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Assalamualaikum,

I recently read your article on female scholars of madinah, it's simply beautiful subhanallah. However I wish to ask you where those female scholars graduated from, since there is no accommodation for women's education in madinah University? Ordinary females who join these halaqas, will receive any recognition or ijaazah from those scholars? I wish to pursue my Islamic education in madinah. Please advice.

Jazakallah Khair

Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmutallah sister,

There is plenty of opportunity for women to learn Islam in Madinah, especially the Quran. Every neighborhood has multiple Quran schools (tahfeeths) for women, and they are certified by supervisory committees--sort of like accreditation programs. Masjid an-Nabawi itself offers Quran classes for women. It is easy for any girl or woman who has valid legal residence in Madinah to attend any of these classes, rise through the levels, and eventually be tested and certified to teach. This includes ijazahs as well.

In terms of Islamic classes besides Quran, I'm not sure if the Islamic University offers classes for women, but Masjid an-Nabawi offers classes on hadith and fiqh and other topics. They are not as common as the Quran classes and I'm not sure what the highest levels of certifications/ijazahs they offer. But basically, as long as a woman is a legal resident (regardless of whether she's Saudi or not) she can attend these classes. And they're mostly free.

#madinah #muslim women #medina #quran #women scholars

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I want to memorize the Quran via online because I live in Sri Lanka! Could you plz help me or guide me to get an admition form in English plz

I would highly recommend Studio Arabiya! Based in Egypt, classes are taught by qualified male and female teachers, and there are options for one-on-one, group, and Arabic/Quran classes. 

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Aslm I want to learn Quran online class I'm from Mauritius. Tell me how I can join

Salaam! I know Masjid al-Nabawi was offering online classes, but I’m not sure how to register - try searching around! Masjid al-Haraam in Makkah might have some too.

I’ve used Studio Arabiya in the past--it’s based in Egypt, teaches Arabic and Quran, and has qualified male and female teachers and flexible schedules for one-on-one classes: https://studioarabiya.com/. Egypt actually has several online programs, but this is the one I’ve used and I’ve had a good experience with them. 

There are also individual teachers that may teach without being tied to a specific organization, and these exist worldwide. You’d have to know them and reach out to them though (perhaps ask around your social group), and be sure of their qualifications/certifications (which they can usually send a copy/image of). 

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I am a hafizah in india can I teach in masjid nabavi

Salaam, I'm not sure how you can teach there if you're in India. I believe their virtual program only hires teachers in Madinah, and to be hired as a teacher you must be certified or approved by Masjid al-Nabawi.

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Center of the City

To the left: the graveyard, surrounded by life Souls grasping its tessellated gates—not just humans: Flocks of pigeons, too, flapping feathers among fluttering palm leaves, Glimpsing the rocks that guarded the heads of the dead, finally home.

Beyond: the street, uncertain where its sidewalk ends. People, the words of a hundred languages, the honks of a hundred cars Interspersing, interweaving, inching towards other gates: The courtyard, the garage, of— to the people of this city—a second home.

Ahead: itself, the second home. The masjid, bricks the color of sand, the green dome, Umbrellas in its courtyard, closing to welcome the sunset, The athan from inside, calling to welcome the footsteps Of the people, yearning for home.

To the right: rubble, buildings all lessened To lifelessness, the foundation of an expansion, continuing the cycle of growth. Only one remains: a building, gray domed, tiny, alone, its minaret still standing, a hope for the souls of lost homes.

Here: a family in a car, adding to the languages and sounds, Taking from them too, the stories they hold, the journeys they told, Joining the cyclic caravan of this world To what’s next in their sequence of homes.

Photo 1: 2013 Photo 2: 2020

#madinah #baqee #graveyard #poetry #free write #poem #home #city #islam #muslims #sunset

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Eid mubarak from 8 years later and in completely different circumstances ❤ 

May Allah bless us with a happy, joyous Eid!

Morning of Eid alAdha, 2012, Masjid Quba, Madinah

Eid Mubarak everyone!

#eid #eid mubarak #masjid #quba #madinah

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One Home in the Dunya, One Home in the Akhirah

Written by Aasiyah (bintalkhaleej)

It's been years, and my heart is still in knots

But I try to remain patient and entertain positive thoughts

They same home is where the heart is; my heart isn't here

It's in a place that trying to describe will drive me to tears

A place of rugged mountains and rolling sands

Against the deepest blue skies in the land

A small, beautiful city ancient, but still very new

Date farms scatter the city bearing fruit of every hue

Quiet days, and bustling nights is the secret to desert life

Family always comes first, and fun is never hard to find

The good outweighs the evil and generosity reins over all

Many months are dry and hot while winter welcomes rainfall

Rain means a break during school to play and laugh

It means duaa and thanks to Allah for the blessing we don't always have

Madinah is lighthearted, slow paced... Peaceful

The heart feels content, happy... Far from evil

Every place has its good and its bad

But for me this place was home

And though i knew one day I'd leave, i didn't really know

But maybe it had to be, maybe that had to be it

Because if i had a home in this world, maybe i would be too content

If i had a home on this earth maybe i wouldn't strive to see

My mothers and fathers in Jannah, who paved my Islamic legacy

Perhaps I wouldn't yearn to feel its peace, see its sights and hear its sounds

I wouldn't realize that the dunya is measly dirt from off the ground

I wouldn't see this life as a journey with no home for the believer

To strive for a home in Firdous, there's no way i would be so eager

So i pray Allah has bought from me Madinah, the place that was once my home

So he can offer me His gardens in return... That would be the best of my investments and such a goodly loan

#madinah #home #poetry

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Some of the pillars of Masjid al-Haraam and Masjid an-Nabawi have shelves like these to hold masaahif (copies of the Quran). This one is in Masjid al-Haraam, Makkah.

Both masjids are filled with masaahif, you’re basically never more than a few steps away from one.

#quran #makkah #photography #umrah #hajj #madinah #medina #mecca #islam #muslims

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This looks like it’s in Makkah. Al-Baik is probably the most famous, Saudi-owned fast food chain in Madinah, Makkah, and Jeddah (the Heja region). You should see the long lines outside of it after the maghrib and isha prayers! I miss fried chicken from there, and also their fried shrimp sandwiches..

Also this photo really captures the vibes of Makkah at night. People in all different kinds of clothes, of course some of them in ihram, scattering through the streets along with cars and taxis as they leave the masjid after a prayer, heading back to their hotels or apartments, stopping at different little shops for dinner or souvenirs on the way :)

#makkah #madinah #saudi arabia #al-baik #food #travel #middle east #saudi

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What do you think about Neom?

Hi anon,

To be completely honest with you, I didn’t know about Neom until I googled it after reading your question!

Honestly, I am really suspicious about it. It was Mohammad bin Salman’s idea, and the government is spending billions on it. Instead of making a new city, why not invest in older ones? Why not continue the projects that have been abandoned in Madinah and Makkah? If they want to make it “sustainable” and innovative and so on, then why not work on the existing cities to reach those goals? Wouldn’t it be more sustainable (not to mention cheaper, and more beneficial, to the people living there) if they invested in already existing cities?

To me, it seems like this is just an excuse to appeal more to “the West.” Especially if they’re allowing alcohol there.

I’m reading a book called Cities of Salt by Abderrahman Munif, and it takes place in the Arabian gulf in the early-to-mid 1900s, around the time the US came and established Aramco. It shows the emergence of a city, Harran, in the desert, for the sole purpose of the American company looking for “black gold”--it’s pretty much a fictional representation of Dhahran. Neom kind of reminds me of that, except it’s not the Americans coming and imposing their ideas this time. It’s the Saudis themselves, trying to appease Western ideals. 

I’ll have to look into it further, but so far I’m not very optimistic about it. 

Does anyone else have thoughts on this?

#anon #question #ask #saudi arabia #mbs #cities of salt #madinah #makkah

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I noticed something in my Muslim community here in the US that I didn’t notice back in Madinah, something that might be surprising.

Of course, in Madinah there are many more opportunities to learn the Quran, and so naturally there are more people that have memorized it there than there are here. But what struck me recently was the proportional difference between men and women huffath here and there.

In Madinah, I feel like it was just as normal for a woman to memorize the Quran, or for girls to be expected to attend Quran school, as it was for men and boys. After school, the boys would go to their neighborhood masjids to learn Quran while the girls would go to their neighborhood Quran schools.

But here in the US, there are so many more male huffath in the community than there are female ones–there are so few female huffath that I know that I could count them on one hand, with fingers to spare. Of course we have several male huffath, who lead taraweeh or teach at Islamic schools. They’re clearly not as many as there were in Madinah, but that is to be expected. The problem is the disparity between male versus female huffath here in our community. There aren’t even as many girls enrolling in our local after-school Quran programs, with their enrollment decreasing as they age–probably because of the lack of female teachers.

This is not to discredit the efforts of my community in anyway–I personally know people who have strongly advocated for Quran classes for girls and women. But at the end of the day, we need more female Quran teachers. And for that to happen, I think it would have to start with the parents: parents who have the same expectations for their daughters to learn the Quran as they have for their sons.

May Allah make us a community of the Quran, a community that values it, understands it, implements it, and teaches it for generations to come.

#madinah #quran #muslim women #quran school #american muslim #western muslim #hifth #hafith #hafitha #madina #thoughts #muslim girl

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Islamic art moodboard

Specifically requested by @madinahproject

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These white vinyl sheets are used as barriers between different sections of Masjid anNabawi, sometimes between the men and women’s sections, sometimes between the women’s-only and women+children section, and sometimes for sections just for students and halaqas so they don’t get distracted from the rest of the visitors.

Here you can see that people from all over the world, with different languages, left their signatures on these sheets, but two of them, side by side, stick out the most:

I 💗 Madinah, and Free Palestine 🇵🇸

Photos taken April 14th, 2012, around Isha Prayer

#madinah #muslims #islam #medina #travel #signature #love #palestine #free palestine #masjid #masjid annnabawi #middle east #diversity #photography #saudi arabia

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As Salamu Alaykum. Eid Mubarak.

Wa alaykum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh..

Eid Mubarak to you too, may Allah bless you and your loved ones ✨

#eid #eid mubarak #anon

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Morning of Eid alAdha, 2012, Masjid Quba, Madinah

Eid Mubarak everyone!

#eid #quba #medina #madinah #sunrise #masjid #masjids in madinah #hajj #eid mubarak #photography #old photos #birds #sky #minaret #architecture #blue #travel #muslims #islam #middle east #holiday

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Hajj moodboard

#hajj #Moodboard #Hajj moodboard #Muslims #Islamic post #Eidul adha #eid #makkah #islam #kaabah

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Beautiful video tour of Madinah, so touching it brought tears to my eyes, not gonna lie haha. It’s in Arabic but there are English subtitles!

#madinah #tour #video #ahmad al shugairi #medina #saudi arabia #travel #islam #muslims #middle east