It has been AGES since I have posted anything. That is mainly because I didn't really have anything beneficial to post. But I will start adding to this list gradually. This is the new list of students accepted for the new school year at the Islamic University of al-Madinah.

For now, all I have is the names of the students from America:

1) Muhammad Hussein---Virginia

2) Yunus Fairooz Habib---Tacoma

3) Diego Guadalupe---- New Jersey

4) Tariq Sabri...North Carolina

5) Saeed Mahboob---Maryland

6) Muhammad Mutawakil--- NY or Philly

7) Richard McEntire---Lodine California -

8) Suheil Maher Azeez---

9) Hussein Nur

10) Mikaeel Ali Hasan

11) Glen Alan Stephens

12) Muhammad Kalbi

13) Muhammad Khan

14) Jamal or Hamal Natamo Bomaani

15) Corey Phillips

16) Hayan Muthna Qasim Muthna

Please forgive me if the names aren't spelled correctly. This is how I received them from one of our brothers, Eesaa Parada, and I am sure these names are transliterated back into English from their Arabic spellings.

If you have been accepted, drop me a line so we can contact you to help along with getting things started when you come.

Congratulations to all that have been accepted. Fear Allah with this blessing that you have been given and correct your intentions before you come.

Today, the las day of the month of Sha`ban, the father fo our beloved Shaikh, Abdul-Muhsin bin Hamad al-Abbad al-Badr, has moved on to the mercy of Allah. Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin had lost his mother a few years back and buried her, and now, Allah has once again taken one of His servants back to Him.

Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin's father, Hamad, was an amazing man, subhanallaah. Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin himself is about 74 years-old, and has basically lost his eyesight in both eyes. He is normally accompanied by a son of a grandson when he comes to the Prophet's Masjid or to his local Masjid when he used to lead the prayer. As for his father, Hamad -rahimahullaah- he used to come to the local Masjid and give the adhan himself, subhanallah. He almost never missed prayer at the local mosque, and was almost always there long before the time for prayer came in so that he could give call the others to prayer.

Every once in a while, we students would see a spectacle in the Prophet's Masjid that very few people usually see. We'd see Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin walking and next to him is his father in a wheel-chair being pushed by Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin's son, Shaikh Abdur-Razzaq al-Abbad, and guiding shaikh Abdul-Muhsin would be one of his grandsons, one of Shaikh Abdur-Razzaq's sons. Four generations coming to perform prayers at the Prophet's Masjid.

May Allah bless the Shaikh Abdul-Muhsin in his calamity an bless him with patience and perseverance and help him and his family to go through this difficult time with as little hardship as possible. May he also forgive our late Shaikh Hamad and bless him in his grave and make the trial of the grave easy upon him. May he be entered into al-Firdaus (highest paradise) and may he and his family meet again in a better meeting place in the Hereafter.

And may Allah also forgive all of our loved ones who have passed, and may He preserve our surviving loved ones and make them steadfast upon the Sunnah of His Messenger -sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam- and may He bless us with a good passing and make easy for us the trial of the grave and that which comes after it.

P.S. The ٍShaikh's father's Janaazah (pre-burial funeral prayer) will be held at the Prophet's Masjid after the `Asr prayer today.