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Sheikh Muhammed Zaqir

After graduating from Manchester University with a BA (Hons) in Politics and Economics in 1995, 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 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.

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.

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 also at the Jameah Girls School and does Calligraphy on vases and canvases, which are then auctioned for charity.

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.



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