Anse Dr. Saadia Mian serves as an instructor for the Ribaat Academic Institute. She teaches the Quran memorization class entitled, ‘The Crowning Venture’ and also as a tajwid instructor. She is board-certified endocrinologist and runs her clinic, ‘The Functional Endocrinologist,’ merging her passion for functional and integrative medicine with her allopathic degree. While in medical school, Anse Saadia traveled to Syria to study Arabic, Quran, and sacred knowledge.
She received her ijāza in the Hafs recitation from Shaykh Abu al-Hassan Al-Kurdi (May Allah ﷻ be pleased with him) and also from Shaykh Krayem ar-Raji. She completed the memorization of the Qur’an and is currently working on obtaining an ijāza al-ghaib (ijāza in memorization). She also holds an ijāza in the Forty Hadith of Imam Nawawi (may Allah ﷻ be pleased with him) and the Forty Hadith of Palestine. She helped to launch the Ribaat Qur’an program and also authored the book, “The Crowning Venture: Inspiration from Women Who Have Memorized the Quran” along with a companion journal. She was on the founding board of Rabata and continues to volunteer her time as a halaqa teacher. She graduated as part of the first cohort of the Ribaat Teacher Certification in 2020. She is a certified life coach and has a special interest in transformational leadership to support women to bring their own visions to life.
