بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

There have been NO reliable reports of local moon sightings in North America, South America, or WA State. Mufti Abdul-Mujib, head of our local Imam Fatwa Committee, has pronounced that Ramadan will begin Wednesday evening and fasting will begin Thursday.

Please see Zaytuna Institute’s crescentwatch.org for more information regarding the lack of moon sightings in the Americas.

A reminder that five times daily salah and salah al-Tarawih, as well as jumu’ah, will be held at the Thawr Musala. Please see below post for prayer timings.

Alhamdulillah, Thawr is pleased to announce the start of daily prayers at our musalla. We will be holding salat al-Tarawih throughout the month of Ramadan inshaAllah. All prayers will be held in our new permanent location. Please see below for prayer times at the musalla and the Greater Seattle Area.

THAWR MUSALLA PRAYER TIMES

Subh (Fajr): 45 Minutes After Adhan, (see Seattle prayer times link below)

Dhuhr: 2:15 PM

`Asr:

8/11 – 8/23: 6:00PM

8/24 – 9/10: 5:30PM

Maghrib: 10 Minutes After Adhan (see Seattle prayer times link below)

`Isha’: (same as Seattle prayer times, see link below)

Jumu’ah: 2:30 PM

Scholar approved prayer schedule for the Greater Seattle Area

Our Location

Thawr Institute Presents

Thawr Institute’s Comprehensive Guide to Ramadan

Saturday, July 31 Dhuhr – `Isha’

At Thawr’s New Full-Time Location:

4033 Aurora Ave, Seattle, WA 98103

A Day-Long Session Covering the Legal and Spiritual Traditions of the Month of the Qur’an

Guest Speakers Include:

‘Alim, Hafidh, and Master of the Ten Cannonical Recitations of the Qur’an

Qari Suhayl bin Yusuf Mangera: Detroit, MI

The Walking Madrasah

Shaykh Junaid Kharsany Los Angeles, CA

The Erudite Thinker

Ustadh `Abdul-`Alim Davidson Chicago, Il

Local Speakers Include: Shaykhs Fadhl Hasan & Hamzah Maqbul

Sisters are Welcome * Admission is Free * Registration is Required

Speaker Bios:

Qari Suhayl bin Yusuf Mangera

Qari Suhayl Mangera grew up in the United Kingdom. He completed the memorization of the entire Qur’an at Darul-Uloom al-Arabiyyah al-Islamiyyah in Bury, England. After completing his secondary education, he then travelled to Gujrat, India where he enrolled at the famed Islamic learning institute, Darul Uloom Falah al-Darayn. There, he completed a six-year course in advanced Islamic Studies, culminating in a study of the Sihah Sittah in Hadith.Qari Suhayl graduated in 2005. He was also granted Ijazah in the Qira’at Sab’ah (Seven Recitations) by the world renowned Qari Siddiq (may Allah preserve him).He currently resides in Farmington Hills, MI with his family and three children where he serves as the head Imam and Director of Islamic Studies at the Tawheed Center of Farmington Hills. Shaykh Sohel is also an active member of the UCD (Ulama Council of Detroit).

Shaykh Junayd Kharsani

Shaykh Junaid was born in South Africa in 1975. He memorized the Holy Qur’an at age of 15. His higher studies began at the Madrasah ‘Arabiyyah Islamiyyah in Azaadville, South Africa where he immersed himself in the study of Arabic, fiqh, hadith, the Qur’an, and related sciences. Soon after graduating in 1996, he began teaching hadith and tafsir at Islahul Muslimeen a seminary in Durban. Shaykh Junaid has long been involved in the work of da’wah and has served as a social worker and leader for a number of communities. He is currently Imam at Masjid Jamat Islam in Inglewood, California. He is also the founder of the Riyadhul Uloom Institute in Torrance, CA.

Ustadh `Abdul `Alim Davidson

Ustadh `Abdul `Alim accepted Islam in the Late 90’s. He travelled to Kuwait where he took a year long course in Arabic. He continued his study of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Seattle while completing a Bachelor’s degree in Islamic Studies at the University of Washington. He went on to further his traditional studies in Cairo, Egypt while concurrently completing a Master’s Degree in Islamic Studies from the American University in Cairo. He was then admitted to the prestigious Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations program at the University of Chicago, which has seen him further his research and studies and has taken him to Egypt, Morocco, and several other countries in the Muslim world. Ustadh `Abdul `Alim currently resides with his wife and son in Fremont, CA.

Shaykh Fadhl Hasan

Shaykh Fadhl studied at the Madrasah Arabiyyah Ash-Shafiyah in Gujrat, India for 7 years. He also completed his Hifdh in South Africa. Shaykh Fadhl is distinguished by having met some of the shining luminaries of Islamic knowledge and learning of  the past century, including Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Zakariyya Kandhelwi and Shaykh Masihullah Khan of Jalalabad. Being Imam in Bellevue for the better part of a decade, Shaykh Fadhl is one of the senior `Ulama’ in Washington State. As the Imam of the Bellevue Masjid, he teaches Qur’an and tajweed classes in addition to teaching at the Medina Academy.  He has worked closely with MSA’s and the community at large.  In addition he has been the forefront in leading the Seattle community towards a better understanding of Islam by conducting workshops, lectures, and courses of `ilm.

Shaykh Hamzah Maqbul

Shaykh Hamzah was born in Whittier, CA.  He graduated from the University of Washington with a BS in Biochemistry and a BA in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.  After graduation, Shaykh Hamzah went on to pursue traditional Islamic studies, which took him to Syria and Egypt where he studied the Arabic language; Morocco, Mauritania, and the UAE, where he studied the madhab of Imam Malik, grammar, usul al-hadith , and the two renditions of the qira’ah of Imam Nafi ‘, Warsh and Qalun; and Pakistan where he had the opportunity to study tafsir, usul al-hadith, hadith, ‘ilm al-rijal and Hanafi fiqh. All of these studies culminated in him receiving an ijazat al-tadris, literally meaning “a license to teach” the classical texts such as the hadith of such books as the Muwatta’ of Imam Malik, the Sihah al-Sittah (Bukhari, Muslim, Abu  Dawud, Tirmidhi, Nasa’i and Ibn Majah), and the Sharh Ma’ani al-Athar of Imam al-Tahawi.  After his return Shaykh Hamzah has served as an Imam in various localities in the Washington and California areas.  These endeavors have lead him to the realization of dispersing Islamic Traditions which have resulted in the establishment of Thawr Institute.

Blueprints:  Building a Society on Prophetic Guidance

Saturday, January 16th

10am – 10pm

Islamic Center of Redmond

18080 NE 68th St, Bldg. D

Redmond, WA 98052

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All lectures will be in English. Brothers & sisters are welcome and entry is free.

Shaykh Junaid Kharsany

Shaykh Junaid was born in South Africa in 1975. He memorized the Holy Qur’an at age of 15. His higher studies began at the Madrasah ‘Arabiyyah Islamiyyah in Azaadville, South Africa where he immersed himself in the study of Arabic, fiqh, hadith, the Qur’an, and related sciences. Soon after graduating in 1996, he began teaching hadith and tafsir at Islahul Muslimeen a seminary in Durban. Shaykh Junaid has long been involved in the work of da’wah and has served as a social worker and leader for a number of communities. He is currently Imam at Masjid Jamat Islam in Inglewood, California. He is also the founder of the Riyadhul Uloom Institute in Torrance, CA.

Imam Abdullah Yusuf Madyun

A Chicago native, Imam Abdullah Yusuf Madyun pursued the Higher Islamic Sciences and Arabic studies at Madinah University. He also spent time in the UAE advancing his Islamic education and living with scholars of varying cultural and educational traditions during his time there. Imam Abdullah is active in delivering lectures at universities throughout the US, da’wah programs, and Social Service activities throughout the Chicago area. Previously, he served as imam at Masjid al-Amin in Gary, Indiana for over five years and was the first ever Muslim chaplain in the state of Indiana. He is currently serving his fourth year as imam of Masjid al-Ihsan.

Shaykh Ahmed Patel

Shaykh Ahmed completed his memorization of the Qu’ran and higher Islamic studies at Darul-Uloom Bury, England, graduating in 1993. After graduation, he accepted the position of imam at the Islamic Center of Elizabethtown in Kentucky until 2004. Currently, he is the imam of the Islamic Center of Conejo Valley in Thousand Oaks, CA

Local scholars include Shaykh Hamzah bin Maqbul & Shaykh Fadhl Hasan.

For more information:

info@thawr.org

(425) 248 0560

A WEEKEND WITH THE HADITH MASTER,

SHAYKH MUHAMMAD `ABBAS UMAR

SENIOR HADITH LECTURER, MADRASAH IN`AMIYYAH, SOUTH AFRICA

Dealing With the Financial Crisis

Jumu`ah Prayer, Friday, January 8, 2010, 12:30pm at ICOE, Bellevue, WA

The Origins and History of Hadith Science:

From the Sahabah till Imam Bukhari

Friday, January 8, 2010, 7:30pm at ICOR, Redmond, WA

Doctor and Pharmacist:

The Relationship Between the Muhaddith & Faqih in Early Islam

Saturday, January 9, 2010, 7:30pm at ICOE, Bellevue, WA

Shaykh Muhammad bin Shaykh Harun Abbas Umar is a senior hadith lecturer at the Madrassah Inaamiyyah, Camperdown, South Africa. After completing the memorization of Quran, he studied Arabic literature, Hadith, Tafsir and Fiqh for 6 years at Madrassat Ta’lim al-Din, Ispingo Beach, South Africa. He then spent two years specializing in the sciences of hadith under two of the great hadith masters of our age, Shaykh Fadhlur-Rahman al-A’dhami (Azaadville, South Africa), a student of many of the great Indo-Hijazi Muhaddithin, including the renowned Habibur-Rahman al-A’dhami (Madinah Munawwarah). After years of study, and critical research in South Africa under Shaykh A’dhami, he undertook further study and research with Shaykh Muhammad Awwamah, (Madinah Munawwarah) the renowned and prolific student of the hadith master of our age, the Syrian Muhaddith Shaykh Abdul Fattah Abu Ghuddah (Madinah Munawwarah). Shaykh Muhammad Abbas Umar worked on the critical edition, with footnotes and commentary, of the Musannaf of Imam Ibn Abi Shaybah, a hadith collection of over twenty volumes that was compiled by one of the Shaykhs of Imam Bukhari. In addition, Shaykh Muhammad Abbas Umar has written many fatawas for www.askimam.com, and is currently teaching hadith at the Madrassah Inaamiyyah, Camperdown, South Africa.

18080 NE 68th Street, Building D Redmond, WA 98052

http://redmondmosque.org

Gardens of the Righteous

A GUIDE FOR THE TRAVELER ON THE WAY OF
MUHAMMAD, THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (peace be upon him)

A Scholarly Translation and Commentary on Imam Nawawi’s Hadith Collection Riyādh al-Sālihīn, an Authoritative Guide for All Who Wish to Live In Conformance to the Prophetic Prescription: Be in this World as if a Stranger,
or A Traveler Down a Road.

Lessons Taught By Hamzah bin Maqbūl
Fridays After `Isha’ Prayers at 7:30 PM

Idris Mosque
1420 Northgate Way NE  Seattle, WA 98125-6400

Want More Info?
425-248-0560 info@thawr.org

Come and join us at this intensive course on the fiqh and spiritual aspects of Dhul-Hijjah. The classes are free of charge, but registration is required. Brothers and sisters are welcome.

Friday, November 13th

Islamic Education in the West by Shaykh Mohammed Amin Kholwadia

After Isha at the Islamic Center of the Eastside

Saturday, November 14th

All Day Fiqh Classes in Hanafi, Shafi’i & Maliki Fiqh

From 10 am to 8 pm at Masjid Umar al Farooq

Hanafi Fiqh:  Shaykh Mohammed Amin Kholwadia

Shafi’i Fiqh:    Ustadh Sidi ‘Amr Khalifah

Maliki Fiqh:   Shaykh Hamzah bin Maqbool

Register Now

Masjid Umar al Farooq - 5507 238th St SW Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043

Islamic Center of the Eastside – 14700 Main St Bellevue, WA 98007

A weekend intensive course covering the fiqh and spiritual aspects of fasting and the holy month.

When: August 7th, 8th & 9th

Where: Islamic House

Teachers

• Mufti Abdullah Nana
• Ustadh Amr Khalifah
• Shaykh Hamzah ibn Maqbul

Brothers and sisters welcome.

To register fill out this form.

After filling out the form, you will be emailed addtional information.

A detailed reading and commentary on one the the foundational texts in Islamic learning with Shaykh Humza Ibn Maqbool.

We’re excited to announce that classes will be starting the week of May 6. For the upcoming quarter, classes will be held at the Islamic House in Seattle’s University District. Beginning Arabic and Introductory Fiqh will be offered this quarter. Full course descriptions, times and tuition rates are available on the courses page. 

Each course will have a limited number of seats, so register for courses today by purchasing on the courses page or contacting info@thawr.org