hiː kəmˈɛnst hɪz ɹᵻlˈɪdʒəs ˌɛdʒuːkˈeɪʃən baɪ stˈʌdiɪŋ ðɪ ᵻlˈɛvən vˈɑːljuːmz ʌv sˈæhi ˈælbˈʌkɑːɹɹi ænd ðə hˈoʊl ʌvðɪ ˈælkjˈuːɾʌb ˈælsˈɪɾə, tˈuː kəlˈɛkʃənz ʌv sˈʌni hˈædɪθs pˈʌblɪʃt baɪ ðə tˈɜːkɪʃ dᵻɹˈɛktɚɹˌeɪt fɔːɹ ɹᵻlˈɪdʒəs ɐfˈɛɹz, ænd ɐ tɹænslˈeɪʃən ʌvðə kwɚɹˈæn baɪ ˈɛlmɐlˌɪli, wˈʌn ʌv tˈɜːkiz mˈoʊst ˈɛmɪnənt kwɚɹˈænɪk skˈɑːlɚz.
He commenced his religious education by studying the eleven volumes of Sahih al-Bukhari and the whole of the Al-Kutub al-Sittah, two collections of Sunni hadiths published by the Turkish Directorate for Religious Affairs, and a translation of the Quran by Elmalılı, one of Turkey's most eminent Quranic scholars.