DARUL ULOOM OTTAWA
Darul Uloom Ottawa (Masjid & Center) is a Registered Charitable Organization located in Canada’s Capital, Ottawa, ON.
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It was established by very dedicated community members, sincere brothers, and sisters, upon observing the needs of the Muslim community and to facilitate the programs that would offer to the community a combination of religious, institutional and social services, with resources to meet all their religious, institutional, and social needs.
Alhumdulillah, Darul-Uloom facilitates daily prayers including Friday Sermon, Taraweeh, Qiyamullail Prayer, Eid Salah, Daily Tahfizul Quran Program, Weekend Children Quran Classes, Daily Hadith Halaqa, Weekly Tafsir lessons, and Dawa work. Darul-Uloom also provides Darul Ifta Services, Religious guidance, Family consultation, Nikah/marriage services, and much more services related to all aspects of a community's needs to provide the community of Ottawa/Gatineau with resources to meet all their religious, institutional, and social needs greater than expectation.
Since its establishment, Darul-Uloom fosters an excellent relationship in building principles with a community affiliation to provide meaningful opportunities for the young, the youth, and seniors, to promote mutual understanding, multicultural awareness, social justice, and civic responsibilities.
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Darul-Uloom (Masjid-Center) and its amazing team goes beyond any limit to provide the Muslim community of the capital region (Ottawa/Gatineau) with resources to meet all their religious, institutional, and social needs greater than expectation.
MUFTI RASHEED ALQASMI
Mufti Rasheed is a highly qualified Scholar of Islam and the Mufti at Canada's capital, Ottawa.
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He has five major degrees in Islamic science: Hafiz, Alim, Mufassir, Mu’addib, and Mufti; with five spoken languages: Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu, and Hindi.
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Mufti Rasheed studied under various prominent Scholars and received several formal authorizations with top honors and graduated from one of the world’s well known prestigious Islamic University, Darul-Uloom Deoband.
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His commitment to the sacred sciences began early in his life when he was blessed to complete the memorization of the Noble Quran. He completed a rigorous eight years Alim course and achieved his masters. This includes, but is not limited to language, exegesis, and jurisprudence. He also completed three years of Takmilat – higher Islamic courses and achieved his Ph.D. in Islamic sciences.
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Mufti Rasheed received the Ijaza (authorization of Hadith) from Shaikh Naseeruddin – The Shaikhul Hadith of Darul Uloom Deoband and as well from Shaikh Yunus – The Shaikhul Hadith of Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur.
He is the director of Darul Uloom Ottawa (DUO), Imam of Masjid Al-Taqwa (ISOSH), and assisting other organizations such as Darul Imaan Association (DIA), Darul-Arqam (RSM), Bayshore Muslim Association (BMA) and Muslim Non-Profit Housing Corporation (MNPHC), to serve the Community of the capital region (Ottawa and Gatineau).
