ABOUT OUR DIRECTOR:
USTATHA BADIA

Ustātha Badia Khazaal has been a Qur'ān reading, pronunciation, and memorization teacher across Southern California for more than 20 years. Her ijāzahs in Qur'ānic recitation connect her to the shortest chains of transmission in the world. Her teachers include Shaykh Khaled Barakat, Shaykhah Rehab Shuqaiqi (Dr. Ayman Suwayd's wife), Shaykh Moheb, Shaykh Muhammad Yunus al-Ghalbaan, Shaykh Hasan Abunar, and many others. She also received a special certificate of recognition for her recitation from the Shaykh al-Qurra' of Lebanon, Shaykh Bilal Baroudi and the Grand Muftī of Lebanon.

Ustātha Badia currently serves as the head of the Qur'ān Institute at the Islamic Institute of Orange County in Anaheim, California where she runs the hifth program, Qur'an reading classes for all levels, and teacher training seminars. She also teaches specialized courses in advanced tajwīd topics covering makhārij, ṣifāt, and the explanation of famous Arabic poems related to tajwīd. She is well-known in the area for her expertise in Qur'ānic pronunciation, and she is frequently requested to judge Qur'ān competitions.

  1. Ijāzah in the recitation of Ḥafṣ by the way of Shāṭibiyyah from Shaykh Khālid Barakāt.
  2. Ijāzah in the recitation of Shuʻbah by the way of Shāṭibiyyah from Shaykh Khālid Barakāt.
  3. Ijāzah in the recitation of Ḥafṣ by the way of Shāṭibiyyah from Shaykh Uthman Khan.
  4. Ijāzah in the recitation of Ḥafṣ by the way of Shāṭibiyyah from Shaykh Hasan Abunar.
  5. Ijāzah in the recitation of Ḥafṣ by the way of Shāṭibiyyah from Shaykh Muḥammad Yūnus al-Ghalbān. This is the shortest chain of transmission in the world for the Qur'ān, with only 27 people between Shaykh al-Ghalbān and the Prophet ﷺ.
  6. Ijāzah in the recitation of Warsh by the way of Shāṭibiyyah from Shaykh Muḥammad Yūnus al-Ghalbān. This is the shortest chain of transmission in the world for the Qur'ān, with only 27 people between Shaykh al-Ghalbān and the Prophet ﷺ.
  7. Ijāzah in the recitation of Ḥafṣ by the way of Ṭayyibat al-Nashr, from Shaykh ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ Madkūr. This is the shortest chain of transmission in the world for Ḥafṣ by the way of Ṭayyibah, with only 28 people between Shaykh ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ and the Prophet ﷺ.
  8. Ijāzah in the ten qirā'āt (modes of recitation) of the Qur'ān by the ways of Shāṭibiyyah and Durrah, from Shaykh Miṣbāḥ Ibrāhīm Widn. This is the shortest chain of transmission in the world for the ten qirā'āt, with only 27 people between Shaykh Miṣbāḥ and the Prophet ﷺ.
  9. Ijāzah in the ten qirā'āt (modes of recitation) of the Qur'ān by the ways of Shāṭibiyyah and Durrah, from Shaykhah Tanāẓur Muḥammad Muṣṭafā al-Najūlī.
  10. Ijāzah in the ten qirā'āt (modes of recitation) of the Qur'ān by the ways of Shāṭibiyyah and Durrah, from Shaykh ʻAbd al-Bāsiṭ Hāshim.
  11. Ijāzah in the tajwīd poem Tuḥfat al-Aṭfāl from Shaykh Muḥammad Yūnus al-Ghalbān. This is the shortest chain of transmission in the world for this poem.
  12. Ijāzah in the tajwīd poem Tuḥfat al-Aṭfāl from Shaykh Miṣbāḥ Ibrāhīm Widn. This is the shortest chain of transmission in the world for this poem.
  13. Ijāzah in the tajwīd poem Muqaddimat al-Jazariyyah from Shaykh Muḥammad Yūnus al-Ghalbān. This is the shortest chain of transmission in the world for this poem.
  14. Ijāzah in the tajwīd poem Muqaddimat al-Jazariyyah from Shaykh Miṣbāḥ Ibrāhīm Widn. This is the shortest chain of transmission in the world for this poem.
  15. Ijāzah in the tajwīd poem Tuḥfat al-Aṭfāl from Shaykh ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ Madkūr.
  16. Ijāzah in all the tajwīd poem Muqaddimat al-Jazariyyah from Shaykh ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ Madkūr.
  17. Ijāzah in all the qirā'āt poem Shāṭibiyyah from Shaykh Miṣbāḥ Ibrāhīm Widn. This is the shortest chain of transmission in the world for this poem.
  18. Ijāzah in all the qirā'āt poem Durrah from Shaykh Miṣbāḥ Ibrāhīm Widn. This is the shortest chain of transmission in the world for this poem.

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