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contents
Interview with Instructor3 There is No Sleeping in
Muhammad Alshareef's Class!
Reflections4 The Big Picture5 Simply Something Else
Articles5 Fatwa Shopping
8 Got a Minute?
Cover Story6 Standing Under One Shade
Fiction9 What's All the Hype About
AlMaghrib?
Arts & Entertainment10 What Am I?
10 A Scholar's Quest
10 Recommended Resources
11 Gems
c r e d i t sE d i t o r - i n - C h i e f : Iman Kouvalis
A s s i s t a n t : Marium Hussain
E d i t o r s :Ghazala Choudhary, Arij Elmi,
Sarah Mushtaq
L a y o u t D e s i g n e r :Iman Kouvalis
F r o n t a n d B a c k C o v e r :Ala Fahmy
I l l u s t r a t o r :Amna Fiaz
W r i t i n g C o a c h :Aishah Douglas
W r i t e r s :Ayesha Alvi, Sarrah Buageila,
Sana Chaker, Ghazala Choudhary,
Aishah Douglas, Hanaa Elmi
Amr ibn Muhammed Gharib,
Ola Alhasan, Haroon Malik,
Jasmin Malik, Thana Numan,
Bisma Parvez, Mariam Raza,
Asma Youssuf
By Haroon Malik, Ameer
Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu,
Alhamdulilah, The Code
of Scholars: Usool Al-
Fiqhcould not have been as
successful as it was with-
out all the volunteers that
helped along with all of you
who attended. Alhamdulil-
lah, Qabeelat Ittihaad is greatly
appreciated by Muhammad
Alshareef for our excellent hospitality,
and insha' Allah we should keep thatup.
Soon enough insha' Allah we will behosting a promotional event for our
upcoming class. For those of you who
have not gotten the chance to attend an
AlMaghrib Institute class, I encourage
you to have a look out for our promo,and attend it to meet up with Sheikh
Mohamed Ibn Faqih, and be enlight-
ened by his knowledge masha' Allah.
By Sarrah Buageila, Ameerah
Insha' Allah everyone is still reaping
the benefits from our last class;
however, it is now time to look
forward to our future activities. First, I
would like to welcome you all to our
next class, Route 114: Sciences of theQur'an, taught by Sheikh Mohamed
Ibn Faqih. Insha' Allah this class will
be held at the University of Michigan
Dearborn, June 9-11 and 16-18.
Registration is already available at:http://www.almaghrib.org/enroll.php.
Dont wait until the last minute; I have
a feeling this class will quickly fill up.
With much needed topic, a great in-
structor, wonderful location and Qa-beelat Ittihaads awesome hospitality
there is no reason not to attend!
With that in mind, our qabeelah is still
in the process of making ourselves
known in SE Michigan and Windsoris still crucial for us all to work toget
in spreading our experiences to oth
Can you even remember your life bef
AlMaghrib? How has AlMaghrib mad
difference in your life? Keep th
things in mind when telling other peo
about who we are and what exactly
do. AlMaghrib is more than just a lea
ing experience; it is a life chang
experience.
What better way to introduce peopleAlMaghrib than to invite them to
Qabeelah event? Insha' Allah we w
have events for brothers and sisters
keep the sisterhood and brotherhalive between classes and to give
communities a chance to get to know
Visit the forums for information
future events and to suggest possibili
of your own.
Finally, Qabeelat Ittihaad would not
will not exist without YOU! If you
interested in helping out, whether ivolunteering for a task or just pass
along an idea, please let us know. Y
may email me:
Sr. Sarrah Buageila
or Br. Haroon Malik:
a note from
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There's nosleepingin Muhammad
Alshareef's class!
By Thana Numan, Illustration by Amna Fiaz
An Interview with
Sheikh Muhammad Alshareef
We realize the great difference we can
make even as individuals when we
look at teachers such as Muhammad
Alshareef, who is the founder of
AlMaghrib Institute.
He has successfully motivated hun-
dreds of students to appreciate and
understand the importance of know-
ledge in Islam, and to convey the
knowledge to others.
Q.What motivated you to startAlMaghrib and did you everimagine it would come thisfar?
Knowledge of our deen should not
stay with one person, but should al-ways be conveyed to others, which I
always wanted to do first through a
night school and eventually started
AlMaghrib instead. AlMaghrib has
not come as far as I wanted it to. I
envision bigger and better goals for
AlMaghrib, like opening classes in
fifteen countries around the world with
the best Islamic degree available for
working Muslims who do not have to
stop their jobs.
Q.What was the hardest part
of establishing AlMaghrib in-
stitute?
Getting the Muslims to honor studying
Islam and convincing them that it isthe best thing they could do in their
life was the hardest part. Knowledge
of Islam is often taken for granted
because of culture and society.
Q. Is this thelast time TheCode of theScholarsClass will betaught? Why?
The Code of the
Scholars class was the
second class that AlMaghrib
started and I would rather teach some of
the newer classes that are on the cur-
riculum to the cities that havent had
them yet. The older classes will be re-
produced again after all of the classeshave been taught.
Q.Tell us a little bit about yourside business and how youstarted it?
I have always had an enjoyment to help
people to do something great and my
Peek Performance business helps peoplethat want to accomplish a project goal
that would take a longer period of time,
and I would help them with the drive andmotivation to accomplish it in a much
shorter period of time.
Q.What are your best memories
from studying in Saudi Arabia?
Memories of itikaaf at the kabah aresome of the best memories I have
because of the intimate feeling with the
surroundings of the kabah. This is an
experience that I wish everyone could
have a chance to do. Other g
memories I have are the opportunity
visit Masjid Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem w
some of my classmates.
Q.Do you have any recommendresources for the student knowledge?
The student of knowledge should
orize the Qur'an, because its benefits
person are fundamental.
Q.What did you enjoy most abQabeelat Ittihaad and what you think they should impro
on?
Qabeelat Ittihaad is the second strong
qabeelah in Canada so far. I feel
brother/sisterhood between the stude
and that they have worked very hard.
a teacher I feel blessed to teach a clas
Windsor, but the students sho
also stop sleeping in class, beco
more studious, and not fall i
stagnation.
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Wow! Masha Allah. Windsor,
we did it! Successfully host-
ing our second Windsor based
AlMaghrib class is definitely
something to be proud of.
Countdown for Route 114has already begun. But wait
Im getting ahead of my-
self. Its what my grandma
says our generation is knownfor. We zoom through things
without getting the full value
of what we experience. So
what did I really get out of
this class? I cant even beginto explain how awesome the
class was. It was like dj vu
of the eman rush that Iexperienced from the History
of Khulafaa' class all overagain.
This time around, it beingonly my second class, I
learned many issues that in
my mind were only a light
haze and once the fog had
cleared there stood Mu-
hammad Alshareef saying,
Wheres your proof! I
gained a deeper understanding
of the 5 Ws of Islamic
lawmaking. I have left this
class with a greater gratitude
for what all the people involved in analyzing and
explaining what Allah (swt)
expects from us and how
each day we fall short
because we never really fully understood. I
learned about bind-
ing commands, law-
makers, cash and
credit fard in a new
context and how
the laws are
enacted for
humankind.
Now ask me
what I really
learned. Thisexperience was like
taking off my rose-colored
glasses and taking a closer
look at the big picture. The
big picture to me is that it is
our responsibility to seek
knowledge wherever it is. We
must step outside our comfort
zones and areas of expertise
and learn things that will
insha' Allah benefit us in this
life and in the next. Its likemy grandpa says that ideas are
things we can all learn but
they dont do people any good
when their still in their headsand dont ever reach their
finger tips.
I want to thank everyone who
made this experience an extra
awesome one for me. Yes,
that means you cheese people
and those of you who helpedme out during the grueling
brothers versus sisters com-
petition and those of you who
made me feel at home once
again, ignoring my loud andsarcastic ways. Also, those of
you who made those awesome
snack packs they were
ingenious. Thank you to
everyone new that I met. Oh,one more thing: always
choose the banana.
By Hanaa Elmi
R
eflection
:The
Bi
Picture
reflection
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FATWA
S h o p p i n g
"Why should I grow my beard? Shaykh says that you don't haveto." "But Imam Abu Haneefah said that women can show what isbeneath their ankles." Sound familiar? It's called "fatwashopping".
A shopping fad, very popular among
Muslims, is not online shopping or
window shopping, but fatwa
shopping! This is when one asks
advice from a variety of imams and
chooses the interpretation of shariah
one likes best. This illustrates the
challenges faced by all Muslims in
the West as we try to practice theteachings of the Qur'an and follow
the sunnah of the prophet (saw).
Muslims who do go "fatwa shop-
ping" have already made a decision
and are looking for something that
supports their opinion.
A fatwa is a legal opinion upon a
matter and should only be issued by
someone who is qualified to do so.
One who issues a fatwa is called a
"mufti". A fatwa that reaches con-
sensus by all of thescholars, ijma'a car-
ries more weight as
a legal opinion to
be followed. Islam
has no central au-
thority such as a
pope, though there
is some hierarchy
the difference being
that the layman has
access to scholarly
proof. The firstscholar you ask
should be qualified
and should under-
stand your circumstance.
Choosing a fatwa to follow because
one likes it, rather than looking at
the evidences is very dangerous.
Imam anNawawi said, The mufti in
delivering fatwa of two views,
doesnt have the right to choose a
view that appeals to him withoutresearch, but he should choose the
preferable one. The questioner has
the same obligations of the mufti: he
cannot choose an interpretation.
Fatwa is a sensitive issue and has a
high status in Islam. So the next
time you hear someone ask for a
second opinion because he/she is not
satisfied with the fatwa that was
given to them, direct them to the
nearest supermarket.
By Asma Youssuf
Mufti qualities He should have a good intention.
He should be knowledgeable, forbearing, dignified and calm.
He should have a strong grasp of knowledge.
He should have a strong personality and not be affected by criticism.
He should know what people are like.
*Formulated by Imam Ahmed
Simply
Something Else
So it is finally over: Usool Al-Fiqh. Thirt
hours of instruction condensed into si
days, and what do I have to show for itPerhaps a spiral notebook with scribbles i
the spaces in between the print. Perhaps
couple of new numbers to take up spac
in my phonebook. But perhaps the mo
valuable thing that I have gained can no
be seen, smelled, or touched, only tasted
the sweetness of which is unparalleled
Not only gaining the knowledge but als
gaining the friendships and the experience
that will last a lifetime, insha' Allah, wa
for many simply "something else".
For myself, however, these past twweekends have been more than just th
usual eman rush felt at an AlMaghrib clas
These past two weekends (and the days i
between) have been an opportunity texperience AlMaghrib outside of New Jer
sey, the site of my only AlMaghrib en
counters. Subhan Allah, I never though
that I'd say this but I actually could se
myself living outside of New Jersey. Thhospitality, warm brotherhood, and relaxe
atmosphere really impressed me. Man
times throughout the class I couldn't helbut smile at the little things that they woul
do such as the rabbits we had for dinnethe lunch bags that the sisters made fo
everyone, or the cheese (you really can
beat the cheese).
Experiencing Usool Al-Fiqh in Qabeela
Ittihaad was a very rewarding experience
walhamdulillah. It taught me many lesson
such as sabr (with the border patrols), thvalue of knowledge, and of course th
ruling on eating a banana.I feel like I have left a part of me i
each and every one of the hearts of th
brothers I have met and shared th
experience with. It is going to b
hard to go back to the mundane activitie
which constitute my daily life. May Alla
help us all to manifest and exemplify wh
we have learned in class these past day
Ameen.
By Amr ibn Muhammed Gharib,Durbah
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Got a Minute?Got a Minute?Got a Minute?Got a Minute?Why do women have to cover
themselves in your religion? Why is the
distribution of inheritance not equal
between men and women in Islam?
Why are men one degree higher than
women? What is the status of women inIslam?
Dawah to Non-Muslims
These are commonly asked questions weas Muslims are faced with and it usually
catapults the starting points of our dawah
efforts. Unfortunately by the time we
are through answering these questions
we have accomplished nothing more
than tojust answer these questions. Wehave not brought them that much closer
to the message of Islam, the message of
tawheed. This is because in a limited
amount of time we cant possibly discuss
all the complex peripheral issues and be
completely successful. Sheikh YasirQadhi once mentioned that as long as
they (non-Muslim) devise the scale, our
dawah attempts would have a minimal
chance of success. So how does one
give dawah in a limited amount of time?What we have to do is devise our own
scale and give dawah according to that.
Muhammad Alshareef mentioned in a
previous AlMaghrib class a useful
technique. When one is faced with anyone of those types of questions, he or she
should say, In order for me to explain
that, I have to explain Islam to you. Got
a minute? In reality what this does is
tip the scale in your favor and opens up
the doors to starting with tawheed.
When you have firmly established the
oneness of Allah (swt) and Him being
the Lawgiver and made that the focus of
your conversation, you can then go back
and explain the oft-repeated questions.
But do we really know the answer
the questions that are posed to us? we know why a woman must w
hijab or why the inheritance laws
different for men and women? Th
exact questions are one of m
reasons it is imperative to understUsool Al-Fiqh.
Dawah to Muslims
Whether Muslim or non-Muslim,
all need one form of guidance
another. With non-Muslims the ke
to bring attention to tawheed and hereafter, but what about the Mus
who knows tawheed and about
hereafter but is confused about
different rulings? The key to clear
up the confusion is to attemptunderstand the principles of fiqh. T
sciences of Usool Al-Fiqh attempt
explain to us the who, what, wh
when, and why. Armed with
knowledge we can than begin to repour ummah one word, one step,
one person at a time. We as a nat
are too quick to jump to giv
prescription fatwas a one size fits
type of mentality. Based on cerprinciples, the scholars of the past
present are able to extract ruli
according to case-by-case situatio
Ibn Abu Hassan said about ImMaalik, Once, Maalik was astwenty-two juristic questions, yet
did not answer more than
questions of them, saying every n
and then, There is neither might
power except with Allah."
His reluctance to answer the ot
questions had to do with him want
to be absolutely certain that what
said was correct and he did not wan
be held accountable for any misguance. It is such a stark contrast b
ween people like us and the gr
Imams.
What a grand eye opening and enligening experience it was to find out
we know the equivalent of a dust s
in the grand spectrum of Isla
knowledge. In the words of our
cher Muhammad Alshareef, if theranything he wanted us to leave with
was Allahu talaa aalam!
By Aishah Douglas and Jasmin Malik
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What's All theHypeAbout AlMaghrib?
By Bisma Parvez
It was Friday afternoon and Aisha was
lying down on her bed, legs waving in
the air, reading The Da Vinci Code.She was so excited because she finally
got her hands on the novel just that
morning. The second she turned to the
first page, her sister, Zaina, came
barging in her room. Where is your
dark green hijab? I can't find it
anywhere, she exclaimed.
You should probably ask me if you
can wear my hijab before you start
looking for it, Aisha answered
annoyed by the disruption and the fact
that Zaina just assumed that she
would let her borrow it. Zaina simply
ignored Aisha and began to look
through her closet until she finally
found it.
Hey! Why aren't you dressedyet? The class starts in an hour,
Zaina nagged at Aisha.
What class?
AlMaghrib. I'm sure it will be
fun, Insha' Allah.
Why do you always assume things?
This is my reading weekend. You can go
by yourself.
It's free today so just come to check
it out. That's what I'm doing. And
anyway, Mom said that you have to go orshe'll yell at you.
Ugh! Well I don't even like
AlMaghrib! Why should I waste two of
my precious weekends sitting in somedumb class when I can be sleeping in? It's
going to be a shoot-me-in-the-faceboring
class. I am not going!
***
An hour later, Aisha and Zaina
were sitting in class while the teacher
was introducing himself. I cannot
believe I got sucked into this, Aishathought. She pulled out her novel and
decided that she might as well start
reading and zone out of the class.
As soon as she pulled it out, the
entire class started laughing.
Aisha looked around and asked
her friend why everyone waslaughing.
Muhammad Alshareef just
told the funniest joke! Masha
Allah, our teacher is so funny. I lo
this class already, Summaya replied
Woah! I can't believe th
Summaya is laughing. She never fin
anything funny. I guess I could p
attention for a while. If Summaya lik
the class then it can't be that bad.
So for the rest of the class Ais
paid attention. She was quite inte
ested in what her teacher was sayinand she even took notes. The best pa
was that the teacher did not ma
them sit and write notes for thr
straight hours. He gave the class a
minute break every hour and
was really fun. The student
discussed the class and Aisha g
to meet so many new peopWhen class was over, everyon
was walking out and signing u
for the class. Zaina came runnin
behind Aisha.
Are you going to sign up?
really liked it.
Aisha did not want to admit th
she liked the class since she had sa
so many bad comments about it in t
first place. She felt bad for havin
such an ignorant opinion. She did nknow anything about the class, nev
attended one, and did not even list
to what other people had to say abo
it. She simply made judgmen
Alhamdulilah, her mother and sist
practically forced her to take the cla
because she ended up really enjoyin
it and learning a lot of things sh
would have never known otherwise.
Well if you're going to ke
nagging me about it, I guess I mig
as well take it, Aisha replied sneakias she walked off to the sign up tabl
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1. Facilitation and ease.
2. It is a word that is neither limited nor qualified in itsapplication.
3.
To connect two things by enacting one of them tobe a cause, condition or hindrance to the realization ofthe other.
4. An attribute that is evident and constant (meaningit can be measured), which the Lawgiver has taggedas the indicator to a hukm is such a way that itspresence necessitates the presence of the hukm andits absence means that the hukm is also absent. (Thecause).
5. An act or an attribute whose presence eithernullifies the hukm or the cause of the hukm.
6. The condition is separate from the action.(The condition).
7. The ruling applies directly and unmistakably to thekhaas, so as long as there is no other interpretation.
8. Does not apply to certain parts that would havenormally been encompassed in the general statement.
9. To do it immediately. (Cash fard)
10. You can do it later. (Credit fard)
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He walked in search of the truth.His feet were in pain,
His body ached.Sweat trickled down his face.
His mouth was dry.
But, his heart longed for knowledgHe was a student and would only be sa
with true wisdom of his deen.He walked for miles
before finally arriving at his destinati
He sat down, in front of his teachervery respectful of him
and the knowledge he was about to recListening to every word,and each sound uttered;his thirst was satiated.
He wrote down each wordwith his pen
the tool that captured the words forevListening so attentively,
he did not dare interrupt his teachers spkeeping his inquiries to himself until th
He would not decide when the lesson was His teacher would.
If it ended soon, he would yearn for mIf it ended later, he would be eternally th
for the opportunity to have learnt.After the lesson, he kissed his teachers ha
gratitude.With that, he made his way home
He would return again tomorrow to studyif Allah willed.
He made this excursion every dayuntil his teacher was satisfied.
After gaining this knowledge,he humbles himself before his Lord
Tears roll down his face.He knows nothing-
a realization that comes with every ounknowledge gained.
People ask him questions.But he is afraid-
afraid to be held accountableif he speaks ignorantly.
Even more-he is terrifiedat the thought of pride entering his he
His lips part to speak.The most precious words to leave his mouAllahu taala Alim Allah knows
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