Shaykh Hafiz Muddassir teaches 6 Year Online Dars e Nizami Course one-to-one and in small groups online, in English, Urdu, Hindi or Arabic. He is a graduate of Tanzeem ul Madaris Ahl-e-Sunnat (Pakistan) with more than ten years teaching these books.
Every class is live, with one student and the teacher, scheduled around the student’s timezone. The level is assessed honestly before starting rather than assumed from a certificate, because beginning at the wrong point is the most common way families waste a term. Students join from the USA, UK, Canada, Australia and Europe, and the option to study in English rather than Urdu is the reason most of them are here. Fees are quoted per student rather than published as a list. The starting level is assessed by what the student can actually do rather than assumed from a certificate, because beginning at the wrong point is the most common way families lose a term.
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.
Can sisters study these courses?
Yes. Sisters study the same curriculum one-to-one from home, at whatever pace their week allows, through the six-year course.
The two barriers sisters most often report are travel and mixed classes. Online one-to-one removes both, which is why the format has changed access to classical study more for women than for anyone else.
Scheduling is arranged around household and work commitments rather than fixed institutional hours, and it moves when those commitments move.
Is online teaching as good as in person?
For one-to-one instruction, the honest answer is that the difference is small and sometimes runs the other way. What matters pedagogically is a teacher hearing the student and correcting them immediately, and a video call carries that intact.
What online cannot replace is the atmosphere of a full-time institution: the company of other students, the discipline of a daily schedule, and the incidental learning that happens outside class. For a student who can attend one properly, that is a genuine advantage.
Most families reading this cannot. The realistic comparison is not online against a darul uloom, it is online against a weekly local class taught in a language the child does not follow.
Measuring progress
The test is always performance rather than exposure. A student who has sat through a book and cannot read a line of it unaided has not covered it, whatever the register says.
Short checks happen every session, because revision is the first thing in every class. Larger checks happen when a text is finished, by asking the student to explain rather than recite.
This page explains what parents are told and when.
Practical requirements
Nothing unusual. A laptop, tablet or phone with a working microphone, and a corner of the house without a television in it.
For younger children a parent nearby for the first few sessions helps, mostly to settle the routine rather than to supervise the content.
Where connections are unreliable, classes can run audio-only without much loss for recitation work, though text reading benefits from a shared screen.
What happens during Ramadan?
Ramadan reshapes the schedule rather than pausing it. Many students increase Quran classes during the month and reduce other subjects, which is a sensible reallocation rather than a disruption.
Class times shift around suhoor, iftar and taraweeh, and those windows differ by country, so schedules are rebuilt for the month and restored afterwards.
Some families pause entirely and resume after Eid. That is arranged by message, with no penalty attached to stopping for a few weeks.
The sequence
Each stage assumes the previous one is solid, which is why placement matters more in this curriculum than in most subjects. A gap three years back surfaces as confusion three years later.
The order is not arbitrary or traditional for its own sake: it follows what each text actually requires its reader to already know.
This page explains the syllabus this site follows.
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.