Mufti Abrar began his Arabic and Islamic Studies at Benedictine University (Lisle, IL) while enrolled in a degree program in Information Systems, simultaneously studying Arabic at Darul Qasim (Glen Ellyn, IL). He later enrolled in a summer Arabic program at the Maʿhad Taʿlim al-Islam in Elgin, IL, after which he decided to continue in the religious sciences and helped form the first batch of graduate students from the ʿAlim program — studying under recognized scholars including the renowned Quranic commentator and former Shaykh al-Hadith of Dar al-ʿUlum Deoband, Mawlana Muhammad Naʿim (may Allah have mercy on him), under whom he completed the study of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī.

Mufti Abrar graduated from Benedictine University in 2006 with honors while simultaneously pursuing his Islamic studies full-time. He completed his ʿAlim course in 2007 and thereafter enrolled at Madrasah Inʿaamiyyah (Camperdown, South Africa) to specialize in the issuing of legal verdicts (fatwas). In 2009, he completed his training under the tutelage of Mufti Ebrahim Desai (may Allah have mercy on him), a world-renowned jurist and expert in Islamic finance. He has also received authorization to narrate from forty-four books of hadith.

A rare blend of classical scholarship and real-world financial insight.

Mufti Abrar is the founder of the American Fiqh Academy and is active in research and the issuing of legal verdicts. He also serves as Head Mufti at Darul Iftaa Chicago, where he trains ʿulamāʾ in the field of fatwa.