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anonymous said:
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jazakallah khayr for the answers, i feel like every second i'm not at dammaj, its wasted, soon though if Allah wills
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Wa Iyyak brother, Insha'allah you will be able to go there soon!

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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 :)
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It's no problem! I had asked sis amirah_87 to come and answer you since she has returned from there only a year ago so she would know things in more detail than me, but she's busy.

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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?
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Insha'allah it'll be no problem at all to find good brothers there whom you will be able to have good friendship with. There are loads of good brothers there and besides, once you get caught up with the circle of studying insha'allah there will be no time for feeling lonely! The Sheikh holds classes every single day of the year Eid included and insha'allah you'll be studying all the time with the other brothers. Dont worry.

Although before you go up there you will have to get in contact with some people to find out about building a home there or something or maybe rent a house....but You will have to reach Yemen first and speak with the People there about it insha'allah.

Whilst I was there all of the foreigners were always very welcome towards a new brother who came. Insha'allah you will be fine.

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are there shops there? whats the food like? there are houses/furniture for sale there, or where would i stay?
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They have shops there which sell groceries, but only the basic stuff. If you want anything 'western' like you will have to order it from San'a which is the capital. It's a 6 hours drive away from Dammaj but they have drivers going up and down all of the time so if you want anything which is not available in Dammaj you can send them a shopping list. That's the way they do it there :D

There are no restaurants or anything there. Nothing at all. No Parks, No Big shopping centers, No Department stores, nothing like that. The only thing there are the houses of the students (mostly built of mud) and some hardware stores and 1 clinic. If you need to go to the hospital you will have to take a 3/4 hour drive to the town Sa'dah.

There are no furniture stores there either because everyone buys their things from Sa'dah or San'a. Like I said above, you meet up with those 'drivers' who go to San'a or Sa'da on a regular basis and give them a list of things you want them to get for you. But things like furniture I would suggest you buy them on your own.

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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?
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Whilst I was there the Brothers were taking lessons in Tafsir ibn Katheer,Al-Usool min Ilm al-Usool, Zaad al-ma'aad .... books like that. Also for research you will be referred to books like Tuhfatul Ahwadhi, Fathul Baari, Madaarij as-Saalikeen,Subul as-Salaam,Nayl al-Awtaar....etc. I'll ask amirah_87 to list some other books insha'allah.
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anonymous said:
jazakallah khayr, forgive me for so many questions
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Anytime brother :)

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amirah_87 said:
Wa Alaykum As Salaam,



MashaAllah, Abu Waleed Al-Amreeki Gave a lecture about Dammaaj? :eek:
Is it on the net!? If so can I have it, jus want to pass it down to a few people InshaAllah, wa jazaaks
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He did like a question and answer thingy Princess I didn't listen to the whole thing :D

I was on this website that began with a C or something....hmm....I'll look it up for ya okay :smile:

EDIT: Here it is!! www.calgaryislam.net, Check out audio sections
 
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Mawaddah waynal As'ilah wa mal-lathee yureeduhuu ajeeb anhaa? :)
 
Mawaddah said:
Huwalladhi Ajabtuhu al'aan , wa laakin zeedi insha'allah min fadhlik khaasatan 3alal al-kutub allati tudarras

Jazakillah khair
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as salaamu alaykum,

Ah!, Ahaa huw? Tayyib InshaAllah!

Thanks for the link to Abul Waleeds lecture.. and I'll get to dhaak al-aan!
 
As Salaamu ALaykum,

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

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?
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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.

are there shops there?
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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..

whats the food like?
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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!!

there are houses/furniture for sale there
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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!

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?
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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!
 
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Mawaddah said:
Well you can find yourself a teacher who will teach you Arabic every day of the week and plus you will be in an Arabic speaking environment so you should be able to do it insha'allah.

What say we go together Kak syilla? :D
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MashaAllah...nice idea.

What about my hubby? :coolalien
 
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Can I ask... is it men teaching men, and women teaching women? The classes are segregated, I presume.
 
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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

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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
 
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jazakallah for the list of books studied there, very informative, and jazakallah for answering the questions
 
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seeker_of_ilm said:
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I found this on another site, entitled "Adhaan from Dammaaj: Shaykh Yahya Al-Hajooree"

Can be heard here

Masha'Allah its awesome

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Jazakallah Khair Akhi!

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

Sheikh Yahya calls it so beautifully masha'allah.
 
I'm listening to it now. Its really beautiful mashaAllah. I really miss our sheikh :(
 
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.
 
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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.

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seeker_of_ilm said:
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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.

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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.
 

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