PROPHETIC PEDAGOGY: A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
FOR ISLAMIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS AND LEADERS
Inspiring Joyful Engagement with the Qur’an:
A Heart-Centered Approach to Students’ Holistic Well-Being (™)
Tuesday January 20 & January 27th, 2026
12 pm - 2 pm EST
Virtual Series
With Dr. Raghad Ebied
Research, Education and Training Consultant; Author;
Founder and Director of Ihsan Education
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FOR ISLAMIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS AND LEADERS
Inspiring Joyful Engagement with the Qur’an:
A Heart-Centered Approach to Students’ Holistic Well-Being (™)
Tuesday January 20 & January 27th, 2026
12 pm - 2 pm EST
Virtual Series
With Dr. Raghad Ebied
Research, Education and Training Consultant; Author;
Founder and Director of Ihsan Education
Scroll down to register!
COURSE INFORMATION
A two-part interactive professional learning virtual series for School and Community Leaders, Educators and Parents exploring:
● Tazkiyah: Purification and preparation of the heart as the foundation of spiritual growth
● Tadabbur: Holistic, reflective engagement with the Qur’an that nurtures deep understanding, connection, and personal transformation.
● Surat al-Fatihah: Transformative Engagement with The Opening to Divine Mercy and the Key to the Quran
This series equips school and community leaders, educators, and parents with the knowledge, practical strategies, and spiritual grounding needed to nurture joy, resilience, and holistic well-being (‘afiyah) in students through the Qur’an. Rooted in God’s Love, Prophetic guidance, and meaningful, heart-centered learning, the series supports educators in empowering students to cultivate a close and enduring relationship with the Qur’an, especially during Ramadan and beyond, through a holistic and accessible Qur’anic engagement framework.
Series Description: This series equips educators, school and community leaders, and parents with the tools and spiritual foundations to help students inspire joyful engagement with the Quran through seeking the healing, guidance, mercy, and inner well-being promised in the Qur’an (10:57-58): “O humanity! Indeed, there has come to you counsel from your Lord, healing for what is in the hearts, a guide, and a mercy for the believers. Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “In Allah’s grace and mercy let them rejoice. That is far better than whatever ˹wealth˺ they amass”.
Grounded in Tazkiyah (heart purification), Tadabbur (holistic engagement with the Quran), and the profound lessons of Surat al-Fatihah, this training offers a heart-centered, practical approach to nurturing student flourishing, resilience, and meaningful connection with the Qur’an based on God’s love.
Part 1: Preparing and Purifying the Heart to Engage Holistically with the Qur’an - Tazkiya Foundations
This session introduces participants to the foundational principles of Tazkiya - the purification and nurturing of the heart - as the essential starting point to opening the doors to joy, guidance, and spiritual growth with the Qur’an. Participants explore how the spiritual and emotional state of the heart shapes one’s ability to receive, reflect upon, and live by Divine guidance. Through reflective exercises and heart-centered strategies, participants will explore how to cultivate inner awareness, presence, and love for God with their students.
Part 2: The Opening to Divine Mercy: Exploring Surat Al-Fatihah as The Key to Guidance, and Holistic Well-Being - Tadabbur Foundations
This session invites participants to explore Surat al-Fatihah through the lens of Tadabbur - reflective, heart-engaged holistic engagement with the Qur’an. As the Opening to Divine Mercy, we will explore how Surat Al-Fatihah offers a map of spiritual clarity, guidance, gratitude and love for God. Participants will be introduced to a specific Tadabbur practical framework applied to Surat Al-Fatiha to demonstrate how to unpack its themes in ways that nurture student well-being, identity, and spiritual confidence.
● Tazkiyah: Purification and preparation of the heart as the foundation of spiritual growth
● Tadabbur: Holistic, reflective engagement with the Qur’an that nurtures deep understanding, connection, and personal transformation.
● Surat al-Fatihah: Transformative Engagement with The Opening to Divine Mercy and the Key to the Quran
This series equips school and community leaders, educators, and parents with the knowledge, practical strategies, and spiritual grounding needed to nurture joy, resilience, and holistic well-being (‘afiyah) in students through the Qur’an. Rooted in God’s Love, Prophetic guidance, and meaningful, heart-centered learning, the series supports educators in empowering students to cultivate a close and enduring relationship with the Qur’an, especially during Ramadan and beyond, through a holistic and accessible Qur’anic engagement framework.
Series Description: This series equips educators, school and community leaders, and parents with the tools and spiritual foundations to help students inspire joyful engagement with the Quran through seeking the healing, guidance, mercy, and inner well-being promised in the Qur’an (10:57-58): “O humanity! Indeed, there has come to you counsel from your Lord, healing for what is in the hearts, a guide, and a mercy for the believers. Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “In Allah’s grace and mercy let them rejoice. That is far better than whatever ˹wealth˺ they amass”.
Grounded in Tazkiyah (heart purification), Tadabbur (holistic engagement with the Quran), and the profound lessons of Surat al-Fatihah, this training offers a heart-centered, practical approach to nurturing student flourishing, resilience, and meaningful connection with the Qur’an based on God’s love.
Part 1: Preparing and Purifying the Heart to Engage Holistically with the Qur’an - Tazkiya Foundations
This session introduces participants to the foundational principles of Tazkiya - the purification and nurturing of the heart - as the essential starting point to opening the doors to joy, guidance, and spiritual growth with the Qur’an. Participants explore how the spiritual and emotional state of the heart shapes one’s ability to receive, reflect upon, and live by Divine guidance. Through reflective exercises and heart-centered strategies, participants will explore how to cultivate inner awareness, presence, and love for God with their students.
Part 2: The Opening to Divine Mercy: Exploring Surat Al-Fatihah as The Key to Guidance, and Holistic Well-Being - Tadabbur Foundations
This session invites participants to explore Surat al-Fatihah through the lens of Tadabbur - reflective, heart-engaged holistic engagement with the Qur’an. As the Opening to Divine Mercy, we will explore how Surat Al-Fatihah offers a map of spiritual clarity, guidance, gratitude and love for God. Participants will be introduced to a specific Tadabbur practical framework applied to Surat Al-Fatiha to demonstrate how to unpack its themes in ways that nurture student well-being, identity, and spiritual confidence.
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR
Dr. Raghad Ebied is a grateful mother; author; education, training, and research consultant; emerging scholar; and founder of Ihsan Education™, which inspires ihsan - moral beauty - to cultivate spiritual leadership, compassion, and resilience among individuals and communities in support of holistic well-being and meaningful service to society. She has completed her PhD in critical policy, equity and leadership at the Faculty of Education with a focus on compassionate and resilience based approaches to support holistic well being and belonging for diverse students including Muslim students and communities. She has also completed an undergraduate Arts degree in psychology before acquiring her Bachelor's of Education and becoming an Ontario Certified Teacher, as well as completing a Masters in Educational Leadership with a focus on best practices for teacher development programs. She has also received a variety of certifications and training including spiritual care and compassion cultivation training from Stanford University and Hospital, and Resilience Expert Training from Dalhousie University. Dr. Raghad brings over 15+ years of experience in leadership education, development, teaching, training, research and scholarship in a variety of settings including schools, university, government, private, and non-profit organizations.
She is an ongoing student of classical Islamic education with Muslim scholars and teachers, many of whom are female, focusing on Quranic studies, Tafseer and Tadabbur (exegesis and reflection on the Quran). One of her teachers is Dr. Zainab Alwani, Founding Director and the first Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Howard University School of Divinity (HUSD) and Vice Chair of the Fiqh Council of North America. Dr. Raghad has also been involved with faith based teaching and mentoring in her community, including delivering spiritual development, coaching, mentoring, and Engaging with the Quran programs, to youth, women, and university students. Through her work, Dr. Raghad integrates faith, heart-centered pedagogy, positive psychology and contemporary educational insights to inspire positive change in schools, leadership, and communities and is the author of a forthcoming book on Engaging Holistically with the Quran.
She is an ongoing student of classical Islamic education with Muslim scholars and teachers, many of whom are female, focusing on Quranic studies, Tafseer and Tadabbur (exegesis and reflection on the Quran). One of her teachers is Dr. Zainab Alwani, Founding Director and the first Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Howard University School of Divinity (HUSD) and Vice Chair of the Fiqh Council of North America. Dr. Raghad has also been involved with faith based teaching and mentoring in her community, including delivering spiritual development, coaching, mentoring, and Engaging with the Quran programs, to youth, women, and university students. Through her work, Dr. Raghad integrates faith, heart-centered pedagogy, positive psychology and contemporary educational insights to inspire positive change in schools, leadership, and communities and is the author of a forthcoming book on Engaging Holistically with the Quran.
REGISTRATION
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School Registration
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CERTIFICATES
Participants must attend the sessions in person in order to receive a certificate.
Maximum amount of hours: 4 hours
Participants must attend the sessions in person in order to receive a certificate.
Maximum amount of hours: 4 hours
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Prophetic Pedagogy explores the teaching styles of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as found in the Qur'an and Sunnah, and complements them with contemporary research on teaching and learning for an Islamic school context.
Prophetic Pedagogy project seeks to provide Islamic school educators with tools, practices, and concepts to help shape education within Islamic schools today. We want educators to be fully equipped to teach the Message of Allah in a global context that doesn’t support faith-based identities, just as the Prophet experienced. We want educators to lead the youth in understanding how to resist oppression and disrupt injustices around them, just as the Prophet demonstrated. And we want educators to be fully engaged in the realities of today’s context, just as the Prophet was fully engaged in his contextual reality. Our educators need to be able to teach students through technology, who struggle with their identity, and who face challenges with social norms and practices. We feel that with a systematic examination of the Prophet’s pedagogy, we will be able to advance teaching practices that can transform today’s Islamic schools to be the schools that Muslims need in today’s day and age.
PROGRAM DIRECTORS
Shaykh Abdalla Idris Ali, PhD served as imam and director, and founded the first full-time Islamic school in Toronto, Canada. He served as the principal of ISNA Islamic Community School for 17 years. He also served on ISNA’s Executive Council, Majlis Ash-Shura, Youth and Education Committee and as president of ISNA for two terms. He is the chair of the Islamic Media Foundation, a member of NAIT Board, a founding member of CISNA, and chair of ISNA Education Forum. Sheikh Abdalla was appointed director for CIENA in Kansas City, Missouri. He served on the board of trustees of IBERR, which serves minority communities. He is currently working as Senior Community and Religious Advisor at ISNA Canada.
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Rehenuma Asmi, PhD is an executive board member of CICW, and a convener of teacher training program. She received her bachelors from Georgetown University with double majors in Arabic and Government. Dr. Asmi completed her Masters in Teaching from American University and her PhD in Anthropology and Education from Columbia University Teachers College. She served as Assistant Professor of Religion and Education at Allegheny College from 2013-7. Dr. Asmi's research interests are in the areas of bilingual education, education policy and socio-cultural effects of education on Muslim family life.
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Amaarah DeCuir, EdD, is a faculty member at American University in the School of Education. She is an Executive Board member with the Center for Islam in the Contemporary World. Recently, Dr. DeCuir served as an Advisor in the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education, supporting the Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Her scholarship spans the areas of antiracist pedagogy, Muslim student experiences, Prophetic pedagogy, faith erasure, equity, antiracism and social justice, education leadership, teacher education, and faculty development. She is the co-author Faith Honoring: Making the case for faith-inclusive pedagogy with Academic Studies Press. She brings over 30 years of teaching and leadership experiences from public and private K-12 schools to inform her current work in higher education.
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