Monday, August 18, 2008

AIAT - TOP TEN

10. The view from the hotel (in Madinah)
9. Jeddah beach
8. Shaykh Ghudyaan
7. Channel 2 interviews
6. Praying at the Rawdah
5. Camel ride
4. Ruqyah
3. Umm Abdullah's class on Ikhlaas
2. Aadil as-Subayee
1. Quran class with Khadijah

6 comments:

Susan said...

Oh! Ma sha Allaah! This is not easy, but here goes:

1) Tawwaf around the Ka'aba from the upper level at 3 AM;
2) Tajweed Class with Sister Khadijah;
3) Sisterhood!
4) Ikhlas Class with Umm Abdallah at Masjid An-Nabawi;
5) Praying at the Rawdah;
6) Shaykh Ghudayaan, Hafithu Allaah;
7) Mini Hajj Fieldtrip;
8) Zam Zam;
9) Camel Ride;
10) Amin, Hamza, Qayyim, Qasim, Qais and the other children who patiently attended the seminars, may Allaah subhanahu wa ta'ala nurture the seeds of knowledge planted in their souls and decree that become leaders of the Muslims. Ameen.

Unknown said...

Asalamu aliakum wa rahmatullah
10. interesting toilets??!!
9. praying in masjid Quba and its rewards
8.being able to drink zam zam water
7. being surrounded my Muslims and only muslims!
6.the first sight of Masjid An-Nabawi and the peace i felt there.
5.umm abdillah's class on Ikhlaas
4.praying tahajjud in Masjid an-Nabawi and Masjid Al-Haram
3.sitting and learning from so many shaykhs
2.meeting so many WONDERFUL sisters!! I love you all!!
1. making tawaf around the Kaba and touching the black stone!!!!!

Unknown said...

Asalamualaikum! for me it has to be;

1. Taking lessons from Umm Abdullah
2. Going to pray fajr and feeling the cool breeze
3. feeling the peace and barakah in Allahs house
4. Being surrounded by rightous people
5. Tajweed classes
6. The trips
7. Sharing a room with wonderful sisters
8. drinking zam zam water
9. Cammel rides
10. And just being able to participate in such a blessed gathering! Alhamdulilah

Umm Mujaab said...

Bismillah! Iram this...is good masha'allah, and yes..a hard list to compile. Can I do top 40 list??? Ok I'll Spare you guys and just list 10....but, i'm sure I'm the only one who cant find the right order to put them in ...sorry.

- Umrah - especially being able to make it with my Tahiyya, I pray that Allah accepts mine and all of yours as well, ameen

- Masjid An Nabawi

- Umm Abdullah, Maha, Umm Ayesha, Sabah, Abiyr, Maryam, Khadijah, Reem - our beloved teachers and their lessons

- Zam Zam always!!!

- knock knock knock...HowGheeBan (house keeping in Makkah)

- My Beloved sisters - if I could have followed you all home to make sure you made it ok and to carry your bags for you I would have, I miss you guys and love you dearly in that sad-instant-tear jerking kind of way. You all really touched my heart and life, Jazakallahu Khairan.

- Every moment with the Mashaikh, especially Shaaykh Ghudyaan, Shaaykh Subayee, Shaaykh As Shithri, Shaaykh Ghamidi, Shaaykh Ajlaan, Shaaykh Fahad Al Fuhayd, Shaaykh Zahid Rashid, Shaaykh Luhaydan ...and I could go on. May Allah preserve them All and give us benefit from them again and again Ameen

- The interviews - Anne...that was great!!!! I wonder will they ever use any of them, and special thanks to our camera man

- The Thank You Thowb was a classic, you guys get major points for that one.

- Yumna's smile and 2 thumbs up

...I lost count so I'll put a few more...

- the after class announcements from our dear brothers Aqeel and Hamza... thanks

- the fact that sleep is optional but not mandatory in Makkah and Madinah

- the whole AIAT day care, special thanks to Amin, Hamza, Qayyim, Qasim, Qais and all the other AIAT prescious little souls.

I'd love to put more but...out of time, As Salaamu alaykum wa rahmatulahi wa barakatu

Unknown said...

1. seeing the Kabaa
2. touching the kabaa
3. touching the yemeni corner
4. Grand Mufti
5. Umm Abdullah
6. Singing Medinah tun Nabii on the bus with my husband
7. Arriving in Medinah tun Nabi
8. smily Shaykh aka AbdulSalaam
9. sisterhood
10.Safaa Marwaa
11.Aandah Paratha :o)
12.naynay aka Amin

-abeera

Ayana said...

Masha-Allaah, Tabarak Allaah,

wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah!

Wish I was there!

Umm Hadiyyah