Dr. Iqbal Masood Al-Nadvi
Dr. Iqbal Masood Nadvi is a well-known Muslim scholar in Canada, one of few who have the authority to give an Islamic legal ruling (fatwa). He holds a Ph.D. in Islamic Shariah (law), with specialization in jurisprudence (Fiqh) and taught the Islamic Shariah and Jurisprudence subjects in King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, for six years and dealt with various topics such as principles of jurisprudence (Usool Al-Fiqh), Islamic Culture, Islamic Political Thought, Islamic movements and Fiqh of Organization. He has memorized the whole Qur'an. He obtained his license in Shariah from Islamic University, Medina. Dr. Al-Nadvi currently serves as Director of Al-Falah Islamic School in Oakville, Ontario since 2004, prior to which he served as a Calgary Imam from 1998-2004.
Shaykh Muhammad Zahid Abu Ghudda
Shaykh Zahid Abu Ghudda is one of the well-known and respected scholars in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). An expert in Hanafi Fiqh and tafseer of the Qur'an, he started his Islamic education under his late father Abdul Fattah Aboghodda--a great Shaykh and a renowned muhaddith. Later, Shaykh Zahid studied under various Muslim scholars from around the world, including: Shaikh Mohammad Al-Hajjar, Shaikh Mohammad Al-Hamid, Shaikh Mustafa Al-Zarqa, Shaikh Ahmad Al-Bayanouni, Shaikh Mohammad Ali Murad, Shaikh Abdulla Alwan, Shaikh Taher Khairallah, Shaikh Mohammad Ali Al-Sabouni, Shaikh Mohammad Saeed Al-Bouti, Shaikh Abdul Raouf AboTouk. (Syria). Shaikh Abu Al-Hassan Al-Nadawi, Mawlana Mufti Mohammad Shafi and his son Justice Mohammad Taqi Usmani, Dr. Abdul Razaq Iskandar, Mawlana Zafar Ahmad Tahanwi (Pakistan and India), Shaikh Mohammad Abdul Wahab Beheiry (Egypt), Shaikh Ismail Al-Ansari, Shaikh Mana’ Al-Kattan, Shaikh Mohammad ibn Ibrahim, Shaikh Mohammad Mahmoud Al-Sawaf (Saudi Arabia), and Shaikh Mohammad Hamidullah (Paris). |