In the Haram

This man from Riyadh was like many Saudis I met. He was very glad to meet Muslims from America.

alhamdolillah, i really like the classes that i have been able to take at the Haram in Madinah.

every morning in the Haram there is a tajweed halaqa. starting after fajr, people gather to sit around an awesome Sudani shaykh whose most atractive quality is his adab. he has a magnetic personality that has no sense of self-aggrandizement.

people come and sit around him. he recites surah Fatiha. then the one closest to him on his right starts reciting, and the shaykh corrects employing his knowledge of how the mouth and tongue should move, and from where should a person move his breath.

if the students are few, the shaykh wil go on to a short surah like al-Ikhlaas. otherwise the students move to what i think of as satellite instructors who teach the student using a great textbook designed to improve recitation, alhamdolillah.

new students like me may get the textbook from the shaykh after reciting for him.