A Photographic Window into IlmFest 2008

March 31, 2008 by MuslimMatters Islamic Events
33 comments Tags: Aqeedah · Fiqh

Br. Nihal Khan did an awesome job for MM readers in capturing some great moments from the hugely successful IlmFest 2008 event, which attracted nearly a thousand participants mashallah!

Enjoy…

http://picasaweb.google.com/nihalk1/IlmFestDay02

'Ilm Fest - Day 01

Brothers showing off their IlmFest shirts

Before the conference

IlmFest '08

Shaykh AbdulBary Yahya

IlmFest strength

Back of the t-shirts

Lobby

The balloons have a message

AlMaghrib balloons outside of the hall

Cooper Union great hall. A few days prior to this, Barack Obama spoke here, and a few hundred years ago, President Abraham Lincoln delivered a sermon on the same stage on which our shuyookh were speaking.

NYC Skyline

EmanRush/IlmQuest table

Shaykh Waleed Basyouni

Stretching after a long day

Shaykh Waleed + Shaykh Muhammad Faqih in the crowd

A 900+ crowd

Side #2

Tayybah Info guy, Abdur Rahman

Next AlMaghrib Class in New York

Next AlMaghrib class in NJ

SubhanAllah!

Shaykh Yasir Birjas...captured in the spotlight

Shaykh Yasir Qadhi

Shaykh Yasir again

Sh. Muhammad ibn Faqih

Nadim, AlMaghrib California (Bay Area) Ameer

Both Shaykh Yasir's taking some time to rest

Dessert for the Shuyookh

Tags: Aqeedah · Fiqh

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http://www.muslimmatters.org ibnabeeomar

If anyone has some solid recaps of the event, please email us at info //at// muslimmatters.org
http://www.muslimmatters.org AnonyMouse

Masha’Allah tabaarakAllah! Wish I was there… *Sighs*
Bint YQ is adorable, masha’Allah! :D
kd

I was only able to attend Saturday’s lectures, and mashaAllah they were awesome! Lookin through the pics, can’t help but feel a bit jealous about not being there on Sunday…AND….not being a part of the backstage advice! What happened to gender equality? Sisters miss all the fun… :(
sarsoora

MashaAllah … this event was very powerful… the tribute to Imam Siraj Wahhaj brought tears to my eyes…. and if that wasn’t enough, so did his lecture that followed…. MashaAllah…. May Allah reward him as well of all the other Shyookh for all of their efforts inshaAllah
Faiez

Masha’Allah, looks exciting. I hope ILMQuest releases the recordings of the lectures soon.
http://www.saqibsaab.com SaqibSaab

So do I, Faiez.
http://www.muslimmatters.org Amad

apparently, Shaykh Yasir Qadhi made another revolutionary speech … soon we’ll be calling him Martin Yasir King. :)
http://www.muslimmatters.org ibnabeeomar

i heard there were CD’s being sold at the event with the talks recorded but they ran out.
Abdul-Alim

I was not aware that AlMaghrib have a Qabeelat in Philly.
http://www.muslimmatters.org ibnabeeomar

abdul-alim – it was a long time ago when almaghrib first started. it’s not a qabeelah anymore.
Sadaf Sheikh

Assalamu’alaykum warahamatullahi wabarakatuhu

Alhamdulillaah i had a great time in Ilmfest and have learned a lot. I just have a quick question for Shaykh Yasir Qadhi about the book he mentioned written by Wallas de fard (i apologise if i misspelled his name).

Jazakum Allaah Khayran,

Sadaf
Atif

Sh. YQ is looking GQ in his leather jacket, mashaaAllah.
kashif

mashAllah. what a eman filled event it was. unforgetable.
Abdul-Alim

ibnabeeomar- Thank you

Assalamu Alaykum wa Ratmatullah wa Rarakatuh,

Abdul-Alim
http://www.anightingale.com/ Ayesha

Wow, looks like an amazing event, masha’Allah.
Anon

“….not being a part of the backstage advice! What happened to gender equality? Sisters miss all the fun… ”

Only a select few special brothers got to go back there….and then only a select few brothers got to go out for dinner with the shuyookh. They like to hog the ilm…..
Hid

I loved the Q & A session with all the shayookhs and yes i was tearing at introduction of Imam Siraj and not to forget the emotional story by Abdul Bary Yahya (SubhanAllah, i cant even imagine how i would have reacted if i was in his place =(
Ms.

they didn’t take any pics of all the sisters there either!! (I was one of them)
http://www.muslimmatters.org Amad

to be honest, even though there are no female almaghrib instructors yet… but Imam Siraj is not an instructor either– so it would be nice to consider sister speakers for such events. So, they can have some “hang-out” time as well.

As for pics… its best to avoid taking pics of sisters unless it is from afar… some sisters really get offended if a pic is taken and some will go ballistic if they find their pics online. And I respect them for wanting that.
http://muslimmatters.org Yasir Qadhi

Salam Alaikum

@ Sr. Sadaf: I didn’t mention that Fard wrote a book; rather what I mentioned was that as far as I’m aware, no author has singled out a detailed study of Fard in a single work. Most works discuss Fard as part of their discussion on the NOI, and there are some very good discussions, but he seems to be eclipsed by his ‘student’ Elijah.

@ Anon.: In all fairness, the brothers who accompany us are all volunteers who have dedicated days and weeks of their time in preparing for the event. I understand and sympathize with your sentiment, perhaps you can suggest alternate, feasible solutions as to how one speaker can interact on a more personal level, in a reasonable amount of time, with a large audience (in this particular case, over 900 people).

Yasir
Ibrahim

Sh. YQ is looking GQ in his leather jacket, mashaaAllah.

Shaykh Yasir Birjas look equally GQ if not more, mashaAllah!

What story did Shaykh AbdulBary tell that was so emotional?
Sadaf Sheikh

Walaikum Assalam warahamatullah

JazakAllaahu Khayran Shaykh Yasir for your reply. Probably i missed the name of that book you mentioned in Ilmfest is an amazing book and you have read it cover to cover.

Also can you provide guidance on taking Photographs? Here i dont want to hurt anybody’s feelings but for my understanding, is it permissible in Islaam to take photos of human subjects? Shaykh Yasir, trust me i dont want to ask a deep question here but read various opinions from different scholars and will appreciate your view on that for the sake of our learning. If you want to refer me to any article, it will be great in sha Allaah.

JazakAllaahu Khayran for your patience with me. Alhamdulillaah your lectures have given me a new way of thinking and make me more and more interested in gaining knowledge in Islaam along with my studies in medicine. May Allaah accept all your efforts and give you highest place in Jannah al Firdous, ameen.

Wassalam
http://www.themanoffewwords.com theManOfFewWords

ibnabeeomar, I just posted the highlights (according to me of course) of Ilm Fest here if you are interested in reading about what you missed out on.
http://www.musliminamerica.org www.musliminamerica.org

Alhumdulillah I enjoyed it a lot even though I was there very briefly. iA keep these conferences coming!

- http://www.musliminamerica.org
http://fastaqim.blogspot.com fastaqim.blogspot.com

anyone know if the lectures were recorded on video?
http://www.tayybah.com Imtiaz

fastaqim.blogspot.com – Yes, InshaAllah we are working on it, make dua that it goes well
Nirgaz

Looks like it was a good gathering, wish I lived closer…its ok though Siraj was here in Nashville last week and gave a great speech about War and Peace in Islam.
http://fastaqim.blogspot.com fastaqim.blogspot.com

Imtiaz – if you want to upload them as full videos on youtube let me know.
http://www.EmanRush.com Abdullah Ali Syed

InshaAllah EmanRush will be coming out with the ILMFest set in 2 weeks or less inshaAllah!

Abdullah
http://ibnalhyderabadee.wordpress.com ibn alHyderabadee

I can’t see the pics for soem reasons…..

jazakAllahu khayran
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http://tayyibaat.wordpress.com Amatullah

just wanted to let everyone know that EmanRush will be selling the lectures from last year’s ilmfest for ONLY two weeks, i got this email:

After pleading with the EmanRush Management, Alhamdulillah I was able to get ILMFest Set reinstated for 2 weeks.
This audio set is a landmark in understanding and defining what an American Muslim is.

Please go to: http://www.emanrush.org and click on Products

The set will retire in 2 weeks! Please take advantage of the opportunity and pass this email along.
http://tayyibaat.wordpress.com Amatullah

Oh and IlmFest 2009 will be held in Nurayn inshaAllah!!

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