I ran out of steam when, midway through, I discovered the allegations of abuse which have been levelled at the author. Now, in the rules revealed to Prophet Muḥammad, Muslims are not required to pray in specific places. In 2001, Shaykh Faraz began answering questions for his family and friends online; this grew into the Hanafi Fiqh list at Yahoo Groups.

e., without residing in a place, whether this place is skies, Earth, Paradise, Hell, or any other place in the six directions. As a bit of a crash course before next year’s read of the Qur’an, Islam: The Essentials offers a good, quick overview of the faith and areas of potential conflict.

With fellow SeekersGuidance teachers Shaykh Yahya Rhodus and Shaykh Omar Qureshi, Shaykh Faraz hopes to establish a model Islamic seminary that will produce Islamic scholars of the highest caliber, through excellence in teaching, curriculum, spiritual training, and a deep spirit of service–with knowledge of both religion and contemporary social and intellectual realities.

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. Intellectively, if Allâh resembled any of His creation, He would be susceptible to the same things the creation are susceptible.To believe in the heart and declare with the tongue: « No one is God except Allâh and Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allâh » is how one becomes Muslim. This book presents the foremost principles of Islam in a very comprehensible, reader-friendly, lucid, and concise manner.