Ustadh Furhan Zubairi was born in 1983 in Indianapolis, IN. Shortly thereafter, he moved and spent most of his youth in Southern California, graduating from high school in Irvine in 2001. After starting college, he took a break in his studies and went to Karachi, Pakistan for 9 months during which he completed the memorization of the Holy Quran with tajweed from Jamia Binoria.

He returned home and completed his B.S. in Biological Sciences from University of California, Irvine in 2005. He then traveled to Egypt to study the Arabic language. Next, his pursuit of Islamic knowledge led him back to Pakistan where he studied for 5 years, graduating in 2011 from Jamia Darul Uloom Karachi with a Shahadatul Alamiyyah (Equivalent of M.A. in Arabic and Islamic Studies). He obtained numerous Ijaazaat (Licenses) in Islamic Sciences, including a chain (Sanad) reaching the Prophet (saw) in the six authentic books of hadith (Sihah Sitta) and the Muwattas of Imam Malik and Imam Muhammad. He also received certification in Islamic Finance.

Ustadh Furhan Zubairi is currently the Religious Director and Imam at Darul Falah in Tustin, CA and an Instructor at the Institute of Knowledge in Diamond Bar, CA.