Shaykh Sohail Hanif is one of our best-loved scholars, whose kindness, sincerity, good humour and warmth resonate through all his teachings. Having spent most of his life in England and the Middle East, he is well-equipped with deep religious knowledge as well as sensitivity towards the modern context. He brings to his lessons a profound love for Allah and His Messenger, peace be upon him, and is a very patient instructor—no question is trivial, and every student is valued.

Shaykh Sohail taught Arabic grammar at the Qasid Institute of Arabic language in Amman for five years, where he was also the head of the sciences section of the Classical Arabic department. At Qibla, his focus is tafsir, fiqh, and methodology. Shaykh Sohail currently lives in Amman, where he is continuing his studies.

• Teacher at Qasid Institute of Arabic language in Amman for five years

• BEng in Information Systems Engineering from Imperial College, London
  
  Shaykh Sohail has studied Hanafi fiqh, legal methodology, aqida, logic, hadith studies, tafsir and Arabic with scholars from Jordan, where he has resided since 2001, and other parts of the Muslim world, including Sheikh ‘Abd al-Qadir al-‘Ani al-Baghdadi, Sheikh Ahmad al-Jammal al-Hamawi, Sheikh Muhammad al-Ya’qubi, Sheikh ‘Abd al-Hayy al-‘Imrawi, Sheikh ‘Ali Hani, Sheikh Hamza al-Bakri and Dr Salah Abu l-Haj.