Meet Our Umrah Program Imams & Teachers



Shaykh Omar Subedar

Toronto, Canada

 
Shaykh Omar practically demonstrating how to perform Umrah in 
a detailed Umrah Seminar
April 2009 - Customized Umrah Group for the Turkish Community
Shaykh Omar teaching a history lesson in Madinah Near 
Masjid-e-Nabvi
2009 Group Umrah
Shaykh Omar Teaching a lesson on histroy 
near the Kaba
May 2009 Group Umrah
 
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. 
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Shaykh Yusuf Badat

Toronto, Canada

     

Shaykh Yusuf Badat Speaking at Islamic Leadership Workshop
2008 Islamic Fondation of Toronto
Shaykh Yusuf Badat Speaking at
5th Annual Muslim Apprciation Dinner
2009 Islamic Fondation of Toronto

Shaykh Yusuf Badat Speaking at
The North American 
Qirat ul Quraan Competion
2008 Islamic Fondation of Toronto

 

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. He lives in Toronto with his wife and two children.

  • 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.

  • He has served as Imam since 1999 at Masjid Anwarul Islam of Malton (Masjid Saliheen) in Mississauga, Canada. 

  • He is also been an instructor at the Toronto Shariah Program and the Uloom Program. 

  • Shaykh Yusuf Badat is the founder and director of The Mathabah Foundation.

  • He is an active executive  member of ‘The Canadian Council of Muslim Theologians

  • Since 2005, Shaykh Yusuf Badat is serving as a teacher for Arabic, Islamic Studies, Quranic Studies and World Religions at the Islamic Foundation School

  • Shaykh Yusuf Badat is also the Imam and 'Director of Religious Affairs' at the Islamic Foundation of Toronto.

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