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(salam) “O ye people ! fear your Lord who created you from a single soul and of its kind created its mate, and from them twain spread many men and women; and fear Allah, in Whose name you appeal to one another, and fear him particularly respecting ties of kinship. Verily Allah watches over you.” [Qur’an 4:2] For a lot of the youth today, the question of whom to marry is one which is seen as a complex and difficult one. Is it really that difficult? Or are the difficulties in finding the right person often self imposed, or as a result of wrong criterion. A lot of the youth today are complaining, ‘I cannot find anyone I am compatible with!’ What exactly is compatibility? Is it of any importance in finding a spouse who will lead you towards Allah سبحانه وتعالى? Compatibility has been defined as the capability of existing or performing in harmonious, agreeable or congenial combination with another or others. This would imply that for two people to be considered compatible as a couple, they must be capable of existing together harmoniously. According to a narration, the Holy Prophet (s) was asked, “Whom must we marry?” He replied, “The suitable (matches).” (kufw) He was then asked, “Who are the suitable matches?” He (s) responded, المُؤمِنُونَ بَعضُهُم أكْفَاءُ بَعضٍ. “Some of the believers are matches for each other.” It is thus clear that the first and most important aspect of compatibility is religious compatibility. A person who is committed to observing and practicing the religious principles and laws must marry only a person who is also committed to the same, or else there can be no harmony. Cultural and mental compatibility are also an important aspect. This is because, ones culture and mindset will play a big role in their future plans, the way they see things, their measures and standards of what is acceptable and what is not. Imam Sadiq (as) has said: اَلعَارِفَةُ لا تُوضَعُ إلاّ عِندَ العَارِفِ. “An intelligent and wise woman must not be placed except beside a sage and wise man.” While it may be nearly impossible to find one with whom they are fully compatible mentally and culturally, the issue should still play an important role when one is making a decision in picking a compatible spouse. The morals of the two should also be compatible. A person may appear to observe some aspects of religion very strictly, for example praying, fasting, proper dress code, yet they engage in behavior which is contrary to religious morals such as a foul mouth, excessively talkative, addiction to music, free interaction with the opposite sex etc. Education is also something which may play a role in the compatibility of two people. The exposure and mental development that occurs for one who has had an education cannot be compared to one who has not been exposed to any educative environment. Here, an education does not necessarily mean college degrees etc, even though basic schooling does create a lot of common ground. Ones exposure and experiences form an important part of their ‘education’ and their take on things, and can thus have a very significant impact on a couple. Physical compatibility and beauty are also two important aspects of compatibility. One must remember that they plan to live with their spouse for the rest of their life, and should thus ensure that they do not have serious misgivings about the person’s appearance, as this may be manifested in other unsavory means. At the same time, one must not tie themselves so much to the fine details of ones physical beauty, while remembering that inner beauty is what will form the most lasting impression. On the same aspect, age also plays an important role, and one should marry one whose age (physical and mental maturity) is compatible with theirs. One may ask what role (if any) the financial and social status of two people may have on compatibility. Ideally, it should have none. However, given that the average person you will meet is not likely to be a completely perfect person, one must discuss how important a role this will play in their future role. A common joke/story I have often heard is how an extremely poor girl was married to a prince. Despite all the luxuries and sumptuous banquets that were now available to her as a princess, she would miss and cry for the days when she had ‘dry rice with no curry’. Moral of the story: financial and social status can play a big role in ones expectations of life, and should not be disregarded. Social and political compatibility may sound like taking things a little too far with compatibility. However, for example where one holds very strong political beliefs, and the other party holds an equally strong opposite view, it may cause quite some difficulty, unless the two are sure they will be able to ‘agree to disagree’ peacefully! On the social aspect, an example would be where one is a social bee, always ready to be right in the limelight while the other prefers a quiet life. This may bring some difficulties, especially if this aspect of their characters is a big part of their life. Like they say, ‘Birds of a feather flock together’. Attempting to “fly” with a bird of a “different feather” can bring some pretty insurmountable challenges. There are many aspects of compatibility which one must consider, including psychological compatibility and future compatibility (i.e. yes, so we are compatible now, but will we still be compatible in the next 5, 10, 15 months, years?) While keeping all these in mind, one must also remember the teachings of the Qur’an regarding marriage. The Qur’an says: “And of HIS Signs is that HE has created wives for you from among yourselves that you may find peace of mind in them, and HE has put love and tenderness between you. In that, surely, are Signs for a people who reflect” (30:22) “HE it is Who created you from a single soul and made therefrom its mate, that he might find comfort in her.” (7:190) “....They are a sort of garment for you and you are a sort of garment for them....” (2:188) In the above verse, what does it mean to be a garment? Thinking of it in terms of the functions of a garment/clothing, one can conclude that a spouse is one who will cover up one’s weaknesses and shortcomings from others. Further, they will act as an adornment and embellishment for each other as well as acting as a protection from the harsh conditions of weather (i.e. they will protect and support in each other through good times and bad). As a final reminder to myself and others: Should we be careful about the little details that make a part of the other person? YES. Should we become obsessive fault finders? NO. “Our Lord, grant us of our spouses and children the delight of our eyes, and make us a model for the righteous.” [Qur’an 25:75] SOURCE: http://inspiredtoser...bility-101.html (wasalam)

The theory of Wilayat al-Faqih comes to mind.

They Do believe in it just they imply different implications they also believe that the prophet raised Alis hand and said : whoever i was his mawla now ali is his mawla but once again they give it a different Taweel and different implication the reason is because the usool aldeen is different and their thought system is structured differently

(bismillah) A couple issues. 1. If Shiachat is an Usooli discussion forum than all the Akhbari posts should be relegated to a specific forum. There are too many unqualified opinions being presented as Twelver Shi'ism on this forum by Akhbaris and this is creating confusion as these posts are not mentioning that they are in fact Akhbari beliefs. For someone who would not know any better and came to this forum to learn about the teachings of the AhlulBayt [as] in line with the qualified Maraja3 theymay very well be deviated towards Akhbarism. 2. There is a two part lecture by H.I. Sh. Hamza Sodagar on the matter of taqleed which should be watched for a greater understanding by all including Usoolis and Akhbaris.

It shows that the Illuminati are not in it for money or power. They're in it for teh lulz

(bismillah) (salam) As a person who tries to grow as much as his own food as he can, i prefer the organic food that i grow in my garden to anything that i get from the store. Firstly, the food always seems to be a lot tastier Secondly, i can sleep well knowing that my food hasn't been sprayed with chemicals and all sorts of [Edited Out]. On the down side, 1) You're gunna have to be patient and work hard for months before you get anything. The more food you want, the harder youre gunna have to work 2) If you're growing most fruits and vegetables without using chemicals, you're almost guaranteed to get bugs on them unless you surround your garden with a moat of acid lol (even then, moths and grasshoppers can still fly over and lay their eggs). But it's not too much of a big deal if you know how to deal with them and just wash your food good. The same thing goes for meat and other foods. A friend of mine raises chickens (and we get eggs from him) and other manages some beehives and honestly those eggs and that honey tastes way better than anything i get from the store. Plus it's so much cheaper and it just feels "right". i can't help you with the organic stuff they sell at the store but i say that if you really want organic and are willing to sweat a little, grow your own stuff. Even if you just grow tomatoes or corn out of a bucket on your apartment baloney, it's better than nothing EDIT: As for having to spend more on organic food, i think the reasons are probably as follows: 1) Depending on how you look at it, it's either not popular enough for farmers to make a buck so they charge extra to make up for it, or they know that theres a niche market out there that has some cash and is willing to spend a lil extra 2) As i mentioned earlier, if you're truly being organic, you're gunna get bugs on your crops. If you're growing corn, you're gunna find worms in some of them and obviously most consumers are not gunna want that. Also, you're not going to get those perfect crops every single time and most consumers only buy the most perfect-looking fruit/vegetable that they see, so farmers end up throwing a lot of that away Basically, a lot more goes to waste, so farmers need to make up for that lost profit.

surely you guys should observe "obligatory precaution"? we know non organic food is grown in chemically pumped soil and sprayed with all kinds of funky juice. why take the risk of bioaccumulation of these things (which end up inside us) and just cut them out completely? or better yet - grow your own. google "square foot gardening"

oh man wow used to see 11:11 too bro, you're not the only 1!, but then 1 of the 1s died :( so it became 1:11, and so the lonely 1 fought with the other 1 over the other 1 and killed it, and so it became 1:1, and since they were both lonely they joined together and became 11, had kids, and made a family and became 11:11, such a sad by also happy story :cry:

MysticKnight, as a Muslim woman I do not really feel oppressed. When Muslim women are oppressed (honor killing, forced marriage, denying education etc), it's because of the failure to follow Islam.

(bismillah) (salam), I've seen so many people say: 'there are 5 obligatory prayers but [sic.] their times are 3 as mentioned in the Qur'aan'. I'm a bit confused over why this is such a common view, because I really can not see 3 times anywhere, in the Qur'aan and especially not the ahadith. This has become such a common view that it is even found in the 'in a nutshell' factsheets on al-islam.org. Let's go over the verses which mention the times of Salah (in order of Surah #): ÍóÇÝöÙõæÇ Úóáóì ÇáÕóøáóæóÇÊö æóÇáÕóøáóÇÉö ÇáúæõÓúØóìٰ æóÞõæãõæÇ áöáóøåö ÞóÇäöÊöíäó Attend constantly to prayers and to the middle prayer and stand up truly obedient to Allah. [2:238] This verse, according to several traditions, refers to the Asr prayer. The singular 'Salaat' is used, and al-wast (the middle) prayer can only be the Asr prayer, if one thinks logically, as it is offered before and after 2 prayers. One could argue that this verse is not about 'time of prayer' and is just emphasizing the importance of Asr prayer. I agree; fine, it's not about the time of prayer. But according to the tradition about this verse, the verse is about attending Asr prayer in congregation. So unless people went away after the Dhuhr prayer from the congregation (which is obviously very impractical if there is really one time), or there was a significant gap between Dhuhr and Asr prayers (normally), it's quite weird how (the congregation) for Asr prayer is mentioned separately. æóÃóÞöãö ÇáÕóøáóÇÉó ØóÑóÝóíö ÇáäóøåóÇÑö æóÒõáóÝðÇ ãöäó Çááóøíúáö ۚ Åöäóø ÇáúÍóÓóäóÇÊö íõÐúåöÈúäó ÇáÓóøíöøÆóÇÊö ۚ Ðóٰáößó ÐößúÑóìٰ áöáÐóøÇßöÑöíäó And establish regular prayers at the two ends of the day and at the approaches of the night: For those things, that are good remove those that are evil: Be that the word of remembrance to those who remember (their Lord): [11:114] Ends of the day would imply Fajr and Maghrib prayers, since the day starts when the Fajr prayer is offered and the day ends when the Maghrib prayer is offered. Approaches of the night means the beginning of the night (Shakir translates 'zulafan' as 'the beginning hours'). This would mean the Isha prayers ÃóÞöãö ÇáÕóøáóÇÉó áöÏõáõæßö ÇáÔóøãúÓö Åöáóìٰ ÛóÓóÞö Çááóøíúáö æóÞõÑúÂäó ÇáúÝóÌúÑö ۖ Åöäóø ÞõÑúÂäó ÇáúÝóÌúÑö ßóÇäó ãóÔúåõæÏðÇ Keep up prayer from the declining of the sun till the darkness of the night and the morning recitation; surely the morning recitation is witnessed. [17:78] This is the verse that is often cited as the verse that has 3 times in it. I don't see how it has 3 times (maybe I'm missing something; please correct me if you know something I don't). What it offers is a single period (or range or duration) of time during which prayers are offered (and another time for the morning prayers). 'li' and 'ila' mean 'from' and 'till' respectively. If I told you, you should eat from morning till sunset, would it mean you can eat several times between morning and sunset or only twice: once in the morning and once at sunset? The latter part of the verse has the word Fajr in it, so there'll be no dispute regarding what it means. íóÇ ÃóíõøåóÇ ÇáóøÐöíäó ÂãóäõæÇ áöíóÓúÊóÃúÐöäúßõãõ ÇáóøÐöíäó ãóáóßóÊú ÃóíúãóÇäõßõãú æóÇáóøÐöíäó áóãú íóÈúáõÛõæÇ ÇáúÍõáõãó ãöäúßõãú ËóáóÇËó ãóÑóøÇÊò ۚ ãöäú ÞóÈúáö ÕóáóÇÉö ÇáúÝóÌúÑö æóÍöíäó ÊóÖóÚõæäó ËöíóÇÈóßõãú ãöäó ÇáÙóøåöíÑóÉö æóãöäú ÈóÚúÏö ÕóáóÇÉö ÇáúÚöÔóÇÁö ۚ ËóáóÇËõ ÚóæúÑóÇÊò áóßõãú ۚ áóíúÓó Úóáóíúßõãú æóáóÇ Úóáóíúåöãú ÌõäóÇÍñ ÈóÚúÏóåõäóø ۚ ØóæóøÇÝõæäó Úóáóíúßõãú ÈóÚúÖõßõãú Úóáóìٰ ÈóÚúÖò ۚ ßóÐóٰáößó íõÈóíöøäõ Çááóøåõ áóßõãõ ÇáúÂíóÇÊö ۗ æóÇááóøåõ Úóáöíãñ Íóßöíãñ O you who believe! let those whom your right hands possess and those of you who have not attained to puberty ask permission of you three times; before the morning prayer, and when you put off your clothes at midday in summer, and after the prayer of the nightfall; these are three times of privacy for you; neither is it a sin for you nor for them besides these, some of you must go round about (waiting) upon others; thus does Allah make clear to you the communications, and Allah is Knowing, Wise. [24:58] This verse again, has two times of prayer in it. The verse is very clear regarding which prayers it refers to; Salat al Fajr and Salat al Isha. Also, pay attention to the Arabic word for 'noon'. It says 'al-Dhaheera' (from Dhuhr). Note how the word derived from al-Dhuhr is being used to describe a time here. So where are the 3 times in the Qur'aan? wa (salam)

hii guys... i was wondering if any1 can help me out here..i il try to keep it brief..LOL..its hard to explain it might not be alot to sum people..u probz think so wats the prob wats the big deal..but for me..its started to play wid my mind... where ever i am wa ever i do..alone or wid sum1 i always see the number 11..at first i thought notn more than coincidence but then it began happning to often..then i cudtn stop thinkn about...1 night when i was tryn to get sum sleep for sum reason in the back of my head my mind kept on sayn take ur fone out take it out and i ignored it but when i decided to take it out it i lookd at the fone and the time was 11:11.there many videos made about this on youtube but..they just theories..wa i was hoping for if theres any brother or sister could shed sum light by answering this thru our religion thru shiath...by the way it doesnt just happn on clocks its reciepts cards bank numbers manny manny other things.... thank u for ur time and reading what iv rote..KHUDA HAFIZ YAL ALI MADAT...

In a shawl woven with love, a tiny baby is wrapped, Then the tenderest of kisses cover him, The moment is heartbreaking, but it cannot be delayed, As his parched lips part again and again, Seeking to be quenched. The mother whispers as he leaves; 'Will I see you again O Ali Asghar? Will you return to me alive?' After the thundering hooves of beasts have gone, And the clouds of dust settle down, I see burning tents; Distraught women and children running about. One calls out: 'Uncle Abbaas! Where are you? Do you see what they are doing?' Only the roaring Euphrates murmurs a reply, 'Abbaas can only witness... can only witness with tears' Ya Abbaas... will we see you again? In Shaam the time has come to part, This 'freedom' comes at a price: Sweet Sakinah will not come along Her fragrant body will remain in the dungeons, The darkness where she spent her last moments, whispering, 'Father, when will I see you again? Ali Asghar, when will I see you again?' Sakinah.. when will we see you again? At the rushing shores of the Euphrates, Where loyalty and submission was epitomized, The tears flow freely, with no shame and the hearts bleed as they hear a whisper: 'Brother! Will I see you again? Answer me, will I see you again?' Baynul Haramayn, looking to the right then to the left, Torn between two brothers, Between master and slave, Madinah beckons, and the sad tidings must be borne Yet you cannot answer my call any more, 'Masters, will you come visit me? May I visit you again? When will I see you again?' S.A

Walekum Salaam and Ya Ali madad bhaijaan, Whilstst i disagree that all usoolis believe in the points that you outlined yet it is quite shocking that I as i was reading through the list, I could picture many people from my mosque saying these things to me (or the people around). May Allah swt in the haq of Panjetan e paak a.s. guide us all onto the right path inshallah.

this is interesting how many 12er shias know about this? The chain of spiritual masters (silsila) of the Qadiriyya is given thus; Muhammad Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib Imam Hassan Imam Husayn Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin Imam Muhammad Baqir Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq Imam Musa al-Kazim Imam Ali Musa Rida Ma'ruf Karkhi Sari Saqati Junayd al-Baghdadi Shaikh Abu Bakr Shibli Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bani Tamim|al-Tamīmī Abu al-Fadl Abu al-Wahid Bani Tamim|al-Tamīmī Abu al-Farah Tartusi Abu al-Hasan Farshi Abu Sa'id al-Mubarak Mukharrami Abdul-Qadir Gilani

Getting back to the original issue, if the hijab is worn correctly it shouldn't be causing any discomfort for the girl. However, one should always expect some losers who have no respect to try and undermine women that wear it. There are girls in this western city that I live in that wear the hijab correctly and those who wear for it for other reasons, however, this is the cause in all societies. Also, I think fetishes are sick and one about the hijab is just freaky.

In reality there is nothing ORGANIC in true sense if it is not grown in your backyard. Chicken feeding off your left overs may still be better but not completely organic because the lintels and rice and chick peas you are feeding them would still be coming from non-Organic source but still better than farms where they are fed steroids to get fatten up. The country where I live is pioneer in genetic foods and all thing non-organic so I can relate horror stories after horror stories in the food chain here starting with the biggest "soda' consumers here are not humans, they are cows and bulls so they can digest corn, (we are the biggest corn producers in the world) which is not their staple food, giving medicine to turkey so they have bigger breasts because turkey breast gets eaten more during thanksgiving holidays, to adding antibiotics to eggs to countless more. Documenting all of this would make it look like a "Chemical Ali" post. :)

Write the blog, good idea, but do a favor, put a disclaimer that this is based on knowledge which you did not hear from the source and is subject to verification and interpretation from scholars. This way, you would not be held accountable by Allah's copy rights i.e. making people believe what might (or might not) be true. The best thing I see coming out of it is, alien and conspiracy theory inspired Western Gen X or Gen Y getting influenced by Islamic concept of aliens and get to learn more about Islam and hopefully reach to the guidance.

Alimohammed40 just find people who desire the same family structure as you simple as that. Those who don't desire the same family structure are not less of a believer than you or evil in any way. People know their limits and some people can handle polygamy and some can't....every situation in this world is different. Also I don't know if you realize it or not but it seems that you are trying to push the idea that monogamy is haram when it is allowed just as much as polygamy.

Hi I feel it extremely insulting to be spoken about in this way, not just because i have made a conscious effort with my akhlaq and have not attacked anyone, but because I am spoken about and mocked like I am some piece of filth by so called brothers, and an admin of a shia website at that. I'm clearly not as religious as you all, but I am a human being deserving of at least a little bit of respect. I'm not one to preach as you well know, but Imam Ali did say that a person is either your brother in faith or equal in humanity. Wallahi, though this is only the internet and though it was partly expected, I feel every word you call me or mock me with. Just a polite request - please don't call me "sister", since I believe this term should be used if you would actually treat a woman like your own sister JimJam - no need to worry Wassalaam Jen

No, he didn't srcew himslef. Show, me where it says, wajib or usul ad-adin in Quran about the Sunnis usul ad-din. It seems like you screwed yourself as you are constantly screwing yourself by questioning if Imam Hassan (as) married more than four wives simultaneously. The question is are you a Muslim let alone a Shia?

Hadith Al-Noor The Holy Prophet (pbuh&hp) said: "Fourteen thousand years before Adam, upon whom be peace, was created, I and Ali were a light in the presence of God. When God created Adam, upon whom be peace, He divided it into two parts. I am one of the parts and Ali is the other part." Sunni Refernces: Al Muhibb al Tabari narrates this tradition on the authority of Salman (r.a) from the Prophet (pbuh&hp) in al Riyad al Nadirah, II, 163: Ahmad ibn Hanbal in al Fada'il; Sibt ibn al Jawzi in Tadhkirat Alآ­khawass, 46; Abu Hatim Muhammad ibn Idris al Razi in Zayn al Fata fi tafsir Surat Hal ata, MS.; Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal in Zawaid manaqib Amir al Muminin, MS., This tradition has also been narrated by also Ibn Mardawayh, Ibn Abd al Barr, al Khatib al Baghdadi, Ibn al Maghazili, al-Asimi, Shiruyah al Daylami and others from Imam Ali (a.s), Salman (r.a) , Abu Dharr (r.a) , Anas ibn Malik (r.a) , Jabir ibn Abd Allah (r.a) and other Companions....

So you think that God is aloof from earth, not caring for mankind. He is far, far, away in the galaxy? Where did this Wahhabi belief came from? He Sits On His Mighty Throne, way way above the Seven Heavens.

This is perhaps my last post on SC. So, I may not reply to further queries from you brother. But then, my argument remain brother. The Qur'aan has interpretation, ALL its verses. ALL the verses have both outer and inner meanings. You cannot possibly know the true meaning of each verse except through its interpreter(s). You are NOT one of its designated interpreters. So, your understanding of these verses is a distortion of them. Basing your criticisms upon these distortions disturb the mind a lot. It is an unfair method. This is just my point. I expect that you bring valid hadeeths to back your understanding of the verses. If you do not, then you are making no point!

Don't worry he only wishes he had someone to do mutah with....LOL that is why he comes off as so unstable hhhhhhhhhhh.

http://money.uk.msn.com/news/money-news/map-reveals-luckiest-lottery-areas Of course those areas are NOT the luckiest. They simply have the highest levels of lottery ticket sales! These are also the areas which are amongst the most deprived in the UK. Interestingly the lottery operators don't give any details about sales per region, so the only way to work out what sales may be like is to infer from publicly available data.

nice well done, reminds me of baad me ashoofak

Wa alikum alsalam, As I know, if it is after Al-Fatihah during the prayer, then this makes the prayer not valid, because "amin" is not a part from Al-Fatihah.

They run tests on children. I have seen some children tested. These tests are very effective. These are some of traits. You can see online. You may have some of this or others from the list - No eye contacts. No facial expression. - Lack of spontaneous emotional expression - Insistence on following specific, useless routines and rituals - Keeps making the same useless movement without reason - Obsession with certain parts of objects High-Functioning Autism and Asperger's Syndrome You are gonna love this movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1278469/

GM food FTW!! :shaytan: :shifty:

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thoughts: that scene in the hazrat yusuf (as) movie where he reveals his identity to hazrat binyamin (as) is epic. the actors deserve "asghars" (oscars, geddit)

(salam) (bismillah) And these fools don't understand that all numbers belong to Allah SWT

Mr. Ahmadinejad certainly gave some epic speeches and interviews subhan Allah .. Especially in UN

(wasalam) Isn't the rule: "everything is tahir unless you have full knowledge it's najis"? Anyhow - you wash off the soap when you wash your hands, so your hands should normally be tahir afterwards anyway.

Asalam o alaikum May Allah bless you and yours. Your dedication and sincerity to Allah and your love for Ahlul Bayt is very inspiring. I pray that love continues to grow. Allahuma Salli Ala Muhammadin Wale Muhammad Wajjil Farajahm Khudahafiz

very nice! Let people to decide? The people already decided and they want Islam. Majority of people decided, but the problem with people like you is that you do not consider more than 90% of the population as people.. instead you think a tinny minority has the right to be the voice of people, represent people and run the country as they wish!

muay thai and boxing - manchester. spent my entire uni life fightin wahabbis that were bigger than me and more numerous than me B)

I propose we use Sis Zareens advice and post here any posts every day which you particularly appreciate. sound good, soldiers?

I wear hijab to attract men, and it works so well for me (sarcasm).

Salam alaikum, It seems that there are many jokes written about the Egyptian Revolution which seem to be quite humorous (many are about Mubarak and co. and some seem to be humorous about the revolution itself yet they don't degrade the honorable Egyptian people). Whoever runs by any of them, share them here ! First one: REVOLUTION LOADING ████████████░ 99% [ Error : Please insert Sayyed Hassan and try again ! ] May Allah (swt) grant the Egyptian people victory over the tyrant and his oppressive government.

I am not fascinated at all, and headscarf or the lack of it isn't high on my checklist. I have nothing against it, however. And I also think it is prudent to wear headscarf or like in some situations and surroundings. I know some men extend their religiosity even into their romantic (or sexual) expressions, which I don't quite relate to. But like with any other romantic expression, it is based on perception rather than on reality.

I think you are right on some small scale. However, this is one issue that I have been quite interested in given that a few of my mother's friends have converted, in addition to two distant family members. This is aside the number of others that I have so met so far across Canada and the US (specifically California). Based on my observations, they tend to have the following characteristics in common; 1) Female 2) They are mid-aged (40+) 3) Depressed 4) Generally overweight and look terrible (i.e. they have turkey-necks, makes it worse with the makeup etc.), or have some kind of physical sickness. 5) Lonely 6) Divorced, or have bad relationships with their husbands. 7) Uneducated 8) Lazy 9) Love to watch those LA Shahi channels and dance to their cheezy music videos. 10) They have an inferiority complex in terms of being Iranian as they see it as being backward. They are ashamed of it and worship the White West. This is more than apparent in how they try to incorporate English words into their Persian, despite the fact that their English is embarrassingly terrible esp given the fact that they have been in the West for 20+ years. As a result, they tend to convert to Evangelical Christianity. Why? Because they have lonely depressed lives. Joining an evangelical group gives their meaningless lives meaning, and it allows them to join regular groups where they can circle around with women who have similar problems, sing songs and clap hands (something they love to do as per #9, but haram in Islam). Note that with characteristics #4 (fat) and #8 (lazy) they don't want a religion where they have to fast and do their prayers, let alone fajr prayer. Additionally, they don't have to wear hijab...something they really hate because they can't show off their newly colored hair in public (that's one of their hobbies which they do regularly) nor can they keep their make-up and nail-polish (they literally can't live without that!) as it is haram to wear in public, and you need to take it off in an hour or two anyways as you need to make wudu for prayers. Hence adhering to a religious world view where these rules are not there and most of what is required is a simple belief (accept Jesus as your lord and savior) is easy and attractive to them. This is in addition to adopting the religion of White Westerners, which helps them with their inferiority complex as per #10. There is also a psycho-sexual component to this as well. Remember most of these women are overweight, or have some physical sickness. Connected to this is that they have lost their attractiveness, have bad relationships with their husbands who are no longer attracted to them (most these marriages end up in divorce anyways where the husband has cheated on her with white women several times). As a result, they crave the time of their youth where they had male attention. What evangelical Christianity offers is that there is a handsome blond man (Jesus) who loves you. Additionally, these evangelical Iranian groups tend to be led by male pastors who lavish these women with attention (ah yes, male attention!) which is something they crave. So why not convert? Most (not all) people who are pro-government consider themselves Muslim and have respect for Islam at the most basic level. That's something self-evident. Regardless, I'm glad you stopped pursuing your Shahi point.</p> No, if you recall, the current discussion is about Iranians leaving Islam and how this is not true as the Iranian diaspora (who have left Islam) is not reflective of the majority of Iranians who happen to be in Iran (and not the West). What does that have to do with Iranians leaving Islam?

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(salam) In the blessed kafi in the beginning Sayidna Aly as describes how important scholars are. In numbers how the life of a Muslim scholar is worth many times more than ordinary Muslims. Kind of makes sense, because saying shahada and following traditions is not as important as having knowledge and understanding base. One can say that scholars are the heart of islam .. The chosen few who carry the banner of their people .. Metaphorically speaking. Allah protect and guide our scholars of the Truth (salam)

I'm planning to make a new website insha'Allah but I want to get some ideas from the brothers and sisters for the type of website that it should be. I've started working on a few things in the past but I stopped partway through because I realized that it won't really be useful to many people. So this time I want everyone to give their ideas for the website. What are some things that you've always wanted online? (Please try to keep the ideas related to Islam/Shi'ism)

Whenever someone talks to me about the occupied palestine and refer to it is "Israel", I tell them in a very confused way "what's that? oh! you mean Palestine!". I think we should all play this game. if we do, then inshallah the word "Israel" will not be known as much. Meanwhile, pray for the return of our Imam Al-Asr so that he can finish off all the injustice

(salam) One of Mubaraks close ministers came to him one day and said. "Mr.Mubarak, you know you've been president for 30 years and your age now is 84 don't you think its about time you wirte your farewell speech?" Mubarake replyed "Why? where is the nation going?"

This is speaking in general. Not specifically for salaah. Therefore it is inappropriate to single it out as something recommended in a list of recommended things for salaah alone. It gives the wrong impression. As far as I know, all of the narrations which specify wearing jewelry for salaah are weak, without isnaads, and are taken from Qadee Nu'man's Da'im al-Islaam. (salam)

(salam) Do You Know What Lives In Your Eyelashes? These creatures :squeez: :sick: Demodicid, is a tiny mite, less than 0.4 mm long, that lives in your pores and hair follicles, usually on the nose, forehead, cheek, and chin, and often in the roots of your eyelashes. People with oily skin, or those who use cosmetics heavily and don't wash thoroughly, have the heaviest infestations... Read more about the eyelash creatures....