Project ‘Uloomination

As-salamu alaikum,

This post serves as a compilation for all the audio-video taken for the sessions.

1. Developing Love for Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) [PPT Presentation Only]

2. Introduction to ‘Uloom al-Qur’an with Shaykh Irfan Kabiruddin [Video]

3. Understanding Fiqh with Shaykh Omar Qureshi [Coming Soon]

4. Living the Law with Shaykh Faraz Rabbani [Coming Soon]

5. The Exalted Status of the Prophet (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) with Shaykh Khalid Abul Sattar [Audio]

6. An Introduction to the Science of Hadeeth with Shaykh Bilal Ali al-Ansar [Coming Soon]

7. The Status of the Sahabah and Ahl ul Bayt (radhi allahu anhum) with Shaykh Ahmad Mi’raj Riccio [Video]

The audio from Shaykh Khalid Abdul Sattar’s talk “The Exalted Status of the Prophet (sallahu alayhi wa sallam)” has been uploaded.

You may listen to it here.

One who is a learned man of the hereafter will recieve salvation and gain nearness of Allah. There are many signs of the scholars of the hereafter.

1. He does not seek the world by his learning. He considers the world as insignificant and the hereafter as great and ever lasting.

2. His words and actions are the same, rather he does not order an action to be done without first doing it himself.

3. The Prophet (sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam - may the peace & blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Don’t company every learned man. Be with the learned man who calls towards five matters towards faith from doubt, sincerity from show, modesty from pride, love from enmity, and asceticism from worldliness.

4. His mind would be directed towards such learning that will be useful for the next world and give encouragement to pious deeds. He will avoid those learning which will bring lesser benefit but much arguments.

5. He has got no attraction for various kinds of foods and drinks, luxury in dresses, furniture and houses, but rather he adopts moderate course in all these things following the earlier sages and he is best satisfied with the least of everything.

6. He is a man who fears of Allah and to avoid all manner of risk.

7. He keeps himself distant from the ruling authorities and avoids their company, because this world is sweet, ever new and its bridle is in their hands. He who get closer to them is not free from their pleasures and harms. They are mostly unjust and do not obey the advice of the learned men.

8. He does not give Fatwa in a hurry but tries to be relieved of it. When he is asked and if he knows he gives his opinion. When he has doubt, he says, “I don’t know.” He is careful not to commit himself but refer the matter to someone else who is more capable than him.

9. His main object of anxiety is to learn secret knowledge, observation of the heart, and knowledge of the paths of the hereafter, to travel thereon and to have abiding faith in finding self-mortification.

10. He is sincere and upright for making his faith firm and strong as firm faith is the root of religion.

11. Another sign of the learned man of the next world is that he becomes humble and adopts silence. The effect of the fear of Allah appears on his body, dress, character movements, speech and silence. His sight reminds one of Allah and his nature and character are proofs of his actions. His eye is a mirror of his mind. The signs of the learned man of the hereafter are recognised in his face, tranquillity, modesty and freedom from pride and vanity. A sage said, “Allah has not given a man with a garment better than the garment of the fear of Allah. It is the garment of the Prophets, Siddiqs (the truthful) and the learned men”.

[From Ihya ul Uloom]

This Saturday April 25th from 6pm to 10pm, come attend a series of lectures by Shaykh Ahmad Mi’raj Riccio the fifth and final session of Project ‘Uloomination.

Topics:
- The status of the Sahabah and the Ahl ul Bayt (ra) in Islam

- Developing love for them

- Open forum

Event Information:

- Saturday April 25th from 6pm to 10pm (On-Site Registration and Check-In opens at 5pm)

- Anne Arundel Community College, 101 College Parkway, Cade Fine Arts Building Room 207

- Online registration available at http://www.uloomination.com

Fees:
- Regular Registration: $40
- Student Discount: $30
- Group registration (10 people): $20
- Attending Only One Lecture: $10
- Presidents of MSAs, Masajid, or other Islamic organizations get in for free!

Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=68428499449#/group.php?gid=54107951231

Video Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCxCuwJa_vM

Flyer for the Event:http://www.uloomination.com/flyer.pdf

If you have any questions or comments, e-mail uloominate@gmail.com.

May Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) grant us all knowledge that benefits. Ameen!

Project ‘Uloomination Staff

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For those of you blessed by Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) to have an ipod or iphone, there is a wonderful opportunity to use such instruments for seeking the pleasure of Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) rather than using them for fitnah purposes. Alhamdulillah, Seekers Guidance has begun issuing podcasts:

SeekersGuidance Islamic Knowledge Podcast:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=303712260

http://seekersguidance.libsyn.com/

Covering Imam Diya’ al-Madisi’s Fada’il al-A`mal, as Understanding Virtue from Prophetic Guidance. Covering a hadith or two each day, with brief, practical commentary on how to bring these great Prophetic virtues and their underlying values of excellence into our lives. (4-7 minutes, daily.)

May Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) grant us knowledge that benefits. Ameen.

Come attend a series of lectures by Shaykh Khalid Abdul Sattar and Shaykh Bilal Ali al-Ansari at the fourth session of Project ‘Uloomination.

Topics:
- The Exalted Character of the Prophet (sallahu alayhi wa salam)

- An Introduction to the Science of Hadeeth

Event Information:

- Saturday April 18th from 6pm to 10pm (On-Site Registration and Check-In opens at 5pm)

- Anne Arundel Community College, 101 College Parkway, Cade Fine Arts Building Room 207

- Online registration available at http://www.uloomination.com

Fees:
- Regular Registration: $40
- Student Discount: $30
- Group registration (10 people): $20
- Attending Only One Lecture: $10
- Presidents of MSAs, Masajid, or other Islamic organizations get in for free!

Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=68428499449#/group.php?gid=54107951231

Video Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCxCuwJa_vM

Flyer for the Event:http://www.uloomination.com/flyer.pdf

If you have any questions or comments, e-mail uloominate@gmail.com.

May Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) grant us all knowledge that benefits. Ameen!

Project ‘Uloomination Staff

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Shaykh Khalid Abdul Sattar was born in Chicago in 1974. He completed his bachelor’s degree in marketing and management from the Stern School of Business at New York University (NYU) in 1997.

In 1997, Shaykh Khalid began studying with local scholars. In 2003, he traveled to Pakistan to further advance his knowledge of the traditional Islamic sciences. There he dedicated five years to a full-time course of studies under some of the most accomplished scholars of the sub-continent. In 2008, he formally graduated with an degree in Islamic Studies. He also received his teaching licenses in various Islamic subjects, including, Classical Arabic, Hanafi Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh and Hadith.

In conjunction with his pursuit of traditional knowledge, Shaykh Khalid has also received spiritual guidance and training from Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad.  After spending more than a decade in the company of his shaykh, Shaykh Khalid was given permission to take students in the path of Tasawwuf.

Currently, Shaykh Khalid works full-time as a consultant and web-developer. He is also teaching Arabic and Hanafi Fiqh with Sacred Learning, a Chicago-based learning institute. He currently resides in Maryland with his family.

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Shaykh Bilal Ali al-Ansari is the Director of Education of Darul Hikmah in Chicago, Illinois. He studied under Mufti Taqi, Mufti Rafi, Maulana Sarfaraz Khan Safdar, and Maulana Tariq Jameel. http://attalib.blogspot.com/

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Biography

Hazrat Maulana Syed Arshad Madani (db) is the son of the great Islamic scholar Sheikhul Islam Hadhrat Maulana Syed Husain Ahmed Madani (1879-1957). He is a teacher of Hadeeth at one of the most prestiguous instutes of Islamic learning, Darul ‘Uloom Deoband in India. Hazrat Maulana Syed Arshad Madani (db) is also the President of the 86-year old Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind.

Born in 1941 Maulana Syed Arshad Madani got the entire Quran by heart at the age of only eight years and the first man to listen to his hifz was his father himself. Later on, after completing the five-year course of Persian as per the then rule of Darul Uloom, Deoband, he began Arabic education in 1955, and took admission there in 1959. He completed his Hadees studies in 1963.

He was taught and trained by great Islamic scholars like Qari Asghar Ali, Maulana Syed Fakhruddin Moradabadi, Maulana Ezaz Ali, Allama Mohammed Ibrahim Balyavi, Maulana Jaleel Ahmed Kairanvi, Maulana Akhtar Husain Deobandi and Maulana Waheeduzzaman Kairanvi.

He went to Madinah and spent there 14 months before joining as a teacher of Hadees at Jamia Qasmia, Gaya (Bihar) in 1965. Later, he shifted in 1969 to Jamia Qasmia Madarsa Shahi, Moradabad (UP). He joined Darul Uloom, Deoband in 1982 and since then continues to teach Hadees there. Even after shouldering the responsibility of the president of Jamiat in February, 2006, he manages to go to Deoband every week and devote three days to his favourite work of teaching. He is a member of the working committee of Jamiat since 1984.

As a man of letters, he takes interest in the scholarly works since very beginning. He is credited to render his father Sheikhul Islam Maulana Husain Ahmed Madani’s Urdu Tafseer-e-Quran (Commentary of Quran) into Hindi in two volumes in 1991 after a long dedication of eleven years. His other intellectual works include the 722-page analysis of Ibn Wahban’s papers “Aqadul Faraed Fi Takmil Qaidus Sharaet (in Fiqah Hanfi)” in two volumes; 10 out of 13 volumes of analysis of Hafiz Badruddin Aini’s unique papers “Nakhbul Afkar Fi Tanqih Moba Nil Akhbar Fi Sharah M’anil A’sar” after locating it from an Egyptian library; and his father’s autobiography “Naqsh-e-Hayat” form Urdu into Arabic.

He also spares time for social works. He is the person to introduce contemporary education in a religious environment through Maulana Madani Memorial English Medium School and other educational institutions as well as ITIs under the Madani Charitable Trust, founded in 1997. He heads a number of Islamic seminaries and bodies.

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Bayaan

The following is a lecture in Urdu delivered by Hazrat Maulana Arshad Madani (db) at the Darul ‘Uloom Maryland on April 8th, 2009.

Part 1

Part 2

The lecture discusses in detail the narration of the Prophet (sallahu alayhi wa sallam):

“If loving Allah and His Messenger or being loved by Allah and His Messenger pleases a person, then he must tell the truth whenever hespeaks, give back the trust when entrusted, and behave superbly to his neighbors.”

A lecture by Shaykh Irfan Kabiruddin at Project ‘Uloomination giving an introduction to the hermeneutics of the Qur’an.

In the talk, the esteemed Shaykh discusses:
- How Definitions Are Constructed in the Islamic Sciences
- Distinguishing Between an Linguistic Definition and a Technical Definition
- The Definition of the Qur’an
- Different Aspects of the Miraculous Nature of the Qur’an

This Saturday Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and Shaykh Omar Qureshi of Seekers Guidance will be giving a talk on how fiqh works and how to use it to get closer to Allah (subhana wa ta’ala).

[Topics]
- What is fiqh?
- How are rulings derived in Islam?
- What is a madhab and do we have to follow one?
- How can we use fiqh to get closer to Allah (swt)?

[Event Information]
- Saturday April 4th from 4pm to 10pm (On-Site Registration and Check-In opens at 3pm)
- Anne Arundel Community College, 101 College Parkway, Cade Fine Arts Building Room 219
- Online registration available at http://www.uloomination.com/registration.html

Fees:
- Regular Registration: $40
- Student Discount: $30
- Group registration (10 people): $20
- Attending Only One Lecture: $10
- Presidents of MSAs, Masajid, or other Islamic organizations get in for free!

Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=68428499449#/group.php?gid=54107951231

Video Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCxCuwJa_vM

Flyer for the Event:http://www.uloomination.com/flyer.pdf

If you have any questions or comments, e-mail uloominate@gmail.com.

May Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) grant us all knowledge that benefits. Ameen!

masalama

Project ‘Uloomination Staff

Since we didn’t have a session this weekend, we thought it would be nice to fill in the time with an activity. This week’s activity is an ONLINE QUIZ.

Directions:

• First registered member of Project ‘Uloomination to successfully answer all the questions will get a prize “Ta’lim al-Muta’allim Tariq al-Ta’allum” [“Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning”] by Imam al-Zarnuji.

• Send your completed answers to uloominate@gmail.com

• If you are not registered, please go to http://www.uloomination.com/registration.html and register.

• Prize will be distributed on Saturday April 4^th session (if you are not available, it will be given to you another session)

Questions:

1. What are the four divinely revealed books and the Prophets (as) that they were revealed to?

2. What are the four schools of Islamic law?

3. Who were the four Khalifah Rashidun?

4. Who were the four chaste women?

5. What are the shortest and longest surahs in the Quran?

6. Which surah of the Qur’an contains a prophecy that became fulfilled when the Muslims won at the Battle of Badr?

7. Who were the two most prominent students of Imam Abu Hanifa (ra)

8. Which three people are contained within Silsilat ul-Zhahab (The Golden Chain) of hadeeth?

9. Which Khalifah ordered Imam Ahmad (ra) to be flogged?

10. Which city is Imam ash-Shafi (ra) buried?

11. Where was Shaykh Uthman Dan Fodio from?

12. Who was the first baby born in Medina from the Muslims?

13. Who was the author of Manahil al-Irfan fi Ulum al-Qur’an?

14. Who was the Prophet’s (saw) wet-nurse?

15. Who were the ten Companions (ra) given glad tidings by the Prophet (saw)?