Instructors

Samir Hussain studied Evolutionary Biology & Cosmology at McMaster University in Canada and realized that the real answers could only be found with God and in the Islamic tradition.

In 2007 he began studying Islam in English with various preachers & scholars in Canada. In 2010 he moved to Riyadh & studied the classical Islamic sciences with scholars in private, one-on-one classes. In 2016 he moved to Cairo to study Hadith. Throughout most of his studies, he worked as a professional educator at the university level.

He has ijazahs to teach most of the texts he has studied with his teachers, ranging from beginner to advanced texts across different subjects in the traditional Islamic sciences.

Samir Hussain's main research interests are in Islamic theology, Usul-ul-Fiqh & philosophy, and he is also passionate about the Arabic language. Since 2017 he has been teaching Islamic Studies full-time at the high school level. In 2018 he started the social media blog, The Usuli. In 2020 he started teaching traditional texts in the Islamic Sciences online at Fahm Education.

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Shaykh Mohammad has a Tajweed Certificate, Higher Qiraat Certificate, and Qiraat Specialization Certificate from the Ismailia Qiraat Institute affiliated with Al-Azhar Al-Sharif.

He has also earned a Higher Diploma in Quran Recitations and Sciences (Bachelor’s Degree), from the College of the Holy Quran for Recitations and Sciences at Al-Azhar University.

He has ijazah in multiple chains of narrations in the canonical Qira'at (readings) of the Qur'an.

He has a single chain of narration in the narration of Hafs on the authority of Asim, by way of Al-Shatibiyyah.

He has a chain of narrations in the ten minor recitations by way of Al-Shatibiyyah and Al-Durrah.

He has several chains of narration in the ten major recitations, by way of al-Jazari's Taibatul al-Nashr.

He currently lives with his family in Ontario, Canada.