Cat Stevens is a British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and humanitarian. In his childhood, he was inspired by the musicians performing at the Denmark Street, which was the center of British music industry. Listeners of the 1970s remember him as the soft and romantic singer whose singles always tore through the charts and were ‘Top Ten’ mainstays. His success and recognition can be adjudged by the fact that several of his albums achieved gold-record status and he was inducted into the ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.’ At the peak of his career, he had a life-altering experience and accepted Islam as his religion. Stevens stopped writing and singing music for a couple of decades and devoted his life to educational and philanthropic causes for the Muslim community. He received two honorary doctorates for the work he did in promoting peace. He returned to music in the 1990s after properly understanding the message about music in Islamic culture. He now believes that it is vital to preach to the world the finer aspects related to Islam. In 1979, he married Fauzia Mubarak Ali who bore him five children. The family currently lives in London.