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Shaykh Mohammed was born and raised in the United States and is a graduate of the Islamic seminary (ḥawzah) in Najaf, Iraq. He has a bachelor’s degree in Communications with a double emphasis in Electronic Media and Speech from the University of Michigan where he also minored in Philosophy and completed his Pre-Medical requirements.

Shaykh Mohammed Al-Saadi is the founder of Shield Families, a non-profit that aims to “revive the village” by connecting and equipping like-minded believers with the tools needed to raise devout and resilient families living in the west.

He also serves as the Dean of Mission at Wisdom Academy, an Islamic Montessori school based in Dallas, TX where he and his family now reside.

Ustadhah Zahraa Hamka was born and raised in Michigan. In 2010 she received her Bachelor of Science from Wayne State University, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Mathematics. In 2011 she and her husband moved to Najaf, Iraq to further their studies in the Islamic Seminary (ḥawzah).

Outside of homeschooling her three boys, she offers lectures and classes to women in her hometown and abroad, while continuing her research in Islamic studies.

In 2021, she co-founded Shield Families, a non-profit that aims to “revive the village” by connecting and equipping like-minded believers with the tools needed to raise devout and resilient families living in the west.

She currently resides in Dallas, Texas with her husband and three boys.

Shaykh Hazari was born in Toronto, Canada, but he spent most of his youth in Oman where he received his primary education, and his family moved to the United States in the 1980’s. He finished high school, and completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Florida/Florida Atlantic University. He went on to receive his Master’s degree from the University of Toronto, and his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. He is a physiologist/environmental scientist by profession, specializing in neuro and cardiovascular physiology, and studies the effects of air pollution on human health.Dr. Hazari has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in his field of science and regularly presents his work at national and international conferences. He also lectures and mentors graduate and undergraduate students in affiliation with local universities. Dr. Hazari received the 2011 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President Barack Obama at the White House in July 2012.

Dr. Shaykh Hazari also completed hawzah studies under the direction of his eminence Shaykh Mohamad al-Ali al-Halabi. These studies, which have spanned more than fifteen years, include completion of introductory seminary-level subjects (i.e., muqaddimat —usul al-fiqh, fiqh, Quranic studies, theology, and logic), as well as more advanced instruction in Islamic law (lumuah).

Shaykh Hazari is also a religious speaker, teacher, and volunteer in the Shia and Muslim community at-large for almost two decades; he gives speeches in centers across North America and regularly interacts with youth groups at all level. He delivers speeches mainly in English; however, he speaks Arabic and Urdu as well.

Shaykh Hazari is the resident scholar (alim) or imam of the Islamic Ahlul Bayt Association of the Triangle (IABAT) in Durham, North Carolina, where he provides religious services (such as marriage, death/burial, and counseling), leads congregational prayers, provides guidance to the weekend school, and delivers lectures.

He is also deeply committed both locally and nationally to community service, public outreach, and intra-/interfaith dialogue. As such, he is involved with a Durham organization that provides healthy food to deprived students and builds bridges between the people of the community.

Dr. Shaykh Hazari is a member of the Council of Shia Muslim Scholars of North America and a board member of the Imam Mahdi Association of the Marjaeya (I.M.A.M.). In addition, Shaykh Hazari also contributes to the publication of Islamic books, authoring the booklet Who is Hussain? and articles on numerous topics. He also provides expert review of jurisprudential books on common subjects like food and drink, wills, and expiation.

Nabi Raza Abidi was born in Alipur, in India. He was raised in a religious, Syed family. After completing his early education, he moved to Iran at the age of 14 to pursue Islamic studies. He spent the first two years in Najafabad learning Farsi, basic Arabic grammar, and aḥkām. He then spent 14 years in Qom, where he studied at Hujjatiyyah, Fayḍiyyah, and the Institute of Imām Jaʿfar aṣ-Ṣādiq under Ayatollah Ja'far Subḥanī. Concurrently, he earned his PhD from the University of Tehran. After completing his lower level studies, he participated in Dars al-Khārij under reputable scholars, such as Ayatollah Ja'far Subḥanīi, Ayatollah Fāḍil Lankarānī, Ayatollah Makārim Shirāzī, and many others. Maulana Abidi spent 4 years answering questions in the office of Grand Ayatollah Fāḍil Lankarānī, and another 5 years conducting research in theology and philosophy under Ayatollah Ja'far Subḥanī, where he also helped write and publish books on various topics. For the next 5 years, he taught Usūl, Fiqh, Philosophy, and Tafsīr for 5 years in Hujjatiyyah, Fayḍiyyah and Jāmiʿatuz-Zahrā.

In 2002, Maulana Abidi moved to San Jose, CA to serve as the Resident ʿĀlim of SABA Islamic Center. Under his guidance, SABA has expanded tremendously and incorporated many successful undertakings, including a full-time school, RISE Academy. Additionally, he has helped to establish and overlook many masājid. He is also the founder of Al-Kisa Foundation and its subsidiaries, including Kisa Kids. Moulana Abidi serves on various school boards, provides guidance to several full-time and weekend Islamic schools around the world, as well as provides guidance to SABA Sunday School and RISE Education System.

He continues to further his studies in ʿIrfān, Philosophy, and Dars al-Khārij with renowned scholars.

H.I. Dr. Seyed Hadi Yassin has a doctoral degree in psychology, and he is also a Certified Professional Coach (CPC).

In 1996, he began his formal Islamic education in Mashhad Islamic seminary (Hawza) in Iran. During his seminary program, he attained two bachelor degrees, one in the Quranic sciences and tradition, and the other in the fundamentals of Islamic Jurisprudence.

   In 2009, he undertook a master’s program in psychology with an emphasis on child development. Since then, he has been engaged in many projects at various institutions related to this field. He is the founder of the Psychology Student Research Journal (PSRJ) under the supervision of the CSUSB department of psychology.

He is also a Certified Professional Coach (CPC), specializing in children, parenting, and relationships. He is the founder of H.A.D.I. Life coaching provides services for clients nationwide since 2013.

He served as the Associate Clinical Supervisor at California Psych Care, assisting families with Autistic children.

He also has experience in working with elderly in an elder residential clinic providing thereaupetic services to residence with mental health disorders.

He has experience working with the following topics:

Depression, PTSD, substance and Sexual addiction, anxiety, bipolar, OCD, ADHD, Autism, insomnia, post-partum depression, marriage conflicts, anger management, divorce, parenting, and bullying.

Dr. Yassin is also a founder of Enlight Academy, the first Montessori Shia school in the Bay Area, California.

Shaykh Salim was born and raised in the United States. After completing his BS and MS in computer science from Stanford University in California, he worked in Silicon Valley as a software engineer and then as an engineering manager.

In 2004 he left his job and moved to Qum to study in the Hawzah, and completed his MA degree in 2014. From 2014 – 2019 he was a spiritual guide to a private full-time Islamic school in Ontario, Canada.

As of 2020, he is the Dean of Mission at RISE Academy and the assistant Resident Scholar of SABA Center in San Jose. In 2021, he completed a doctorate degree in educational leadership from Western University.oes here

Sister Sabika Mithani was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Having spent more than a decade in the Hawza (Islamic Seminary), she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Islamic Studies from Hawzah, followed by two Masters, one in Qurʾanic Science and the other in Islamic Theology and Philosophy from Hawza.

Sister Sabika presently resides in the Bay Area, where she serves SABA Islamic Center and Al-Kisa Foundation.