Comments on: How to Approach the Qur’an – Shaykh Jamaal Zarabozo http://muslimmatters.org/2010/01/05/how-to-approach-the-quran-shaykh-jamaal-zarabozo/ Discourses in the Intellectual Traditions, Political Situation, and Social Ethics of Muslim Life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Uthman http://muslimmatters.org/2010/01/05/how-to-approach-the-quran-shaykh-jamaal-zarabozo/#comment-61129 Uthman Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:06:16 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=10676#comment-61129 walaykum salam wa rahmatullah Salam, f you are askng me what he does for a living then he is self-employed i.e. makes a living of of his writings, talks, classes he gives etc. Wallah u a3lam Wa iyyak. If someone has financial constraints, and they are really interested n taking the classes they can send an email to admin@jamalzarabozo.com and inquire of scholarship options and if they qualify or not. inshAllah this answer is sufficient. May give us tawfeeq to understand Islam. wasalam o alaykum Uthman walaykum salam wa rahmatullah Salam,

f you are askng me what he does for a living then he is self-employed i.e. makes a living of of his writings, talks, classes he gives etc. Wallah u a3lam

Wa iyyak. If someone has financial constraints, and they are really interested n taking the classes they can send an email to admin@jamalzarabozo.com and inquire of scholarship options and if they qualify or not. inshAllah this answer is sufficient. May give us tawfeeq to understand Islam.
wasalam o alaykum
Uthman

]]> By: Salam http://muslimmatters.org/2010/01/05/how-to-approach-the-quran-shaykh-jamaal-zarabozo/#comment-61124 Salam Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:34:28 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=10676#comment-61124 Asalamu Alaykum, Uthman, if you do not mind the question, what does Shaykh Jamal do for self-employment? Jazak'Allah khayr. Also, what if someone is in financial constraints but would like to take some of his classes? Asalamu Alaykum,

Uthman, if you do not mind the question, what does Shaykh Jamal do for self-employment?

Jazak’Allah khayr. Also, what if someone is in financial constraints but would like to take some of his classes?

]]> By: Siraaj http://muslimmatters.org/2010/01/05/how-to-approach-the-quran-shaykh-jamaal-zarabozo/#comment-60790 Siraaj Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:54:00 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=10676#comment-60790 With no disrespect intended at all to our teachers whom I benefit from all the time, it is for other scholars to certify the scholarship of others because they recognize, due to their own qualification, who meets the criteria for it. Having said that, I like to look at matters relatively - relative to my poor knowledge, they're scholars to me, and have achieved a degree of distinction by way of their knowledge, and I always work to maintain that respect with the title of shaykh, imam, and so forth. Further, most people are not aware of what "student of knowledge" really means - they think it means "in school, studying", so among laypeople, they actually need the term scholar, vs other students of knowledge and scholars who know the differences. Siraaj With no disrespect intended at all to our teachers whom I benefit from all the time, it is for other scholars to certify the scholarship of others because they recognize, due to their own qualification, who meets the criteria for it.

Having said that, I like to look at matters relatively – relative to my poor knowledge, they’re scholars to me, and have achieved a degree of distinction by way of their knowledge, and I always work to maintain that respect with the title of shaykh, imam, and so forth.

Further, most people are not aware of what “student of knowledge” really means – they think it means “in school, studying”, so among laypeople, they actually need the term scholar, vs other students of knowledge and scholars who know the differences.

Siraaj

]]> By: Jalaal al-Din Abdullah http://muslimmatters.org/2010/01/05/how-to-approach-the-quran-shaykh-jamaal-zarabozo/#comment-60783 Jalaal al-Din Abdullah Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:43:59 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=10676#comment-60783 Who then is a scholar? I challenge you to listen to Sh.Jamaal's Surah al-Fatihah. Or any of his lectures. What is more amazing is the fact that he does not have a degree in Arabic or any of the Islamic Sciences. Please visit his website for class schedule. They say that the proof of the pudding is in the eating... The bigger problem is with the people who do not want to learn from a scholar after acknowledging the fact. This points to their integrity about learning. Jalaal. Who then is a scholar?

I challenge you to listen to Sh.Jamaal’s Surah al-Fatihah. Or any of his lectures. What is more amazing is the fact that he does not have a degree in Arabic or any of the Islamic Sciences.

Please visit his website for class schedule.

They say that the proof of the pudding is in the eating…

The bigger problem is with the people who do not want to learn from a scholar after acknowledging the fact. This points to their integrity about learning.

Jalaal.

]]> By: LearnFirst http://muslimmatters.org/2010/01/05/how-to-approach-the-quran-shaykh-jamaal-zarabozo/#comment-60775 LearnFirst Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:14:53 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=10676#comment-60775 Scholar? We have misused and abused this word "scholar" for every person that gives talks and writes lectures. We need to realize what a scholar is compared to a Student of Knowledge. For many that are active in the West, are mainly students of knowledge. Who has given them this title of being a scholar? Was it self attributed or mis-applied by the masses, who themselves do not have the correct understanding of what a scholar is. This is not meant to disrespect Jamal Zarabozo, yasir qadhi, yasir birjas for i am sure they will also say they are not scholars. They will not say this just out of humbleness, rather they will say this due to the fact that they know what a scholar is because they have studied from them. Lets just use the word 'scholar' more appropriately and not use this title for every person that has some knowledge. At most, we can call them students of knowledge and we all know, getting a degree from an Islamic Institute or a University does not mean one has become a scholar, rather this is the first step to becoming an actual student of knowledge. When we call the common lecturers scholars, we then start to lose focus on who the real scholars are. Scholar? We have misused and abused this word “scholar” for every person that gives talks and writes lectures. We need to realize what a scholar is compared to a Student of Knowledge. For many that are active in the West, are mainly students of knowledge. Who has given them this title of being a scholar? Was it self attributed or mis-applied by the masses, who themselves do not have the correct understanding of what a scholar is. This is not meant to disrespect Jamal Zarabozo, yasir qadhi, yasir birjas for i am sure they will also say they are not scholars. They will not say this just out of humbleness, rather they will say this due to the fact that they know what a scholar is because they have studied from them. Lets just use the word ‘scholar’ more appropriately and not use this title for every person that has some knowledge. At most, we can call them students of knowledge and we all know, getting a degree from an Islamic Institute or a University does not mean one has become a scholar, rather this is the first step to becoming an actual student of knowledge. When we call the common lecturers scholars, we then start to lose focus on who the real scholars are.

]]> By: Jalaal al-Din Abdullah http://muslimmatters.org/2010/01/05/how-to-approach-the-quran-shaykh-jamaal-zarabozo/#comment-56989 Jalaal al-Din Abdullah Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:39:20 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=10676#comment-56989 UC Berkeley & Davis - economics. Self-taught as far as Islam and Arabic. He has CDs - I would recommend the explanation to Surah al-Fatihah; 28 CDs to explain 7 short verses of the Quran. The breadth and depth of the explanation is astounding; your recitation of this Surah will never be the same again! UC Berkeley & Davis – economics. Self-taught as far as Islam and Arabic.

He has CDs – I would recommend the explanation to Surah al-Fatihah; 28 CDs to explain 7 short verses of the Quran. The breadth and depth of the explanation is astounding; your recitation of this Surah will never be the same again!

]]> By: Uthman http://muslimmatters.org/2010/01/05/how-to-approach-the-quran-shaykh-jamaal-zarabozo/#comment-56987 Uthman Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:53:01 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=10676#comment-56987 Please read this for an answer to the first question. http://muslimmatters.org/2009/01/09/interview-with-sh-jamaal-zarabozo/ And yes he has CDs and audio lectures. Please go to http://www.islamicbookstore.com/ and search zarabozo and you will find what them. Yes the courses are live and you can interact with him live. You can give your opinion, ask questions etc. InshAllah I pray this will be beneficial for you. Please read this for an answer to the first question.
http://muslimmatters.org/2009/01/09/interview-with-sh-jamaal-zarabozo/

And yes he has CDs and audio lectures. Please go to http://www.islamicbookstore.com/ and search zarabozo and you will find what them.

Yes the courses are live and you can interact with him live. You can give your opinion, ask questions etc. InshAllah I pray this will be beneficial for you.

]]> By: hendersoncnc http://muslimmatters.org/2010/01/05/how-to-approach-the-quran-shaykh-jamaal-zarabozo/#comment-56979 hendersoncnc Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:05:47 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=10676#comment-56979 so where was he taught? at a uni? does he have any dvd's??? When u take the course can u interact live with him or r they pre-recorded in that case its not worth the bread . so where was he taught? at a uni?

does he have any dvd’s???

When u take the course can u interact live with him or r they pre-recorded in that case its not worth the bread .

]]> By: MuslimahCA http://muslimmatters.org/2010/01/05/how-to-approach-the-quran-shaykh-jamaal-zarabozo/#comment-56933 MuslimahCA Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:09:57 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=10676#comment-56933 Sh. Jamaal Z is amazing mashaAllah. May Allah continue to preserve him and his wife. They are a gem and I pray that Allah gives us more scholars like him. His knowledge and random funny moments will have you in awe and laughing half the time. Sh. Jamaal Z is amazing mashaAllah. May Allah continue to preserve him and his wife. They are a gem and I pray that Allah gives us more scholars like him. His knowledge and random funny moments will have you in awe and laughing half the time.

]]> By: abuMaahi http://muslimmatters.org/2010/01/05/how-to-approach-the-quran-shaykh-jamaal-zarabozo/#comment-56916 abuMaahi Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:42:39 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=10676#comment-56916 Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmathullahi Wa Barakathuhu I have been taking his class, personally have benefited from it so much that I have never from other courses that I have taken. Its is so amazing to see such scholar at current times who does not speak without backing it up with source and evidence. One of my favourite class was "Preservation of sunnah" which we had for 4 semesters, it was just amazing to study how important is sunnah and how the sunnah was preserved Alhamdulillah, where we analysed the each stage starting from Prophet (sa) all the way till Abbasid and what was the role of each leader/ruler on preserving the sunnah. One of the class favourite topic is Fiqh-Us-Sunnah and intitally I thought that sh. will be going through the text book and I skipped first semester and then I realised that This class is not about Sayyid Sabiq's work but commentary on the work of Sayyid Sabiq's fiqh-Us-Sunnah where we untied each and every knot related to each topic starting from decoding the hadees and grading the hadees with evidence from different classical source. Sometimes Sh. gets the photocopy of the classical books to show the proof to the class. Commentary of Fourty hadeeth is really one more gem of the class and as it was rightly said by one of the scholar that if anybook is qualified to be translated from English to Arabic and then it is "Commentary on the 40 Hadith of al-Nawawi" by J. Zarabozo We feel "Withdrawal syndrome" whenever there is break between semesters and I am eagerly waiting for the next semester which is starting on Jan 10 inshAllah. Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmathullahi Wa Barakathuhu

I have been taking his class, personally have benefited from it so much that I have never from other courses that I have taken. Its is so amazing to see such scholar at current times who does not speak without backing it up with source and evidence.

One of my favourite class was “Preservation of sunnah” which we had for 4 semesters, it was just amazing to study how important is sunnah and how the sunnah was preserved Alhamdulillah, where we analysed the each stage starting from Prophet (sa) all the way till Abbasid and what was the role of each leader/ruler on preserving the sunnah.

One of the class favourite topic is Fiqh-Us-Sunnah and intitally I thought that sh. will be going through the text book and I skipped first semester and then I realised that This class is not about Sayyid Sabiq’s work but commentary on the work of Sayyid Sabiq’s fiqh-Us-Sunnah where we untied each and every knot related to each topic starting from decoding the hadees and grading the hadees with evidence from different classical source. Sometimes Sh. gets the photocopy of the classical books to show the proof to the class.

Commentary of Fourty hadeeth is really one more gem of the class and as it was rightly said by one of the scholar that if anybook is qualified to be translated from English to Arabic and then it is “Commentary on the 40 Hadith of al-Nawawi” by J. Zarabozo

We feel “Withdrawal syndrome” whenever there is break between semesters and I am eagerly waiting for the next semester which is starting on Jan 10 inshAllah.

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