About Shaykh Hafiz Muddassir

What is taught here?

The full pathway, from a first Qaida lesson to advanced classical texts: Quran classes covering Noorani Qaida, Nazra, Tajweed, Hifz and Tarjama with Tafseer; the Dars e Nizami curriculum year by year; and the Arabic sciences through Basic Arabic Grammar, Sarf-o-Nahv and Hall-e-Arabi Ibarat.

Classical logic is taught as Ilm-e-Mantiq, in plain English, which almost nothing else online offers. Sisters study the same curriculum through the six-year course, and children through Islamic studies for kids.

This page lists everything.

Why is study in English so hard to find?

Almost all Dars e Nizami teaching worldwide happens in Urdu, because that is the language of the institutions that carry the tradition and of the commentaries built around it. That works perfectly for students raised in Urdu-speaking households.

It works badly for the generation raised in Toronto, Birmingham, Sydney or Chicago. Those students are often fluent in English, functional in conversational Urdu or Punjabi, and unable to follow a technical grammar lesson in either. The curriculum is not too difficult for them; the medium is.

Teaching the same books through English removes that barrier without diluting anything. This page covers this in detail.

Who teaches these classes?

Shaykh Hafiz Muddassir completed the full Dars e Nizami curriculum under Tanzeem ul Madaris Ahl-e-Sunnat (Pakistan), and has taught its books for more than ten years. He also holds an MA in English, an MA in English Linguistics and an MPhil in English.

That second half is the unusual part. Classical training and a linguistics background rarely sit in the same person, and together they make it possible to teach *sarf* (Arabic morphology) or *mantiq* (classical logic) in English, Urdu, Hindi and Arabic, choosing whichever the student actually thinks in.

Classes run one-to-one or in small groups, whichever suits the student.

One-to-one or group classes?

Both are taught. A one-to-one class belongs entirely to one student, so the pace follows them and every error is corrected at the moment it happens. A small group class puts a few students at a matched level together, which costs less per student and suits siblings or friends studying alongside each other.

The honest trade is attention against company. One-to-one surfaces a weakness within minutes; in a group it can take a few sessions. Some students, particularly younger ones, work harder with peers in the room and would drift in a solo class.

Which suits a given student is decided in the first conversation rather than assumed, and it can change later. Sessions run on whatever video platform the family already uses.

How does scheduling work across timezones?

Classes are arranged around the student’s local clock. Teaching hours stretch across the day precisely so that a student in California, London or Melbourne is not forced into an unusable slot.

In practice this means after-school classes for children, and evening or early-morning sessions for working adults. British and European students have the easiest overlap; American and Canadian students are taught in their evenings, which fall in the teacher’s early morning.

This page sets out the workable windows by region.

Where do students study from?

Students join from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Europe.

Each of those pages covers realistic class times for that region and the communities within it, because scheduling is the practical question every family abroad asks first.

This page lists every country and city covered.

Is this suitable for children?

Yes, and children are a large share of the students. Classes for younger children are kept short and interactive, because attention rather than ability is the limiting factor at that age.

The common failure with children is not slow progress but lost interest, usually caused by classes pitched at the wrong level or scheduled when the child is exhausted. Both are fixable, and one-to-one teaching makes them visible early.

This page deals with the age question directly.

What do classes cost?

Fees are quoted for each student rather than published as a price list, because the honest figure depends on the course, how many classes a week and the level involved. A child taking two Qaida sessions weekly and an adult reading advanced Arabic texts are not the same commitment.

For general context rather than as a quotation: Across online Islamic academies generally, tuition is priced either per class hour or as a monthly block of two to five classes a week, and one-to-one teaching costs more than group classes because the hour belongs to one student. Local currency, timezone and class length all shift the picture, which is why a real number needs the real details.

Message the student’s age, level and how often you would like to study, and you will get a straight answer for that situation. This page covers the question in more detail.

How do you start?

The first step is a conversation, not a payment. Send a message describing the student, their level and what you want them to reach, and you will get an assessment of where they should actually begin.

A trial class follows if it makes sense. It exists so the student and teacher can meet, so the level can be checked properly rather than assumed, and so the family can judge the teaching style before committing.

If a different course would serve the student better, you will be told that. This page explains what happens in a trial.

Straight answers

Fees are quoted rather than published because the honest number depends on details this page does not know. Any site showing one figure for every student is averaging rather than answering.

Timelines are estimated after meeting the student, not before. A teacher promising a fixed number of months to a stranger is guessing.

Where a different teacher, a different course or a local option would serve a student better, saying so costs one enquiry and keeps the advice worth having.

The teaching method

Three things happen in every class: revision of the last lesson, new material, and the student explaining the new material in their own words. The third is where understanding is tested rather than assumed.

Classical teaching is oral for a reason. Parsing errors and misplaced emphasis are audible, and a teacher hears them in the moment rather than discovering them in an exam months later.

Practice between classes matters more than class length. Fifteen focused minutes daily beats an hour of cramming the night before, for grammar and memorisation alike.

Placing a student correctly

A short conversation and a trial class settle it. The teacher asks the student to demonstrate rather than describe, because describing your own level is genuinely difficult and most people get it wrong in one direction or the other.

Where a student needs to go back a stage, that is said plainly and with a reason attached. It is not a judgement on the student; gaps usually come from how they were taught rather than from ability.

The upside of correct placement is that progress becomes visible quickly, which is what keeps a student studying.

Why consistency beats intensity

Two classes a week with daily practice between them outpaces five classes with none. That holds across every course taught here, and it surprises families who assume more hours automatically means faster progress.

Memorisation and grammar both depend on frequent recall rather than total exposure. A student who revises for fifteen minutes each day retains far more than one who does two hours on a Sunday, because retrieval is what strengthens memory, not reading.

Long gaps are the real enemy. A month away undoes more hifz than most families expect, which is why the schedule is built around what a student can actually sustain rather than what looks ambitious in week one.

Adult learners

Adult students arrive with a specific frustration: they can recite the Quran fluently and have no idea what it says. The route out of that is translation and grammar rather than more recitation.

Time is usually their constraint rather than capacity. Two well-protected sessions a week with short daily practice produces real progress within months, and that is a realistic commitment for someone working full time.

Nobody is asked to begin further along than they are, and nobody is made to feel late.

Frequently asked questions

Can classical books be studied entirely in English?

Yes. Shaykh Hafiz Muddassir holds an MPhil in English alongside his madrasa training, so the classical material is delivered in English at full depth rather than simplified.

What levels do you teach?

From complete beginners, including young children starting Noorani Qaida, through to advanced students reading classical Arabic texts.

Are classes one-to-one or in groups?

Both are available. One-to-one gives a student the whole hour; small group classes suit siblings or friends at a similar level and cost less per student. Nothing is pre-recorded in either format.

How much do classes cost?

Fees are quoted per student, because the figure depends on course, level and frequency. Send the details for a straight answer.

Do you teach sisters?

Yes. Sisters study the same curriculum one-to-one from home, with scheduling arranged around their week.

Last reviewed 29 July 2026 by Shaykh Hafiz Muddassir.