Marhaban (welcome) Shaykh AbdulKareem Yahya

Shaykh AbdulKareem Yahya

UK Tour - May 2008

Alhumdulillah by The Grace of Allah we’re fortunate enough to have the opportunity to finally sit and learn from Shaykh AbdulKareem and his wife here in the UK. Insha’Allah they hope to visit the UK from the 8th - 18th May 2008 and Shaykh AbdulKareem will be teaching at the locations listed below.

Just a bit about Shaykh AbdulKareem in case you hadn’t gathered from previous posts that this student has written. He was born and raised in California where he also embraced Islam. Thereafter he travelled with his family to Damascus where he spent two years acquiring knowledge of the Arabic Language and Quranic recitation. Since 1998, he has been in Yemen where he has been studying with Habib Umar and Habib Mashhour, as well as the other teachers of Dar al-Mustafa. He has also worked extensively as a translator for Habib Umar and Habib Ali. For a more indepth biography feel free to check on SunniPath.

We pray by Allah’s Tawfeeq that you all are able to attend any of the following lessons in order to gain benefit and spread the light…

Jummah Khutbah
Date: Friday 9^th May 2008
Time: 12.45
Venue: The Shah Jahan Mosque, 149 Oriental Road, Woking, Surrey GU22 7BA
Details: www.shahjahanmosque.org.uk

Magnificent Character of the Prophet of light
Date: Friday 9^th May 2008
Time: 19.30-21.00
Venue: The Shah Jahan Mosque, 149 Oriental Road, Woking, Surrey GU22 7BA
Details: www.shahjahanmosque.org.uk

For The Children: Who is Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him)?
Date: Saturday 10^th May 2008
Time: 10.00-13.00
Venue: CEI Childrens Education Support, Northgate Community Centre, Crawley RH10 8DS
Details: This is a workshop primarily to teach children the importance of who the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is as well as provide them with a tool to love him and strive to take on his beautiful character.

Loving the Prophet of Light in an Age of Darkness
Date: Saturday 10^th May 2008
Time: 16.30-18.30*
Venue: Faizan-e-Madinah mosque, 169-175 Gladstone Street, Peterborough PE1 2BN
Details: Insha’Allah the illumination of our hearts will start with nasheeds recited by Talib alHabib and then followed by Shaykh AbdulKareems teachings of wisdom.
*please note time change (previously was 15.30-17.30 as poster depicts)

Discipling the soul through following the example of Allah’s beloved (peace be upon him)
Date: Sunday 11^th May 2008
Time: 14.00 - 16.00
Venue: High Wycombe Jamia Masjid, 34 Jubilee Road, High Wycombe, Bucks HP11 2PG
Details: www.karima.org.uk

Qur’an Khatum for Meer Kabir, followed by Talk: Lessons From Meccan Phase and Conquest
Date: Sunday 11^th May 2008
Time: After Asr, 19.00
Venue: Broadfield Mosque, Broadwoodrise, Broadfield, Crawley RH11 9SE
Details: www.crawleymosque.co.uk

Short Reminder: Holding One’s Tongue
Date: Monday 12^th May 2008
Time: 19.00
Venue: Langley Green Mosque, 157 London Road, Crawley RH10 9TA

The Imperative of Connected Transmission (Isnad)
Date: Monday 12^th May 2008
Time: 21:00
Venue: West London School of Islamic Studies, Hounslow, Middlesex TW4 5JU
Details: West London School of Islamic Studies

Lessons From Medina Phase
Date: Tuesday 13^th May 2008
Time: After Maghrib, 20.35
Venue: Langley Green Mosque, 157 London Road, Crawley RH10 9TA

“Truth Has Come and Falsehood has Perished. Falsehood is Indeed Perishing”
Date: Wednesday 14^th May 2008
Time: 17.00-19.00
Venue: University of Bedfordshire (Lecture Hall will be signposted), Park Square, Luton, Bedfordshire LU1 3JU
Details: A day of understanding the collapse of our inward idols before the light of The Prophet (Peace and Blessings be upon him).

Evening Mawlid - Luton
Date: Wednesday 14th May 2008
Time: Post 19.00
Venue: 45 Oakley Road, Luton LU4 9PT.
Details: This programme will be held in a house. Email aftikharahmed@hotmail.com for further information

Evening Mawlid - Slough
Date: Thursday 15^th May 2008
Time: 19.15
Venue: 34 Sussex Place, Slough SL1 1NR
Details: This programme will beheld in a house. Email affluentminds@gmail.com for further information

Jummah Khutbah
Date: Friday 16^th May 2008
Time: 12.45
Venue: Langley Green Mosque, 157 London Road, Crawley RH10 9TA

The Prophet’s Outward and Inward Beauty
Date: Friday 16^th May 2008
Time: 20.00-22.30
Venue: CEI Friday Programme, Northgate Community Centre, Crawley RH10 8DS

Micro-Madrasa Projects…

… Education and the Three Objectives
Date: Saturday 17^th May 2008
Time: 14.30- 20.00
Venue: UCLAN University of Central Lancashire, Harrington Lecture Theatre, Preston PR1 2HE
Details: The Lancashire Micro-Madrasa is an ambitious initiative that aims to facilitate Sacred Education and the teachings of Traditional Islam. Free Admission, however, please book your seat in advance by calling 07872 835 284 or emailing unity-foundation@hotmail.co.uk

… The Prophetic Miracles
Date: Sunday 18^th May 2008
Time: 09.00 – 12.00
Venue: Liverpool - To be Confirmed
Details: Greensville Trust

… The Unique Prophetic Qualities
Date: Sunday 18^th May 2008
Time: 16.00 – 18.00
Venue: Bradford - To be Confirmed
Details: BeyondLabels Micro-Madrasa

*the events above are confirmed but in case there are any minor details we’ll do our best to provide updates here on the blog. Insha’Allah you’ll also be able to find updates on the official www.ceiuk.com website.

Make dua please that Allah facilitates Shaykh AbdulKareem and his family with good health, safe journeys, and khimma for his stay here in England and beyond. Allahumma Ameen.

 

10thMay: Be Prepared for Illumination!

To be able to sit with our dearest Shaykh AbdulKareem after having studied, smiled, and reflected about deep issues under his care for the last year and a bit, this pauper would like to invite you all to share in that experience…

Jazak’Allah Khayr to Zeena Designs for making the poster and to all those people who made dua for the paupers request to come true.

Please also keep Shaykh AbdulKareem and family in your duas as they’re due to head out to the UK tonight. May Allah grant them a safe journey to England, answer their prayers whilst on safr, and grant them khimma and His Tawfeeq whilst touring the UK to spread the love for the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Allahumma Ameen.

A complete list of where Shaykh AbdulKareem will be over the next few weeks can be found on the CEI web site. Insha’Allah in the next few days we’ll post a completed list of tour dates on here also.

 

The Response: “Allah”

This lame student recently asked a Yemeni Shaykh a question and informed him of a dilemma we were afflicted with. All he replied back with was “Allah” . A bit perplexed with the answer we asked for clarification only to gain the same response - “Allah” - and then we left one another in His Tawfeeq.

For any other student they probably would find the answer a tad bit frustrating but personally, for this student, being left alone to just ponder and patiently take in the realities of the teaching is far more beneficial than to be spoon fed an answer. So we reflected but out of tiredness didn’t reflect for too long.

Two days went by, trying to reflect on what Shaykh really meant, and then Subhan’Allah our eyesight was brought to the following Hadith in Imam alNawawi’s compilation of Forty Hadith:

Abu al’Abbas ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

One day I was behind the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him), and he said to me:

O young man, I shall teach you some words [of advice]: Be mindful of Allah, and Allah will protect you. Be mindful of Allah, and you will find Him in front of you. If you (have need to) ask, ask of Allah; and if you seek help, seek help from Allah. Know that even if the Nation (or the whole community) were to gather together to benefit you with something, they would not benefit you with anything except that which Allah has already recorded for you, and that if they gather together to harm you with something, they would not be able to harm you with anything except that which Allah has already recorded against you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried.

[Al-Tirmidhi]

… Alhumdulillah this student gets it now… that’s what Shaykh meant by the response: “Allah” .

Please make dua for the Shayukh who put up with this lame student; and also for this lost student who has a long way to go in her learning. Allahumma Ameen.

 

The SP conspiracy begins…

… whenever the leaf changes there’s got to be some reflection and thus I’m/we’re reflecting …

One of the first principles of what we’re taught in SunniPath is to make sure that we spell it right - it’s not sunnipath or Sunnipath but it’s SunniPath - in case you missed the point, there’s a capital “S” and a capital “P”. The next principal is to make sure that you serve others and in doing so you’ll be serving yourself. And another principal, if you’re in Shaykh AbdulKareems class, is to say “we” or “she/he” when referring to “me” rather than the nafsee me and nafsee I. Got it?

So based on these three principles you can imagine the shock and horror this British lass was subjected to when she found this mugshot:

OH MY GOSH>>>

a) there’s no capital “P” -

b) hold on, you Jordanians had a cake without us?! Right where’s the British SP clan - let’s get together and make a huge cake and scoff it down ourselves.

c) there’s only 5 people in SunniPath?! Am wondering if they’ve all got multiple personality disorders cos I swear I was talking to Sidi Imran, Sidi Ismael, Sidi Besim, Sidi Abdullah, Sidi Mumen, Sidi Farid one day about creativity/IT/learning issues… or were they all just one CD but with different kuffis on?
And maybe Sister Muzlefa, Sister Saudah, Sister Khadija, Sister Naielah, Sister Danya, and Sister Huma are all one sister with different coloured hijabs… they all sound so similar
And then that would leave the final “3″ - erm my calculations don’t sum up to “5″… we’re now left confused.

d) are we expecting the “SunniPath 5″ comic to come out? cos it kinda reminds me of Enid Blyton’s “The Famous Five” and they went on boat trips and stuff which was pretty cool.

Ah well, whatever occurs us Brits will be ready for you… she and her currently non-existent army of loony Brit SunniPath’ers. In fact I’m going to start recruiting now - the first mission is to make a cake that is bigger than what SP made… who wants to join me?

 

Mutiara Qasidah by Imam alHaddad

Mutiara Qasidah by Al-Imam Abdullah Bin Alawi Al-Haddad

Here are just a few of the many Qasidahs by Imam alHaddad (may Allah be pleased with him) that reminds this student of Allah, His Rasool (peace and blessings be upon him), the scholars of Islam and Tarim.

Ya Sayyidi Ya Rasulullah

Salaamun Salaamun Kamiskil Khitam

Ya Allah Bi Nadzrah

Courtesy of www.alhawi.net

May Allah have mercy on us, shroud us in His Tawfeeq, and provide us openings during our many trials to gain closeness to Him and our beloved Rasool (peace and blessings be upon him). Allahumma Ameen.