asSalaam ‘alaykum wa Rahmatullah,
Like I promised earlier in this post that I would have the Q&A up within a week insha’Allah. Well here it is! I split the Q&A into different tracks so people can choose which answers they wish to listen to and I have also included a summary of the question asked right above each audio segment.
THE LECTURE AUDIO: Click Here!
Question 1: Advice on going overseas to study Islam for a period of time. Recommended to go and study what?
Question 2: Traditionally students would stick with one teacher for long periods of time. Would you think that listening to different teachers give you a disadvantage in your Islamic Studies?
Question 3: How would you recommend one to prioritize one’s studies? Should we leave what we have started or finish it and then start?
Question 4: Advice on how to determine who to take knowledge from realizing there are many different groups out there.
Question 5: Manners and Etiquettes of the beginner Student of Knowledge
Question 6: Increase and Decrease in himma. Switching form CD Set to CD Set and Book to Book
Question 7: Higher Levels of Seeking Knowledge like Western Academia and Secular Institutions
Question 8: Other Options besides alMaghrib to Seek Islamic Knowledge with a High Calibre
Question 9: Advice on Acting Upon the Knowledge that you Seek
Question 10: Advice Regarding Someone who asks Useless Questions that don’t Necessarily have Answers or Benefit
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Question 11: Advice on Someone who wants to Translate Classical Islamic Texts as their goal.
Question 12: Advice on Options for Single Sisters to study Islamic Sciences abroad.
Question 13: Advice on Encouraging others to take an Extra Step to Seek Knowledge
Question 14: Advice on Memorizing Verses for Quoting it to get Points Across
Question 15: Advice on Studying Arabic a Priority or Other than it
k i see it now- :) JazakAllah Khayrr
Assalamu alaikum dear brothers and sisters
Dont miss 18 hours of an intensive course by Shaykh Yasir Qadhi entitled Lord of the Worlds. It is taking place in London on the 9th and 10th June. And in Birmingham on the 16th and 17th June. for more information please visit http://www.alkauthar.org. Please spread the news.
The course content for Lord of the Worlds is as follows:
o Definition of Tawheed
o Importance of Tawheed
o Categories of Tawheed (history; differences of opinion regarding categorization schemes)
o Tawheed in Allah’s Lordship (Ruboobiyyah): reality and definition
o Quranic Proofs of Ruboobiyyah
o Western Proofs for the Existence of God (Ontological, Cosmological, Kalam, etc.)
o Critique of Western Proofs; comparison w/ Islamic Proofs
o Atheism (arguments; refutation)
o Ruboobiyyah by itself is incomplete (proofs)
o Allah’s Right to Be Worshipped (Uloohiyyah)
o Definition of Worship
o Meaning of Ilah; meaning of Kalimah
o Manifestations of Worship (Du’a, Sajdah, Tawwakul, Sabr, etc…)
o Deviations in Worship (Talismans, Magic, Astrology, etc…)
o Other concepts (Tabarruk; Tawassul; Shafa’aah; etc…)
o Shirk: definition; history; dangers; categories; causes
o Evidences used by Muslims who seek to justify Shirk
o Kufr and Nifaq: definition; dangers; categories; relationship with Shirk
o Manifestations of Major Kufr
Asslamalaikum,
In regards to Question #8, and other institutions of learning it is very unfortunate to ignore the many full-time madrassahs and other institutions, which are working and have been for many years but maybe don’t have as effective marketing. The UMMAH clinic was established over ten years ago and helps the lower class of LA (Spanish, etc.). This is a great achievement for muslims in America and contributing to society. There are many, many full-time successful schools and institutions like Zaytuna and http://www.nawawi.org, which have done some amazing research on society, culture, history and have collaborated with non-muslim researchers (this is absolutely necessary). Since over half or 60% or our institutions, mosques, and centers in the mainstream are slight sufistics, ashari or maturidi (i.ei studied in India, Pakistan, Syria, Al-azhar or basically any place other than Saudi) of course those were left exempt.
Questioner 14 is me! :D