Lesson 1: Learn the 28 Arabic Alphabets
With proper pronunciation from the video above.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Madrasa
Madrasa is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion).
Friday, February 22, 2013
Qaswida kutoka Uingereza - Allahu Allahu
Remake and translation by Talib Al-Habib, of the original Allahu Allahu Nasheed. He did a fantastic job and has a beautiful voice Mashallah! Below is his picture and profile that I nabbed from the Nasheed Shop.
Talib al-Habib was born in London in 1976 and grew up in Manchester, before moving to South Africa for a ten-year stay. It was here that he met his spiritual guide and began traversing the path of traditional Islam under his instruction. He later returned to the UK in early 2002.
His distinctive style of inshad arises from a ten-year childhood association with the Manchester Boy’s Choir, where he received vocal and technical training. He began composing spiritual poetry at the age of sixteen, and has continued to do so ever since. Talib has also authored three books on Islamic spirituality and ethics. All his projects are exclusively published and distributed by his record label, Nur al-Habib Productions, an emerging Islamic Media company set up in early 2004.
In early 2004, Talib was encouraged to compile a collection of English-language spiritual songs, which culminated in the critically acclaimed ‘Songs of Innocence.’ This intensely personal journey into the experiential dimensions of Islam has deeply affected many of those who have listened to it, and its subject matter has been described as, ‘love of Allah, His Messenger (s), one’s teacher, one’s family, and all of mankind.’ This has been followed up with his new album, ‘Rahma – Prophetic Wisdom for Young Hearts.’
Talib has been a student of the sacred sciences for several years, which he pursues both through the traditional method of sitting with a Shaykh, as well as through more contemporary approaches. ‘Talib al-Habib’ is a tallaqub (pen-name) meaning ‘seeker of the beloved.’ In addition to studying the Deen, Talib teaches several circles of religious sciences, and provides religious and social support to Muslim reverts. He practices as a Medical Doctor specialising in Psychiatry. Currently, he lives in the West Midlands with his wife and two daughters.
His distinctive style of inshad arises from a ten-year childhood association with the Manchester Boy’s Choir, where he received vocal and technical training. He began composing spiritual poetry at the age of sixteen, and has continued to do so ever since. Talib has also authored three books on Islamic spirituality and ethics. All his projects are exclusively published and distributed by his record label, Nur al-Habib Productions, an emerging Islamic Media company set up in early 2004.
In early 2004, Talib was encouraged to compile a collection of English-language spiritual songs, which culminated in the critically acclaimed ‘Songs of Innocence.’ This intensely personal journey into the experiential dimensions of Islam has deeply affected many of those who have listened to it, and its subject matter has been described as, ‘love of Allah, His Messenger (s), one’s teacher, one’s family, and all of mankind.’ This has been followed up with his new album, ‘Rahma – Prophetic Wisdom for Young Hearts.’
Talib has been a student of the sacred sciences for several years, which he pursues both through the traditional method of sitting with a Shaykh, as well as through more contemporary approaches. ‘Talib al-Habib’ is a tallaqub (pen-name) meaning ‘seeker of the beloved.’ In addition to studying the Deen, Talib teaches several circles of religious sciences, and provides religious and social support to Muslim reverts. He practices as a Medical Doctor specialising in Psychiatry. Currently, he lives in the West Midlands with his wife and two daughters.
Ijumaa Njema!
Court Differs On Sheikh Ponda's Case
Stuff I am reading these days, I nabbed this article by Faustine Kapama from Daily News TZ.
LAWYERS and a prosecution witness on Thursday locked horns at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam on whether the case against Secretary General of the Council of Islamic Organization, Sheikh Ponda Issa Ponda and his colleagues, was criminal or civil.
While advocates Juma Nassoro and Tahaya Njama, for the accused, claimed that the case had all elements of civil by its nature, the witness, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ame Anange Anoqie, maintained to the contrary, saying that the matter falls squarely in criminal ambit.
The heated debate among the lawyers and the witness was fuelled by the latter's testimony in his evidence in chief that the accused forcibly took possession of a plot known as Markaz at Chang'ombe area in Temeke District, while they had no single document to support their action.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Majibu Ya Form Four 2012
Majibu ya Form four yameshatoka. Kwakweli, majibu ya mwaka huu hayakuwa mazuri. Lakini bora tumejua ukweli kuliko wangeshusha quality ya elimu kwa ku curve grade, ili wanafunzi wengi waonekane wamepasi wakati wanahitaji msaada.
Ingia hapa ucheki mwenyewe. Habari ndio hiyo!
Picha nimetoa Jamii forum.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Meteor Blast in Russia
I recently posted a NASA Video of the big Meteorite Flying over too close to earth. Now we had a meteorite that actually landed on earth, with 1000 people injured. My thoughts? If Yajuj and Majuj were buried in the vicinity, and if they are not out yet, who knows maybe that was there barrier being taken down. Weren't we told that they will be coming from the east? Anywho, don't quote me on it, just my random thoughts, I am so hoping my speculations are so wrong.
Now enough of my speculations and back to the real world, how helpless are we that we can't detect a big rock coming and send some kind of warning for people to prepare for impact? I mean luckily it fell in the middle of nowhere, but what if it fell in a major populated area? And this is not just any country, its RUSSIA where they even have an eye in orbit. We really think we know it all, Allah just sent us a message loud and clear that our vision is limited to what he allows us to see.
Below is a video I found on youtube from Skynews explaining the impact. You can watch the NASA video of the one passing over the Indian Ocean on 2/15/2013 from my previous post. Get your binoculars ready if you are in the area, you might just see it.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Muslims in China
A very educational video of Muslims in China, their survival of massive persecutions back in the days, and their journey to Hajj.
Muslims in China The Journey to Mecca 1/2
Muslims in China The Journey to Mecca 2/2
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Hafiza Rukkayatu -3 year old Islamic scholar
Written by:SALIU GBADAMOSI
Her case is completely different from her parents’, because she achieved her feat at a very tender age. For instance, her mother, Sayyada Maimunatu Sheikh Dahiru, did not complete the memorisation of the Qur’an until she was 12 years old, but for Hafiza Rukkayatu Fatahu Umar, learning and memorising is not determined by one’s age, reports SALIU GBADAMOSI.
SHE is indeed a genius. What took her mother 12 years to accomplish, she did it when she was three years, eight months old. Apart from having a mother who has memorised the whole Qur’an, her father, Fatahu Umar Pandogari, too has also memorised the whole Qur’an.
Such a feat could only be achieved by the gifted as the Holy Qur’an, according to scholars, consists of 114 chapters of varying lengths; some short, while others are long. The holy scripture is made up of 30 Juz’, each of which is further divided into two Hizb. Each Hizb is further subdivided into four Rub al-ahzab. In all, the Holy Qur’an contains 5, 910 verses.
It is little wonder then that the feat of little Rukkayatu was widely acknowledged in Bauchi, the Bauchi State capital, as many people in the state often discuss it. To say that she was the cynosure of all eyes penultimate Wednesday, January 24, 2013, at the graduation ceremony of 275 students from different schools of Qur’an memorisation and learning across the Northern part of Nigeria, being run by the Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Foundation, founded by renowned scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, was saying the obvious.
To prove to all that little Rukkayatu’s feat was not a fluke, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, who is the little girl’s grandfather, asked her to stand before the mammoth crowd and requested the people, including prominent clerics, to recite any verse of the Holy Qur’an from any chapter of their choice to test little Rukkayatu’s competence. People truly took up the challenge and the little girl was really up to the task, proving doubting Thomasses wrong.
Rukkayatu’s journey towards achieving her feat, according to her mother, began when she was a toddler and was being taken to one of the Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Foundation’s Qura’nic schools at Barkin Ruwa Askulaye in Kaduna, where her mother currently teaches Qur’an recitation and memorisation.
Her case is completely different from her parents’, because she achieved her feat at a very tender age. For instance, her mother, Sayyada Maimunatu Sheikh Dahiru, did not complete the memorisation of the Qur’an until she was 12 years old, but for Hafiza Rukkayatu Fatahu Umar, learning and memorising is not determined by one’s age, reports SALIU GBADAMOSI.
SHE is indeed a genius. What took her mother 12 years to accomplish, she did it when she was three years, eight months old. Apart from having a mother who has memorised the whole Qur’an, her father, Fatahu Umar Pandogari, too has also memorised the whole Qur’an.
Such a feat could only be achieved by the gifted as the Holy Qur’an, according to scholars, consists of 114 chapters of varying lengths; some short, while others are long. The holy scripture is made up of 30 Juz’, each of which is further divided into two Hizb. Each Hizb is further subdivided into four Rub al-ahzab. In all, the Holy Qur’an contains 5, 910 verses.
It is little wonder then that the feat of little Rukkayatu was widely acknowledged in Bauchi, the Bauchi State capital, as many people in the state often discuss it. To say that she was the cynosure of all eyes penultimate Wednesday, January 24, 2013, at the graduation ceremony of 275 students from different schools of Qur’an memorisation and learning across the Northern part of Nigeria, being run by the Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Foundation, founded by renowned scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, was saying the obvious.
To prove to all that little Rukkayatu’s feat was not a fluke, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, who is the little girl’s grandfather, asked her to stand before the mammoth crowd and requested the people, including prominent clerics, to recite any verse of the Holy Qur’an from any chapter of their choice to test little Rukkayatu’s competence. People truly took up the challenge and the little girl was really up to the task, proving doubting Thomasses wrong.
Rukkayatu’s journey towards achieving her feat, according to her mother, began when she was a toddler and was being taken to one of the Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Foundation’s Qura’nic schools at Barkin Ruwa Askulaye in Kaduna, where her mother currently teaches Qur’an recitation and memorisation.
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