You can attend Islāmic seminars, talks and conferences regularly but none of it combined will have the same effect as attending a circle of knowledge at the feet of scholars in a house from the houses of Allāh, where the focus is on conveying ʿilm (rather than jokes and light humour with a copious amount of free-mixing *ducks*). You can attend circles of knowledge at the feet of scholars regularly but none of it will have the effect that attending…
• An African student reading the Qurʾān before playing football at the Islāmic University of Madīnah • I love this. This is a vivid depiction of the life of a ḥāfiḏh-—he does NOT need to be a recluse who confines himself within the four walls of a mosque in hopes of completing this noble journey. It shows how easily the Qurʾān can be integrated into our every day lives; how every spare moment can be filled with the Qurʾān; how…