Question:
Shaykh Gibril,
I heard you are going to be in South Africa in September. Can you provide us your itinerary?
Answer:
Full Schedule
| SA Tour of Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad (Naqshbandi Sufi Scholar): KWAZULU-NATAL PROGRAMME 19th Sept. 2012 (Wed) – 23nd Sept. 2012 (Sun) |
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| Wednesday, 19th September – DAY1 | ||||
| TIME | ACTIVITY | VENUE | TOPIC | |
| 17:00 | Welcome Committee meets Shaykh Gibril on arrival | Durban:King Shaka International Airport | ||
| 17:30 | Shaykh Gibril settles in at Residence of Yusuf and Razia Salejee | Salejee Residence, Westville | ||
| 20:30 – 22:00 | Evening Tea and Introduction to Durban Naqshbandi Mureeds | Salejee Residence, Westville | Objectives of visit Shaykh’s visit; overview of Programme & arrangements | |
| Thursday, 20th September – DAY 2 | ||||
| TIME | ACTIVITY | VENUE | TOPIC (IF APPLIC) | |
| 04:00 to 06:00 | Pre Fajr Programme | Salejee Residence | Naqshbandi Silent Zikr,Benefits and origin | |
| 06:00 to 09:00 | Rest | Salejee Residence | ||
| 09:00 to 10:00 | Breakfast | Salejee Residence | Challenges/Solutions to Ulema in the modern world | |
| 10:00 to 11:00 | Meeting with Ulema and scholars (TBC) | TBC | Challenges/Solutions to Ulema in the modern world | |
| 11:30 to 12:30 | Meeting and talk with Ladies Zikr group | Soofie Bhaijaan Mazaar | Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace be upon him) On the Prophetic Attribute “Best of Creation” | |
| 13:00 to 14:00 | Zohr and Address with Muslim Students Association and guests | University of KZN (UDW) | Islam in a world of Turmoil,Arab Spring | |
| 14:30 to 15:30 | Lunch | Salejee Residence | ||
| 15:30 to 16:30 | Rest and Asr | Salejee Residence | ||
| 16:30 to 17:30 | Interview Radio Al Ansaar (TBC) | Overport | TBC | |
| 17:30 to 19:00 | Magrib and Refreshments | Salejee Residence | ||
| 19:00 to 21:00 | Esha Shaykh Gibril to lead Dhikr & deliver an Address |
Hosted by Moul. Mohin Kazi and the Chisti Tariqa @ Khanka of Moul Kazi, Overport, Dbn | al-Sulami’s Forty Hadiths of the Sufis | |
| 21:30 – 22:30 | Light Supper | Residence of Dr Hoosen & Razia Bux | ||
| Friday, 21nd September – DAY 3 | ||||
| TIME | ACTIVITY | VENUE | TOPIC (IF APPLIC) | |
| 04:00 to 06:00 | Pre Fajr Programme | Salejee Residence | Naqshbandi Congregational Zikr,Benefits and origin | |
| 06:00 to 09:00 | Rest | Salejee Residence | ||
| 09:00 to 10:00 | Breakfast | Salejee Residence | ||
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Visit to Mazaar of Hz Soofie Saheb and visit Soofie Family | Durban North | ||
| 12:00 to 13:30 | Shaykh delivers Jumu’ah lecture Khutba and Salaat |
Juma Masjid (Grey Street Masjid): Durban’s oldest mosque and one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere | The Muhammadan Light in the Qur’an, Hadith, and Companion-Reports | |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch | Essa Residence, Sherwood | ||
| 15:00 to 16:00 | Rest | Salejee Residence | ||
| 16:00 to 17:00 | Asr – /Meeting with Ml. Abdul Hadi Qadiri (Possibility of being out the country -TBC) | Salejee Residence | ||
| 17:30 to 19:00 | Supper | Khan Residence | ||
| 19:30 – 21:30 | Esha Salaah and Talk | Westville Sufi Masjid (WSM) | Tawakkul and the Obligation to Earn a Living and Support Dependants | |
| 21:30 – 22:30 | Tea with Naqshbandi murids | Salejee Residence | Q & A | |
| Saturday, 22nd September – DAY 4 | ||||
| TIME | ACTIVITY | VENUE | TOPIC (IF APPLIC) | |
| 04:00 to 06:00 | Pre Fajr Programme | 45th Cutting Soofie Mosque | Masters of Naqshbandi Golden Chain | |
| 06:00 to 08:00 | Rest | Salejee Residence | ||
| 08:00 to 08:30 | Breakfast | Salejee Residence | ||
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Visit to Township-based Madressa (Apa Ayesha and Apa Fathima) | Inanda Dube Village KwaMashu | Qasidas by Madressa learners & short talk by Shaykh | |
| 10:30 – 13:30 | Tassawuf Workshop (followed by Zohr Salaah) | Senate Chambers,University of Kwa Zulu Natal | Evidence of Tassawuf in Quran and Hadith | |
| 14:00 to 15:00 | Lunch | Nasreen Essack Residence | ||
| 15:00 to 17:00 | Rest and Asr | Salejee Residence | ||
| 17:30to19:30 | Magrib and Talk | Soofie Saheb Riverside | Proof-Texts of the Good Innovation from the Qur’an and Hadith | |
| 20:00 – 22:30 | Supper and Session with Naqshbandi murids | Salejee Residence | Principles of the Naqshbandi Sufi Way /Q &A | |
| Sunday, 23rd September – DAY 5 | ||||
| TIME | ACTIVITY | VENUE | TOPIC (IF APPLIC) | |
| 7:00 | Breakfast | Salejee Residence | ||
| 8:00 | Transport Shaykh to the airport | Durban: King Shaka International Airport |
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