Shaykh Mohammad Zakariya:

Shaykh Mohammad Zakariya ibn Ismail began his journey of seeking traditional knowledge at a very early age. Travelling to Darul Uloom al-Arabiyyah al-Islamiyyah in the city of Holcombe, Bury in northern England, he would stay for over a decade beginning his studies with the memorization of the Holy Quran, which he completed at a tender age. Upon completing his memorization he began the study of arabic, jurisprudence and other Islamic sciences comprising the madrassa syllabus. During his final year he completed the six canonical collections of hadith [Sihah al-Sitta] under the tutelage of several masters including Shaykh Yusuf ibn Sulayman Motala, Shaykh Islam ul-Haqq and, his uncle, Shaykh Hashim all senior students of the hadith master Shaykh Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi.
Shaykh Zakariya grew up in a household of immense piety having had the honour of staying with and serving some of the leading ulema of the Indian sub-continent. During the course of his studies he also travelled to places throughout the Muslim world and was able to meet many of the foremost scholars from whom he derived great benefit such as his father in-law Shaykh Abdur Rahim ibn Sulayman Motala.
He currently resides in Toronto serving as the Imam of Masjid al-Taqwa where he holds lessons in Islamic spirituality as well as weekly gatherings of knowledge.

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani is a researcher and teacher of the Islamic sciences, specializing in Islamic Law (Hanafi), as well as theology (aqida), Qur’an, hadith, and related subjects. He is a teacher at the SunniPath Academy (www.SunniPath.com), the leading online Islamic academy, and the Director of the SunniPath Answers service. Shaykh Faraz is a Pakistani-Canadian who has lived and studied in a number of countries. He received his Bachelor’s in Economics & Commerce from the University of Toronto.
After graduation, Shaykh Faraz studied and taught the Islamic sciences in Damascus and Amman for ten years. Shaykh Faraz has studied with leading contemporary Islamic scholars including Shaykh Adib Kallas, Shaykh Hassan al-Hindi, Shaykh Muhammad Jumuah, Shaykh Akram Abd al-Wahhab, Shaykh Nuh Keller, Mufti Mahmud Ashraf Usmani, and others.
Shaykh Faraz has published two books: Sufism & Good Character and The Absolute Essentials of Islam: A Basic Hanafi Primer on Faith, Prayer, & the Path of Salvation. [White Thread Press, 2004. He also runs the blog Seeker’s Digest (www.SeekersDigest.org) and is a columnist for Islamica Magazine. He currently resides in Toronto, Canada with his wife and three children.