Visit:http://www.sacredlearning.org/to InshaAllah benefit through Shaykh Husain Abdul Sattar (University of Chicago Medical School graduate). At his website you can get his tafsir (commentary and explanation of the Qur\'an) and hadith classes, as well as general talks he gives at probably mostly the Islamic Center of Chicago.Please inform others, InshaAllah, and get ajar!I personally think that the Web site Sacred Learning is very beneficial for Muslims today in terms of their: connection with Allah, purification of their nafs, spiritual development as believers, at least, so I share that Website with other Muslims.\n\nTo read the tafseer (commentary and explanationof the Quran) by Mufti Muhammad Shafi\'i (Mufti Taqi Uthmani\'s father), Ma\'ariful Quran, visit: http://www.islamibayanaat.com/EMQ.htm (the link for Maariful Quran English tafsir)\nIt is arguably the best tafsir in English.\n\nTo read Tafsir ibn Kathir http://www.tafsir.com\n\nTraditional Islamic learningFree Islamic Answers Service\nhttp://qa.sunnipath.com/\n\nTraditional Learning\nhttp://www.sunnipath.com/Academy/Online/Information/philosophy.aspx\n\nSunnipath: Frequently Asked Questions\nhttp://www.sunnipath.com/about/faqs.aspx\n\nIf you would like to study and become a scholar of Islam, please undergotraditional Islamic learning. See \"University Islam&The Destruction of Islamic Learning\": http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=727&CATE=115Is Isnad (chain of transmission) a requirement for anyone who claims to be a scholar?http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=2097&CATE=120What is a \"mutawatir\" hadith?http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=7&ID=1813&CATE=120Darul Hikmah The Gateway to Wisdom\nhttp://www.darulhikmah.com/\n\nFor Muslims that are/will be residing in the Chicagoland area:\n\nThe INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION (IIE) is a full-time, residential Islamic Institute dedicated to training Huffaz and Ulama (scholars), located in Elgin, Illinois. IIEprepares young Muslim men and women by educating them in both the religious and secular sciences so that they will be capable and qualified to lead the Muslim community in North America.\nhttp://iieonline.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=41Why IIE?\n\nYou should consider IIE for many reasons:\n\nSome of which are:\n\n \n\n * Boarding all year round for boys and girls\n * Well-qualified teachers\n * Affordability: The cost of boarding and meals combined is $600.00. This includes Islamic and Secular Education, boarding, and lodging! We keep our fees this low so that financial consideration should not bar individuals from attending the Institute.\n * Diversity: There are all types of student of different races and ages coming from various countries and states\n * Curricular Excellence: Our secular education curriculum is morerigorous than that of public schools\n * Islamic environment 24/7\n * Summer Intensive Arabic Course\n * Convenient location (only 30 minutes from downtown Chicago)\n\nDarul Qasim -- an institute for higher Islamic learning in greater Chicago (Glen Ellyn, IL 60137)\nhttp://darulqasim.org/AboutUs.aspx\n\nAn interesting article:\nMuslims in the Greater Chicago Area (MashaAllah, Alhamdulillah may Allah preserve it)\nhttp://www.ilaam.net/Articles/MuslimsInChicago.html\n\nAl Kawthar Academy - Online Audio\nhttp://www.alkawtharacademy.org/library/online_audio.php\n\nPlease inform others and get ajar, InshaAllah! advice, Allah, conselling, God, islam, mashura, muhammad, muslims, nasiha, prophet, quran, religion, shura, sunnah