The Diploma of Islamic Studies (DIS) is a structured one-year program immersing students in Qur’an, Hadith, Fiqh, Aqeedah, Arabic, and Tazkiyah under traditionally trained scholars. Students may attend the Weekdays (Tue–Thu daytime + Saturday), the Evening & Weekend track (Tue & Thu evenings + Saturday), or both tracks to complete the full diploma in one year. All timings are Eastern Time, Tampa FL.
Register NowStudents may also enroll in individual courses. Contact info@kufah.org for advising.
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| 9:00 AM | Weekdays
Arabic 101
Shaykh Ahyan Yoonas
9:00 – 9:50 am
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Weekdays
Arabic 101
Shaykh Ahyan Yoonas
9:00 – 9:50 am
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Weekdays
Arabic 101
Shaykh Ahyan Yoonas
9:00 – 9:50 am
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Weekdays
Journey Through the Ihya
Shaykh Ali Ismail
8:30 – 9:20 am
Weekdays
Sirah & Nubuwwah
Shaykh Dr. Omar Hussaini
9:25 – 10:35 am
Weekdays
Schematic Overview of the Quran
Shaykh Ahyan Yoonas
10:50 – 11:40 am
Weekdays
Aqidah
Shaykh Ahyan Yoonas
11:50 am – 12:40 pm
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| 10:00 AM | Weekdays
Tafsir of Selected Surahs
Shaykh Raiyaan Atif
10:00 – 10:50 am
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Weekdays
Islamic Studies
Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed
10:10 – 11:20 am
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Weekdays
Tafsir of Selected Surahs
Shaykh Raiyaan Atif
10:00 – 10:50 am
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| 11:00 AM | Weekdays
Fiqh of Worship
Shaykh Ahyan Yoonas & ʿĀlimah Zeba Hussaini
11:00 – 11:50 am
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Weekdays
Tajweed
11:30 am – 12:20 pm
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Weekdays
Fiqh of Worship
Shaykh Ahyan Yoonas & ʿĀlimah Zeba Hussaini
11:00 – 11:50 am
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| 6:00 PM | Eve & Wknd
Schematic Overview of the Quran
Shaykh Ahyan Yoonas
6:00 – 6:50 pm
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Eve & Wknd
Aqidah
Shaykh Ahyan Yoonas
6:00 – 6:50 pm
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| 7:05 PM | Eve & Wknd
Mukhtasar Riyadh us Saliheen
Shaykh Raiyaan Atif
7:05 – 7:55 pm
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Eve & Wknd
Mukhtasar Riyadh us Saliheen
Shaykh Raiyaan Atif
7:05 – 7:55 pm
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| 8:10 PM | Eve & Wknd
Journey Through the Ihya
Shaykh Ali Ismail
8:10 – 9:00 pm
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| 9:00 AM | Weekdays
Journey Through the Ihya
9:00 – 9:50 am
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Weekdays
Hadith Studies
9:00 – 9:50 am
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Weekdays
Journey Through the Ihya
9:00 – 9:50 am
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Weekdays
Arabic 101
Shaykh Ahyan Yoonas
8:30 – 9:20 am
Weekdays
Islamic Studies
Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed
9:30 – 10:40 am
Weekdays
Tafsir of Selected Surahs
Shaykh Raiyaan Atif
10:50 – 11:40 am
Weekdays
Tajweed
11:50 am – 12:40 pm
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| 10:00 AM | Weekdays
Hadith Studies
10:00 – 10:50 am
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Weekdays
Aqidah
10:00 – 10:50 am
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Weekdays
Aqidah
10:00 – 10:50 am
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| 11:00 AM | Weekdays
Schematic Overview of the Quran
11:00 – 11:50 am
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Weekdays
Schematic Overview of the Quran
11:00 am – 12:10 pm
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Weekdays
Sirah & Nubuwwah
11:00 – 11:50 am
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| 6:00 PM | Eve & Wknd
Arabic 101
Shaykh Ahyan Yoonas
6:00 – 6:50 pm
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Eve & Wknd
Arabic 101
Shaykh Ahyan Yoonas
6:00 – 6:50 pm
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| 7:05 PM | Eve & Wknd
Fiqh of Worship
Shaykh Ahyan Yoonas & ʿĀlimah Zeba Hussaini
7:05 – 7:55 pm
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Eve & Wknd
Fiqh of Worship
Shaykh Ahyan Yoonas & ʿĀlimah Zeba Hussaini
7:05 – 7:55 pm
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| 8:10 PM | Eve & Wknd
Tafsir of Selected Surahs
Shaykh Raiyaan Atif
8:10 – 9:00 pm
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Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Omar Hussaini
Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Omar Hussaini memorized the Quran at Ma’had Ta’lim ul-Islam. He holds a BA in Psychology (2000) and MD degree. In 2006, he received degrees in both Shari’ah studies from Darul Uloom Zakariyyah, South Africa and Medicine from the University of Illinois. From 2007 to 2013, Shaykh Omar completed his medical residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and fellowships in Hematopathology and Molecular Genetic Pathology at Washington University in St. Louis. During this time, he also received formal authorization in the Islamic science of spiritual purification. Shaykh Omar is currently Director of Molecular Hematopathology at the Moffitt Cancer Center and Associate Professor of Oncological Sciences at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed
Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed was born and raised in Manhattan. While at college at the University of Chicago, he turned to religion, and in 1999, he left America to spend twenty years abroad. He pursued the classical disciplines of Islamic learning, becoming a traditionally trained Islamic scholar, receiving the ʿĀlimiyyah and Takhassus fi’l-Fiqh degrees. He then served as an instructor and guide to university students and professionals in Pakistan, England, and South Africa. From 2005–2013, he was a professor of Islamic Thought and Intellectual History at leading universities in Pakistan, including LUMS and AKU. In 2017, he returned to academia to pursue a PhD in Islamic Intellectual History at the University of Oxford. From 2020–2023, he held research fellowships in Islamic philosophy at Princeton University and Yale University. His talks are available at: Islamic Spirituality YouTube Channel.
Shaykh Ahyan Yoonas
Shaykh Mohammad Ahyan Yoonas is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, where he began his Islamic education by completing Ḥifẓ at Masjid Omar bin Abdul Aziz. He pursued his ʿĀlimiyyah studies at Tibyan Seminary and later at DarusSalam Seminary, from which he graduated in 2023. He subsequently earned a Master’s degree in Islamic Texts with a concentration in Islamic Law from Zaytuna College, where he authored his thesis titled “Critically Speaking: Early Matn Criticism in the Ḥanafī Madhhab from Shaybānī to Ṭaḥāwī.” His intellectual interests center on Uṣūl al-Fiqh, Kalām, Philosophy, and the broader landscape of Islamic Intellectual History.
Shaykh Raiyaan Atif
Shaykh Raiyaan Atif teaches Tafsir and Hadith in the DIS and AIS programs at Kufah Institute.
Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Ali Ismail
Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Ali Ismail was raised in Florida and studied at USF, where he served as MSA president. He began Islamic studies while pursuing medical school and radiology residency at Ohio State University. He studied the Dars-e-Nizami curriculum through multiple institutes and graduated from Jamia Falah Darayn in Dayton, OH in 2024. He is now an Assistant Professor at OSU and an Abdominal Radiologist.
ʿĀlimah Zeba Hussaini
ʿĀlimah Syeda Zeba was raised in the UAE and the U.S. A mother of five, she studied Tajwīd in St. Louis and began Tazkiyah training in Chicago. She completed her Alimah/Shariah degree in Lusaka, Zambia at Jamia Zainab in 2015. She is co-founder of Makkiyyah Institute and teaches advanced hadīth and other sciences. She also has experience in community counseling and regularly teaches women and youth globally.
ʿĀlimah Dr. Ambareen Khan
Raised in Philadelphia, ʿĀlimah Dr. Ambareen Khan studied at Villanova University and completed medical school and anesthesiology residency at Drexel University. While balancing motherhood and medicine, she pursued tajwīd in 2015 and completed her Alimah degree from Zaynab Institute in 2024. She resides in Tampa, FL.
ʿĀlimah Lubna Zaffer
ʿĀlimah Lubna Zaffer has lived in Louisiana and now resides in Tampa, Florida. She is a proud mother of three. Having graduated from Zaynab Institute, she now teaches Purification of the Heart and Spiritual Parenting at the same institute. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of New Orleans. ʿĀlimah Lubna is an Islamic Studies teacher at Bayaan Academy.
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