No one has asked me here this question yet, I guess because many are my students & they know me I guess others are just shy. Therefore I thought I would get ahead of the curve & answer first. The Short answer is I don't copy other people until I know it's the right thing to do. That's how I came to Islam basicly. As a teacher of New Muslims for nearly 50 years & the fact that I do not like transliterations when I have to write an Arabic word with English letters I try to do so as close as possible to the right way it's spelled in Arabic with the English & not just copy what others are doing. This is because many mistakes that most new Muslims make in their early days of Islam the longer they hold on to them, the more difficult it is to change later on. In Arabic there's a big difference between some letters from their English counterpart. In this case there are two D sounding letters in Arabic. One is light, the other heavy. One pronounced Daa, the other Daw. The word Ramadaawn is spelled with the letter Dawd & not Daa رمضان & therefore could never be pronouned dan, or don. Unfortunately most "teachers" just copy & don't always evaluate if what they're doing is the best method or not. You will find everywhere the spelling for our daily prayer as (As Salaat or Salah), sometimes they will put a dot under the S however the new Muslim or non-Muslim reading that on his/her own have no idea what that is & therefore will pay no attention to it. Arabic also has two S sounding letters, again one light & the other heavy. Saa & Saw. The word for the daily prayer that we all make is spelled with the Saw sounding letter. الصلاة Therefore the way you make your mouth when you say S-alaat can never be that word, which is why with English letters I spell it As-Saw-lah, which is more closer to the correct Arabic word. If you've accepted Islam years ago & no one has ever told you this, you need a new teacher. If you're a new Revert, you're blessed to have found someone who will do his best to teach you the right way the first time around. If you're someone who teaches New Muslims & you don't teach like this, you're teaching bad habits that can truly hurt them down the road & hold them back in many ways. Contact me & I can help you help your students.

The pWins Category is a place we should use to encourage one another daily. A Win is aslo something that we should be thankful for. Each day we wake up we should start by being thankful Allah gave us another day to try to get it right & improve on whatever we did yesterday. I would also like to see those who are or who have taken any classes in here express their feelings about the classes. If you recently done one of the Arabic Course post something in the win about how you feel what level you're on & if you completed post a win about completing that course & your intentions on how you plan to continue to improve insha-Allah. Lets be about motivating each other. All the modules I've posted please read them all & comment on them, tell others what you think & let me & others know where there neeeds to be improvement. This is your place plz speck up. JazakAllahu Khaiurn PS And invite others to come be here & tell me what your need,

As Salamu Alaykum I'm sitting in the airport waiting to head to The Gambia via Morocco. I leave in, another hour n a half or so I, will be about 5 hours ahead of the EST times however programs, & communication will continue.

As Salamu Alaykum as you all kmow I'm on a bus & dy to arrive DC around 10 pm. Now my bus isn't crowded dont know if that will changed but my opinion is that if you giys want we can still have about an hour class around 7 or 8 pm or you can finish doing some catching up & review till tomorrow night. Put in the comments what you think & why?

Lets make this a worthy platform by inviting others & do some engaging as well. If theres something you would like to see here. plz let me know