Ruling on writing (PBUH) or (SAW) when in a hurry | Shaykh Uthaymeen رحمه الله REVISED TRANSLATION 

Aameen and you, barakAllahu feeka

وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله وبركاته I am not a native speaker. I will tell you my journey but it mainly consisted of self study as I didn’t have much guidance on how to begin and I was young. So the route was long, and no doubt there are easier paths to take. Allah guided me to study Arabic first through my parents who took me to some Arabic classes during childhood - we started the first Madinah book but the lesson stopped after a while and I continued the book by self study. I now know that Bayna yadayk is actually a better book to study (under a teacher). When I was a late teen, Allah instilled a love in my heart for the speech of the scholars, so I would listen to their short videos in arabic, transcribe the arabic, then check my arabic for any mistakes, then translate it to English, then check my translation for any mistakes (by using a published translation already available). I tried to do this every day for a few years and I picked up a wealth of vocabulary. It would take ages at first (5mins of Arabic Audio initially took me 1-2hrs to transcribe and translate) then it became much easier, and soon I began just listening to arabic lectures and audios daily without a need for English. I mainly focused on the lectures of shaykh Abdurrazzaq al Badr may Allah preserve him. During this time, I also joined an arabic programme for 3 years where we studied more secular arabic. Towards the end of the three years, I picked up a random arabic book from a library and decided to read and translate it with a dictionary by my side. I would mull over the contents of a page for a week sometimes, trying to make it out in English and understand the intent of the author, but after a while, it became so easy to just read page after page in Arabic, of course using a dictionary to look up words here and there. Many people delay reading Arabic books because it’s daunting but Allah gave me the ability to dive in and with hardship comes ease. I never completed the translation as the book was not the best to start with but now I am a confident reader alhamdulillah. I now study shariah at a university and everything is in Arabic, but I am able to understand most of it. And I am still learning. What I would recommend is that you rely upon Allah, have Sabr and don’t give up, and make use of the early morning after fajr for studying as we know from a Hadith that the early morning is blessed. Join a Markaz from beginning to end where you learn Arabic, and stick to it. And on the side, after fajr, go through an Arabic lecture series of a scholar (e.g any series on scholarly subtitles), 1. Listen to the Arabic, 2. Transcribe it 3. Check your spelling etc is correct by looking at the arabic pdf of the lecture 4. Next, translate it 5. Check the translation is correct by look at how scholarly subtitles or a pdf translated it 6. Note down any key words. Do this for 30mins each day so that you can understand the language of the scholars. I don’t recommend you mainly rely on self study, rather, make sure you join an Arabic markaz and cling to the guidance of your teacher. But self study on the side too. And Allah knows best. وفيك بارك الرحمن

جزاك الله خيرا كثيرا Last question, best dictionary to use? Also i’m so thankful that you took your time and gave me a indepth response that can help or give me confidence to not give up. I think that’s what i’ll do is find a markaz and join it because i’ve hit a intermediate wall where i’m stuck at this level

@@mingo3568 آمين وإياك I mainly only use aratools.com - go to the 'word' section. It's good for arabic to english but not as good Eng to Ar. I also use al Mawrid from time to time, and reverso context to see how words are used in context. Here's so maraakiz I know of which might be good: Markaz Bayaan markazbayaan.com/ Markaz al Ibaanah ibaanah.com/ If you can understand 60%+ of shaykh Abdur-Razzaq al Badr, I would recommend joining one of his mutun programs (run by his students) where you have to complete listening to the audio lectures of each mutun within a time frame, then you do a short online test, and go onto the next mutun until the program is done. At the end you get an ijazah for participation. It's really good for improving your listening skills and learning the language of the scholars. He has a tawheed programme, aqeedah, tafseer, seerah, dua... Etc. Its on telegram t.me/addlist/ZdzsctPLl5k4NDFk May Allah سبحانه وتعالى guide us both to what He loves.

@@contemplatequran شكرا The aratool is dictonary is so beneficial, exactly what i need to search for words. Have you had issues in your journey with حروف. For example if به, عليك came in sentence and the only thing in understanding the sentence is unlocking the meaning of that حروف. جعله الله في ميزان حسناتكم

@@mingo3568 yes I have had issues with them. Sometimes if i can't figure it out on the first go, then I leave what I am reading and look at it the next day or at a later date. Usually i then arrive at the answer alhamdulillah. If not, I ask a teacher. It's also important to know the meanings each حرف can take, e.g. When does في mean على etc. Ive never formally studied a book on this, but it come up in tafsir from time to time or in some explanations of hadith. Also, sometimes you don't have to understand every word to understand the main message, so there are times where i leave it and move on, so that my progress isn't hindered. Then in the future in sha Allah I can come back to it.