As Salaamu ALaykum,

Firstly I'm sorry that I could'nt answer to your questions early Anon .. 'afwan

It won't be that hard, there are Hundreds of foreigners there, I'm more than sure you'll make a handful of freinds.also the Yemenis are very greetings towards newcomers too MashaAllah.

And Try to Introduce yourself to Shiekh Yahya when you're there!

-Living alone?
You could either choose to live alone or share a house with brothers, that's up to you, but like you said you might be intending on gettin married whilst you're there so then it's best to buy or build a house InshaAllah.

-Marriage?
Mawaddah mentioned the whole issue bout Foreign brothers marryin Yemeni sisters, you could do that.. or There are a few foreign single sisters there who might be lookin for marriage too, it's what ever you're comfortable with InshaAllah.

Yes there are shops there, It aint tesco or sansburys where there's a wide range of goods .. just the basic groceries.
there are book shops there too, Internet Cafes ..& Diners/ Mini restruants which are improving year by year..

The food... it aint heaven and i'll tell you that now! I can't explain it.. the wide range of varieties we have here are very very limited.
you get the basic fruit & Veg .. the fruits are seasonal though like the watermelons would only come in the summer and the summer only so its months of watermelons before the next fruit is ripe .. which might be the grape and so on..
The traditional yemeni food that is sold in the restraunts are nice, well that's my opinion, most foreigners dont like it though!
but when you're in a tight spot there's no time for pickiness!!

Houses it's you either buy or build (buy the land). And furniture, InshaAllah by all that In Sanaa' Beds, Cupboards, fridges, washing machines, .. And also an electricty motor of your own will be really handy!
Life there's can be as luxurious as you want it to be? one couple have a Jaccuzi now.. and some a swimming pool!

Ok Mawaddah's mentioned a few books so I'm going to answer the latter..
There are no tests that I know of Allaahu A'lam, but when i used to teach I used to take written & oral test from my students.. You could ask the teacher to give you one!
But what usually happens is , when you're studyin a book and we've reached the Middle or the end .. the teacher usually stops and starts to revise from the beginning of the book..
You can only monitor you're progress, if you fee that you have'nt undderstood a certain book, don't worry they're always being taught over and over again so you can join in the next time the lesson's opened!

The sheikh usually monitors his lessons because it's a must for All the brother's to attend, so if you're away he might ask people what's up with brother so & so?


If there's anything that's unclear to you, please feel free to ask inshaAllah..

May Allah Bless you with what's Khayr!

MashaAllah...nice idea.

What about my hubby?

Can I ask... is it men teaching men, and women teaching women? The classes are segregated, I presume.

I think someone asked about the books they teach in Dar Al Hadeeth, Dammaj? Their curriculum in PDF format can be found here. I gather its in Arabic, but even I understood most of it, and I'm an Arabic noob

May Allah make it easy for all those who seek knowledge



Now that I've seen the books they teach, I wanna go even MORE. *packs bags*

Insha'Allah soon I will go, when Allah wills it

MashaAllah, that's good. Bros are lucky, they don't need a mahrem.

jazakallah for the list of books studied there, very informative, and jazakallah for answering the questions

I found this on another site, entitled "Adhaan from Dammaaj: Shaykh Yahya Al-Hajooree"

Can be heard here

Masha'Allah its awesome

^ MashaAllah, Yep That's my shiekh!

Thanks for the Link Akhee.

Jazakallah Khair Akhi!

It brought tears to my eyes, I miss it there that much

Sheikh Yahya calls it so beautifully masha'allah.

I'm listening to it now. Its really beautiful mashaAllah. I really miss our sheikh

Yes it's segregated Umm Abdullah

yemen
man my home country
there is one called al eman university


anyways
i heard a good pace in egypt
its called al Azhar university
salamz

As salaamu Alaykum Anon,

I came across this Article about "Studyin in Yemen" Posted by someone else on another forum thought it might be worth readin'

Here You go!

Hope it helps InshaAllah.

Good article, though according to that article "It is currently almost prohibited for foreign students to go to Dammaj." So it'll be very difficult for those wishing to go.

Wa Alaykum as salaam,

It's hard for foreign students na'am, but look at the thousands there that have made it?

You jus need to have reliance in Allah, and go for it InshaAllah.