Info on Darul Uloom - Bowmanville, Ontario (Canada)

[Abdullah 786]

Assalamualaikum WR wb

hows everyone doing, i hope every1 is in gr8 health and in high imaan

brothers & sisters, i need sum help, i am a high school graduate, and i intend to go to an institute to bcom a hafizul qur'an. i have been told that Bowmanville Institute is a nice place

im just asking, if any1 has any info on bowmanville (how the place is, should a person go there or not, etc...)

any information will be very beneficial

shukran

wa salaam

p.s ( how long does it take 2 bcom a hafizul qur'an, will it b possible to bcome 1 in less than a yr ?)

[eTeacher]

Assalamu Alaikum Br. Abdullah,

I'm in a rush right now so I'll reply to your post later...but a few quick things.

I currently reside in Irving, Texas but I was there last week at Bowmanville for a few days. My older brother is a teacher there and Insha Allah in a few months, you might find me teaching there as well :)

Check out the following link for pictures of the place:
http://www.cordobacollege.com/picture_gallery.html

They even have a swimming pool!

Btw...Bowmanville is about 30 minutes away from Toronto, Canada

[eTeacher]

Assalamualaikum WR wb

hows everyone doing, i hope every1 is in gr8 health and in high imaan

brothers & sisters, i need sum help, i am a high school graduate, and i intend to go to an institute to bcom a hafizul qur'an. i have been told that Bowmanville Institute is a nice place

im just asking, if any1 has any info on bowmanville (how the place is, should a person go there or not, etc...)

any information will be very beneficial

shukran

wa salaam

p.s ( how long does it take 2 bcom a hafizul qur'an, will it b possible to bcome 1 in less than a yr ?)

Assalamu Alaikum Br. Abdullah,

I visited the Bowmanville institute last week. As mentioned previously, my older brother teaches there. As you can tell from the pictures of the place, it's amazing. They just started four months ago.

How long does Hifz take? It varies from person to person. People have finished it in less than a year. But the average is from anywhere 2 years to 3 years with secualr education. Since you have already graduated from High School, I'm sure you will get more time because secualr education till the age of 16 (correct me if I'm wrong) is mandatory. Alot of it depends on how your current level is in the recitation of the Quran. If you are fluent at it, it will be much easier to finish it quicker. And if you are smart, and since you are mature, I'm sure you can finish it quickly.

Where do you live? If you reside around Toronto, why don't you go and check out the place and talk to the students and the teachers.

I was requested by the admins to move there so that they can start an Alimah madressah there. They want my wife and I to head up the Alimah program there. I'm currently in the process of making Istikhara.

If you have any further questions don't hesitate to ask.

[Abdullah 786]

Assalamualaikum Shaykh Nazim

jazak Allah for the info uve given me soo far

i no im askin alot ( i just tend to get worried alot, & wanna make sure im going to the rite place for me :$ ) but i wuz wonderin if u nu who are teacherz for hifz, & as 4 boarding (hav u bcom alim locally or gone overseas?)wud u prefer havin ur own room or having a shared room?

shukran

Allah Hafiz

[sudoku]

:salams:

Can one reach Bowmanville from highway 401 because i think i remember reading that name somewhere...

i hope the Alima course starts there as there are many sisters who want to do Alima course but have no facility... i myself would be the first to join....if i was there in canada..

:ws:

[Bint Mas`ood]

Asalamawalaikum,

My brother used to attend the Bowmanville madressa and was there for about two months. Because he recently finished memorizing the quran, we wanted to keep him in a good environment and were thinking about making him an alim while conducting his academic studies at the same time. However, since the school is still fairly new and needs some time, he felt that he wasn’t learning much which we were concerned about it since he missed almost 3 years of academics. So we decided to take him out this year and insha’allah we plan on putting him back in when he gets a little older and more educated insha’allah.

As for the school itself, its awesome. (this is all his opinions) He loved the fact that they live on “res” as he fondly used to call it, would have a blast with his friends, and really liked the mahole (environment). The teachers were pretty cool (especially Maulana Mangera, he really liked him) and the kids are pretty fun and friendly. As for living in dorms, when my brother first went there, they all had their own rooms. But then apparently the heating in that building wasn’t working so now they shifted to them another building where they share rooms with a buddy. My bhabi’s brother is also attending the madressa for full time hifz, so this is what he reported. Also, if you are going,be prepared to take a LOT of junk food, because all the boys are going to come in your room and “share” your food- so it helps to keep extra. My brother would call us sometimes and be like I need this, this, and that, and we’d be like WHAT?! It hasn’t even been two weeks and everything’s finished! We were seriously doubting that they were feeding him, but they were of course. He really liked the food there, when he’d come home, sometimes he would turn his nose down because he didn’t like what was for dinner. Lol…On the whole, I think it would be really, really good for you to go because insha’allah with the mahole it’ll motivate you and encourage you to finish your quran memorization faster, and will generally keep your more in-tune with Islamic studies.

Hope this helped!
Wasalam

[abdullatif]

Bismillah

what is the price range of the school,and the age limits?

[Bint Mas`ood]

In regards to price range, I think it is around $400 a month- everything included. As for age limit, my brother was saying that the youngest student is around 10 years old so I guess that means anyone over the age of 10 can go, because your never too old to learn.

[sudoku]

:salam:

how expensive would it be for married students?

:ws:

[Abdullah 786]

Assalamualaikum Shaykh Nazim

jazak Allah for the info uve given me soo far

i no im askin alot ( i just tend to get worried alot, & wanna make sure im going to the rite place for me :$ ) but i wuz wonderin if u nu who are teacherz for hifz, & as 4 boarding (hav u bcom alim locally or gone overseas?)wud u prefer havin ur own room or having a shared room?

shukran

Allah Hafiz


Assalamualaikum wr wb

shaykh eteacher

i wuz wonderin if u can answer the above quote 4 me :$ , plz 4giv me 4 being soo annoying, i just want an answer datz all

wa salaam

[eTeacher]

Salam Br. Abdullah and others,

Sorry for the late answer. Usually busy with stuff.

My brother is currently teaching one Hifz class and he also teaches some Alim course books. I don't know who the other teachers are for the Hifz program.

I went overseas to Dewsbury, England, for my studies. There were no such institutions way back when Wayne Gretzky was in his prime.

Most Madrassahs don't have single rooms for students.

As far as the price range goes, the administrators are very flexible. They might quote a fee, but I'm sure all the students don't pay the full fees. And new institutions can't really impose a fixed price because they need students initially. It's only when the institutions are full, that they can be selective. (You didn't hear/read the last two sentences from me :) )

Was away for the last couple of days. Had to go and lead Eid Prayers. There must have been over 5k people there. A picture from that gathering:
http://www.namcc.org/muslimfamily/eidpics/2.jpg

That's yours truly standing waaaay at the back of the picture.

[Abdullah 786]

jazakAllah khair Shaykh Nazim for ur answers

as an Imam, if u had a choice, wud u send 1 of ur students 2 Bowmanville or wud u send them overseas 2 either UK (Bury etc..) or South Africa (Madressa Taleemudin or Zakariyya)

Or wud u suggest a person do hifz locally and then go overseas to study the alim course.


wa salaam

[Hamood]

That's yours truly standing waaaay at the back of the picture.


That ghostly figure floating near the black wall?

Spooky.

[bintashraf]

Mashallah it's nice to see that the Darul Uloom is growing, inshallah it will become a means for our youth to have the chance to learn traditional Islamic knowledge in the west.

Is Mufti Panchbaya on the board of administration? And are there alimas teaching the alima program also?

[eTeacher]

That ghostly figure floating near the black wall?

Spooky.

lol....I was wearing a long black Shaykh Sudais type cloak on white. The cloak was open so that's why it looks like that.

gtg now. Insha Allah, I'll answer the rest of the questions at another time.

[eTeacher]

jazakAllah khair Shaykh Nazim for ur answers

as an Imam, if u had a choice, wud u send 1 of ur students 2 Bowmanville or wud u send them overseas 2 either UK (Bury etc..) or South Africa (Madressa Taleemudin or Zakariyya)

Or wud u suggest a person do hifz locally and then go overseas to study the alim course.


wa salaam

It really doesn't matter where you do Hifz; locally or abroad. Though nowadays, those students from Toronto who choose to go abroad to complete the Alim course, are generally going to South Africa more for various reason and less to England. The main reason is because the roads are not wide enough in England :) j/k and also the weather is horrible in England :) The Sun never rises on Britain.

Actually the main reason is because the British Sterling Pound is higher up in the currency chain and also because South African Madrassahs are more English oriented as compared to British Madrassahs.

[bintashraf]

Is this Darul Uloom in Canada based on an English/Arabic syllabus or an Urdu/Arabic one?

[eTeacher]

Mashallah it's nice to see that the Darul Uloom is growing, inshallah it will become a means for our youth to have the chance to learn traditional Islamic knowledge in the west.

Is Mufti Panchbaya on the board of administration? And are there alimas teaching the alima program also?

Yes. Mufti Panchbhaya is the main person there. The Alimah program www.alimahprogram.org will be starting sometime in the summer. I was informed that they have at least 30 female students currently waiting for the Alimah program to start. I'm sure they will have Alimahs (Female Scholars) teaching the Alimah program.

Check out the pool at the Bowmanville Madrassah. They haven't used it yet.

http://www.auliya.ca/um_pics/Indoor%20Pool.JPG

[eTeacher]

Is this Darul Uloom in Canada based on an English/Arabic syllabus or an Urdu/Arabic one?

www.alimahprogram.org

It just started about four months ago. They are currently teaching the Hifz Program and also the Alim course to a limited number of students. The teachers speak English. In the first year of the program, they teach Urdu because there is a tremendous amount of scholarly material in Urdu to benefit from.

When I was in Dewsbury, England, there were many Arab students from Europe and they picked up urdu (along with other subjects) very quickly in less than a year because Urdu is very similar to Arabic speaking wise as well as writing wise.

The program for the females will be starting in the summer as mentioned previously. The full program for the females hasn't been chalked out yet. It is in the preliminary stages as of yet.

[malaikaZ]

Assalamu aleikum... please could some one tell me about the academic education. can i do a bachelors degree here.

[eTeacher]

Assalamu aleikum... please could some one tell me about the academic education. can i do a bachelors degree here.

They have secular education till 12th Grade.

[cdy_800]

Has anyone heard anything about their summer arabic program?
From what i see on the website, it looks pretty straight
does anyone know any details about it?

[Bint Mas`ood]

I was just wondering, is there an age limit to the students they accept? Also, where can you find out about fees they charge per month? I tried the website but couldn't find anything on the JAS website?

[safwaan.suleman]

Does anyone have any information on the curriculum or syllabus of Dar ul Ulum Bowmanville?

[Husain]

Does anyone have any information on the curriculum or syllabus of Dar ul Ulum Bowmanville?

The Dar al-Ulum has closed down it seems.

[zainab_wt]

Assalamualaykum WRWB,

I was wondering if the alimah course in Darul Uloom was taught in english or in urdu and also is it nessecary to stay at residence? and one more thing , My cuzin was wondering if you can take only 1 - 2 courses. Is that possible since she also has to go to college.

Asalamualaykum

[hope1]

Assalamualaykum WRWB,

I was wondering if the alimah course in Darul Uloom was taught in english or in urdu and also is it nessecary to stay at residence? and one more thing , My cuzin was wondering if you can take only 1 - 2 courses. Is that possible since she also has to go to college.

Asalamualaykum

it shut down