University in Makkah, Saudi Arabia in 1998.  The Shaykh also had close personal contact for several years with the great scholar Shaykh Salih Ibn Uthaymeen.
 
He is active in delivering Islamic programs for the media in both Arabic and English by participating regularly on both Islamic radio and television programs to spread the authentic teachings of the Qur’aan and Sunnah.  This includes the popular weekly Q&A session he holds on Huda TV, as well as appearing on Peace TV.

Shaykh Assim is an Imam of a masjid in Jeddah, a role which he has held for the past 20 years.  He delivers the weekly Friday sermons and lectures on various Islamic Sciences.