Shaykh Hamza Yusuf: Making Sense Of Our Past

Sallam alaykum.

Women In Black-Yemen

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Amani Zain travels from London to Yemen to see life behind the veil inside the Muslim women’s quarters of her family home.

Watch it on BBC iPlayer.

Shocking…

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Our reign of terror, by the Israeli army

In shocking testimonies that reveal abductions, beatings and torture, Israeli soldiers confess the horror they have visited on Hebron

The dark-haired 22-year-old in black T-shirt, blue jeans and red Crocs is understandably hesitant as he sits at a picnic table in the incongruous setting of a beauty spot somewhere in Israel. We know his name and if we used it he would face a criminal investigation and a probable prison sentence.

The birds are singing as he describes in detail some of what he did and saw others do as an enlisted soldier in Hebron. And they are certainly criminal: the incidents in which Palestinian vehicles are stopped for no good reason, the windows smashed and the occupants beaten up for talking back – for saying, for example, they are on the way to hospital; the theft of tobacco from a Palestinian shopkeeper who is then beaten “to a pulp” when he complains; the throwing of stun grenades through the windows of mosques as people prayed. And worse.

Read more here.

Event: Ash Shifa of Qadi Iyad, With Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi

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The Supreme Rank of Muhammad

(peace be upon him)

A three day spiritual journey through studying
Ash Shifa of Qadi Iyad

Led by Sayyid Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi

Saturday 24th - Monday 26th May 2008
(Bank Holiday Weekend)
10am daily start time
at Ghamkol Sharif Masjid, Golden Hillock Road,
Small Heath, Birmingham, B10 0DX

http://www.sacredknowledge.co.uk/

A Family In Need Of Help!

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Earlier this week, a family in Ottawa, Canada, lost everything in a house fire, including one of the children, named Khalid, who was 2 years old…

From God we come and to Him we return.

May God give the family strength and patience through this testing time.

Please pray for the family, and if you live in Ottawa, please donate clothes, household items, monetary donations etc.

To find how to donate and more, please click on the site below.

Khalid Ali Family Fund

A Conversation with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf

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Jess and Jamal have a conversation with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf on Arab Talk Radio.

Event: The Trodden Path

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In the name of Allah, Most Benificent, Most Merciful

All Praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds
Peace and salutations upon His beloved Messenger

ISLAMIC CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION 

presents 

THE TRODDEN PATH

Wednesday 26th March 2008 7.30pm

Lectures by

Habib Kazim al-Saqaaf &
Shaykh Umar al-Khatib (Tarim, Yemen)

with Shaykh Ibrahim Osi-Efa (Ibn Abbas Institute, UK) &
Ustadh Yahya Rhodus (Zaytuna Institute, USA)

VENUE: Madni Jamia Masjid 101 Thornbury Road (off Killinghall Road) Bradford BD3 8SA Directions click on link: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/

All welcome (Special arrangements for sisters)

Further info: 07852 189425

Habib Kazim al-Saqqaf
Al- Habib Kazim Ja’far Muhammad al-Saqqaf was born in Tarim, Hadramaut in the year 1960. He was taught the Qur’an and other Islamic disciplines by his eminent teachers at the famous school of Qur’anic Literacy and Memorisation Abu Murayyim and the prestigious school of classical learning the Ribat of Tarim. After graduating from the two aforementioned institutions, he continued his studies at the hands of some of the most qualified scholars and teachers of Tarim.
He thereafter travelled in search of knowledge to the northern Yemeni city of Bayda, registering at the famous Ribat of Bayda where he was blessed to study with some of the greatest scholars of recent times such as al-Habib Muhammad b. Abd-Allah al-Haddar, al-Habib Ibrahim b. Aqil b. Yahya and al-Habib Zain b. Sumait.

He then returned to Tarim were he continued his studies as well as embarking upon the continual task of da’wah. He was appointed the principal and head teacher of the Ribat of Shihr, occupying that post for the next six years, thereafter transferring to the Ribat of Mukalla once again as principal and head teacher for a further two years.

He has taught internationally in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Oman, the UAE, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

He currently teaches at the prestigious Islamic institute Dar al-Mustafa in Tarim as well as sitting on the Council for Legal Verdicts at the same establishment. He is also extremely active in all parts of Hadramaut, regularly lecturing and participating in conferences.

Shaykh Ibrahim Osi-Efa
Shaykh Ibrahim was born and raised in Liverpool, England. He was blessed with the opportunity to study several classical disciplines at the hands of some of the holders of the tradition such as Murabit al-Haj, al-Habib Umar b. Hafiz and Shaikh Hassan al-Hindi. Initially studying for three years in Syria and Mauritania, Ustaz Ibrahim was then blessed with the opportunity to spend over six years in the illuminated city of Tarim, Hadramaut where he studied under the qualified hands of teachers such as al-Habib Kazim al-Saqqaf, al-Habib ‘Ali al-Jifri and al-Shaikh ‘Umar Husain al-Khatib.
He was one of the founders of several Islamic initiatives including the Ibn Abbas Institute, Starlatch Press, Badr Language Institute and the Greensville Trust. He currently resides in Liverpool, England with his wife and two children.

Ustadh Yahya Rhodus
Ustadh Yahya was born and raised in America’s midwest. At the age of 19 he became Muslim in the San Francisco Bay Area and began studying with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf and other distinguished scholars visiting from Mauritania, namely, Shaykh Khatri & Shaykh Abdullah Ould Ahmadna. In 1998, he traveled to Mauritania to further his studies of the Islamic sciences. There he spent more than 2 years learning with some of Mauritania’s greatest scholars, including Shaykh Murabit al-Hajj. In 2000, he moved to Yemen to continue his studies. In 2005, he returned from his studies overseas to serve as a full-time teacher at Zaytuna Institute. ‘He currently resides in Yemen with his wife and children where he continues to augment his studies, teach and work on various projects.

Shaykh Umar al-Khatib
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The Prophetic Mirror: With Habib ‘Ali al-Jifri

Sallam alaykum.

Eid Milad-Un-Nabi Mubarak!

Sallam alaykum.

Eid Milad-Un-Nabi Mubarak!

May Allah shower His infinite blessings on our Habib, salallahu alayhi wassallam.

Allahumma salli ala Muhammad, Allahumma sali alayhi wassallam.

Sit back and enjoy the following!

Burda Night At Zaytuna Institute

A Poem In Honour of Tony Blair!

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A mystery poet from the government has written the following poem.

LOL! Who could it be?

Alan Duncan thinks it is John Hutton.

At Downing Street upon the stair,

I met a man who wasn’t Blair,

He wasn’t Blair again today,

Oh how I wish he’d go away.