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SHAYKH ALI ELSAYED
Shaykh Ali Elsayed is the appointed representative of Shaykh Muhammad Adil in the United States and Canada, and he is also a member of the Canadian Council of Imams. He teaches Islamic spirituality on behalf of his shaykh. Shaykh Ali is also an author, an accomplished nasheed artist, vocalist, and writer of devotional poetry - having produced multiple Arabic and English Nasheed Albums. He is also an author of Islamic children's books and has translated Mawlid ad-Dayba'i and Dala’il Al-khayrat from Arabic into English.Shaykh Ali was born and raised in Lebanon. He moved to the US in the early nineties where he met his spiritual master in the Sufi Naqshbandi path, Shaykh Nazim Adil, and his deputy in North America, Shaykh Hisham Kabbani. He spent over 20 years under the tutelage of such great teachers in Tasawuff (Sufism). For over 20 years Shaykh Ali accompanied them on their travels all over the world, spreading the teachings of the classical Islam of Ahle Sunnah wal Jama'ah, leading and conducting dhikr circles all over the world and singing the love poetry of Sufism.
SHAYKH FARAZ RABBANI
​Shaykh Faraz Rabbani spent ten years studying with some of the leading scholars of recent times, first in Damascus, and then in Amman, Jordan. His teachers include the foremost theologian of recent times in Damascus, the late Shaykh Adib al-Kallas (may Allah have mercy on him), as well as his student Shaykh Hassan al-Hindi, one of the leading Hanafi fuqaha of the present age. He returned to Canada in 2007, where he founded SeekersGuidance in order to meet the urgent need to spread Islamic knowledge–both online and on the ground–in a reliable, relevant, inspiring, and accessible manner. He is the author of Absolute Essentials of Islam: Faith, Prayer, and the Path of Salvation According to the Hanafi School (White Thread Press, 2004.) Since 2011, Shaykh Faraz has been named one of the 500 most influential Muslims by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center.
SHAYKH ZAKWAN AL HALABI
Shaykh Zakwan Abdul Razzaq Al Halabi is the Imam and Khatib of Jamia Riyadh Jannah-Mississauga where he provides leadership to the Mosque, conducts daily and Jumah prayers. He has received Ijazah in Quran, Figh and other Islamic sciences from traditional scholars in Syria and the Middle East. Shaikh Zakwan previously served as Imam and Teaching Assistant at the great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus and taught at Maahad Al-Fateh Al-Islami Madrassah. He has delivered lectures across different institutes in Syria, Malaysia and Indonesia. He holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, is fluent in Arabic and English and has knowledge of German, French and Malay.
SHAYKH WALEED ALMAKEE
Shaykh Waleed Almakee received his bachelor’s degree in the, Principals of Islamic Shari`ah (law) and Qur`an, at Al-Balqaa University in Amman, Jordan. Additionally, he has had the opportunity to study under and receive `Ijaazah from some of the most renowned scholars of today; including Shaykh Muhammad bin `Alawy Almaliky and Al-Imam Shaykh Muhammed bin Abdul-Qadir Al-Umdah, May Allah be pleased with them both.Shaykh Waleed has participated in a wide range of diverse programs that include research, program and curriculum development, Islamic dawah, family and youth counselling and support.His experience working in the schools, both in the Middle East and in North America, has given him great insight into what Muslims of all ages need. His unique moderate approach is appealing to adults, youth, and children, who all testify that his down-to-earth teaching style makes it easy to approach and relate to him.
IMAM HAMZA ABDUL MALICKI
Imam Hamza Abdul Malicki moeeni misbahi al Chisti is a graduate from the prestigious dar ul uloom Ghareeb Nawaz in South Africa. He has completed Islamic studies and achieved a degree in Sharia. He worked under the African council of Africa, and was a resident imam of Masjid e Raza in Swaziland 🇸🇿. Imam Hamza has a certificate in Hifz and is a certified Qari. He has done many welfare and dawa works in the different country's in Africa.
