FACULTY MEMBERS
Our faculty
Our faculty is dedicated to providing a comprehensive education in Ulum al-Shari’ah, emphasizing both theoretical knowledge and practical application. We strive to cultivate critical thinking and deep understanding of Islamic jurisprudence, preparing students to address contemporary issues while upholding the core principles of Shari’ah in diverse contexts.
The list of our faculty members also includes experts of Qur’an memorization with a vast experience in helping students read the Qur’an correctly and memorize it completely. Since IIE also helps students complete high school, while they are in the Hifz program, our staff members from the academic background teach them English, math, science, etc.
Ulum al-Shari’ah
Mawlana Ubaidullah Saleem
president@islamicedu.org
Hafiz, Alim, and one of the prominent scholars, Mawlana Ubaidullah Saleem is the current President of IIE (he was the president from 2014-2020 also) . Mawlana was trained according to the traditional Islamic curriculum and graduated from the prestigious Darul Uloom Deoband. He received ijazah from prominent scholars of hadith from Deoband. Mawlana Ubaidullah Saleem has been teaching various subjects in hadith, fiqh, Aqidah, Tafseer, and the Arabic language for the last 25 years and has successfully trained many scholars who are serving the Muslim community as Imams, Muftis, and Ulama across America. Under his leadership, IIE achieved many milestones, such as the start of Iftaa program, infrastructural growth of IIE, building IIE’s gymnasium, etc.
Mawlana Sulaiman Saleem
bareed20@gmail.com
Hafiz, Alim and Khatīb, Mawlana Sulaiman Saleem was the president of IIE (Apr 2020- July 2024). Mawlana Sulaiman Saleem completed Hifz and graduated from Darul Uloom Deoband, India. He also obtained an associate’s degree in social studies from Chicago. For the last twenty years, he has been teaching various subjects related to hadith and fiqh at this Institute.
Mufti Abrar Mirza
Mawlana Abdur Rahman Saleem
Mawlana Abdur Rahman obtained an alim degree from the prestigious Darul Uloom Deoband in India. Prior to obtaining his degree in the Shari’ah program, he was also trained under several Qura in Deoband. He has been assigned responsibilities to promote the cause of IIE and make the community aware of the activities of IIE. He also leads Tarawih during the month of Ramadhan at IIE’s Masjid al-Islam. He has performed as a judge in several Qir’at competitions in India and the US. He has been teaching Arabic and tajweed for the last three decades at IIE; simultaneously, he taught tajweed and Qir’at in different Islamic centers and institutes in Chicagoland.
Mufti Zeshan Ahmad
Mufti Farhan ul Haq
Mufti Farhan currently serves as an instructor at the Institute of Islamic Education.
Mawlana Ibn Moaz Hussain
Mawlana Ibn Moaz serves as an instructor in the Alim program at the Institute of Islamic Education.
Mufti Siddiq Muhiuddin
Mufti Siddiq Muhiddin graduated from Darul Iftaa, IIE as a Mufti in 2024 and joined IIE’s Alim program as a part-time instructor. Currently he is teaching Arabic language and Fiqh into the Alim program.
Mawlana Suleyman Ahmed Khan
Hifz
Mawlana Saad Saleem
The Mawlana’s first job was assisting his parents in operating the first madrasa in Chicagoland, where he was given the responsibility to teach the Qur’an to the early groups of students. Mawlana Saad Saleem, after memorizing the Qur’an at a very early age, attended Jamia Rahimia in New Delhi; he earned a degree in Shari’ah from Darul Uloom Deoband, India. Since the inception of IIE, he has been teaching Qur’an at IIE and has successfully produced a good number of Huffaz. Many prominent huffaz and ulama in America memorized the Qur’an under the tutelage of Mawlana Saad Saleem.
Shaykh Ali Noor
Shaykh Ali Noor is one of the very experienced teachers of the Qur’an, he is a graduate in Ulum al Shari’ah and an excellent Hafiz and Qari. Shaykh Ali Noor is a multilingual teacher, fluent in English, Arabic and Somali. He started his teaching career in Somalia and Egypt and later moved to the United States. He currently teaches at IIE. He is not only a teacher, but also a trainer and helps students learn ethics and train them to live with Islamic manners.
Shaykh Raed Zayed
Born in Jordon, Shaykh Raed Zayed, a teacher and Imam, served in the department of the Hifz al-Quran program as an instructor at the IIE from 2014 to 2018. He again joined IIE in Aug 2024. One of the very important characteristics of Shaykh Raed is that he is very disciplined and dedicated teacher in the Qur’an learning program and has a specialty for helping his students to memorize the Qur’an.
Hafiz Raage Farah
Hafiz Raage is an alumnus of IIE where he currently serves as a Hifz teacher, helping young children on their journey of memorizing the Qur’an. He has a record to his credit, reciting the entire Holy Qur’an in one sitting.
Muftiah Ambreen Noor Ahmed
Ambreen Ahmad born and raised in India’s Saharanpur is a Hafizah, Muftiah, Aalimah, and Qari’ah. She received degrees in ulum al-shari’ah from Jamia Salihat, Malegaon & Noor al-Anwar, Hyderabad, India. She started her Alimah teaching career by imparting home-based classes to female students in 2010. In 2017, she began service as a Qur’an Tahfiz teacher in Chicago through online mediums. She has mentored on average 1 Hafizah in one year. Currently, she is serving as a teacher in the alim and hifz programs at IIE’s Girls School.
Mawlana Mohammad Haq
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Mawlana Mohammad Haq is a graduate of the Alim program. His early education was in his hometown. He started hifz al-Qur’an at Hussainiyah in Indiana. After completing the memorization of the Noble Qur’an, he completed most of the Alim program at the same seminary. For earning a degree in ulum al shari’ah, he moved to IIE and completed Dawrah Hadith under the tutelage of Hadhrat Mawlana Abdullah Saleem in 2022. The same year, Mawlana Muhammad Haq joined IIE’s Qur’an learning program as an instructor. The Mawlana is one of the most dedicated teachers in this department and was awarded as the best teacher of IIE in the academic year 2023-24. He especially teaches the elementary level of the Qur’an and the prerequisite subjects, essential for starting the full-time Hifz program.
Mawlana Abid Khan
Mawlana Abid Khan serves as Tahfeez Instructor at IIE. He pursued his Alimiyyah Degree after completing Hifdh from Darul Uloom Al Madania in Western New York. He served as a Resident Teaching Scholar at Islamic Institute of Atlanta, Al-Furqan Academy in Norcross & Darul Arqam Institute and many other esteemed Islamic schools, making a significant impact on the educational landscape of these institutions, guiding and nurturing students in their Islamic educational spiritual needs. The mawlana joined IIE in Aug 2024 in the department of the Hifz program and is one of the very active teachers, also involved in student training activities.
Academics
Ishrat Asghar
Ishrat Asghar is the Vice Principal at IIE Girls’ School. She was born and raised in Deoband, India. She studied Seerah, Hadith, Fiqh, and Tafseer al-Qur’an and received a diploma from Jamia Diniyat, Deoband. Later she studied the Intensive Arabic program at the Institute of Islamic Education, Elgin, IL. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Behavioral Sciences at National Louis University where she received an award from the National Society of Leadership and Success “Sigma Alpha Pi”. Ishrat Asghar is a dedicated and hardworking professional with ten years of experience in administration and teaching Qura’n, Arabic and Islamic Studies.
Asma Saleem
Asma Saleem is one of the Deputy Deans of Academics at IIE. She completed high school at St. Ann’s High School, in India. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in science from Meerut University, India, and then moved to one of India’s most prestigious institutions of higher learning at Aligarh. She obtained a master’s degree in science from Aligarh Muslim University. She moved to the US in 2005 and since 2013 she has been teaching math at the Girls School of IIE. She also taught math at the Boys School in the academic year of 2017-18. She is also responsible for developing and managing IIE’s Sunday school, which she began in 2006 and has been continuously serving to date
Moshaddek Hasan
Moshaddek Hasan obtained his bachelors degree in computer science and engineering from the University of Dhaka in 2008. In 2000 he secured 10th place among more than 1 million students in the SSC exam conducted by the Bangladesh Education Board. He has to his credit two international research papers presented in the IEEE sponsored conference in 2008 and 2009 in VLSI and reversible logic design. Moshaddek has 11 years of experience in research in VLSI design, 9 years of experience in database programming using Oracle SQL, PL/SQL and the web technologies, and 6 years of experience in teaching. He is currently teaching at IIE and is also working as the Liaison Officer at the Boys’ School of IIE.