Faraz Rabbani is a
Pakistani-Canadian Islamic scholar, instructor in online Islamic institutes, of which he has been a developer, and the translator of books on Islamic teachings.
Work
Faraz Rabbani is the founder, education director, and instructor at SeekersGuidance (formerly SeekersHub Global), an online educational institute which has a Q&A service, online courses, and occasional retreats. He carries the title of
sheikh
Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...
.
From 2011 to 2018 he served as executive director of SeekersHub Toronto in
Mississauga, Ontario
Mississauga ( ), historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a popu ...
, Canada, which was reestablished as SeekersGuidance Canada in 2019.
Before that he was a central figure with SunniPath, an online Islamic institute, and has, according to one publication "continuously been at the vanguard of effectively utilizing the latest web technologies and services to teach Islam in the West for over a decade."
He has issued a fatwa against all forms of
domestic violence
Domestic violence (also known as domestic abuse or family violence) is violence or other abuse that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage or cohabitation. ''Domestic violence'' is often used as a synonym for '' intimate partn ...
including physical, emotional, and spoken forms.
He is listed in the 2017 edition of ''
The Muslim 500
''The 500 Most Influential Muslims'' (also known as ''The Muslim 500'') is an annual publication first published in 2009, which ranks the most influential Muslims in the world.
The publication is compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies C ...
'' as one of the world's 500 most influential Muslims.
Publications
* ''Absolute Essentials of Islam: Faith, Prayer, and the Path of Salvation According to the Hanafi School'' (Santa Barbara: White Thread Press, 2004)
References
External links
SeekersGuidance - Where Faraz Rabbani's lessons may be foundFaraz Rabbani audio and video lecturesIslamic Finance Affairs
- Articles, answers, and news on Islamic Finance
Islamic banking, Islamic finance ( ar, مصرفية إسلامية), or Sharia-compliant finance is banking or financing activity that complies with Sharia (Islamic law) and its practical application through the development of Islamic econom ...
, run by Rabbani
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Canadian bloggers
Canadian people of Pakistani descent
Blogs about Muslims and Islam
Hanafi fiqh scholars
People from Karachi
People from Toronto
Living people
1974 births
Canadian Sunni Muslims
University of Toronto alumni