Shoora Solicited: EmanRush World-Wide Tribes

[Muhammad Alshareef]

As salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah.

I'm currently trying to squeeze my brain to come up with a way to organize students of the EmanRush (AlMaghrib) Cd collections. Ma sha Allah, Abu Hurayrah (friendly admin) gave an excellent suggestion about Halaqahs and how the common halaqah group can be converted into an EmanRush World-wide tribe and compete/join other Halaqahs in studying the EmanRush (AlMaghrib) audio of the classes.

So now what I need from you guys is more suggestions on this, we need to tweak and twist this until we have a most awesome system that has never been done before. We are only limited by our minds.

Here are my current thoughts (but it needs adjustment):

- the EmanRush website will be the home for the EmanRush world-wide tribes

- All someone would need to do is compile a group of 10 (minimum?) and register their tribe.

- EmanRush can offer a ‘tribal’ discount of the cd collections, say 10 packages for only $500, all 10 of the tribe members share in the price or whatever.

- Each member will be able to log-on to the EmanRush student center to receive class supplements: quizzes, exams, student binder, online resources, etc.

- We can have a forum folder setup specifically for the EmanRush World-Wide tribes, (maybe divide it by country?) That way, people from that country can visit the forum and join an already existing tribe or introduce their tribes to other tribes in their country.

- Because the tribes will be connected to this forum, myself and other AlMaghrib teachers will be able to offer assistance for those tribe/halaqahs, so that the students of the tribe/halaqah will not be left alone to wonder ‘what did the teacher mean?’ As far as I know, there are few (if any) audio collections where the teachers offer assistance like this.

- Then at the end of the year, we can have awards to see who has the strongest tribe world-wide! Courtesy of the Durbah legacy, we will make a “Laa ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadur Rasul Allah” flag for the winner and each year it will travel across the world (unless the same tribe keeps winning). For the other tribes, they can purchase their own flags (at cost) if they wish (we’ll see if we can setup a contract with the flag maker company to give us a discount)

- As well, smaller tribes can consolidate with bigger tribes, joining forces, to create a more powerful student body that is sure to win the flag. Something along the lines of the game ‘RISK'.

- What would the tribes be judged upon? How would we know who is the strongest tribe?

Ok, now I need your criticism! Tell me what you hate, tell me what you think is too confusing, tell me what you think has ‘no chance of working’, tell me what you want to see happen. If you’ve ever tried following ‘audio’ in your Halaqahs, tell me what didn’t work with that.

But above all, tell me something and be a part of this pioneering work!

Originally Posted by Muhammad Alshareef

- What would the tribes be judged upon? How would we know who is the strongest tribe?

Here's an idea. You know how you e-mailed the people who missed the Usool al-Fiqh test with a take at home exam? Maybe once an audio group wants to start they have to submit a study plan with deadlines and a suggested exam date. Once you approve the plan, they can follow the plan. You can then e-mail the exam to the students on the given date and they have to e-mail them back within a day, or whatever.

Follow-up da'wah activities also can be posted and discussed online.

Also, can the members of the existing AlMaghrib tribes participate in the EmanRush program for the classes they have missed? (Hosna missed Tafseer Juz' 'Amma and Fiqh al-Da'wah.) Or would those interested make another group with EmanRush Or how would that work????

I am guessing these cds you are referring to would be more in depth -kind of like the 21 teaching methods cds that I have. For my puposes i would be looking for the quizzes, etc, but I am not sure if the groups I work with would actually join. The reason being -some are quite young and others are not so receptive to computer technology. I do however see this idea being successful with the many who cannot attend the classes in person. Almost like the AOU distance learning courses.

[Muhammad Alshareef]

Originally Posted by UmmSarah

Here's an idea. You know how you e-mailed the people who missed the Usool al-Fiqh test with a take at home exam? Maybe once an audio group wants to start they have to submit a study plan with deadlines and a suggested exam date. Once you approve the plan, they can follow the plan. You can then e-mail the exam to the students on the given date and they have to e-mail them back within a day, or whatever.

Follow-up da'wah activities also can be posted and discussed online.

Ok, basically we have to make the program fluid so that it is not bottlenecked on one person. Meaning, I don't want people to be ready to study and then the teacher is out of town and that student group is delayed.

We have to make it in a way that it becomes automatic.
So, how do we do that?

How about we make the group tribe Ameer that they chose for themselves responsible for checking the plan. Kind of like the person in-charge of a role-playing game (I don't know what they are called: master of events or something?).

Or we can sign up AlMaghrib volunteers/assistants that will overlook 5 or so tribes. The tribe can submit their plans to the designated AlMaghrib tribal assistant and seek council from that person.

I know from Qabeelat Hosna we could probably get at least 20 tribal assistants to help tribes all over the world. At least. Each one assisting like 5 tribes max.

Or maybe current AlMaghrib tribes can get their student bodies to manage EmanRush tribes. That way, the student help will begin with students that learn from AlMaghrib directly and who know the ettiquette of our classes and they can pass that on to others.

Then how about we make it a challenge to see which AlMaghrib tribe can get and manage the most EmanRush tribes. In this way, tribes from the UK, for example, can choose to join Durbah's mentorship or Mubarak or Hosna's mentorship as they wish. Then one or the other tribe will get stronger and stronger - in the end Islamic education will be the winner.

Your thoughts guys?

[Muhammad Alshareef]

Originally Posted by UmmSarah

Also, can the members of the existing AlMaghrib tribes participate in the EmanRush program for the classes they have missed? (Hosna missed Tafseer Juz' 'Amma and Fiqh al-Da'wah.) Or would those interested make another group with EmanRush Or how would that work????

Yeah, I don't think Qabeelat Hosna, for example, we need to start a new tribe for that. Just contact the Ameer of the Qabeelah and discuss how mini study groups can organize to study the material.

So maybe the AlMaghrib student tribes could be considered our Ansar. The EmanRush student tribes the world over can be known as the Muhijiroon tribes.

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On another note, i'm thinking that not everyone who purchases the cd collections will really care to join a tribe. For that reason, we need to just make some website assistance for them - or I guess just let them be, huh?

[Muhammad Alshareef]

Originally Posted by loveallah1

I am guessing these cds you are referring to would be more in depth -kind of like the 21 teaching methods cds that I have. For my puposes i would be looking for the quizzes, etc, but I am not sure if the groups I work with would actually join. The reason being -some are quite young and others are not so receptive to computer technology. I do however see this idea being successful with the many who cannot attend the classes in person. Almost like the AOU distance learning courses.

The AlMaghrib audio is different then the 21 teaching methods series that you have. Similar, but different.

Non-Computer swavy people: The tribe would just need one computer swavy person who organizes it for the rest and who posts the questions of the group and shares with others. And if they don't want to share, that's not really a problem - like I said in the previous post not everyone will really care about the tribe thing. There a lot of 'loner' type people who just like to listen by themselves in a car to work.

AOU distance learning: No, actually this is different in that these tribes are more focused on creating a strong world-wide community of students. These cds and the studying of them will not be accredited. Someone would have to register for a real distance learning institute for that.

Rather it's meant to get people excited about learning, give them a big push in their knowledge, and hopefully lead them on to bigger and better things, in sha Allah. Our target is mainstream Muslims that don't normally receive Islamic education. As for those who want to excel I would recommend they search out a full time University to attend.

All I know is I want to be in a Tribe! Na3am!

Can I be in one all By Myself? Qabeelat Sas?

[Muhammad Alshareef]

Originally Posted by sâsjamâl

All I know is I want to be in a Tribe! Na3am!

Can I be in one all By Myself? Qabeelat Sas?

Ibrahim - alayhis salam - was an Ummah by himself!
إن ابراهيم كان أمة قانتا لله حنيفا ولم يك من المشركين

But on those lines, I was thinking that people would not be allowed to make up their own names for their Qabeelat unless it's approved consistent with other names. I was thinking to make a database of tribal names and then their halaqah group can choose which one they want to adopt. This is so that there is consistency in the names of the tribes.

Other ideas?

Can people from CG Have their own Qabeelat? Like Qabeelat CG? All CG'ers could be on one tribe - that would be Wicked! (Or can I Just be an exception and have one called Qabeelat Sas) anyway, lol, (even though it goes against the norm).