Ustadh Farid Dingle is an Anglo-Swiss Muslim who grew up in the United Kingdom. After learning Arabic, he travelled to Jordan where he lived for 13 years.

Farid studied fiqh, Arabic grammar and rhetoric, Arabic poetry, hadith, tafsir, and theology. He holds a BA in Arabic Language and Literature from the University of Jordan, a post-graduate certificate in Shafi’i fiqh from WISE University, and a CIFE certificate in Islamic Finance.

Among his most influential teachers are Sheikh Nuh Keller, Shaykh Ali Hani, Shaykh Hamza Karamali, Dr Amjad Rasheed (head of the faculty of Shafi’i Fiqh, WISE University, Jordan), Dr Ahmad Hasanat (Grand Mufti of Jordan), Dr Ali Zinou, Dr Ahmad Snobar, Dr Hamza Bakri, Shaykh Akram AbdulWahhab, Shaykh Abdul Malik al-Saadi, and Professor Muhammad Awwad (student of the great Mahmoud Shakir).

Farid lives with his family in California where he is Dean of Islamic studies at Hikmah School in Brentwood, California, teacher of Arabic at Fawakih Institute, Instructor at DUA Seminary, and CEO of One Path for You.