Iqbal Masood Nadvi

Dr. Mohammad Iqbal Masood Al-Nadvi is a Canadian Muslim scholar and Imam.

He holds a Ph.D. in Islamic Shariah (law), with specialization in jurisprudence (Fiqh) and taught Islamic Law and Jurisprudence at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, for six years and dealt with various subjects such as principles of jurisprudence (Usool Al-Fiqh), Islamic Culture, Islamic Political Thought, Islamic movements and the Fiqh of Organization. He has memorized the entire Qur'an. Dr. Nadvi speaks English, Persian, Urdu, Arabic and Hindi.

Education

Dr. Iqbal Al-Nadvi has studied the Islamic sciences extensively at some of the world’s leading institutions for Islamic learning. He completed his Masters and PhD in Shariah, with a specialization in Fiqh from Umm al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Prior to pursuing his graduate studies at Umm al-Qura, Dr. Nadvi studied various Islamic sciences for over a decade at the prestigious seminary Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow, India and also earned a degree from the Islamic University of Madinah, Madinah, Saudi Arabia as well as receiving Ijaza (licenses) from many of the most noted scholars of our time. To compliment Dr. Nadvi’s comprehensive education in the Islamic sciences, he earned a degree in political science and economics from Bhopal University, Bhopal, India.[1]

Other

He is the President of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) Canada [2] and the former Director of Religious Affairs at the Calgary Islamic Centre and at the Al-Falah Islamic Centre. He is currently on the advisory board of various organizations including the Islamic Credit Union of Canada, the Interest-Free Financing Corporation and the Crescent Committee of Canada, amongst others. He is also the Chairman of the Canadian Council of Imams, the Islamic Finance Advisory Board, the Fiqh Council of Canada and the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of Canada’s religious affairs committee. Dr. Nadvi formerly served as a member of the University of Calgary chaplaincy team. His role at the University of Calgary was to provide spiritual and moral guidance for Muslims on campus as well as to help facilitate cultural understanding.

He currently is an adjunct faculty member at the Canadian Centre for Deen Studies and the Islamic Institute of Toronto (IIT) and is the Executive Director and Scholar in Residence at the Al-Nadwa Institute.[3]

References and sources

References
  1. ↑ "Faculty of Islamic & Arabic Studies".
  2. ↑ "Dr. Iqbal Al-Nadvi: New Amir of ICNA Canada".
  3. ↑ "Faculty of Islamic & Arabic Studies".
Source
  1. ↑ "Faculty of Islamic & Arabic Studies". Al-Nadwa Institute.
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