Qalam Seminary Blog: Muslim in America

By Syifa Sjah I spent Wednesday night reunited with my people – high schoolers. On campus at the seminary, I’m always struggling to finish my homework or struggling to keep up in class discussions. At Plano East High School’s MSA event, I lived it up amongst my...

Qalam Seminary Blog – Hadith Week

By Ayesha Baig Sometimes we’re so caught up in what we are doing, we forget why. Why am I doing this? Day in and day out our routine continues but we forget to remind ourselves why. Last week Sheikh taught us a collection of 40 hadith فَيضُ المُعين about the...

Qalam Seminary Blog: Visit by Sh. Abu Bakr al-Shatiri

By Amina Darwish I remember listening to different reciters as to help me memorize Quran. I remember loving how they made the Quran come alive. I remember how I wanted to learn tajweed just to be like them. One of my top two favorite reciters was Sheikh Abu Bakr...

Qalam Seminary Blog: What’s in a Name?

By Faten Abdelfattah I am very excited! After many months of reading and close reviewing with Shaykh AbdulNasir, we finally get to graduate to independent research. Having the ability to navigate classical and contemporary texts from prominent scholars and hunting for...

Qalam Seminary Blog: The Major League Mindset

By Aatifa Shareef We started upping our game this week. We started both Uloom ul Qur’an and Aqeedah, two advanced subjects that are actually really basic: they are the sciences behind the Qur’an and our beliefs. We also started our student-led MSA events, events...

Qalam Seminary Blog: Rebirth

By Wasif Khan We had just completed the “chapter of I’tikaaf” in our study of Fiqh. Next up was Kitabul Hajj, and the Shaykh gave us a beautiful introduction to the book. I enjoyed the introduction, as I was able to relive some of the moments I had just experienced...