Oh Trust me. There's loads of them. And when I say nothing I mean nothing worth mentioning. At least they can speak Arabic though.

Can you speak?

If yes. Please look into the arabic section once in a while.(for help in arabic)

how long do you have to study arabic in dammaj?

one month is it enough?

1 month is enough I think hanye untuk beli sayur di pasar (if you just wanna buy vegetables) .
They will yale "marhabah...marhabah...marhabah"

As salaamu alaykum,

MashaAllah Daarul Hadeeth In Dammaaj is by far one of the best Maraakiz in the world (in my opinion) , The Ni'mah and Barakah their is Just Indescribable SubhanAllah..

Na'am Alhamdulillaah we had a Great Teacher Allah Yahfadhaa, We picked up the language in six months and from then on we were capable of joining the arabic taught classes in fiqh, aqeedah and etc..
It depends on how hard you strive, as Mawaddah said some brothers and sisters take longer than others to learn and pick it up.

Sometimes I wished I'd done that, so I could dive into the other classes straight away... Wa Laakin Qadar Allah.

Also,You need'nt worry about whether the life there is rough, it might be to some of you but it's changed a great deal over the past couple of years.. It's a small price to pay for seeking knowledge I say, and like Abdillaah ibnul Mubaarak said: Laa yustadaa' Al-Ilm Bi-raahatil jasad..

It reminds me of that Hadeeth, there'll come a time when some of you will take to the mountains in order to preserve your deen..

Ps: Mawaddah, Abu Raihana teaches on Paltalk? MashaAllah!! .. Haatil Mawqi3 wa-ismul qurfah min fidhalik!

jazakAllaah khair bro your brilliant

can sister go to yamen without a mahram if she is going there for the sake of obtaining beneficial knowledge?

Well a woman is not allowed to travel without a mahram sis.

As for saying that Dammaj is the best place, I'm sure that some others will disagree and vouch instead for other places which they have studied at

My father studied for 3 years in the University of Madinah before having to leave because of emergency reasons. He says that he much prefers the method of learning in Dammaj compared to Madinah. It's because like I said before, there are no restrictions and schedules when studying in Dammaj. And you dont have to go along a certain schedule. A book which takes 3 years to study in University of Madinah can be completed in just 1 year in Dammaj. Sheikhs from all over come to Dammaj on a regular basis also, and there is always some function or Talk going on Masha'allah.

And plus, University of Madinah is only for men isn't it lol...so in Dammaj the women have the opportunity of meeting with Umm Abdillah Aishah bint Ash-Sheikh Muqbil hafidhahallah.....and she's just about most knowledgeable woman Masha'allah in Islam

The Government of Saudi has asked her many times to come to Saudi to teach there on a salary but she has always refused and preferred to stay in Dammaj and teach the sisters there...masha'allah.

Well, I'm satisfied if I can go anywhere where I can learn my Deen insha'allah

jazakallah khair for all the replies. so what do you think, i should first study in the markaz al medina institute, to learn arabic, or just head straight into dammaj, keeping in mind i know no arabic

also, just to clear it up, i read above that 3 classes held a day by the shaykh? but are these beginner/intermediate/advanced levels? what about if someone wants to learn other books too, how would i do that?

also, i know this might be a stupid question, but like, whats the situation in terms of getting married in dammaj, like how easy is it for someone to find, and get married to someone there. i only ask because i will not be married when i go, and i plan on staying there for a good few years if i do go.

oh, and does anyone know which other scholars i can go to after, i.e. the ones that teach free, like in masjid al haram and other places, like someone mentioned above.

Ok how much does it cost their for 5 years?

I think it's a good idea for you to do some studying in the Markaz first before heading into Dammaj. Because then you will get some basic Arabic and also get used to the ways of the Yemeni people insha'allah, Some people get huge culture shock you know
And it'll also be good because then you can meet brothers who go back and forth from Dammaj all of the time and they will tell you how you need to prepare for your stay in dammaj insha'allah. The......what do you call it.......Head Person of the Madinah Institute is Sheikh Yahyas stepson, so you can get info from him about Dammaj insha'allah.

They are advanced classes which the Sheikh holds and every man has to attend. At the moment he is teaching Saheeh Muslim (almost finished) , Al-Umdah Li Ibn Qudaamah, And He is going to start Al-Mutaqa Li Ibn Jaaruud.

Basically what he does (And what Sheikh muqbil rahimahullah used to do) in the lesson is read out from the book and then speaks about it and the students take notes. It's pretty much like how you would do in a lecture hall. There are thousands of students attending at one time so it's impossible that he ask all of them so its more like if you pay attention, you'll benefit, if not, then you lose out.

These Three classes are held After Dhuhr, After Asr and After Maghrib. Besides those classes you're free to choose anything you want to learn. There are many brothers who hold classes so that wouldn't be a problem at all insha'allah.



How easy is it?



Just about as easy as any other place I would say. At first it was quite easy for the foreigner brothers to get married to the Yemeni girls, but now it is not popular anymore as the Yemeni girls seem to have gotten a bad image of them lol. But yes it's very easy to get married there, dont have to worry about that, just make sure that you find a good person insha'allah.

Living there is very cheap, There are some people there who live on an average of $50 a month. But that would be the very essential means of living only of course.

jazakallah khayr for the answers, i feel like every second i'm not at dammaj, its wasted, soon though if Allah wills

i'm very sorry to keep bugging you with questions, and if you don't want to answer, don't feel you have to, i won't mind

just a few more queries i have

how hard will it be, seeing as i'll be going alone, and i don't know anyone there? might i get lonely living alone, or is it like one big family there?

are there shops there? whats the food like? there are houses/furniture for sale there, or where would i stay?

i know of the aqeedah books that are studied there, what about books for seerah, usool al hadith, tafsir? (no need for depth here, just an example or two), and seeing as it is up to the individual whether they benefit from the classes or not, are there tests however, to give an idea of how we are progressing?

jazakallah khayr, forgive me for so many questions