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Dr. Iqbal Masood Al-Nadvi is a Canadian Muslim scholar and Imam.
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He holds a Ph.D. in Islamic Shariah (law), with specialization in jurisprudence (Fiqh) and taught Islamic Shariah 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, Urdu, Arabic and Hindi
Education
Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Masood Al-Nadvi obtained his Oriental Degree in Islamic studies from Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow in 1967. He then completed higher secondary with merit in 1972, and in Arabic in 1969. Later he completed his BA from Barkatullah University with majors in Arabic, and political sciences before moving to Saudi Arabia.
In Saudi Arabia, he obtained his license in Shariah from the Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia in 1978 and his MA in Islamic law from Umm al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 1983. He obtained his Ph.D. from the same university in 1991 after which he moved to the teaching position as a professor in Riyadh at King Saud University
Other
Dr. Nadvi currently serves as the director at Al-Falah Islamic Centre in Oakville, Ontario since 2004, prior to which he served as an Imam at the Muslim Association of Calgary Islamic Centre from 1998-2004.
He is also currently the Vice President of the Canadian Council of Imams and is on the advisory board on the Islamic Finance Board, The Quran Academy, the Halal Advisory Group, and the Halal Monitoring Authority. He is also an instructor at Al-Fajr Institute of Islamic Sciences, the Islamic Foundation of Toronto, Understanding Islam Academy, Ad-Duha Institute of Islamic Studies and Al-Fauz Institute of Islamic Thought
Dr. Nadvi is also a frequent guest on IslamOnline.net's live fatwa sections.