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[Aymsgirl 0]

Thats exactly what I find so frustrating about learning Arabic - so many variations of the language! Very confusing for a beginner

Tasha,

PM me your email address again. I have a language gift for you. its specifically for Egyptian Arabic.

Very true. Learning the standard Arabic is easily understood by so many. But people pick on you because its like us in the US hearing someone speak proper English. No one does except on the news!

For Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, I would bet your hubbys would prefer you learn their dialects. Other countries in MENA its easier IMO. Like my hubby corrects me when I use the gulf dialect. It drives him batty! LOL. But hey, its what I know!

you know it's funny cause i will say something to my husband in Arabic and he will giggle and tell me the "right" way to say it in his dialect... he keeps saying i am speaking "true" Arabic not man speak..... hehehehe whatever i am still trying to learn

Anyone have any ideas on Imam Hemza Yusef???? or is he a Sheik now?

My husband tells me that he can hardly understand Moroccan dialect...he says it is like a French/Arabic mix..I have no clue but this is what he is telling me.

I wished I could help on Imam Hemza Yusef...I have no clue.

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Sh. Hamza Yusuf has been called a sheikh for a number of years. There's no licensing board that determines who gets to be a sheikh and who doesn't. He's studied with respectable teachers like Sh. bin Bayyah and Sh. Murabit al Hajj, and I would guess that when they felt he was ready to take the title, they gave it to him.

Sh. Hamza is a maliki in fiqh. Imam Zaid Shakir is a shafi'i in fiqh.

They're both leading voices of the "traditionalist" movement in the western muslim world, ie a return to the madhab based system, as opposed to the more salafi approach funded by the Saudis that has dominated islam in the west in the past few decades.

Edited December 15, 2008 by rahma

[UmmSqueakster 54]

For reads on the subject of madhabs:

Why have madhabs when we have the Qur'an and Sunnah?

The Way of Sunni Islam - a Reader

[nunyab 0]

perfect thanks!!!!

[UmmSqueakster 54]

You're welcome My favorite speakers, Sh. Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir, Dr. Umar Abd-Allah, Sh. Abdul Hakim Murad and Sh. Nuh Keller, all converts, are all proponents of the madhab based system, so if you listen to anything by them, that's the perspective they'll portray.

[nunyab 0]

You're welcome My favorite speakers, Sh. Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir, Dr. Umar Abd-Allah, Sh. Abdul Hakim Murad and Sh. Nuh Keller, all converts, are all proponents of the madhab based system, so if you listen to anything by them, that's the perspective they'll portray.

I have actually listened to many of Sh. Hamza Yusuf's cd's those are the only lectures i've been exposed to to be honest.

[UmmSqueakster 54]

This calls for some major linkage!

HalalTube - some of the speakers I enjoy listed here are Abdal Hakim Jackson, Abdul Hakim Murad, Faraz Rabbani, Hamza Yusuf, Khalil Moore, Ingrid Mattson, Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, Muhammad al Shareef, Siraj Wahaj, Suhaib Webb, Yasir Qadhi and Zaid Shakir

Suhaib Webb's Blog - has a lot of awesome lectures by Br. Suhaib. He's an american convert who's currently studying at al Azhar in Egypt.

Zaytuna's Multimedia - good talks by various Zaytuna staff, including Hamza Yusuf, Zaid Shakir and Yayha Rhodus

Radical Middle Way - an increadible variety of speakers, including Habib Ali, Tariq Ramadan and a ton of others

[merijan 0]

This calls for some major linkage!

HalalTube - some of the speakers I enjoy listed here are Abdal Hakim Jackson, Abdul Hakim Murad, Faraz Rabbani, Hamza Yusuf, Khalil Moore, Ingrid Mattson, Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, Muhammad al Shareef, Siraj Wahaj, Suhaib Webb, Yasir Qadhi and Zaid Shakir

Suhaib Webb's Blog - has a lot of awesome lectures by Br. Suhaib. He's an american convert who's currently studying at al Azhar in Egypt.

Zaytuna's Multimedia - good talks by various Zaytuna staff, including Hamza Yusuf, Zaid Shakir and Yayha Rhodus

Radical Middle Way - an increadible variety of speakers, including Habib Ali, Tariq Ramadan and a ton of others

I would also like to add Yusuf Estes. He is American covert, he is very good and has great web sites with tons of information. His story of comeing to Islam is a good one also. http://www.islamtomorrow.com/

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Yusuf Estes definately represents a different strain of Islam than the people I mentioned earlier, but hey, to each their own.

[Aymsgirl 0]

Yusef Estes played a big role in my conversion. So I will have to say I really enjoy him but I haven't checked out all of the others yet.

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Something for those who drool over the fancy hijab wraps but have no idea how to do it:

http://hijabstyle.blogspot.com/2008/12/mo7...uct-review.html

Apparently the website is only in arabic, but they're working on putting it out in english. I really like the style in the first video. It doesn't seem too complicated. The problem with a lot of the hijab styles in egypt these days is that they use too many scarves and defeat the purpose of hijab. Sure, wrap your scarf in a quirky way, but don't make it so flashy that everyone stares at you when you walk down the street.

[nunyab 0]

at the local masjiid a friend of mine did a hijab class mashallah i had no idea how talented she was!!!! and there are so many way too.. i call her the Muslimah sterwart (not martha sterwart) hehehe

now i have to carve out some time and listen to those. Insha'allah I will have some time next week! Still trying to figure out what kind of muslim i am

[amal 4]

rahma, you are awesome, as always we wouldn't be the same without you here.

For reads on the subject of madhabs:

Why have madhabs when we have the Qur'an and Sunnah?

The Way of Sunni Islam - a Reader

This calls for some major linkage!

HalalTube - some of the speakers I enjoy listed here are Abdal Hakim Jackson, Abdul Hakim Murad, Faraz Rabbani, Hamza Yusuf, Khalil Moore, Ingrid Mattson, Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, Muhammad al Shareef, Siraj Wahaj, Suhaib Webb, Yasir Qadhi and Zaid Shakir

Suhaib Webb's Blog - has a lot of awesome lectures by Br. Suhaib. He's an american convert who's currently studying at al Azhar in Egypt.

Zaytuna's Multimedia - good talks by various Zaytuna staff, including Hamza Yusuf, Zaid Shakir and Yayha Rhodus

Radical Middle Way - an increadible variety of speakers, including Habib Ali, Tariq Ramadan and a ton of others

Something for those who drool over the fancy hijab wraps but have no idea how to do it:

http://hijabstyle.blogspot.com/2008/12/mo7...uct-review.html

Apparently the website is only in arabic, but they're working on putting it out in english. I really like the style in the first video. It doesn't seem too complicated. The problem with a lot of the hijab styles in egypt these days is that they use too many scarves and defeat the purpose of hijab. Sure, wrap your scarf in a quirky way, but don't make it so flashy that everyone stares at you when you walk down the street.

[nunyab 0]

i know she really has taken this thread and rocked it! Have you all noticed how many hits this has had in MENA???? Mashallah we're a hot topic!

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Aww, thanks guys If you benefit from what I write, please make dua for me

Now, on to the content:

Happy 1430!

1430 lunar years ago, the beloved Prophet Muhammad (saws) made hijra (migrated) from Mecca to Yathrib, later to be known as Medina al-Munawwarah, the Luminous City.

The 1430 Hijri Page at IslamOnline