I’m not sure of the reasoning behind that rule. Perhaps because the school week began the next day. This was probably more for local students who went home for the weekends.

That was when I was staying in the USVI for a while before coming to Trinidad. Not much of importance happened during that time and it was just a few weeks, so I skipped over it.

I think they had too many petty rules, but I don’t think they were too strict. Darul Uloom wasn’t trying to spread Islam by Dawah; they were teaching Muslim teenagers more about their faith. Sometimes a firm hand is needed with young boys or Shaytan will make them go astray. Also, if you look at the rules and guidelines of many colleges, you’ll see they also have many rules also. And let’s not even talk about the military or other government entities.

I do use two swear words (the D word and the H word) at times, but not often. It’s not a good habit, but I rarely direct them at anyone. I mainly use them for emphasis when writing and hardly ever in actual speech.

As for the Ameen story, Mufti told us why he was banning it. He said there was another group of Muslims in Trinidad that was causing fitnah and he didn’t want anyone to think D.U. was associated with them. I do believe there was another group like that, and I believe that group was the Salafis, and I believe Mufti was concerned about that fitnah entering D.U.

As for the actual hadith here it is:

Bukhari
Book 6
Volume 60
Hadith 2

Allah’s Apostle said, “When the Imam says: ‘Ghair-il-Maghdubi ‘Alaihim Walad-Dallin (i.e. not the path of those who earn Your Anger, nor the path of those who went astray”, then you must say, ‘Ameen’, for if one’s utterance of ‘Ameen’ coincides with that of the angels, then his past sins will be forgiven.”