Omar Subedar

Mohammed Omar Subedar was born and raised in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada. In 1990, he enrolled in the Institute of Islamic Education located in Dewsbury, W. Yorkshire, United Kingdom. There, he became a ḥāfiẓ of the Qurʾān in 1993. In 2001, he graduated from a seven-year dars-i niẓāmī program offered by the same institute. This seven-year program covered:

Arabic grammar (naḥw), morphology (ṣarf), rhetoric (balāghah), vocabulary

and literature

Islamic creed (ʿaqīdah)

Exegesis (tafsīr) of the Qurʾān and the principles (uṣūl) of exegesis

Prophetic traditions (aḥādīth) and the principles (uṣūl) of ḥadīth studies

Islamic law (fiqh) according to the Ḥanafī School (madh’hab)

Comparative studies of the four schools of Islamic Law (Ḥanafī, Shāfiʿī, Mālikī

and Ḥanbalī) and the principles of jurisprudence (uṣūl al-fiqh)

Islamic history

Pronunciation of the Qurʾān (tajwīd) according to the 10 major styles of

recitation (qirāʾāt).

He was thus conferred the title of Scholar of Islamic Sciences and Arabic Literature.

Currently, Mohammed Omar Subedar serves as:

The Director of the Mathabah Institute.

The CEO of Bukhari Academy

The COO of the Halal Monitoring Authority

A khaṭīb at the Islamic Society of Peel

The founder of Muslims4Canada

He has authored:

The Commentary on Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī

Rethink your World

How to Live the Life of the Prophet (peace be upon him)

The First Steps in Practicing Islam