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(salam) I come on SC after ages and all i see is this whole negative and positive reputation system.. am jus curious to know.. are people jus randomly allowed to click the + button and - button on ur posts ?!?! Coz sum1 has clearly found a new game of doin it on my posts MashAllah 2 them :lol: :wacko: Plus i reckon ther shud b a recognising thing aswell from wher yu can find out whoz doin it.. tht wud b the fun part! :angel: :blush: (wasalam) :yaali:

The truth of this ziyarat is not found in studying its isnads (though I note the latter is a plural, hence reducing the possibility of its forgery by that fact) but in the truth of its content. It is a dedication of oneself to the Imam (as) and his cause, a separation from his enemies, a declaration of faith and loyalty, a committing and firmness to the cause. The reality of this has been experienced by many, many of those who have recited it over the centuries. And yes, for anyone who's read my past posts on this topic, this does represent for me a firm reversal of what I'd been saying or alluding to in the past as I've been one who has raised questions about its isnad and such (Allah forgive me for raising doubts). I now realize that's missing the point, and to separate oneself from this for that is to lose a great deal, so I would recommend to anyone who aspires to being a Shi`a of the Ahl al-Bayt, recite this ziyarat and experience this yourself, in sha Allah ta`ala.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6962844.ece

Not always. In a good marital relationship, the happy or advantages outcome is worth all the responsibilities that come along with marriage. There is not one answer to your question because it depends on more than one factor. It depends on the person's priorities in life , on how much can they handle responsibilities in return of advantages , and on the relationship in that marriage. Some people cannot handle responsibilities and thus they might prefer not to commit to it or if they commit to it they feel overwhelmed . Other people cannot share their life with someone else, they find it difficult to share their personal life and to become a half with another person they rather stay a whole in one person and thus marriage might not be 100% suitable to them. A large group of people want companionship, want to share their life with a loving person, want and long for a successful marriage and thus they don't mind the responsibilities and some sacrifices. If you ask me personally, I always say "A successful/happy marital life is much better than a successful/happy single life. A normal marital life is better than a normal single life. A bad/unhappy/dysfunctional marital life is worse than any sort of single life" .

muslima : cant we remove our UN ? moslim : really :wub: par Ami say poch kar bataonga muslima: i didnt know that u r mama's boy , i better find someone else :dry: moslim : aray sono to :cry: . . .

How dare you? It never ceases to amaze me how far out of bounds some individuals go in attacking someone who does not support their political views. His eminence Grand Ayatollah Montazeri is a marja taqleed. An individual of the highest levels of scholarship and moral character. Who are you? I am not trying to denigrate your value or opinion, but not all people look to your marja as the one and only interpreter of law and authority on either religious matters or government. We followers of ahlulbayt have one primary responsibility and allegiance, to the Imam of our time peace be upon him. All other matters are secondary. Not everyone agrees on what is to be done in the absence of our imam in terms of leadership of the Ummah. Ayatollah montazeri's help was key to the revolution, whatever differences he may have had with sayed Khomenei, it was in the highest levels of proper intellectual disagreement...... sayed khomeenei would probably be ashamed of your comments. This has nothing to do with your desires. Please don't slander him saying "he wanted to make alcholhol, bikinis and western porn legal" Your are exactly what is wrong with the ummah today. We shias are always on the side of true justice, we dont submit to tyranny, and we dont give our allegiance to any other than Allah SWT and his appointed representatives peace be upon them all. How dare you? It never ceases to amaze me how far out of bounds some individuals go in attacking someone who does not support their political views. His eminence Grand Ayatollah Montazeri is a marja taqleed. An individual of the highest levels of scholarship and moral character. Who are you? I am not trying to denigrate your value or opinion, but not all people look to your marja as the one and only interpreter of law and authority on either religious matters or government. We followers of ahlulbayt have one primary responsibility and allegiance, to the Imam of our time peace be upon him. All other matters are secondary. Not everyone agrees on what is to be done in the absence of our imam in terms of leadership of the Ummah. Ayatollah montazeri's help was key to the revolution, whatever differences he may have had with sayed Khomenei, it was in the highest levels of proper intellectual disagreement...... sayed khomeenei would probably be ashamed of your comments. This has nothing to do with your desires. Please don't slander him saying "he wanted to make alcholhol, bikinis and western porn legal" Your are exactly what is wrong with the ummah today. We shias are always on the side of true justice, we dont submit to tyranny, and we dont give our allegiance to any other than Allah SWT and his appointed representatives peace be upon them all.

Bismill.. Asalaamu Alaykum, Your statement is partially true. The whole spiritual aspect of Wilayatul Faghih lies in the idea of having complete trust in a leader. In the case of our leaders today, Imam Khomeini and Ayatoll.. Khamenei, we understand that they are not infallible and are prone to make mistakes, but we also realize that in this day and age they are the most capable of leading the ummah. Wilayatul Faghih boils down to the fact they yes, the leader will possibly make mistakes, but those mistakes are very minimal compared to the rest of the choices he makes, this being extremely similar to the idea of a marja'. The majorities of shia, are very familiar with the concept of marja'. A marja' gains knowledge and to the best of his ability makes decisions regarding Islamic laws. We all follow a marja' knowing that he could make a mistake in some of his rulings, but we give him the benefit of the doubt. Since the maraje' cannot ask our Imam (atfs) about Islamic rulings, they try their best in making a decision and realize that they can be corrected on Yowm al Ghiyama or when the Imam (atfs) reappears. Wilaytul Faghih is a very similar concept, however it includes a political realm. This is the point of disagreement amongst some of the shia. Now, I'm not here to convince anyone to agree with WF, but I think it is necessary for those who don't to at least understand where those who believe in it, come from. It all comes down to this, that Wilayatul Faghih helps us prepare ourselves to become better followers of the Imam of Time (atfs). It gives us the opportunity to practice how to follow. This is the whole basis of the Islamic Republic. We are practicing how to make a government and how to follow the lead of our Imam (atfs). Just because our "sun" is not out yet, doesn't mean we need to live in the dark till he comes. We can light a candle. That is what Wilayatul Faghih and the Iranian government is: a candle compared to the sun, but nonetheless it is our only source of light at the moment. I have given my life as a gift to my leader, Ayatoll.. Khamenei. If he tells me to fight, I will fight. I give him liberty over my body, hoping that inshall.. I will do the same when our Imam (atfs) comes. Actually, what I'm truly hoping for, is that he'll even find my life worthy of sacrifice, but in any case, WF is like a training course. When our Imam (atfs) comes, he needs people to be prepared. We are showing him that we can follow and have proof to show it. So yes, in a way, we are "acting" like we're following an infallible, in the sense that this is our show of demonstration to our Imam (atfs) that we are ready to follow his lead iA! All the truth which has been said is from All.. (swt) and that which is not is from myself.

Masturbation = sexual suicide. There are solid scientific as well as moral reasons that make it haram. There is a reason why Satan has been slowly shoving free pornography into everything. It wants everyone to masturbate, abandon your past, and boy does it serve its purpose. That alone should be enough reason not to do it because its a disease being spread by evil hands of your enemy. There's no ambiguity in that. While its not merely that Islam wants to see you married, in truth, sexual desire is a huge problem to deal with it and there is no better, peaceful or constructive way to deal with it than marriage. Marriage turns this burden into something good. Its only the conflicting modern plagues that affect us and then give marriage a bad name. What is marriage except a ritual union of two human beings? The problem is within those human beings, not the idea. While mut'a (non-permanent) marriage is also relevant in this. Islam has gone to certain lengths to not let people feel this natural burden that is sexual desire. I know that this debate is not an honest attempt to determine its legal status, rather, some people simply seek religious endorsement to continue masturbating. It's because they have realized that its wrong.

lol @ mama's boy ... :D

Plus with the whole reason thing i reckon the use of this rep thing will decrease as in one of the topics every single post of mine has been - repped... i think people r a bit confused bout facts and opinions and if they disagree with an OPINION thy mark it negative.. :wacko: wats the point of bein on a discussion forum then! :Hijabi:

^ ^ I dont think 1 can harm sum1z reputation by giving a - and +.. if 1 knowz the person then they aint gonna bleev and if thy dont kno the person.. yu shud get to kno em urself to think about them... otherwise its jus stereotyping.. i kno wher yur coming from but the main point i want to ask the mods or admins is that if they have kept this system there should be maybe a box underneath wheree the person marking minus can provide their reasons... :)

German - i have done so i cn speak understand n write most of it nt fluent Urdu- read.. cn write ma name lol and i cn speak n understand Punjabi - i cn speak..understand... French- i understand a bit.. cn write a bit n speak a bit... Arabic - read english - speak write understand hmmm i fink thts it! :unsure:

neither bro someone or anyone else here, is at a level that permits them to comment on such a question. Similarly, no one can comment on the 'mistakes' of such men as 'Ammar bin Yasir (ra), Abu Dhaar (ra), 'Allama Majlisi (ra), Shekh Al-'Aamali (ra), Al-Mufid/Tusi/Sadduq (ra) who as we know weren't infallible and no one has claimed they were. What's the point of asking such a question? May Allah (swt) bless and elevate Ayat Montazari (qas) to the highest levels of jannah, he was well learned, and lived a life of patience.

If shi'ism is based on cursing because one in every few thousand hadiths they narrate has something about cursing then the quran is also based on cursing because I found the word curse "la'n" and its different foms in about 36 verses in the Quran. Thats one verse of Cursing for about every 150 verses. It is exactly because of his good understanding of Arabic that he has used this word. According to the well known Arabic dictionaries of Lisan al-Arab and also AL-ain: æ ÇááøóÚúäóÉ: ÇáÏÚÇÁ Úáíå. al-la'nnah (curse) = Asking against So, "lad'uanna alikuma fi kulli salat" = "I will ask Allah against you in every prayer" = "I will aks Allah to curse you in every Prayer". Conclusion: according to sunni books she (being one of the infallibles) cursed them and your reasoning is flawed.

Brother with due respect, one of your previous messages was extremely offensive to other members and hurting to read from someone who want to sincerely serve Islam in sha Allah. I therefore withdraw my offer of collaboration on Quran and 2012 until you learn how to have a dialogue with others no matter how corrupt they may seem. Thanks for understanding and may Allah gives us all patience and control over our words. Salam Ali

Lanat on the oppressors and those in power who can stop this including Army.

The talk of protection, of helpers, the tone, the mention of hypocrites, etc... learn to take a hint.

(salam) yes , our president is corrupt , he is as corrupt as Tony Blair... Tony Blair sold you lot the war in Iraq ... and you citizens of UK happily bought it ... now every everyone knows it was a sham ... likewise our president is corrupt... Gordon Brown on the other hand is the same as his predecessor ... Obama is doing the same , lying and minting money thru arms and oil deals .. they are all corrupt ... I suggest , you get rid of Brown and Obama first and we will do the same in Pakistan..If you care about Pakistan , come back .....and serve your country .. help us rebuild Pakistan ... It was a hard decision for me to leave UK but Alhumdulillah , I am out of that s**t hole :)... Peace

If you look at the two different charts you will see that the one I posted looked at current life expectancy and the one you posted looks at the life expectancy of a newborn - that is someone born in 2007 (when the data was collected). They are reporting on two different things. The first chart shows Irans life expectancy of the current population as being just below 70 years and Canada's as being just below 80 years . The second chart shows Irans life expectancy of a new born (2007) as being 71 years and the life expectancy of a new born (2007) in Canada as 81 years. There is still a discrepancy of 10 years.

Salam, How does tabarra equal cursing? What justification is there/what Imam did curse? I am all for cursing Yazid- but anyone else is grey area and frankly we are in no position to make such judgments and jeapordize...I know you won't agree nor do I expect you to, but I have always been curious how people can be so sure when they commit such actions, I genuinely would like to understand it.

Salam, Rather, that cursing is part and parcel of becoming one. Side by tawalla is tabarra, and giving la`n to their enemies is perhaps the clearest affirmation of that.

Why go to Iran? Canada's health care system works, meds are affordable and primary, proactive health care is practiced successfully. All this in a physcially huge country with vast differences in geography, climate and populations (making accessiblity often very difficult) and a tax base of fewer than 40 million people. The average life span is a spec below 80 years - Iran's is below 70. https://rfmtools.hewitt.com/GlobalLongevityTracker/?WT.mc_id=global_longevity_tracker

Exactly Unfortunately Br Shabbir, teenagers on this website think that they are smarter than marjaas, who have dedicated their whole lives to islamic studies.

i think ammar nakshawani was saying that only the masoom Imam can carry out the punishment of apostasy. this was my opinion as well before i heard him say this because it made sense it to me. Allahu Alim.

The thead was asking for people's insights, not any attempt to change the ruling. I have an inkling people do care about her opinion, and everyone else's too. ;)

I hate both. Are you serious? The fact that you have the audacity to ask such an offensive question just shows the disturbing mentality you guys have. Do you actually think I'm going to say who I prefer my country to be humiliated and enslaved by? Think we're getting somewhere now. You might start to ask why. I can, conversely understand and sympathise with resentment toward Iraqis that I have seen from Iranians, because of the war. Nevertheless, we have turned a new chapter and we hanged the dictator. I used to look up to Iran too, at one point. I'm ashamed to admit it because it makes me feel so stupid. I still make Iran out like it's a great country to people who ask, because its not the business of Sunni Arabs to get involved in something that does not concern them. I also have Iranian friends who live in la la land like many of the pro-IRI people on this website, and don't want to hurt their feelings. They're good people, just a bit naive about the realities of it all. Yes, that's the problem, that's why you are so dangerous. America will be gone, it s not here to stay, but you are, and unless you drop this constant belligerence and interference in our affairs, you will be a bigger long term threat than the Westerners. I don't forsee that happening though, whether IRI, or secular democracy, it won't make a difference; there are deeper issues between our peoples - cultural issues - and reasons for there to always be conflict and tension.

^Exactly.

(wasalam) That is the Private Message option. The conversation is visible to only those who have been added in it, not all members.

Guys, seriously, I'm probably one of his biggest critics here. But he is gone now, and this is a thread about his death. At least have the courtesy open a new thread if you want to discuss his politics.

right now i am looking at the christmas presents i;ve jus recieved... man i wud open em now.. bt cnt coz sum1 sed i cnt.. suckz! :squeez:

(salam) Grand Ayatollah fadlallah says Q: Your belief that woman has no spermatic fluid and consequently her masturbation induces no sperm has brought about great confusion among the public. Could you please explain the details of this ruling together with the consequent ambiguities? And what are the principles and traditions on which your Eminence based your opinion? A: What should be made clear is that if woman had a spermatic fluid similar to man's, which runs upon orgasm, then the woman must wash as man does in a similar situation, also, woman's masturbation would be prohibited on the basis of the legal foundation. Where as, if woman has no spermatic fluid, then wash is not a must as unanimously approved by jurists and then woman's masturbation will be permissible because prohibition is restricted to sperm running, so in the absence of spermatic fluid, masturbation is not an issue that is prohibited or allowed. This is exactly similar to the case when a man plays with his penis without consequent sperm-also unanimously approved by jurists-and wash is not a must, because prohibition is not based on lust inducement but on the misplacement of spermatic fluid (as reported in some narrations). But even if this assumption (woman has no sperm) proved true, we advise women not to get into this bad habit (masturbation), because its practice leads to negative consequences upon marriage and causes psychological, neural and medical complications that threaten her normal life, social status and future marriage. In this respect, some jurists in their comment on my allowance of woman's masturbation regardless of sperm run, refer to two narrations, the first of which is narrated by Oubeida Ben Zarara, who said: Once, an old neighbor of us had a pretty and expensive bondwoman. That old man couldn't have full sexual intercourse with his bondwoman, who would ask him to put his hand on her labia because that gave her greater pleasure, but he detested that. So, the old man demanded that Zarara ask Imam Jaafar Sadiq (a.s.) about the matter. So, Zarara asked the Imam, who said, "There is no harm in using any of his body parts to give her pleasure, but he is not allowed to use anything other than his body". The second narration is given by the same narrator, Zarara, and it says: I asked Imam Sadiq (a.s) about men who have many bondwomen, but they can't have full sexual intercourse with them, so they give them pleasure by other means". Then the Imam replied, "There is no harm in using any of his body organs." But the two mentioned narrations are clearly prohibiting the use of any outside means to satisfy the wife's sexual desire, though they permit the use of the male's other organs including the hand to satisfy the wife, but there is no mention of whether she can use her own hand or not. Q: Since this fatwa doesn't represent a practical necessity, but it leads to corruption and moral dissolution when adopted by women who might be entrapped by moral disadvantages, some ask why aren't precautional fatwas issued in this respect? And why is this fatwa aroused in general? A: Those who say so haven't experienced the critical problems undergone by women when they are encountered by urgent situations, which drive them to inquire about the legal ruling that might put an end to these problems. We have experienced the depth of these problems through studying the various situations and through receiving questions that seek rulings in cases as when a woman's husband is imprisoned and she is not sure whether he is dead or alive, or when a husband spends a long time in prison in the absence of any legal circumstances that lead to divorce, or when a husband is in a state of absence, where the wife should legally wait for four years to be then divorced by the judge if the husband's guardian doesn't sustain her, or when a husband remains abroad for a long time where reunion is impossible due to financial reasons. All these cases turn to be serious sexual problems, which drive the jurist to seriously think of finding solutions. It's natural that women's masturbation sometimes leads to negative consequences, but prohibition or negligence on the part of the jurist also have more negative impacts on the life of woman, especially the married one who has no legal opportunity to solve sexual problems. In short, the mentioned details pressed me to study the subject in a legally responsible way. Q: Can't we consider the above-mentioned damage a main cause to prohibiting this habit? A: I don't think this habit leads to the damage that necessitates prohibition; Moreover, there is a consensus among jurists that prohibition, is limited to spermatic fluid running. So, if a man plays with his penis not intending to induce sperm and if he could hold himself back before orgasm leads to ejaculation, then he is not a sinner; consequently, he must not wash, and he must not break his fast if he is fasting. This is agreed upon by all jurists because masturbation (as understood by all jurists) means the coming out of sperm. http://english.bayyn...rudence/sex.htm ---------------- therefore would it be safe to assume that this is not prohibited, but rather not advised except under certain cases and circumstances. Allah knows best. therefore let no one be confused this clears up any confusion of my earlier post. (wasalam)

Of course not. But some folks seem to think that we are blood-sucking vampires and that somehow we are bullies in an otherwise peaceful region. I merely brought up an example of something good we are doing. The Peace Pipeline was our idea too, and it fell apart thanks to American pressure on India and Wahabi pressure on Pakistan (FYI we also provide Pakistan with free electricity). Whenever we have a good idea for cooperation, it is suppressed. And then they wonder why we are distrustful ("paranoid"). I'm tired of all this Iran-bashing.

Inna lilah wa inna ilayhi raje'oon. May he rest in peace. Pro-Khamenei despise Montazeri for launching withering salvos against the regime but I hope loyals to the former don't fill this thread with hate and insults.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0YSF3MGCv8 :wub:

I was thinking about this when I saw how quickly the baby settled with contact with her dad...maybe babies are not meant to sleep on their own. Many cultures sleep with their very young - I think we are the only ones who are obessessed with separating them at birth. If you meet the babies attachment needs they are more likely to be independent sooner. They have a sense of connection and security that allows them to explore further at an earlier age. "Night care" is good, I think.

Right Now i am Bak :wacko: :unsure:

Salaam Alaykum, Listen bro, I don't wanna come off sounding rude but, the truth can be hard sometime; Allah wiped out an entire city because its inhabitants desired their own sexes. Probably because they committed it too, but the Quran stresses desire. That should clarify our whole stance against desiring men instead of women. Even if you don't do anything with them. That brings us to the topic of desiring. That's the thing you need to tackle. Not homosexuality or anything else. It's purely about what your ego wants versus what your REAL ruh from Allah wants. Peace.

I DONT CARE IF U LIKE MY POST OR NOT...I AM NOT HERE TO CHEER UP ANY ONE...I CANT SEE 18 YEAR OLD WHO HARDLY UNDERSTAND ABOUT ISLAAM ,COMMING HERE AND TELING WORLD HE DOES NOT BELIVES IN ISLAAM.MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.

Iran will be nothing without religion or Wilayat faqi.... Iran's unity, progress, respect, independence and influence in the region and in the world are all based on religion. In case Iran loses its main source of progress and secularism takes over, Iran will be nothing but another Azerbaijan, Tajikistan or even like Pakistan with a puppet government and lesser power. The worse might even happen once religion is gone, the division of the country based on ethnic/sectarian lines...Azeries, Kurds, Baloch and Arabs will all demand separate states just like Yugoslavia.......it will have a negative impact in the region specially on all Iran's neighbors.

Algeria allllllll alone

do you have any evidence that he supported the religious permissibility of any of the above? otherwise you shouldn't say it.

Right now i am jus talking :unsure:

Right Now i am so annoyed.. why do ppl at home hav to do the opposite to me.. where as they feel the same about me arghh! :wacko: :squeez: :angry: :mad:

Right now i am *yawns* hmmm :unsure:

Right now i am done wiv all the aftaari etc etc.. 2nd Roza.. lets do this B) oh yehh plus am lisssenin to this awsum Tarana Track PAKISTAN PAKISTAN... never herd this one before... :)

How unfortunate I am that I was not in karbala to help you ÇóáÓøóáÇãõ Úóáóíúßó íóÇ Èúäó ÑóÓõæáö Çááåö ÇóáÓøóáÇãõ Úóáóíúßó íóÇ Èúäó ÇáúÈóÔíÑö ÇáäøóÐíÑö æóÇÈúäó ÓóíøöÏö ÇáúæóÕöíøöíäó ÇóáÓøóáÇãõ Úóáóíúßó íóÇÈúäó ÝÇØöãóÉó ÓóíøöÏóÉö äöÓÂÁö ÇáúÚÇáóãíäó ÇóáÓøóáÇãõ Úóáóíúßó íÇ ÇóÈÇ ÚóÈúÏö Çááåö Indeed great was your test And it greatly moved the mu'mineen, the Muslims and the dwellers of the heavens and the earth O Abaa Abdu I lah ! unbearable is the sorrow, nerve-racking is the agony, youput up with, for us and for all the (true) Muslims, crimes committed against you also shocked and unnerved the dwellers of the heavens, one and all. I make peace with those who make their peace with you I make war on those who go to war against you, till the Day of Judgement. Peace be upon the uncovered dead bodies. Peace be upon the bodies that were hung after being killed Peace be upon the one whose blood was shed unjustly O my mawla, O Aba Abdillah I have taken refuge with Allah and with you I am near Allah and near you As every guest and friend receives hospitality, I too request it at this moment That you ask Allah, the Glorified and high that He grant me freedom from the fire Indeed He hears Dua and answers immediately. http://www.ziaraat.org/husain/warisa.php

(salam) How do you feel when moharram starts? What changes do you make? What restrictions do you impose on yourself? How do you show you are mourning ? do you show or you try to hide it ? Whats the message of Ashura ? Have you ever think about it ?

labaik ya hossain alehsalam

WO MOHAMMAD (pbuh) KA PIYARA NAWASA JISNAY SAJDAY MAY GARDAN KATA DI We have this tradition that we sit and sleep on carpet (dont use furniture) on 9th and 10 moharam, in the respect of Ahlulbait Alehsalam, and because of Sham e Gharibaan (night after ashura). and on the day of ashura no one eats or drink anything till the time of asar.

If Abu Bakr, Umar, Usman, Aisha and Hafsa can be considered Muslims, who are we to question the faith of 'Umrao Jaan' or anyone else?