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Shaykh Dr. '''Gibril Fouad Haddad''' (born in Beirut, | Shaykh Dr. '''Gibril Fouad Haddad''' (born in Beirut, Lebanon, 1960) is an influential [[Islam|Islamic]] scholar, religious leader, author, and [[Arabic]] translator of classical [[Islam and Scripture|Islamic texts]].<ref name="The 500"></ref> | ||
Currently residing in | Currently residing in Brunei, he was schooled in the United Kingdom, and obtained his PhD degree in French literature at Columbia University in New York. He taught at the State University of New York at Stony Brook for 2 years and in 1997 moved to Damascus where he studied the Islamic disciplines for 9 years.<ref>[http://www.sacredknowledge.co.uk/biographies-of-scholars/272-shaykh-gibril-haddad Shaykh Gibril Haddad] - Sacred Knowledge, accessed May 6, 2011</ref> | ||
A disciple of the Lebanese- | A disciple of the Lebanese-American ([[Sunni]]) Sufi Shaykh ''Hisham Kabbani'' and the [[Turkey|Turkish]] Cypriot Shaykh'' Nazim alQubrusi'',<ref>Gibril Fouad Haddad - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.al-furqaan.org/tag/gibril-fouad-haddad/|2=2011-05-04}} Becoming Muslim Through Reading Surah Al-Fatihah] - Al-Furqaan Foundation, January 28, 1997</ref> Shaykh Haddad follows the Shafi`i [[Madh'hab]] and the Naqshbandi Tariqa.<ref>Omar Tufail - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.livingislam.org/o/igfh_e.html|2=2011-05-03}} Interview with Gibril Fouad Haddad] - Living Islam, April 10, 2004</ref> | ||
He is a [[hadith]] expert (muhaddith),<ref name="The 500"></ref> recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on the [[Islamic Law|Shari’ah]],<ref>[http://kitaabun.com/shopping3/product_info.php?products_id=2519 The Refutation of him who attributes direction to Allah] - Kitaabun, accessed May 6, 2011 </ref> who was formerly a teacher of [[Fiqh]] at SunniPath,<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://www.sunnipath.com/about/shaykhgibrilhaddad.aspx|2=2011-05-03}} Shaykh Gibril Haddad] - SunniPath, accessed May 3, 2011</ref> an online Islamic Academy, and now runs the Living Islam (''livingislam.org'') | He is a [[hadith]] expert (muhaddith),<ref name="The 500"></ref> recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on the [[Islamic Law|Shari’ah]],<ref>[http://kitaabun.com/shopping3/product_info.php?products_id=2519 The Refutation of him who attributes direction to Allah] - Kitaabun, accessed May 6, 2011 </ref> who was formerly a teacher of [[Fiqh]] at SunniPath,<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://www.sunnipath.com/about/shaykhgibrilhaddad.aspx|2=2011-05-03}} Shaykh Gibril Haddad] - SunniPath, accessed May 3, 2011</ref> an online Islamic Academy, and now runs the Living Islam (''livingislam.org'') website. | ||
In 2009, he was listed amongst the inaugural "500 most influential Muslims in the world," and was referred to as "one of the clearest voices of traditional Islam in the West".<ref name="The 500">Edited by Prof. John Esposito and Prof. Ibrahim Kalin - [http://thebook.org/books_pdf/500Muslims_2009.pdf The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World (P. 94)] - The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, 2009</ref> | In 2009, he was listed amongst the inaugural "500 most influential Muslims in the world," and was referred to as "one of the clearest voices of traditional Islam in the West".<ref name="The 500">Edited by Prof. John Esposito and Prof. Ibrahim Kalin - [http://thebook.org/books_pdf/500Muslims_2009.pdf The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World (P. 94)] - The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, 2009</ref> | ||