Mohammed Omar Subedar was born and raised in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada. In 1990, he enrolled in the Institute of Islamic Education located in Dewsbury, W. Yorkshire, United Kingdom. There, he became a ḥāfiẓ of the Qurʾān in 1993. In 2001, he graduated from a seven-year dars-i niẓāmī program offered by the same institute. He was thus conferred the title of Scholar of Islamic Sciences and Arabic Literature.

This seven-year program covered:

• Arabic grammar (naḥw), morphology (ṣarf), rhetoric (balāghah), vocabulary
  and literature
• Islamic creed (ʿaqīdah)
• Exegesis (tafsīr) of the Qurʾān and the principles (uṣūl) of exegesis
• Prophetic traditions (aḥādīth) and the principles (uṣūl) of ḥadīth studies
• Islamic law (fiqh) according to the Ḥanafī School (madh’hab)
• Comparative studies of the four schools of Islamic Law (Ḥanafī, Shāfiʿī, Mālikī
  and Ḥanbalī) and the principles of jurisprudence (uṣūl al-fiqh)
• Islamic history
• Pronunciation of the Qurʾān (tajwīd) according to the 10 major styles of
  recitation (qirāʾāt).

Currently, Mohammed Omar Subedar serves as:

• The Director of the Mathabah Institute.
• The CEO of Bukhari Publications
• The COO of the Halal Monitoring Authority
• A khaṭīb at Bramalea Cultural Centre

He has authored:

• The Commentary on Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī
• Rethink your World
• How to Live the Life of the Prophet (peace be upon him)
• The First Steps in Practicing Islam

Shaykh Yusuf Badat is the main Imam and ‘Director of Religious Affairs’ at the Islamic Foundation of Toronto. Shaykh Yusuf Badat also serves as a teacher for Arabic, Islamic Studies, Quranic Studies and World Religions at the Islamic Foundation School.

He lives in Toronto with his family.

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.

Shaykh Yusuf Badat is the founder and director of Mathabah Inc. He currently serves at Mathabah and is the Imam of the Islamic Foundation of Toronto.

Shaykh Yusuf Badat has authored an amazing manual related to ‘Umrah and Hajj. The book is called, “Productive Pilgrimage”.

He is currently working on two other publications.

Born and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick, Ustadh Dr. Shariq Lodhi is currently a staff physician in the Departments of Family and Internal Medicine at Brampton Civic Hospital.  He is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, McMaster University. When not reading, studying or preparing for courses, he enjoys competitive cycling, cross country skiing and searching for the perfect latte.

He holds a BSc. in Chemistry from McGill University as well as having completed his medical studies from Queen’s University.  In 2008, Dr. Lodhi took up traditional Islamic studies at the Islamic Society of Peel, where he studied the dars-i niẓāmī curriculum under Shaykh Omar Subedar. He graduated with a certificate of Scholar of Islamic Sciences and Arabic Literature in 2016.

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Ustadh Tamseel Ahmed was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and moved to Canada in his early teens. He completed his secondary and post-secondary education in the Greater Toronto Area.   Ustadh Tamseel has a tremendous passion for teaching Arabic grammar. His charisma has appealed to many young people within the Peel Region, and he continues to inspire a growing number of people through the programs he holds in the community.

He holds a bachelor in Engineering from Ryerson University, and has been working in Engineering for the last several years.

In 2008, Ustadh Tamseel took up traditional Islamic studies at the Islamic Society of Peel, where he studied the dars-i niẓāmī curriculum under Shaykh Omar Subedar. He graduated with a certificate of Scholar of Islamic Sciences and Arabic Literature in 2016.

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Sheikh Sohaib Saeed Zuberi completed his hifz while studying Business economics at York University.

After graduating from the university, he completed a course in management from Cornell University and teaching certification from Cambridge University. Then he went to pursue Islamic sciences at Al-Rashid Islamic Institute (Cornwall medressa). After completing the rigorous 7 year aalim program,he started doing iftaa (post graduate degree in Islamic jurisprudence) at Jamia Qasim ul Uloom, Scarborough.

Alhumdulillah, currently he’s pursuing his iftaa while working full time for Islamic Relief as major gifts manager. He is also the imam of Masjid Ibrahim and an instructor at Mathabah Institute and give khutbas in different masajids across GTA. He also teaches Islamic courses at universities and host Youth and children programs.

After graduating from the university, he completed a course in management from Cornell University and teaching certification from Cambridge University. Then he went to pursue Islamic sciences at Al-Rashid Islamic Institute (Cornwall medressa). After completing the rigorous 7 year aalim program,he started doing iftaa (post graduate degree in Islamic jurisprudence) at Jamia Qasim ul Uloom, Scarborough.

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After high school, he enrolled in the seven-year Alim program at Darul Uloom Zakariyya. During his stay there, he was taken under the wing of Mawlana Abdul Quddoos al-Qasmi. Under his guidance, he received additional training in Arabic literature, translation, and oration. He was the editor-in-chief for al-Nur magazine and a regular contributor and editor for various publications. He graduated in 2015, while maintaining one of the highest scores throughout his seven-year course.

He is passionately involved in several initiatives around Toronto and is regularly invited to speak at youth and community based events.

Shaykh Abdullah Ayaz Mullanee currently teaches at Khairul Ummah Academy and Anatolia Islamic Center, while conducting private classes online.

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He is the author of The Poetic Words of Sayyiduna Ali and Forty Ahadith and Six Points, and co-author of The True Prophetic Way of Performing Taraweeh Salah.

Before pursuing higher Islamic knowledge, Shaykh Abdullah Ayaz Mullanee founded Be Scene Magazine, hosted a community radio show, and led many charity and community centered initiatives. He was awarded first place for Tajwid at Mist Toronto 2009. He was also an award winning spoken word poet, with three recorded albums of Islamic poetry.