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Al Habeshi said:
What if I build a house and rent it then noone can take it from me right?

Or what if I buy land and go back to get money to build on it then I come back and someone's taken it even though I had a contract, is there police? Or wil I have to take law into my hands. :phew
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Okay first of all, the issue about you renting your house and all of that will have to be settled with your landlord, and just pray to Allah you have a good one because whatever the landlord says goes, and some of them may take your house when you leave and rent it and take the money for themselve and when you come back charge you money to get your own home back Allahul Musta'aan.

So yes, it's between you and The Man lol.

And In Dammaj there is no police, and also the Sheikh has no say over matters as he is not a Dammaji, so it's you on your own and the goodwill of the landlord insha'allah he'll have plenty. The best thing to do when it comes to this land is get contacts. Buy the land thru someone who is on good terms with the owner of the land, that way you'll be safe.

Wallahu A'lam.
 
If you could put me in your suitcase! I plan to going Medina one day Insha Allah :)
 
Mawaddah said:
Okay first of all, the issue about you renting your house and all of that will have to be settled with your landlord, and just pray to Allah you have a good one because whatever the landlord says goes, and some of them may take your house when you leave and rent it and take the money for themselve and when you come back charge you money to get your own home back Allahul Musta'aan.

So yes, it's between you and The Man lol.

And In Dammaj there is no police, and also the Sheikh has no say over matters as he is not a Dammaji, so it's you on your own and the goodwill of the landlord insha'allah he'll have plenty. The best thing to do when it comes to this land is get contacts. Buy the land thru someone who is on good terms with the owner of the land, that way you'll be safe.

Wallahu A'lam.
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Hmm ok, if worse comes to worse I can live in the streets, I mean they wudnt remove me from under a tree or something right?
 
Unlike Sana'a or any other major Yemeni city, Damaaj doesn't have streetlights so if one of your brothers or cousins who carry the flashlights forget you at the mosque in the evening your walking blind all the way home :D

lol how many times i mistook a lost dog for a hyena whoA!!:exhausted(got spoonfed with heyna stories just because i was new and gullible)

But i love Yemen definitly going back to visit my sister Insha-allah :D
 
AHMED_GUREY said:
Unlike Sana'a or any other major Yemeni city, Damaaj doesn't have streetlights so if one of your brothers or cousins who carry the flashlights forget you at the mosque in the evening your walking blind all the way home :D

lol how many times i mistook a lost dog for a hyena whoA!!:exhausted(got spoonfed with heyna stories just because i was new and gullible)

But i love Yemen definitly going back to visit my sister Insha-allah :D
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What a thing to remember! this part of Dammaj had totally slipped my mind. But the Mazra'a do have a few street lights here and there? but yes, walking home is really scary......and they do have hyenas there what are you talking about bro? One of them used to come and fight dogs under my window at night:skeleton: and the Dammajis hunt them and eat them too! It's not a tale...
 
I thought all those hyena stories were true! :omg: :omg: Yemenis always told me that they eat hyena if they want something special. :omg: :omg:

They have street lights in the mazra3ah tho, so its not dark there. I dont know if they put them on the way to the maktabah yet? I remmeber i used to loooove to walk from the maktabah on the nights with full moon without a flashlight. Everything just seems so different and lovely :p.
 
Mawaddah said:
What a thing to remember! this part of Dammaj had totally slipped my mind. But the Mazra'a do have a few street lights here and there? but yes, walking home is really scary......and they do have hyenas there what are you talking about bro? One of them used to come and fight dogs under my window at night:skeleton: and the Dammajis hunt them and eat them too! It's not a tale...
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i thought they were only in the mountain areas,:phew in my whole stay there i hadn't seen one alxamdulilah :skeleton: but yeah them few dogs i did see at night did the same psychological damage:D :D

Hyena's after the ''Lion'' have the strongest bite in Africa so there not the type you want to meet in the evening :)
 
Fi_Sabilillah said:
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If you're single you can live in the Masjid inshaa Allaah :)
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Wa aleykum salam wa rhametulahi wa berektu,

For real?? That's be amazing.

Or I could stay up most of the night and make the sleep up between lessons.
 
^Loads of single brothers who dont have a place to stay sleep in the masjid. :) But its nicer to have yoru own place of course..
 
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Maaan, I so badly wish to be at one of the Daar-ul Hadeeths. I'm struggling to have the patience to wait. Yemen sounds like such an awesome place to study.

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seeker_of_ilm said:
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Maaan, I so badly wish to be at one of the Daar-ul Hadeeths. I'm struggling to have the patience to wait. Yemen sounds like such an awesome place to study.

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Wa aleykum salam wa rhametullah,

Well prepare yourself akhi, trust me you dont wanna get out there and then say you cant hack it.

Prepare yourself from now for the worst, so that if it turns out better than thats a blessing.
 
Assalaamu alaykum,

Jinn Mountain is actually the highest peak in Yemen, it's identified on most major atlases and globes. If you do eventually go up there, you'll find it very difficult to breathe because of the elevation. There aren't any jinns up there, but there are graves around the foot of the mountain, where egyptian soldiers, who came to fight the communists in the seventies, are are buried. It used to be their outpost during the civil war. You can still find their homes in the nearby village.

Single brothers can live in the Masjid, but the extremely poor sanitation and hygiene will be beyond the stomach of most westerners, so you will most likely end up sharing accomodations with other single brothers, or getting a "ghurfah," a single room, with a closet sized washroom.

The population in Dammaj has greatly increased since any of us were there, apparently, but it seems that foreigners come in cycles, and the current crop are mostly Americans. And by the way, they have streetlights in most places now!
 
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Update:

The situation in Dammaaj/Yemen has settled down walhamdulillaah. People are found to be entering and exiting with not so much of a problem (that's with the Yemeni & Somalis; other foreigners always will and still have that problem).

Phone lines are still down though.

And by the way, they have streetlights in most places now!
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Yup that's Right alhamdulillaah. :)
 
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So what's the drill, I mean, if someone is setting out to there, where would they go first, what city and then from there where and what documents do they neeed and would they have to have transport or walk or what?

Seriously we need this type of information.

Anyone who gives this type of info will get a prize curtosy of Al Madani
 
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If someone's setting out firstly they've got to get past the airport which is real tricky because the people who run it are either Jews or shiah who do not like Ahlus-sunnah!
So when they see you (dressed in the way of the sunnah) they'd be all like: Lookit this Mutawwa' (religious/practisin man) where are you going? Muqbil's Camp!! *sn-igger sn-igger* :rollseyes

You've got to bluff your way through and tell them you're just here for a few weeks or so visiting the country as a tourist. (That's what we said).

If they do suspect that you're headed there, they'd send you back on the next flight home. Which has happened quite a number of times with single people and even families all wanting to head out there.

It also might be a good idea if you know someone there, so you could say you're visiting so & so, and give them their details.

If you get past step 1, then it's fairly easy after that. You'd go to Jaami'al Khair, A Masjid in the Sanaa' and you'd ask them for a personal driver to take you to Dammaaj(When ever you're ready to head out).
You'd hire out your own pick up truck which is roughly around $50.00 for that 6 hour ride journey. It's more expensive than the normal coaches that head out to Dammaaj because with foreigners we'd have to use the back door (the mountainious route) rather than the front door where you go through the check points.

You don't really need any documents, Just a visa for when you reach the airport.
 
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sisters jazakallah khayr for all the info about Damaaj
Amirah inshallah i will see you there after i finish my A-levels :) Inshallah Inshallah
with Ruwaydah
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Wa alaykum as salaam Aisha,

Wa Iyyaki sis, If you have any questions: post 'em right up ;)

And Yesh, it'll be nice to meet up there Bi'ithnillaah :statisfie
 

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