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Sheikh Muhammed Zaqir

After graduating from Manchester University with a BA (Hons) in Politics and Economics, Sheikh Muhammed Zaqir studied in Damascus, Syria for 8 years at the Prestigious Abu Noor Institute and studied several classical disciplines of Islamic knowledge at the hands of some of the most prominent holders of the tradition. He has also been blessed with the opportunity to spend time in the illuminated city of Tarim, Hadramaut; where he studied at the eminent Institute Dar ul Mustafa, under the qualified hands of some of the most illustrious guides of knowledge. Being classically trained in the sacred sciences he has attained formal ijazahs in various Islamic Disciplines.

Molana Shafi

Molana Shafi is a graduate of the distinguished Islamic seminary, Dewsbury Darul Uloom; which has produced some of the most prominent Ulema of the world today. From this Seminary Molana Shafi has had the honor of receiving tutelage of the sacred Islamic Sciences from teachers with isnad in the classical disciplines who are of great academic and spiritual merit. Having been classically trained in the sacred sciences, he has attained formal ijazahs in Tajweed, the Seven Qur'anic Recitations, Qur'anic Tafsir, Ahadith, Fiqh, Aqidah, and Arabic Language. He previously held a post as a lecturer of various Islamic subjects at a leading Muslim college in London. In addition he has been blessed with the opportunity to spend time in South East Asia, the Middle East, and Western Europe, where he was engaged in Da'wah work within Muslim communities. Furthermore Molana Shafi is an affiliate of many local Da'wah projects, he has previously been an editor of an Islamic publishing house, and as a specialist in the field of Arabic Language and Grammar; he is an instructor of this branch of knowledge, as well as other Islamic disciplines, to mature students and adults.

Ustadh Yasser Ahmed Qureshi

Ustadh Yasser Ahmed Qureshi initially undertook a degree in Arabic Language at the University of Westminster and subsequently carried on in his pursuit of sacred knowledge in the blessed lands of Syria, Damascus. There he completed a 1 year intensive course in Arabic Language at the prestigious Abu Nūr University. Thereafter he enrolled onto the 3 year Islamic Studies programme at the same institute graduating with 1st class honours. He studied the major classical disciplines of Islamic knowledge whilst privately supplementing his studies at the hands of some of the most prominent holders of the tradition. Ustadh Yasser is currently studying for an M.A. and at the same time teaches Shafi'i fiqh, Ḥadith and the Arabic Language whilst furthering his studies in the Islamic sciences with local scholars in Leicester.

Molana Suleiman

Molana Suleiman graduated from Darul Uloom Bury with the Aalimiyah Shahadah Qualification. While studying there, the esteemed Sheikh Yusuf Motala acknowledged the talent of Molana Suleiman in the field of writing and therefore encouraged him to take a professional course of Islamic Calligraphy in Pakistan. On taking the advice of Sheikh Yusuf Motala, he studied under the tutelage of the late Shah Sayyid Anwar Hussain, who was a world renowned Calligrapher who sat on many international panels and his Calligraphy is displayed all around the world. Molana Suleiman received Ijaza from Shah Sayyid Anawar Hussain in 1986 and as a result is authorised to teach different styles of Islamic Calligraphy, namely: Naskh, Ta'liq, Thuluth, Diwani, Riq'a and Nuss ta'leeq. Since returning from Pakistan Molana Suleiman has taught Calligraphy at Darul Uloom Bury, and after moving to Leicester he has been in engaged in designing logos for business, Masajid and other organisations. Furthermore he has taught at the Leicester Darul Uloom and does Calligraphy on vases and canvases, which are then auctioned for charity.

Imam Khalid bin Hussein

Born in Leicester 1978, started initial studies from his Mother, Usthaadah Gulshan Hussein who was born in Zanzibar, East Africa and studied under Habib Umar bin Sumayth, Shaykh Abdulla Saleh Farsi and other Shuyookh of Zanzibar. Imam Khalid studied studied in a traditional Madrassah in Leicester from 1989-1996, Anjuman Ghausia Ahrafiyah under Maulana Shaykh Hafiz Adam Qadri and Maulana Shaykh Abul Kalaam Rizvi, where he undertook Hifdhul Qur'an, Tajweed, Hanafi Fiqh, Aqeedah and the Urdu Language. He then went on to study in Zanzibar East Africa, under his maternal uncles and other Shuyookh of the Ba'Alavi tradition, Shaykh Ba'Kathir and Ustaadh Mahmood at the Madrassah Barzah and private studies. Whilst in Zanzibar, he learnt Arabic and Seerah as well as other traditional Islamic Sciences. He has also undertaken secular studies, holding a degree in Catering and Hospitality Management. He has taught in many traditional Halaqahs around the UK and has lectured around the UK as well as East Africa and Asia. Currently he is the Imam and Khateeb of Masjid Taajdar E Madina in Leicester and also teaches in various locations in the UK

Umm Mohammed Khan

After graduating with a BA (Hons) degree in Applied Social Sciences from Nottingham Trent University, Umm Mohammed Khan took to study the various Sacred Islamic Sciences in England and then in the blessed lands of Syria, Damascus. She then followed up her studies of the Sacred Sciences in the illuminated city of Tarim, Hadramaut. Although she is a specialist in the science of intonation al-Tajweed, she is also qualified to teach Hanafi Jurisprudence and Aqidah.

Sister Khadija

For the last ten years Sister Khadija extensively studied the Arabic language under the tutelage of the esteemed Sheikh Tijani. On attaining a high command of the Arabic language, and constant encouragement and prayer of her teacher, Sister Khadija formally began to teach Qur'anic Arabic in 2003, the same year in which she graduated with a Masters degree in Islamic Studies with distinction at MIHE (Markfield Institute of Higher Education) in association with the University of Portsmouth. Since 2004, she has mainly devoted her time to studying the Qur'an, as well as teaching sisters and children a basic understanding of the Qur'an using the method of her teacher, which utilises Arabic grammar only as necessary tools for the derivation of meaning, the ultimate aim of which is to move the heart into contentment and tranquility and the actions into obedience and mercy when reciting, listening and understanding the actual words of the Creator in His final message to humankind: the Qur'an.

Guest Teachers

Periodically teachers from the Muslim heartlands will also be invited to deliver courses and lectures benefitting us from their specialized knowledge of the sacred sciences.

Shaykh Zakarya Bin Yahya

Shaykh Zakarya Bin Yahya attended the Islamic University: Madrassa Arabiya in Raiwind, Pakistan. He then continued his studies of Islamic sciences at Darululoom, Faisalabad where he qualified in Tajweed, Urdu, Arabic Sarf Nahw, Fiqh Hanafi & Maliki Usul. Shaykh Zakarya later Graduated in Jamia Islamya, Binnuri Town Karachi (Daratul Hadeeth). He then spent more than 3 years teaching Arabic and Quran in France.

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