Quote Originally Posted by maaz View Post
Hafiz Gee, its nice to see a fellow Calgarian online. I watched that video, Dr. Umar's humility in it was pretty amazing considering he has sat with some of the foremost scholars and has so many decades of learning and experience. But ya Darul Qasim and Dar ul Hikmah have it going on in the Chicagoland area. Not to mention Shaykh Husain Abdul Sattar.
Salam

likewise.

Inshallah I will pursue Islamic studies next year. Seriously considering south Africa - sadly the pakistani madrassas Darul uloom Karachi/Binoria are not an options, although it is my home country

however the program at Darul Qasim seems very interesting, as do the the teachers. and yes attending Hussain Abdussattar's tafseer and zikr gatherings wold definitely be at the top of the list of reasons to go to Chicago over SA.

what is darul hikmah exactly? ive tried to look them up but there are literally so many islamic organizations/websites called darul hikmah :O