Alhamdulillah, Allah opened the opportunity for me to go and study in Egypt for 7 months in between the end of my degree and starting my job. Aside from gaining knowledge and proximity to Allah, one of my key ambitions I had was to paint an image of the reality behind the life a student to give people a realistic image of what it is like and hopefully encourage a few people to go out.
The posts on here were written throughout my period of time in Egypt. It is a journal of personal thoughts and reflections on my journey there and will hopefully give some insight into what to expect when going out there.
I ask that Allah accepts these efforts, purifies our intentions and places it as a benefit to this ummah.
Please remember me and the ummah of muhammad in your duas.
Talha
We’ve all been there. We’re trying to motivate ourselves to get involved in the community (da’wah) but we’re confronted by endless barriers for why we shouldn’t. From self doubt to prioritisation issues, the list of reasons for why we stay away never seem to end. Many of these thoughts often run through my mind when trying to motivate…
I will never forget that moment. It had been around 3 months since I had first arrived in Cairo. It had been my dream to take time out to study Islam and this was finally the opportunity to do just that. I had always wanted to tread the footsteps of the great men who came…
Six things are required for attaining knowledge: 1) Intelligence 2) Eagerness 3) Diligence 4) Means of sustenance 5) Company of a teacher 6) Lengthy period of time — Imam Shafi’ —
Do not leave the invocation of Allah (dhikr) because of your lack of presence with Allah therein, for your heedlessness of invocation is worse than your heedlessness in invocation. It may well be that He raises you from invocation with heedlessness to invocation with attentiveness, and from invocation with attentiveness to invocation with presence of…
Salaams I was recently sent this amazing extract of a conversation from Sh. Muhammad Al-Ghazali. Sadly, Muslims have lost all perspective of how to talk to people about Islam, seeing it simply as rules to enforce upon people. True change is the one you allow the person to realise from within! Have a read 🙂…
As we finished our Isha prayer (the last prayer of the day), we noticed a group of people gathering besides one of the pillars inside the mosque to recite an ancient poem entitled Dalaa’il Al-Khayraat (دلائل الخيرات). There are few places in Cairo like Sayyidah Zainab mosque. Built in one of the busiest areas of…
This is a fantastic opportunity for any non-native speakers keen to learn the arabic language. I recently met some students who came over from Qatar during their winter break to study here in Egypt at the Sibawayh Center for a month. They said it was a great opportunity as they not only pay all your…
As I sit here in Cairo Airport waiting for my friend on the (delayed) Egyptair flight from Istanbul (that’s a 100% record for me so far!), a strange sense of nostalgia overcomes me… has it really been 6 months already? It feels strange that it has been so long. Subconsciously, Egypt has become my new…
“Cairo is a place of two extremes; if seek guidance you will find it here, and if you seek sin you will find it here” Alhamdulillah, my time here has been has been blessed with the company of so many amazing people without whom I don’t think I would have survived. Looking back at it…
Alhamdulillah, Allah has blessed us all to be people on the path of knowledge. It is a great blessing Alhamdulillah! I was reflecting upon this, thinking why it was I was studying. Was it the knowledge that I sought or rather a far deeper yearning for the possessor of all knowledge! Upon this, I wrote this poem: Thirst Where is the water to quench my thirst That plagues…
On the Path of Knowledge 