Our Instructors
Every teacher here carries what he teaches, received from his own teachers in an unbroken line.
The Teachers of Darul Huda
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Knowledge here is handed from teacher to student the way it always has been: in person, with adab, in a chain that reaches back to the Prophet ﷺ. Our teachers were formed in that same tradition, and they teach the way they were taught.
Mufti Abdullah Syed Sajid
Director & Lead Instructor
Completed his Hifdh at Darul Huda at the age of nine, then studied the Alim course for six years at Darul Uloom New York. He specialized in Iftaa at Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah in Durban under Mufti Ebrahim Desai and Mufti Husain Kadodia. He serves the community as Imam, teacher, and Mufti.
Maulana Abdur Rahman Syed Sajid
Vice Principal & Instructor
Completed his Hifdh at Darul Huda at the age of ten, then sealed it with 180 complete recitations of the Quran to his teacher. A graduate of Darul Uloom New York, he holds Ijazah from Jamia Binoriah and an Ijazah in Qirat, and serves as Co Imam and teacher.
Hafidh Toqy Islam
Quran Instructor
Completed his Hifdh in 2010 and holds an Ijazah in the recitation of Hafs from Asim through the way of al Shatibiyyah. He has taught Quran at masajid across Houston and continues his own studies alongside his teaching at Darul Huda.
Our teaching staff continues to grow as the programs expand, InshaAllah.
The Chain of Knowledge
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What makes a teacher at Darul Huda is not only what they know, but how they came to know it, and how they carry it.
Isnad
Every teacher learned from teachers before them, in a chain of transmission that safeguards what is taught
Adab
Knowledge is carried with humility and worship, and character is formed alongside every subject
Suhbah
Real learning happens in the company of a teacher, where a student absorbs far more than words
Study in the Company of Scholars
From a child’s first Hifdh to the full path of the Aalimiyyah, our teachers walk with every student. Come and learn.