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Faraz Rabbani , is a Sunni researcher of Islamic law and translator of several Arabic works to the English language .1A student of the mainstream Hanafi school of Islamic law, Rabbani is of Pakistani - Canadian background, graduating from the University of Toronto with a degree in Commerce and Economics . After this, Rabbani turned to Islamic law, and went to Damascus , studying Islamic jurisprudence extensively with a group of the most renowned scholars in the Islamic sciences . Moving to Amman in the summer of 2000 , Rabbani has continued his study, research, teaching, and translation in Hayy al-Kharabsheh, close to the Zawiya of his spiritual guide and mentor, Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller . Sidi Faraz Rabbani started the online Hanafi Fiqh Forum , towards the end of 2001 , a Question-and-Answer advice platform serving the mainstream Sunni community. In 2003 , on the counsel of Shaykh Nuh Keller and other noted Islamic scholars, he helped estabilish SunniPath , an online academy of traditional Islamic knowledge, where he answers questions and teaches online through the SunniPath Academy. Rabbani has also translated several Arabic works to the English language, including Sufism and Good Character (published by White Thread Press ), and the December 2004 work The Absolute Essentials of Islam: A Basic Hanafi Primer on Faith, Prayer, and the Path to Salvation . He currently resides in Amman, where he teaches Islamic law and jurisprudence.2
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Faraz Fareed Rabbani is a scholar and researcher of Islamic law and translator of several Arabic works to the English language .
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Faraz Rabbani is an Islamic scholar, instructor in online Islamic institutes, of which he has been a developer, and the translator of books on Islamic teachings.
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Pakistani-Canadian Islamic scholar 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.
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sunni researcher of islamic law and translator of several arabic works to the english language
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pakistani-canadian islamic scholar
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