About the Imam

Dr. Hamid Slimi is our Imam, Resident Scholar and Founder of Sayeda Khadija Centre. He has been serving as an Imam, Chaplain, Educator and Consultant in Canada for over 13 years in different religious and educational institutions.

He is currently:

• The Executive Director of Faith of Life Network
• The Chairman of the Canadian Council of Imams
• Lecturer at the Islamic Institute of Toronto
• TV Host & Producer of Faith of Life TV Shows and documentaries.

Imam Slimi is a scholar who is specialized in Islamic studies and Law as well as Comparative World Religions. He holds two Masters degrees with High Honors in both disciplines from Morocco and the US and a PhD in Islamic Law from the U.K. He received both his traditional and Academic learning in Morocco and attended other renowned institutions and universities in other parts of the world.

Imam Slimi has been educated in Arabic, French and English since his early age as a little child. He received intensive training and learning in many Islamic disciplines including Aqeedah, Fiqh, Usul-ul-Fiqh, Maqasid, Tafseer, Seerah, Qur'an and Hadith Sciences. Both His Ijazah and Graduate Shahadat are in Fiqh - Islamic Jurisprudence - and Usul-ul-Fiqh - Fundamentals of Jurisprudence. His extensive research has been in the field of Jurisprudential Rules, the Science of Maqasid (Objectives of Law) as well as al-Fiqh al-Muqaaran (Comparative Jurisprudence) in the Four Madhabs.

Imam Slimi has been representing the Muslim community at many Multi-Faith Councils and in the continuous Interfaith Dialogues. He is also an adviser and consultant for a good number of different local and National institutions.

He has authored a few books and many articles in Arabic and English specifically in Usul-al-Fiqh and Muslim Outreach and he wrote a few papers in French mainly in Islamic Jurisprudence. His book published in 2001 and 2002 "Terrorism: An Islamic Perspective" has been widely distributed among thousands of readers in North America and did receive very positive responses and encouragement. To this date, Imam Slimi has hosted and produced over 200 TV Shows and over 200 DVDs and hundreds of CDs on different subjects related to faith and life matters.

Imam Slimi lectures mainly in English, French and Arabic. He can also speak and lecture in a few other languages. He appears occasionally as a guest and consultant on local and national TV networks both in English and French and has his own weekly TV Show which he has been airing all over Canada and other countries continuously for more than four years now.

Books, Works & Publications by the Imam:

1. The Islamic Jurisprudential Rules of Mitigation and Alleviation (Arabic & French, 1993)
2. Al-Dawaran fi al-Ahkam al-Shar'iyyah (Arabic, 1994)
3. An Easy Guide to Hajj & Umrah (English, 2000)
4. Terrorism: An Islamic Perspective (English, 2000)
5. Hajj: Meanings & Rulings (English, 2003)
6. Qur'anic Supplications (Arabic & English, 2006)
7. Concept of Life in Islam (English, 2009)
8. Your Guide to Learning and teaching the Arabic Language (English & Arabic, 2010)
9. Fundamentals of Islamic Jurisprudence (English - Under work)

Videos: (Shows & Documentaries)

1. 200 TV Shows (English)
2. 175 Friday Sermons DVDs (English)
3. Hajj & Umrah: Meanings & Rulings (English, 2005)
4. The Hajj Experience (English, 2007)
5. Muhammad: The Prophet of Humanity (English, 2007)
6. Islam is built on 5 Pillars (8 DVD set in English, 2007)
7. Islam for Common Sense (2 DVD set in English, 2008)
8. Hajj: A Lifetime Experience (HD in English, 2009)
9. The Quest for Common Grounds (HD in English, Under Work)

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To contact the office of the Imam:

Tel: 905.564.5509 (# 7)
Fax: 905. 564.5510
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