Instructors
Our team of highly qualified instructors, all graduates from top Islamic institutions from around the world, bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to our educational programs.
Shaykh Ammar Jakda was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario. After completing his high school education, he traveled to Gujarat, India, where he completed the memorization of the Qur’an. His pursuit of Islamic knowledge then took him to the United Kingdom, where he studied for a number of years at Jamiatul Ilm Wal Huda in Blackburn, before continuing his studies at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama in Lucknow, India, one of the most prestigious seminaries in the Muslim world, from which he graduated as an ʿālim. He later spent two years in Istanbul, Türkiye, specializing in the Islamic rational sciences, particularly theology and logic. Shaykh Ammar currently serves as the Dean of Education and Lead Instructor at Tamhid Institute, where he is engaged in active curriculum development and teaches across a range of disciplines, including Arabic, theology, law, and Islamic historiography. He is also pursuing an undergraduate degree in Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto, furthering his academic engagement with Islamic intellectual history and the broader humanities. Alongside his institutional work, he has taught and lectured at a number of organizations, including the Wijhah Initiative, Madina Institute, Jame Abu Bakr Siddique, MHMA (Mountain House Muslim Association, USA), The Muslim Society of Waterloo, and Al Khalil Academy, delivering courses in hadith studies, Hanafi fiqh, and Islamic theology. Deeply committed to education, Shaykh Ammar is passionate about raising the standard of academic learning within the Muslim community, seeking to bridge the depth of the classical tradition with the intellectual demands of the modern world.
Shaykh Usman Qamar was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario. He began his Quranic studies while in high school and finished memorization of the Quran when he was 16. He spent the following seven years in the UK and South Africa studying traditional Islamic sciences. He has completed a double major in psychology and philosophy at the University of Waterloo. He serves as religious educator at ISNA Canada, alongside having founded Wijhah Initiative, a not-for-profit organization that facilitates social and spiritual events that are welcoming, meaningful, and nurturing and foster a sense of community for young adults and youth.
Mufti Hammad Jogiat was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario. His journey into Islamic studies began at an early age when he memorized the Quran by age 14. He spent 3 years pursuing Islamic studies at Darul Uloom Blackburn in the United Kingdom, after which he transferred to South Africa where he completed a 6-year Alimiyyah program at Darul Uloom Azaadville. He then pursued a 2-year Takhassus Fil Ifta/Fiqh at Darul Ifta Mahmudiyyah. During this period, Mufti Hammad earned a master's diploma in Islamic Finance, showcasing his commitment to bridging traditional knowledge with contemporary financial practices Mufti Hammad currently serves as an Imam, speaker, teacher, and counsellor at the Cambridge Muslim Society, a speaker/instructor at Wijhah Initiative, and a Shariah Advisor for multiple Islamic Financial institutions.
