Shaykh Mahmoud Al-Assal is a native Arabic speaker from Egypt and a graduate of the Alexandria Institute of Qirāʾāt at Al-Azhar Al-Sharif. Throughout his studies, he achieved outstanding academic excellence, graduating at the top of every program he completed.
He earned his Ijāzah in Tajwīd and the Ḥafṣ narration after two years of study, graduating with an Excellent grade and first-place ranking. He later completed the Advanced Qirāʾāt Program (Ten Qirāʾāt Ijāzah) over three years, again graduating with an Excellent grade and ranking first.
Shaykh Mahmoud has received numerous Qur’anic Ijāzāt, including the narrations of ʿĀṣim (2007), Warsh (2010), Qālūn and Abū Jaʿfar (2012), Ibn ʿĀmir (2015), Ḥamzah (2015), and the complete Ten Qirāʾāt (2016), all granted by Shaykh Yousry Mohamed Awad. In addition, he holds Ijāzāt in the classical Tajwīd texts Al-Jazariyyah and Al-Tuhfah from distinguished contemporary scholars.
With over 13 years of teaching experience, Shaykh Mahmoud has taught the Qur’an and Qirāʾāt at several respected Qur’anic institutions. His background includes teaching non-Arabic speakers online in English, as well as instructing students at leading Qur’anic centers in Alexandria.
Since 2019, he has been the Director, Co-Founder, and Senior Instructor at Shaykhi Academy. In this role, he teaches advanced Tajwīd, Ijāzah and Qirāʾāt programs, Qur’an memorization, and courses in Qur’an and Arabic reading.
