How To Learn Arabic W/out a Teacher...

[abdullatif]

Bismillah

as far as nahw,sarf etc goes.This is fard kafiyah. So not everyone needs to know these according to the ulama. But if one wants to dive into the classical texts one needs to know nahw, sarf, balgha, etc. Or one will be lost and not undertsand the text. In my earlier response the point was that we need to have a teacher to fully understand the text. As its been said the teachers are a key to the books. A side note most of the teachers from sunnipath currently live in amman not sure if they teach arabic there. But other than qasid on should be able to at least take private lessons, the point to make sure one knows the material well. AS we all know learning a language takes time and patience

[muhammadnur]

Yoosuf send me a private meesage please.

Muhaamad-Nur

[YousefAbusSafar]

Jazaakumullaahu khairan.

Yaa akhil kareem, Muhammad, I'm unable to use the private message function unfortunately so I'm only able to communicate with board members here publicly.

Akh 'Abdul Lateef, please let me know some of the people you know in 'Ammaan who would teach me arabic for an affordable price.

Please try and find me someone who lives in the eastern part of 'Ammaan.

I live in the area of "al Wehdat" so the closer to that area the better.

[Faqeeh An-Nafs]

Easier said than done. Some of our parents have migrated to western countries and sacrificed almost everything so that we can obtain an education here. Whether thats right or wrong is beyond our control. I'm now at a university where there is no-one at all who can teach arabic, just one tiny mosque in the entire town where a few kids are taught. Add to that a punishing timetable of medschool and self-study is pretty much the only possibility.

I hear what you're saying that deen should come first and foremost and you're absolutely right, but for some of us the practicality just doesnt permit it - we've been in a system of secular education for 20 odd years before really coming to think and analyse for ourselves what our priorities should be. And often just pulling out at this late and final stage isnt an option

ws

Salam,

Brother, just like to let you know that i also live in the West and i know what you mean, its tough.

Just like to add the fact that i studied arabic in the west and have never visited the arab lands except for Umrah in Saudi for a few weeks when i was young. and i can read,write and speak Fusha (classical) arabic.
Done A level arabic and got an A. Alhamdulilah.

and i have also been through the ed system and i'm still stuck inside!!!

alhamdulilah, i have has the opertunity to study at the feet of the great local Ulama. (there are a few scholars in the masaajid)

further, my classmate has also studied arabic (with me) and is also doing medicine at uni. he is even more knowledgeable than me and i refer to him, when i get stuck.

however, its true what you say, as our parents had a great hand to play when they encouraged us to study the islamic sciences at (fairly) early age and we did not work, while our friends were enjoying their time with the money they made and the free time they would have.


futher, Med school is demanding, but i have heared of a few syrian shyook who became ulama after studying medicine (like one of Ibn Abadeens great grandsons).

so don't give up.

may Allah reward all your sacrifices.

Wasalam,


'whoever does not have a sacrificial begining, he will not have a glowing future'.

قال ابن عطاء الله الإسكندري

من لم تكن له بداية محرقة لم تكن له نهاية مشرقة

Ibn 'AtaAllah al-Iskandari.

[Faqeeh An-Nafs]

Jazaakumullaahu khairan.

Yaa akhil kareem, Muhammad, I'm unable to use the private message function unfortunately so I'm only able to communicate with board members here publicly.

Akh 'Abdul Lateef, please let me know some of the people you know in 'Ammaan who would teach me arabic for an affordable price.

Please try and find me someone who lives in the eastern part of 'Ammaan.

I live in the area of "al Wehdat" so the closer to that area the better.

Salam,

is it possible for you (Br Yusuf) to go Syria?

as i have heared that Islamic ed is genereally better there. and shyuook teach people in the masaajids and houses for free.

Jordan seems to me more of a money making scheme. (correct me if i am mistaken).

[YousefAbusSafar]

As salaamu 'alaykum,
Yaa akhee, Jordan is a very westernized arab country. For that reason, the people aren't very religious except for a small minority.

There actually are classes held in the masaajid for free, but the problem is there aren't any classes I know of teaching arabic for non arab and that's my problem.

My main problem with Syria is the amount of difficulty that Westerners face in Syria with regard to being able to settle there and not having to worry about being expelled.

The regulations in Syria regarding giving residency permits are kind of strict in some aspects whereas in Jordan, it's not even a big deal to overstay the iqaamah (I did for three months this time, but I had to pay fines in order to leave the country).

I think your right though that there may be a lot more benefit in Syria. There are classes in the mosques in Jordan, but those classes are really for people who already know arabic rather than non arab who want to learn deen so that's why it's really hard to get my foot in the door in learning the deen in Jordan, wallaahu a'alam.

[godilali]

ajrumiyyah lessons online:
http://www.salafiduroos.net/audio/au...4ed3688f#audio

note: I don't agree with most of the other contents of that site.