Two ways to study
Choose your path
Private mentorship runs continuously, by the term. Cohort courses run to fixed dates through the year. Both are taught live, never pre-recorded.
El Badr Institute · School of Qur'ānic Excellence
One to one mentorship and live cohorts with Ijāzah certified teachers. Fifteen years teaching the Quran as it was received. A tradition of excellence.
Two ways to study
Private mentorship runs continuously, by the term. Cohort courses run to fixed dates through the year. Both are taught live, never pre-recorded.
Continuous · by term
Fixed dates · live · group
FROM ENROLMENT TO YOUR FIRST LESSON
A chain with no broken link. Each step follows the last, the way a sanad is traced: from the moment you enrol to the moment you recite.
Choose your course or mentorship tier and enrol in full. Your place is secured at once, and most courses begin straight away.
We send an official welcome and a short form to learn your level and your goals. Then we settle your weekly time together, by call or message, whichever you prefer.
You are matched with a dedicated Ijāzah certified teacher, chosen for your level and your goal. Your roadmap is ready before the first lesson, so the work begins from the very first minute.
Weekly live study to your written plan, with monthly progress reports and your teacher a message away between sessions.
WHAT'S ON NOW
A live view of what you can join right now. Every course is taught live by Ijāzah certified teachers, with full details on each course page.
One to one study with a dedicated Qārī, for recitation, ḥifdh or khatmah.
A personal assessment of your recitation, with a written report and roadmap.
The most famous book of tajwīd, taught line by line in a live cohort. Commences 13 September.
Recite to an unbroken chain, in Ḥafṣ, tajwīd or the mutūn.
A weekly gathering in Yorkshire: recitation, development and company.
New to structured study? Start with a Consultation and we will map your path.
A free weekly circle of recitation, correction and reflection, open to all ages, supervised by Shaykh Yusuf Badr.
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A weekly online circle of recitation, correction and companionship led by Shaykh Ilyaas Badr.
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A personal assessment with an Ijāzah certified Qārī: your makhārij, ṣifāt, flow, retention and errors weighed to a professional standard, returned to you with the Qārī's Report, your strengths, weaknesses and a clear roadmap for what to study next.
For serious students at every level. Teachers, imams, ḥuffādh and qurrā' are advised to take the Extended Consultation, a full hour with a senior Qārī.
My teacher met me where I was, not where a syllabus assumed I should be. That is why it worked when nothing else had.
I was nervous one to one would expose how far behind I was. It was the opposite. The pace was mine, the corrections were kind, and I improved faster than in any group I'd tried.
The roadmap changed everything. I always drifted before. A written plan set from session one, and a teacher who held me to it, meant I finished my khatmah instead of stalling halfway.
I'd avoided being assessed for years out of fear. The consultation was rigorous but kind, and it unlocked the rest of my study.
One hour and complete honesty about where I stood. It was the most useful sixty minutes of my Qur'ān journey.
As an imam I wanted an honest, confidential assessment. That is exactly what I got, from someone qualified to give it.
The consultation was worth far more than the fee. In one hour I learned more about my weaknesses than in years of reciting alone.
Recognising the maqam I was in, and moving between them deliberately, transformed how I lead tarawih.
Learning to recite with meaning, not just melody, was the turning point. My recitation moves people now, and it moves me.
I trained as a teacher without ever being taught how to teach recitation. This closed that gap properly, with a real method.
I led prayer for years on instinct. This training gave me the knowledge behind what I was doing, and my confidence changed completely.
I finished my hifdh elsewhere, but it was here that my recitation was finally made sound enough to transmit.
I'd tried to memorise the poem alone twice and given up. In a structured cohort with weekly recitation, I finished it.
I teach tajweed myself, and this filled gaps I didn't know I had. The precision on each line changed how I explain rules to my own students.
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