Scholars

December 2011

The Sacred Month of Muharram

Shaykh Omar Subedar

Shaykh Omar Subedar was born and raised in Toronto , Canada . In 1990 he was inspired by a very close friend to memorize the entire Qur’an and enrolled in the renowned ‘ Institute of Islamic Education ’, located in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, U.K. Upon committing the entire Qur’an to memory in 1993 he decided to further his Islamic education by taking the institutes’ Master of Arts program on Islamic Sciences. In this program the Shaykh studied;

  • Arabic grammar, morphology, semantics, vocabulary and literature.
  • Islamic Creed (aqeeda)
  • Exegesis (tafseer) of the Qur’an and the science of exegesis.
  • Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh) of the Hanafi School (madhab). Comparative studies on all 4 recognized schools (Hanafi, Shafi’ee, Malik and Hanbali) and the science of juristic methodology (usul al fiqh).
  • Prophetic Traditions (hadith) and the science of hadith.
  • Islamic History
  • Pronunciation of the Qur’an (tajweed) and the science of intonation of the Qur’an according to all the ten major recitations (qira’aat).

By the grace of Allah the Shaykh graduated from the program in 2001 with an average of 93% in his final exams and was granted a scholarly license from the institute.

Upon his return the Shaykh taught at the Shariah Program for 3 years. Currently he is the Imam of Jame Makki Masjid Brampton, the executive member of ‘The Canadian Council of Muslim Theologians’, the secretary general of ‘The Halal Monitoring Authority’ and ateacher at takemetoumrah .com and an instructor at the Mathabah Foundation.

 

September 2011

Beyond the Finish Line

Shaykh Mohammed Badat

Imam Mohammed Bin Salim Badat was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. He moved to the Ottawa area in 2000. While going to school, he completed his initial studies of the Qur’an at the local masjid in Toronto.

In 1989, he traveled to Gujarat, India where he enrolled in a traditional Islamic University. For the next 3 years he engaged himself in an intensive Quran study curriculum that comprised of the memorization of the Quran. Upon completion of the memorization of the Quran he traveled to South Africa where he was enrolled in an intensive religious educational program at Darul Uloom Zakariyah, consisting of the comprehensive study of the Arabic language including syntax, etymology, and literature, the study of Prophetic Traditions, the study of the translation, exegesis and elucidation of the Holy Qur’an, and the study of Islamic Jurisprudence. In recognition of his academic achievements at this institution, he has earned a masters degree in Islamic Theology and has received (ijazah) authorizations in Hadith under the Senior Mufti of South Africa, Sheikh Rada-ul-Haq.

After graduating in 1999, Imam Mohammed has been serving as the Imam and Director of Religious Affairs at the Islamic Society of Cumberland in Ottawa, Canada.

Imam Mohammed Badat is also an Ontario registered minister of religion & licenced marriage officer. He also holds a degree in Computer System Support Specialist from CompTIA (Computing Technoloiogy Industry Association).
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Shaykh Nooruddin Ghauri

Shaykh Nooruddin grew up in Montreal and began his Hifz and Islamic Studies at the Jaamiah ‘Uloom al-Islamiyyah in Ajax, Ontario.  He completed his studies in Dewsbury, United Kingdom.  He has traveled extensively in the work of Da’wah, and serves as the Imam of Masjid Ayesha in Whitby, Ontario.

 

 

May – June 2011

The Guiding Light

Shaykh Yusuf Badat

Shaykh Yusuf Badat was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. He has studied under some great scholars, receiving several formal authorizations in the sacred sciences with top honors. His commitment to the sacred sciences began early in his life when Allah blessed him with the ability, by age 14, to complete the memorization of the Holy Quran. He completed a rigorous 6-year Alim course at Darul Uloom Zakariya, South Africa where he achieved his masters in the Islamic sciences, which included but was not limited to, language, exegesis (tafseer) and jurisprudence (fiqh). He earned authorizations in Hadith under the Grand Mufti of South Africa- Shaykh Radha-ul-Haq. Shaykh Yusuf Badat is an Ontario registered minister of religion & licensed marriage officer. He also holds a diploma in Network Administration from the Toronto School of Business.
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Shaykh Sikander Ziad Hashmi

Although Sikander grew up in Montreal and attended Edgewater Elementary School in Pincourt, Quebec, until age 11 (Grade 6), a sizable chunk of Sikander’s adolescence was spent at Al-Rashid Islamic Institute, a Muslim seminary in Cornwall, Ontario. He spent four years memorizing the entire Qur’an in Arabic, followed by a six-year classical study of Islam. Subjects included classical Arabic, jurisprudence, principles of jurisprudence, exegesis of the Qur’an and classical collections of the reported teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), among other subjects. Sikander graduated in 2004 as the first to have completed the entire program at the Institute without going overseas for the final year of study, which was customary until then.

Between 2000 and 2006, Sikander founded and ran eat-halal.com, the web’s first interactive site offering information on what foods were Halal (permissible for consumption by Muslims).

Sikander went on to become one of the co-founders of Sunniforum.com, a popular Muslim web forum and acted as a substitute imam, filling in when needed for prayers, sermons and lectures.

In August 2010, Sikander became imam of the Islamic Centre of Kingston (Ontario). A month later, he joined the Mathabah Foundation as a contributor. He continues to serve the community of Kingston, Ontario.
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