Studying in Masaajid or Jaami'aat...

**YousefAbusSafar** · 01-01-2006, 05:54 PM

As salaamu 'alaykum,
I would like to ask one of the more knowledgable brothers, if I have a choice between either studying with high caliber shuyookh in mosques with the downside that they don't teach all of the sciences every year (they may only be teaching fiqh, 'aqeedah, hadeeth, and not be teaching mustalahul hadeeth, usoolul fiqh, tajweed etc. for example) or studying in a university with teachers who are qualified inshaa'allaah, albeit not as knowledgable as the teachers in the masaajid, but I will recieve more individual attention due to less students than in the masjid and I will be able to get firmly grounded in all of the sciences with them, which of these two is better?

Also, what do you think of studying with the bigger shuyookh in the masaajid in whatever portion of the sciences that they are teaching and filling in the gaps by studying the sciences they aren't teaching from recorded lectures?

Attn: Faqeeh an Nafs or anyone else who is a taalibul 'ilm and has some experience in these areas.

Baarakallaahu feekum.

**godilali** · 01-01-2006, 06:34 PM

I am not a talibul ilm, but one thing I have noticed with many ulama is, that after they graduate from a jamiah, they then sit with a knowledgable shaykh to get an advanced understanding of a certain science.

**YousefAbusSafar** · 02-01-2006, 12:09 PM

Jazaakallaahu khairan akhee.

That does sound like a very good idea inshaa'allaah. This way one could get grounded in the fundamentals from the university and then become more advanced in various sciences with a shaykh inshaa'allaah.

**abdullatif** · 02-01-2006, 12:21 PM

Bismillah
as sallamu alaikum

depending where one is located they should be careful of the university teaching so-called islamic studies to get a degree. Especiallly in the west Without a doubt the best place to learn ones din is at the feet of the people of knowledge. Sitting with a shaykh is the way its been done in the past. in the masjid or in a traditonal madrassa is going to be a place of much barakat

**YousefAbusSafar** · 02-01-2006, 05:20 PM

Shukran wallaah yajzeekul khair.

I actually live in Jordan. I'm only visiting the west wa lillaahil hamd.

As far as I know the universities in Jordan teach Hanafi fiqh although I don't know which books they teach from.

**Live for Islam** · 02-01-2006, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by YoosufasSunnee

As salaamu 'alaykum,
I would like to ask one of the more knowledgable brothers, if I have a choice between either studying with high caliber shuyookh in mosques with the downside that they don't teach all of the sciences every year (they may only be teaching fiqh, 'aqeedah, hadeeth, and not be teaching mustalahul hadeeth, usoolul fiqh, tajweed etc. for example) or studying in a university with teachers who are qualified inshaa'allaah, albeit not as knowledgable as the teachers in the masaajid, but I will recieve more individual attention due to less students than in the masjid and I will be able to get firmly grounded in all of the sciences with them, which of these two is better?

Also, what do you think of studying with the bigger shuyookh in the masaajid in whatever portion of the sciences that they are teaching and filling in the gaps by studying the sciences they aren't teaching from recorded lectures?

Attn: Faqeeh an Nafs or anyone else who is a taalibul 'ilm and has some experience in these areas.

Baarakallaahu feekum.

Have you studied Islamic Studies in College (further education) in the West?

**godilali** · 02-01-2006, 06:33 PM

I think what he means by "university" is something like "al-Azhar" or "University of Damascus" or "Islamic University of Madinah," not western universities.