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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Fanna-Fi-Allah
| image = FFA_long_shot_color.jpg
| caption = Fanna-Fi-Allah Band
| image_size =
| alias =
| origin = Canada United States
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[Qawwali]]
*[[Sufi]]
}}
| years_active = 1996–present
| label = {{flatlist|
}}
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|www.fanna-fi-allah.com/}}
| current_members = Tahir Faridi Qawwal Aminah Chishti Qawwal Laali Qalandar Salim Chishti Ali Shan Abrar Hussain
| past_members =
}}

'''Fanna-Fi-Allah''' ({{lang-ur|فنا فی الله}}) is a Canadian–American group which plays [[Qawwali]], a form of [[Sufi]] [[devotional music]] popular in South Asia.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Group|first1=Sufi Qawwali|title=Fanna-Fi-Allah|url=https://www.sonicbids.com/band/fannafiallah/|website=SonicBids|publisher=SonicBids|accessdate=October 2, 2016}}</ref><ref name="AghaKhanMuseum">{{cite web|last1=Fanna-fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Party|first1=WORLD MUSIC SERIES|title=Showcase Performance|url=https://www.agakhanmuseum.org/performing-arts/event/wolrd-music-series-fannah-fi-allah-sufi-qawwali-party|website=Agha Khan Museum|publisher=Agha Khan Museum|accessdate=October 2, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Malik">{{cite news|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/music/tahir-qawwal-the-canadian-who-dedicates-his-life-to-sufi-music|title=Tahir Qawwal: The Canadian who dedicates his life to Sufi music|work=The National|date=October 6, 2015|accessdate=April 17, 2017|first=Sarah|last=Malik}}</ref>

== Origins ==
Group leader Tahir Faridi Qawwal (formerly Geoffrey Lyons),<ref name="Dawn">{{cite news|last1=Faridi|first1=Tahir Hussain|title=The dreadlocked darvesh|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1074069|accessdate=October 2, 2016|agency=Jung News Group Pakistan|issue=News|publisher=DAWN|date=December 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Qawwal|first1=Tahir|title=Official Website of Tahir Qawwal|url=http://tahirqawwal.com/|website=Official Website of Tahir Qawwal|publisher=Tahir Qawal|accessdate=October 2, 2016}}</ref> originally from [[Nova Scotia]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Qawwal|first1=Tahir|title=The Canadian who dedicates his life to Sufi music|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/music/tahir-qawwal-the-canadian-who-dedicates-his-life-to-sufi-music|website=The National-Arts & Life|publisher=Sarah Malik|accessdate=October 2, 2016}}</ref> studied [[Indian classical music]] with the tabla maestro Harjeet Seyan Singh in India as a teenager. At 17, he converted to Islam and studied under qawwali masters [[Rahat Fateh Ali Khan|Rahet Fateh Ali Khan]], Pashupatinath Mishra, [[Sher Ali Khan]] and Muazzam Qawwal in [[Pakistan]].<ref name="Malik" /><ref name="officialWeb">{{cite web|last1=Qawal|first1=Tahir|title=Annihilation into the Infinite, into Allah|url=http://www.fanna-fi-allah.com/about-qawwali-ffa|website=FANNA-FI ALLAH|publisher=FANNA-FI ALLAH|accessdate=October 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107015113/http://www.fanna-fi-allah.com/about-qawwali-ffa|archive-date=November 7, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Aminah Chishti ''—'' aka Jessica Ripper, originally from [[Ashland, Oregon]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 21, 2012|title=Famous Grizzlies|url=https://ashlandtidings.com/news/education/famous-grizzlies|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323093306/https://ashlandtidings.com/news/education/famous-grizzlies|archive-date=March 23, 2021|access-date=March 23, 2021|website=Ashland Tidings}}</ref> ''—'' is a student of Ustad Dildar Hussain (who played with [[Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]] for more than 28 years) and is the first female [[tabla]] player to be initiated into the lineage of Qawwali .<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/641214/spirit-of-sufism-first-woman-tabla-player-breaks-social-barriers/|title=First woman tabla player breaks social barriers – The Express Tribune|date=December 5, 2013|work=The Express Tribune|access-date=December 23, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/801743/on-a-spiritual-note/|title=Fanna-Fi-Allah: On a spiritual note – The Express Tribune|date=December 4, 2014|work=The Express Tribune|access-date=December 23, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

Qawwal and Chishti started Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Ensemble in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Divine|first1=The Rhythm|title=A spiritual search that led to qawwali|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rhythmdivine/sufi-devotional-music-of-south-asia/7533626|website=Abc.net.au|publisher=Geoff Wood|accessdate=October 2, 2016}}</ref>

==Members==

* Tahir Faridi Qawwal – Vocals, [[Harmonium]], [[Tabla]]
* Aminah Chishti Qawwal – Tabla, Vocals
* Laali Qalandar – Vocals, Clapping
* Salim Chishti – Vocals, Clapping
* Ali Shan – Vocals, Clapping
*Jahangir Baba – Harmonium, Vocals
* Abrar Hussain – Tabla, Vocals, Clapping
*Aziz Abbatiello – [[Whirling]]

==Discography==
* Fanna-Fi-Allah (2018) Muraqaba (Released by Buda Musique France Recorded at Woodshed Studios Malibu courtesy of [[Chris Martin]] ([[Coldplay|Cold Play]]))
* Fanna-Fi-Allah (2017) – Live @ Great American Music Hall (Vinyl)
* Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali (2015)
* Fanna_Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali tracks:
** Man Kunto Maula (2014)
** Mehfil-e-Sama Vol. 3 (2014)
** Naubat Nagare (2013)
** Ya Mustafa Nur-Ul-Khuda (2012)
* Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Party
** Mehfil-e-Sama Vol. 2 (2012)
** Damahama Dam Ali Ali (2011)
** Mehfil-e-Sama Vol. 1 (2008)
** Baba Farid (2007)
** Annihilation Into the Infinite (2005)
* Rizwan Muazzam
** Amad (2014)
** Araj Sun Li Jo Mori (2014)
** Sufi Sama (2007)
* Rizwan Muazzam Qawwali
** Karlo Ganj-e-Shakar (2011)
* Sher Ali Mehr Ali
** Hamare Khwaja (2013)
* Tahir Qawwal
** Alif Allah, Pt. 1 (2013)
** Alif Allah, Pt. 2 (2013)
** Alif Allah, Pt. 3 (2013)
** Bhairavi Thumri (Ras Ke Bare Tore Nain) (2013)
* Temple Step
** Alif Allah (Remix) (2014)
* Various Artists
** Dayar-e-Ishq: Abode of Divine Love (2013)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Qawwal|first1=Tahir Farid|title=Dayar e Ishq|url=https://insighttimer.com/tabaruqrecords/guided-meditations/dayar-e-ishq|website=insight timer|publisher=insighttimer.com|accessdate=October 2, 2016}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.fanna-fi-allah.com/}}
*[https://fanna-fi-allah.com/about-fanna-fi-allah Biography] on Fanna-Fi-Allah.com
*[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fanna-fi-allah-mn0000408806 Fanna-Fi-Allah] on [[AllMusic]]

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[[Category:American world music groups]]
[[Category:Canadian world music groups]]
[[Category:Harmonium players]]
[[Category:Hindi-language singers]]
[[Category:Performers of Sufi music]]
[[Category:Punjabi-language singers]]
[[Category:Qawwali]]
[[Category:Sufism in Canada]]
[[Category:Sufism in the United States]]
[[Category:Tabla players]]
[[Category:Urdu-language singers]]

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