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Assalamu Alikum wa rahmatullahi wa baraakatuhu my dear brothers and sisters,

I’m from the USA, as a US citizen. My spouse is in Bangladesh as a Bangladeshi citizen. I was wondering if anyone can explain to me if there is a Visa that allows the both of us to relocate there permanently, so we can establish ourselves there and build a family there. However, I am not sure if there are any visas that allow something like this, and I don’t know anything about relocating (how to look for jobs, how to look for places to stay, etc). It’s been our dream to live in Makkah or maybe at least near Madina where our hearts are. May Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎ make it easy for us. Does anyone have any tips or any pointers for at least looking for a job? In USA we use linkedin, indeed, or just apply directly with companies - but it looks like it may be different in the kingdom. Also, I don’t know where to look for housing, etc. It is really confusing when I try looking it up. Any tips or pointers would be really appreciated.

JazaakumAllahu Khair

I’m an 18 and I interviewed for a 23 position about 3 weeks ago. How long do they usually take to let you know if you got it? Or do you assume after a couple weeks that you weren’t selected? Im in PEF btw

Assalamu Alikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Baraakatuhu brothers and sisters,

I'm so far on Bayna Yadayk Book 3 (part 1). Is it normal for me to still be stuttering as much as I do, when I speak verbally? I can understand a good chunk of what people say when I watch videos, etc. No doubt my listening skills still do need work, but in my speaking I stutter a LOT. I just want to know if it's normal for me to still be stuttering so much when I speak despite being up to Book 3? I know the book doesn't necessarily equate to speaking level, but I'm just mentioning how far I am to give you an idea of where I am in my vocabulary. I've been studying almost 2 years now (alone). I know speaking more will improve my skills, but I just want to know if its normal to still be stuttering so much? Sometimes I feel really sad that I stutter so much, because I see other people on youtube videos saying "I learned it in one year" and they speak flawless. When I practice speaking, my stuttering and mind-processing is so heavy, that it feels like I'm out of breath and running a marathon, because of the mental exhaustion from thinking of how to conjugate the words, which words to use, etc. Then again, sometimes my sadness is overcome when I pray and realize that I actually understand what some of the ayaas say, like the other day I was reciting surah Ikhlaas and started crying while praying because I realized that I understood the Arabic.

Would love anyones input, and maybe some words of encouragement 😄

Jazaakumallahu Khair

Basically the title. Does it work if i purchase a membership to be a member of a youtube channel for a month?

First time doing the promotional interview. What can I expect after the interview? How long do they usually take to let you know if you got it? Also, do they tell you if you didn't get it? Are there any other interviews/steps in the process? It's for a grade-23 position.

Hey everyone,

I just started applying for promotions. What can I expect from the hiring process? I applied a couple weeks ago and haven’t heard back yet. I ranked number 3 in the promotional exam. How does this even work, do they have to pick in order of the highest grades? Or does the ranking not help?

My photos app in the nas app shows 30,032 items backed up, but my icloud counts a total of 30,244. Im confused as to why it isn’t fully synced? Any advice?

When backing up iCloud photos using the photos app in the Ugreen ios app, is it pulling 100% full quality? Or is there any traces of data being lost? I’m wondering because I took a lot of videos in 4K 120fps on my iPhone and would like to preserve them at that quality, along with all the metadata in the photos.

I backed it up already once, but I got kind of paranoid because i realized i had the “transfer to mac or pc” setting in my iPhone settings set to “automatic”, so I switched it to “export unmodified originals” thinking maybe this would preserve the quality of the media. Im currently backing everything up again. Is what I did correct to preserve it? Or does it not matter?

Btw, I’m also very new to this stuff and not very tech savvy so I apologize if these are dumb questions lol.

Assalamu alikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu my dear Brothers and Sisters,

Would love to see photos of your guys’ notes when learning vocabulary. I’m curious as to how others do it. Some of the readings have so many and listing them out in a vertical list doesn’t cover it all, so i just write them all out in like a paragraph format (maybe not the best idea though). I also use one id those college ruled notebooks which have more lines in it. Would love to see how you guys are writing down lots of vocab to make it all fit in the page but also visually appealing to the eye.

Jazaakallahu Khair!!

Assalamu alikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu my dear brothers and sisters,

Do you guys think it is a good idea? Or does it slow you down? I just started doing it but I feel like it slows me down a lot and makes it a lot harder to do flashcards now. I'm thinking, would it be better to just continue doing them in english, and then down the line I will get better - or will it be better to just continue doing them in arabic and maybe I will just get better at it as I do it more? maybe it just feels so much harder because I just started doing them in Arabic and was used to doing them in English all this time. For context, I'm at the B1 level and have been studying for about 2 years now.

Would love to know your thoughts.

Jazaakallahu Khair!!

Basically, the title. Do i have to say no? it says on the canvas that if i don't respond, it will show up as a declination, but that I won't be offered future canvases, so I'm confused? I'm just worried because there's a few that I already didn't respond to since I wasn't interested and the deadline passed, but I do want to keep receiving canvas letter in the future in case I do become interested later.

What did you have to do after paying the fee? Did you have to show up in court or do any virtual meetings etc? Or do you just sign up to participate, then let them do the rest? Also, any tips or things someone should know before deciding to participate? Sorry if these questions are dumb, I never had to work with lawyers and know absolutely nothing about it.

Thanks everyone.

Assalamu Alikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Baraktuhu my brothers and sisters,

I’m currently on Bayna Yadayk, Book 2 Part 2 chapter 15, page 389 on the reading titled وَسَائِلُ الْمُحَافَظَةِ عَلَى الْبِيئَةِ and am having some issues understanding a Hadith in here.

It says the following:

قال الرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم:

إن قامت القيامة وفي يد أحدكم فسيلة (نخلة صغيرة) فإن استطاع أن لا تقوم حتى يغرسها فليغرسها

I’m just confused on the wording. I understand what it means as a whole because I looked up the meaning but I’m just confused as to how it’s worded. I tried asking chatgpt for a breakdown but it just doesn’t make sense to me. I can make sense of it all the way up to nakhlatu sagheera, but where RasulAllah ﷺ says “fa in istataa3a” from there i’m lost. From my understanding, it would mean “for if he can, to not it comes until he plants it, so let him plant it”. But this doesn’t make sense to me. I can’t tell where I’m making the mistake in understanding it. I know the style of language was way different back then. I looked up the meaning and understood what RasulAllah ﷺ is saying as a whole, but I can’t seem to understand it in Arabic.

Can someone kindly break it down for me plz?

JazaakumAllahu Khairan

Assalamu Alikum my dear brothers and sisters,

I hope you are all doing well. For those of you living in Madinah, or really anywhere in Saudi, I have a few questions if you wouldn't mind helping me with:

1. How do you do it financially? How is the income there? Is it difficult to make a living? I imagine regardless of the difficulty, there is immense blessing in your wealth being in the blessed land next to our beloved Prophet ﷺ .
2. How do I find a job there? I don't know where to look, or if some sources are reliable or not. Where can I find a good job in my field? I have a business background and make okay money, and I would like to maintain at the very least my current standard of living. However, I am okay with just a little bit of a reduction if it means being in the land of RasulAllah ﷺ .
3. How do I go about Visas? I am from the USA. What visa do I go for, how do I go about it, and will I be able to bring my wife and kids? If I can bring them there, can my kids go to school there? (I don't have kids yet, just asking for future plans, إن شاء الله).
4. What're expenses like there? I'm curious how realistic is it for me to go to Makkah at least a few times a year, or if it will be too expensive.
5. I have so many more questions, but none more are coming to mind. It is Dhul-Hijjah, brothers and sisters, I kindly request, please make dua for me and my family as we are going through a very difficult time in our lives.

Jazaakallahu Khairan

وَمَكَرُوا۟ وَمَكَرَ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرُ ٱلْمَـٰكِرِينَ
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Assalamu Alikum my dear brothers and sisters,

I'm currently doing Bayna Yadayk. After you guys get vocab out of each section, or from anything even if it isnt Bayna Yadayk, what do you guys do with them? I normally take them, put them into chatgpt and have it make me a list of them, then put them all onto excel, then export to .csv and upload into a deck on Anki. But aside from this, what else do you guys do? Just wanted to hear everyone's methods on studying vocab. I also use the same vocab to write stories, and other times I try to sit there without looking at them and close my eyes and make sentances from what I remember from the list.

When I say I'm asking for technicals, I mean that I would like to know specifically what you guys do to help you reinforce the vocab. Would love to hear everyone's approaches.

Jazaakumallahu Khair

Assalamu Alikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,

hi everyone, how do we send money from the USA to family performing Hajj? I wasn't sure where to post this, so I posted it in here (forgive me if it's the wrong place to post this). My family is currently at Makkah. I'm worried because they only speak Bangla, no english or Arabic. I looked up online and saw that moneygram has a location there and that they can pick it up from there but they only speak Bangla and won't be able to fill out forms or anything. Anybody know the process? Is it just as simple as showing their passports and they can pick it up? Kindly let me know.

Jazaakallahu Khair

I remember seeing they had arabic but a lot of what i found was not in MSA. Would like to know if they had MSA before spending money on it. If not, is there any other resources you guys can recommend for watching shows/movies in MSA?

Thanks everyone!