Mufti Bilal Mohammad completed the memorization of the Holy Qur’ān from Darul Huda Institute (Piscataway, New Jersey). Thereafter, he completed his six-year `Alimiyyah course from Darul `Uloom Al Madania (Buffalo, NY) and Darul Uloom Canada (Chatham-Kent, Canada). He then traveled to South Africa in order to complete the extensive Iftaa’ (Mufti) course from Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah (Durban, South Africa), specializing in Islamic Theology and Islamic Finance. During his stay at Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah, Mufti Bilal issued more than 300 fatwas, accepted and approved by a number of senior Muftis in the locality.  Mufti Bilal has been leading Tarawih and giving Friday sermons and Islamic lectures in various Islamic centers for more than ten years. He has years of experience in teaching students of all ages, especially middle-school and high-school students. He holds traditional asanid (chains of transmission) in Hadith (Islamic Tradition), Fiqh (Islamic Law), and `Aqidah (Theology). He also holds a certification as a CIFE™ (Certified Islamic Finance Executive) from Ethica Institute of Islamic Finance.

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Mawlana Dr. Mateen Khan was born and raised in the Philadelphia area. He completed his medical degree from Temple University Medical School, and specialized in Emergency Medicine.

As he began practicing as an Emergency Medicine physician, Mawlana Dr. Mateen simultaneously enrolled in the prestigious seminary program at Darul Uloom Al-Madania in Buffalo, where he spent six years intensively studying core disciplines of the traditional Islamic sciences, such as Arabic, Tafsir (Quran Exegesis), Hadith (Prophetic Traditions), Fiqh (Jurisprudence), and other related subjects.

As the new branch of the seminary opened in Chatham, Ontario by the name of Darul Uloom Canada, he relocated to it and completed his graduation there, gaining Ijazas (authorizations) to teach the various subjects, most notably, the six authentic books of Hadith, namely, Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan at-Tirmidhi, Sunan an-Nasai, Sunan ibn Majah and Sunan Abu Dawud.

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Mawlana Numaan Cheema was born and raised in Lawrenceville, NJ. At a young age, he ventured to Buffalo, New York and Chatham, Ontario to gain an understanding of the fundamentals of Islam. Upon graduation, he took up a position as an imam and teacher in Boston. After a tenure as the Imam in Boston, Mawlana Numaan took up a teaching and research position at Darul Uloom Canada in Chatham, Ontario.

Mawlana Numaan Cheema is an Islamic Studies  graduate from Darul Uloom, Canada.  He has Ijāzah, or license to teach, in the six major books of Ahadīth (Bukhāri, Muslim, Tirmidhī, Nasā’ī, Ibn Mājah, Abū Dāwūd).  He also has Ijāzah in the Islamic Sciences, Qur’ān, Tafsīr, Ḥadīth, Fiqh, ‘Usūl al-Fiqh, ‘Usūl al-Ḥadīth, ‘Usūl al-Tafsīr. He has a passion for Aqeedah, Usul, and Programming.  Alongside being an Imam, he is actively studying to become a Software Engineer.

​Mawlana Numaan is also an instructor for Lantern Initiative, Lantern AfterSchool, Lantern Literacy,  4EveryMuslim , and contributes to  Enter The Sunnah  blog.​

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Mufti Sulaiman Yusufi was born and raised in upstate New York. He began his pursuit of knowledge at the tender age of 12 memorizing the Holy Quran at Darul Uloom Madania in Buffalo, New York. He continued to study traditional Islamic sciences under various scholars. He has received ijazah in the six most authentic books of hadeeth. Upon graduation, he was given the opportunity to enter a course in Islamic law and legal verdicts (fatwa). He completed the course in two years and received formal authorization in it as well. He has taught many courses and lectured extensively on a range of topics.

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Instructor for CJIIS's Part-Time 'Alim Program

Mufti Bilal Mohammad completed the memorization of the Holy Qur’ān from Darul Huda Institute (Piscataway, New Jersey). Thereafter, he completed his six-year `Alimiyyah course from Darul `Uloom Al Madania (Buffalo, NY) and Darul Uloom Canada (Chatham-Kent, Canada). He then traveled to South Africa in order to complete the extensive Iftaa’ (Mufti) course from Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah (Durban, South Africa), specializing in Islamic Theology and Islamic Finance. During his stay at Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah, Mufti Bilal issued more than 300 fatwas, accepted and approved by a number of senior Muftis in the locality.  Mufti Bilal has been leading Tarawih and giving Friday sermons and Islamic lectures in various Islamic centers for more than ten years. He has years of experience in teaching students of all ages, especially middle-school and high-school students. He holds traditional asanid (chains of transmission) in Hadith (Islamic Tradition), Fiqh (Islamic Law), and `Aqidah (Theology). He also holds a certification as a CIFE™ (Certified Islamic Finance Executive) from Ethica Institute of Islamic Finance.

Instructor for CJIIS's Part-Time 'Alim Program

Mawlana Dr. Mateen Khan was born and raised in the Philadelphia area. He completed his medical degree from Temple University Medical School, and specialized in Emergency Medicine.

As he began practicing as an Emergency Medicine physician, Mawlana Dr. Mateen simultaneously enrolled in the prestigious seminary program at Darul Uloom Al-Madania in Buffalo, where he spent six years intensively studying core disciplines of the traditional Islamic sciences, such as Arabic, Tafsir (Quran Exegesis), Hadith (Prophetic Traditions), Fiqh (Jurisprudence), and other related subjects.

As the new branch of the seminary opened in Chatham, Ontario by the name of Darul Uloom Canada, he relocated to it and completed his graduation there, gaining Ijazas (authorizations) to teach the various subjects, most notably, the six authentic books of Hadith, namely, Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan at-Tirmidhi, Sunan an-Nasai, Sunan ibn Majah and Sunan Abu Dawud.

Instructor for CJIIS's Part-Time 'Alim Program

Mawlana Numaan Cheema was born and raised in Lawrenceville, NJ. At a young age, he ventured to Buffalo, New York and Chatham, Ontario to gain an understanding of the fundamentals of Islam. Upon graduation, he took up a position as an imam and teacher in Boston. After a tenure as the Imam in Boston, Mawlana Numaan took up a teaching and research position at Darul Uloom Canada in Chatham, Ontario.

Mawlana Numaan Cheema is an Islamic Studies  graduate from Darul Uloom, Canada.  He has Ijāzah, or license to teach, in the six major books of Ahadīth (Bukhāri, Muslim, Tirmidhī, Nasā’ī, Ibn Mājah, Abū Dāwūd).  He also has Ijāzah in the Islamic Sciences, Qur’ān, Tafsīr, Ḥadīth, Fiqh, ‘Usūl al-Fiqh, ‘Usūl al-Ḥadīth, ‘Usūl al-Tafsīr. He has a passion for Aqeedah, Usul, and Programming.  Alongside being an Imam, he is actively studying to become a Software Engineer.

​Mawlana Numaan is also an instructor for Lantern Initiative, Lantern AfterSchool, Lantern Literacy,  4EveryMuslim , and contributes to  Enter The Sunnah  blog.​

Instructor for CJIIS's Part-Time 'Alim Program

Mufti Niaz Hannan is the Youth Director at MCMC Masjid and Head of Islamic Studies at An-Noor Academy Islamic School in Piscataway, NJ. Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Pennsylvania, Mufti Niaz began his journey in studying Islam from the blessed lap of his mother and late grandfather, Shaykh Maulana Raihanul Haque رحمه الله. He started memorizing the Holy Qur’ān in his hometown community of Lansdale, PA and completed his Ḥifẓ (complete memorization of the Qur’ān) in the spring of 2004. For the next nine years, Mufti Niaz would study the Islamic Scienes in the UK, graduating in 2011 from Jamiatul Ilm Wal Huda UK in Blackburn, near Manchester, North England. The following year, he trained as a Muftī (issuer of Muslim legal responses) and completed an MA in Islamic Studies. For the last fifteen years, Mufti Niaz has been serving in the Tri-State area and Delaware, and has previously served as a full-time Imam in Southern New Jersey. In addition to his teaching, he is also the Muslim Chaplain at Drexel University in Philadelphia, and an instructor for the Central Jersey Institute of Islamic Sciences, and also for Riwaq Institute in Greater Philadelphia.

Mawlana Mohammad Ahmad Bari was born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. At age 11, he enrolled in a full-time hifz program at AQSA Academy in Windsor, completing his memorization of the Quran by age 13. He remained for an additional year to revise the Quran.

At 15, Mohammad began the Alimiyyah program at Darul-Uloom Canada in Chatham, Ontario, where he dedicated six years to intensive study in Hadith, Tafsir, Aqidah, and Fiqh. After graduating in 2023, he pursued an additional year of focused study in Tafsir under the guidance of Mawlana Ibrahim Madani.

In 2024, he relocated to Piscataway, New Jersey, where he now serves as a full-time instructor at CJIIS.

He graduated from Darul Uloom Trinidad and Tobago in 2010, and then pursued memorizing the Quran. He has taught in maktab/Hifz for around four years. He taught Hifz in Guiding Stars Academy for two years, and then taught in Al Furqan Academy from September 2023 until present.

Maulana Asif Karim was born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey. In his early years, he attended the Islamic Academy of Trenton, where he began his pursuit of Islamic knowledge. At the age of fourteen, he continued to Darul Uloom New Jersey in Paterson for four years. He completed his alim course studies at Darul Quran was Sunnah in Woodside, New York. There he studied with various traditional scholars and received ijāzah in the six most authentic books of hadith. Mawlana Asif currently resides in his hometown of Trenton, NJ and teaches at ICMC.

Mawlana Mohammad Ahmad Bari was born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. At age 11, he enrolled in a full-time hifz program at AQSA Academy in Windsor, completing his memorization of the Quran by age 13. He remained for an additional year to revise the Quran.

At 15, Mohammad began the Alimiyyah program at Darul-Uloom Canada in Chatham, Ontario, where he dedicated six years to intensive study in Hadith, Tafsir, Aqidah, and Fiqh. After graduating in 2023, he pursued an additional year of focused study in Tafsir under the guidance of Mawlana Ibrahim Madani.

In 2024, he relocated to Piscataway, New Jersey, where he now serves as a full-time instructor at CJIIS.

Instructor for CJIIS's Advanced Hifz Program

Instructor for CJIIS's Advanced Hifz Program

Instructor for CJIIS's Advanced Hifz Program

Instructor for CJIIS's Advanced Hifz Program

Instructor for CJIIS's Advanced Hifz Program

Instructor for CJIIS's Advanced Hifz Program

Male Teacher for CJIIS's Guided Ḥifẓ Program

Highly qualified Islamic scholar and teacher with over two decades of experience in teaching
Islamic studies, Arabic language, and Quranic sciences. Proven track record of successfully
teaching students of diverse backgrounds and age groups.

Education:
- Hifzul Quran, Madrasa Imdaa-Dul-Uloom (1987)
- Advanced Religious Studies, Jamia Binoria Town and Jamia Farooqia
- Dawra Hadith, Dar-ul-Uloom Karachi

Teaching Experience:
- Islamic and Arabic Teacher, Jamitul Uloomul Islamia Mirpur (AJK) (2001-2006)
- Islamic and Arabic Teacher, Institute of Islamic Sciences, Islamabad (present)

Online Teaching Experience:
- Teaching Online Quran and Arabic since 2010
- Successfully taught numerous students worldwide, fostering a deep understanding of Islamic
principles and Arabic language

Language Skills:
- Fluent in Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, and Persian

Male Teacher for CJIIS's Guided Ḥifẓ Program

Highly qualified Islamic scholar and teacher with extensive experience in Quranic sciences,
Islamic studies, and Arabic language. Proven track record of successfully teaching students of
diverse backgrounds and age groups.

Education:
- Hifzul Quran, Madrasa Jamia Usmaan bin Affan (2005)
- MA Islamiyat, University of Peshawar
- Religious Studies, Darul-Quran

Teaching Experience:
- Islamic and Hifz Teacher, Jamia Usmaan bin Affaan (2010-2017)
- Online Quran and Arabic Teacher (2015-present)
- Taught numerous students worldwide, fostering a deep understanding of Quranic sciences,
Islamic principles, and Arabic language

Language Skills:
- Fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, and Persian

Male Teacher for CJIIS's Guided Ḥifẓ Program

As a dedicated Quran teacher from Charsadda, Pakistan, I have had the privilege of memorizing
the Quran at Jamia Tul Saleem Tangi and refining my recitation skills through advanced Tajweed
training. My academic credentials include a Hifz certificate from Wifaqul Madaris, a renowned
institution in Islamic education.

Teaching Experience:
- Jamia Tul Furqaan, Peshawar (2 years)
- Online Quran Teacher (1.5 years)

Objective:
My passion is to empower students to read and understand the Quran with accuracy and
depth, fostering a profound connection with its teachings.

Language Skills:
- Fluent in English, Urdu, Hind

Male Teacher for CJIIS's Guided Ḥifẓ Program

My name is Muhammad Habib. I am doing BS Arabic from University of Peshawar. Alongside, I
am also teaching Quran and Islamic education in Jamia-Al-Furqan.
I memorized Quran at age of 17 from one of famous Madrasa of Pakistan "Jamia Um-ul Qurra".
I have been teaching Quran and Islamic teaching since 2017. Alhmadullilah I taught to more
than 60 students in my Madrasa.
Alhamdullilah I have so much experience to teach kids or elders. I know how to engage
students in class and make them able to recite properly in friendly way. I am a very enthusiastic
and energetic teacher who can engage students to get best of their abilities and
make their progress.

Language Skills:
- Fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi

Male Teacher for CJIIS's Guided Ḥifẓ Program

Student of Computer Science from City University, Peshawar

Teaching Experience:
- Jamia Usman bin Affan, Peshawar (1 years)
- Online Quran Teacher (4 years)

Language Skills:
- Fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi

Female Teacher for CJIIS's Guided Ḥifẓ Program

Education:
- Hifzul Quran, Hadiqa-tul-uloom (2022)
- Currently a second-year student
- Religious Education, 3rd Darajah, Khadija-tul-Kubra

Teaching Experience:
- Quran Teacher (2022-present)
- Taught numerous students

Female Teacher for CJIIS's Guided Ḥifẓ Program

Education:
- Hifzul Quran, Hadiqa-tul-uloom (2023)

Teaching Experience:
- Quran Teacher (2023-present)
- Taught numerous students

Female Teacher for CJIIS's Guided Ḥifẓ Program

Education:
- Hifzul Quran, Jamia Ayesha Siddiq lilbanat (2005)

Teaching Experience:
- Quran Teacher (2009-present) at home Madrasa
- Taught numerous students

Mu'allimah Binte Saif graduated as an Alimah in Islamic Studies from Madrassah Mu'einul Islam in Zakariyya Park, South Africa in 2017. She completed Hifẓ al-Qur'ān at Masjid Omar bin Abdul Aziz in Atlanta, Georgia in 2013.She teaches Quran and Islamic studies to various levels and age groups. She is passionate about serving and mentoring Muslim youth and organizes Halaqas and social events for Muslim sisters in her free time.

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She was born and raised in New Jersey. She completed high school while memorizing the Qur'an in the final two years and pursuing the Aalimiyyah course. She then transferred to Al-Kauthar Institute in NYC, where she formally completed her studies in 2024.

She completed her Aalimiyyah in 2022 from Darul Uloom Al-Madania in Buffalo, NY. Upon graduating, she took on roles such as teaching maktab in local masaajid, tutoring local girls in her community, and conducting halaqas for youth groups of varying ages. She is currently working to advance her studies with online learning platforms in the various Islamic sciences.

Head Instructor for Girls' & Children's Tarbiyyah Programs

Mu’allimah Umme Taha is a certified Doctor of Medicine from Hyderabad, India. After coming to USA, she continued her medical studies and obtained a degree as a diagnostic medical sonographer. She completed a brief 2 year Aalimah course in English from Darul Uloom Zakariyya, NY in 2011. She then further pursued Islamic education for 5 years and graduated with an `Aalimiyyah sanad from Darul Uloom Zakariyya, NY in 2016. Thereafter she graduated from 1yr Muftiah course(specialization in Fiqh and Ifta) in 2020 and 1yr specialization in Sarf and Nahw course in 2021 from Salihaat online academy. Alhamdulillah, she has been teaching tarbiyah classes since 10 plus years (aqeedah, fiqh, arabic, seerah, Quran, hadeeth, akhlaaq etc.) for children and sisters of all ages. She also gives lectures on various Islamic subjects from time to time .

Instructor for Girls' Tarbiyyah Program

Mu’allimah Umme Inaam completed the 5 year `Aalimiyyah course from Nawal Academy (Chicago, IL), which was run under the supervision on Mufti Nawal-Ur-Rahman Saheb DB (originally from Hyderabad, India), where she studied different sciences of Shari`a, graduating in July 2017 with an `Aalimiyyah Sanad. She is studying Tafseer-E-Quran under Mufti Ataur Rahman Sajid Saheb (DB).
She has been teaching Arabic Morphology (Sarf) to students. She has also been teaching children and girl’s tarbiyyah classes.

Instructor for Girls' Tarbiyyah Program

Mu'allimah Binte Saif graduated as an Alimah in Islamic Studies from Madrassah Mu'einul Islam in Zakariyya Park, South Africa in 2017. She completed Hifẓ al-Qur'ān at Masjid Omar bin Abdul Aziz in Atlanta, Georgia in 2013.She teaches Quran and Islamic studies to various levels and age groups. She is passionate about serving and mentoring Muslim youth and organizes Halaqas and social events for Muslim sisters in her free time.