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Bismillah Salaam aleikum Praise be upon the Prophet Muhammad (S) and his pure progeny. May Allah hasten the reappearance of the Awaited Imam عليه السلام, and may He preserve the life and health of the Imam's rightful lieutenant, Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Greetings to the momin brothers and sisters of SC. Inshallah you all are in good moral and physical health. Inshallah may brother MDM be rewarded for this topic, which has caused greater understanding and connection between momineen, and may he become guided and return to the correct ideological path. (1) you always have signatures which make people think. please explain your current signature; i recognise, is that mutahari on the left, shariati on the right and someone i dont know in the middle? i assume they are on hajj/ umrah? why did you choose that particular tag line with that picture, for those members who do not know what happened to mutahari and shariati? If my signatures cause people to think, I think they're overthinking them. I mostly just choose pictures I like. But the reason I chose this picture, is because a certain member said something which was incorrect. I put this picture as a part of showing that what this person said was incorrect. The situation with Dr. Shariati has become similar to the situation with Sayyed Fadlullah, where venom spreads like wildfire and false claims are thrown around like salawats. So why this picture? Well the person I mentioned earlier, claimed that Shahid Motahhari called Dr. Shariati a heretic. Not only is this incorrect, but also Shahid Motahhari and Dr. Shariati were close; they were friends. They worked together in Hosseiniyeh Ershad. Dr. Shariati was a great admirer of Shahid Motahhari. Shahid Motahhari did write some very sharp criticisms of Dr. Shariati, but people should not take this apart from the whole issue. There are many layers to this. Shahid Beheshti narrates that in a private conversation (between him and Shahid Motahhari), Shahid Motahhari said that he was criticizing certain things that Dr. Shariati said so that Shariati himself understood that what he was saying was wrong and that -- as somebody with influence over the people -- he should be more careful. So I put the picture because I am tried of this issue. Dr. Shariati did a lot of service to Islam and I don't feel that any of us have the right to say venomous things about him. And the caption is related to this issue as well. There is way too much loose talk on SC (which I don't deny that I am also often guilty of), where things are said that have no basis and the person who says them doesn't in fact know what he/she is talking about. And there is a very bad inclination toward never admitting to being wrong. (2) it seems love for WF is in your blood, do you have any tales of the revolution that your parents taught you? I don't really know my father too well. My mother used to be a hardcore revolutionist, yes. Well wasn't all of the Iranian people at one point? She has not told me many stories. We don't really talk too much, and I try to avoid political discussions with my family. But there are a few things I remember. She said that she failed her university gozinesh (political evaluation) even though she had no issues. She wore perfect hijab, she attended jamaat prayers, she believed in the Islamic system, she was in Imam Khomeini's line, etc... She says that gozinesh is completely random, and that she knew people who were leftists, or who were dancers, who passed their gozinesh. But that story kind of sucked and is sure to make some of the more innocent brothers and sisters become disillusioned, so I will tell everyone a cute story narrated from my aunt: during the war, they would tell schoolchildren to sew packs and sweaters, etc... for the soldiers at the fronts. My aunt would stay awake until late night sewing these packs. She had to do it taqiyya-style though, because her mother (my grandmother) would get angry at her and tell her to go to sleep. I can't really think of anything else now. If I remember anything else I will say it later. (3) what is your ambition in life? Shahid Sadr said that a person is measured only by his service to his ummah. I want to come out of my current useless status, and do something which is of some service to the ummah. And to find a wife. (4) Iran seemed to have all the right ingredients at the start of the revolution to make it the greatest country in the world; nowadays it seems a far cry from the dream that khomeini imagined. do you think this is the case, and if so, what do you think caused this change? I think one of the things that made the Islamic Revolution in Iran so unique -- its almost unanimous people's support -- is also what made it weaker in the long term. Other revolutions were forged in a sea of blood and knew how to govern without mass people's involvement. For 15 years or so, if Imam Khomeini or, later, the Leader, if they said "jump," everyone in Iran would jump. With such popularity, who needs good management? Who needs a strong cultural apparatus? This void left an opportunity for the enemies. They pounded the people of Iran with their strong cultural apparatus. This caused a large portion of the people to become disillusioned or culturally subverted. So that's how we got in our present position, where there is a lack of unity in the country, and where it seems most state officials care as much about WF as Hillary Clinton. But ultimately, I am hopeful for the future. Because the youth generation -- not all of them, but the revolutionist youths who are working hard in cultural fields -- is much smarter than their predecessors. They follow only reason and nothing else. If their work is successful, then future generations will have a strong enough intellectual foundation for their beliefs that they will not become succeptible to the cultural affront. And my true hope is that some of these young friends grow up to be in positions of management and administration. So the change has to do with the people. But I think in the future there will be an evolution that makes the Islamic Republic of Iran far greater than it has ever been. Because the core of hezbollahi youth that we have today are very clever and hard-working. (5) imagine this is a shia lonely hearts advert. how would you advertise yourself in 50 words or less, in a witty way which would attract the "right" hezbollahi hijabi sister to you? I will use a variety of short short sales pitches: "Baradar Jackson: Better than marrying your goat-herding cousin back in Pakistan!" "Baradar Jackson: Because it's nice to have someone do whatever you say" "Baradar Jackson: MAFHJ's less handsome friend" "Baradar Jackson: I won't be jealous if you think of the Sayyed when you're with me, because I would leave you for him just as soon as you would leave me" "Baradar Jackson: Much less of a douche in person!" "Baradar Jackson: Your mother would approve" (6) what are you currently reading? is it good? why did you choose this book? On my plane to the US I was reading Shahid Beheshti, Doktor shariati jostojoogari dar masir-e shodan (Dr. Shariati: A Searcher on the Path of Becoming). I chose it because I wanted to see what Shahid Beheshti's defences of Herr Doktor are. I especially want to see his responses to Mesbah Yazdi (though I have not gotten to that part yet). (7) how will you serve the awaited imam? you arent allowed to say "he will touch me and i will be spiderman". i mean based on the skills you have now/ will learn soon Inshallah I will even be of service! I don't know what I would do. And you just plunged me into an existential crisis, because after asking myself this question I just realized I don't really have any skills. (8) have you ever been ziarat? please tell us your experiences Just once. Imam Reza in Mashhad. I was a kid; 12 years old I think. I don't really remember anything from the haram itself. I remembered it was beautiful and that around the zari people were pushing and shoving and kids were putting their duas into the zari area. And I remember in the hotel everyone was Arab and I saw a niqabi for the first time. Oh and I was in the elevator and wanted to press the button but an Arab kid pushed my hand away and said "ana ana ana," and pressed it himself. Shamefully, me and my cousin made an unakhlaqi joke about this. (What the kid said means "me me me" in Arabic, but it means something else in Persian). My experience was lame, partly because I was a kid, and partly because my experiences are usually like this anyway. Completely uneventful and anticlimactic. (9) why is iranian food so bland? We don't see it as bland. I think Pakis see it as bland because Pakistani food has a lot of spice. But I don't have much food nationalism, so I will say: Our food is blind because we are a bland people. (10) what mathematical symbol can go between 2 and 3 which will give a result that is higher than two but less than three? (no googling please) Denominator.

Thoughts: No man, no jinn, no realm of time. From apparent dimensions to hidden designs, will ever comprehend the greatness of Hussain... Muharram is coming, Ya Hussain.

Today, I told my mum I wanted to have a love marriage. She just laughed. Today my dad bought a new laptop. He asked me to find Microsoft Office on it. I told him that he would have to buy it seperately as it didn't come with the laptop. He said that he had been cheated by the salesman who said that the laptop was Windows. I reminded my dad that Windows and MSoffice are not the same. He called me a bathameez and said that I love Microsoft goras more than my family. Not really thoughts but LOL

sayed fadhallah has a strong base in Iraq represented in the dawa party and some of the sadr movement. It was our dream that he would come and rule iraq for us or at least help create the institutions and system but the racists would not let that happen because they are stuck in their little stinky races. When the attack was against him in 1998 alot of them wrote books to defend him for example a book called: خلفيات ضلت سواء السبيل they responded to the Jafar murtadha al amuly in his famous book " خلفيات جعفر مرتضى العاملي here in australia there was a big attack on him and they took all his tapes away from the library and we clashed with them about this behavior. I had a few encounters with the iraqi communities in london attacking him and I tried my best to explain and the same here in Melbourne. Eventhough i disagreed with some of his fatwas which i had to follow some one else according to tab3eeth but he was like a treasure only if people understood and thats why mohamad baqir alsadr said: all those who left najaf have lost najaf except fadlullah it is najaf that lost him and mohamad baqir alsadr was also another genius and a treasure which the people didnt appreciate at all and killed him but many people who just wanted to have things in an easy way and many nonreligious people followed fadhallah due to the reputation that he made things easy which was untrue many people followed him for lame reasons like they didnt want to keep a beard pr things like this many people folwoed him for racist reasons... for example they hated the iranians hogging the marji3yah and as a reaction they wanted to follow some one who was arabic but reasons like this are very common where people are reactionary one of the attacks agasinst him is they said " the hawza is between najaf and qum only" so some arabism racists replied to the persian racists by following him its like vitnamese comign into islam because of tiher hate for USA or pakistanis following sistani because sistani is next door to balouchistan , i dont know but some people do have this sort of narrow look towards life. but fadhallah He maintained islam as his constitution but he was brave in colliding with wrong things which have been set for 100s of years also fadhalallah has fundamentalist and radical followers which really understood him better and many of them are in london or in the leadership of iraq now in general he is misunderstood even by some of his followers.

I do not think that you take evil sufficiently seriously. This is partially understandable. You have likely never seen someone murdered. Perhaps you have never been poor and suffered, ignored and mocked in turns; perhaps you have never been persecuted. People who have seen or endured evil - they understand justice. Understand that mercy to the merciless is unmerciful, mercy to the unyieldingly evil is unjust. Immoral. Eventual happiness. These are very different things. Loving someone, their doing evil, their being evil and wishing them eventual happiness. I can love my brother more than I love sight - if he has murdered someone he deserves punishment. Even if he is penitent. If he is penitent he himself shall see the need for and not settle for less than satisfaction for what he has done. If he is penitent - then I could conscionably wish him eventual happiness and perhaps even some present happiness during his punishment (though I would love him more and he would deserve less punishment if he spurned alleviatory kindnesses in his zeal for justice and from a consciousness of just how he evil what he has done is). But if he is impenitent? What is a life-sentence for obviously impenitent murderers but the courts of this world punishing the murderer as long as they possibly can? As long as a murderer is impenitent - for that duration does he merit punishment. Now - if death is not all? Moreover - here we have two very different things still. We have men doing things worthy of an eternal punishment. Like a murder, love them or not - they deserve the punishment for their actions. Even so - the Living God forgives sin if someone turns from it and to Him seeking forgiveness. He does not have to; not anymore than a court of law or a victim's family have to forfeit a period of imprisonment for the murderer or, more realistically, to shorten it. If a man does things worthy of eternal punishment and he is impenitent - what room does he leave for eventual happiness? I would further mark well how rare genuine contrition is among evil me. Even the courts of this world do not release murderers who sulk for a month because they are imprisoned and not for what they have done; not even if they protest they are sorry. Again - I do not see how someone who argues the existence of a God from morality would have God Himself (omniscient) be morally naive. As well - I think your experience of evil men is likely limited. What we do, what we have done - makes us what we are. If men are evil - and men are evil - you cannot so simplistically separate they themselves from evil itself. What does it mean for me to wish my brother an impenitent murderer "eventual happiness"? I mean apart from conditional future contrition and penitence on his part. You seem not to think that this is a condition for someone evil having eventual happiness. That is inconsistent. What is it that makes you wish them only "eventual" happiness? I think it is that they are impenitent; they do not feel any regret or contrition; they have no intention to amend their lives; they have no desire for the happiness you wish them. They want to remain as they are. And what if that persists - what if that endures? Can happiness ever be eventual for them? No. You have not taken evil sufficiently seriously. The Living God does.

Long live the Coalition of Moderate Muslim countries that have united to combat the evil majoosi Persian empire

So where are the humanists Satyaban and Justice4all? Cherry-picking the topics you wish to comment on? Where are your cries for democracy justice equality fairness blah blah blah? THIS MAN WAS BEHEADED WITHOUT A TRIAL FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! THIS IS YOUR CUE YOU RETARDS! SCREAM ALREADY!

sounds great! I'll def give it a try :)Thank you for sharing! :D

lol bro my ideology is exactly the same as yours; i believe in 1 Allah, 124,000 prophets, 14 masumeen, i believe in the ghayba and the return of our awaited imam, al hujja ibn hassan (atfs), i believe in and implement the 5 usul and 10 furu e deen. where we differ, is that i believe mass murder, in secret, without trial, of guilty and innocent alike is wrong, and secondly i think that the excuses people use to justify being "leashed at the throat like a livestock animal" to a marja are BS, and little more than the catholocism of shiaism. You see MDM, I don't think it's proper to say such things. You are calling something "mass murder." That's a very big thing to say. Are you in the right position -- in terms of your knowledge on this event and your knowledge on what qualifies as "mass murder" -- to make such a statement? If not, why make the worst assumptions and lob the worst accusations against Imam Khomeini? criticisms from an educational/ philosophical understanding are fine, and help one to shape and hone their skills. can you summarise briefly for us what the criticisms of shariati mutahari stated, and how shariati adapted them into his pholosophy? who do you think was right in this particular discussion? Yes, such criticisms are good so long as laymen do not do them. To be honest, I didn't have the mental strength to read the critique. I read the first few pages of Shahid Motahhari's critique of the book Eslam shenasi (Islamology), and saw that he said that it contained more existentialism and dialectical materialism than Islam; after reading this, I knew I wouldn't have the nerve to read it. Maybe in a few years when my heart is not as soft, I will be able to read it. But because I have a great respect and love for Shahid Motahhari and Dr. Shariati (The Leader said that the youth must learn Islam through these two men), I like to not think of the fact that they had differences and disputes. SC is a place for people to blow of steam sometimes. i think the mods/ admins do a fairly good job in keeping things in line. has there ever been a time where you were forced to admit to yourself that you needed to change your views, based upon what you read here? I don't think there has ever been a time when I was called out for something, but yeah I have said a lot of dumb things and made a lot of mistakes. And I think everyone's views changes in shiachat, because they are introduced to new groups and new beliefs that they were never familiar with before! I would not know about Shirazists, Malangs, or Akhbaris if I was not on shiachat. (Although we have our own version of Shirazists in Iran, called the Hojjatiyeh Society). Or for example, I would not know that there are many (religious) Shias who hate Imam Khomeini. I used to think it was only possible for secular Shias to do so. it seems as though the west is constantly beating the drums of war in terms of iran; we know that they cant afford it, and if they did, they could airstrike as much as they wanted, as soon as the army set foot in iran they would be wiped out like the stains that they are. what is it about iran, that provokes so much hatred in the west? is it purely its resources, or something else? It's definitely not just resources and its definitely not simply an issue of sovereignty or independence. I think no country hs ever been such an obsession of the West more than the Islamic Republic of Iran. In terms of quality (i.e. the craziness of the things that are said about the country), I think the DPRK has us beat, but in terms of the volume of venom, the IRI definitely wins. Case in point: no death scene in history was broadcasted more on television in the course of 24 hours than that of Neda Agha Soltan. So, what is it about the IRI that provokes the West? More than anything its an ideological issue. The IRI represents the post-modern world. It represents a new way of thinking. The West and the IRI do not simply differ on issues of economics and politics, and the dispute is not simply a material one rooted in both sides looking after their "rational self-interest." The question of the very nature of man is being played out in these disputes. The West says man is master of himself, and the IRI says that man is servant of God. These two ways of thinking are at the very core, and all differences are born of that core difference. The US and Europe (correctly) try to contaminate the country's economics and culture, so that more and more people are drawn toward the Western view of the "nature of man." This is because if, overnight, every Muslim relied on God and God alone, what could the American empire do? Would they not be powerless? may Allah curse saddamn to the lowest pits of hellfire. what are your criteria for a wife? There's no criteria I have that are specific enough to really mention. I would like her to be pious, kind, pretty, smart. (not necessarily all of those things, but at least one or two of them). All the good things. but iran is still under the leadership of khamenei, what "strong cultural apparatus" would cause subversive acts? would you say the repressive laws against the rebellious youth is a factor? The strong cultural apparatus meaning the fact that the US government can enter every Iranian home (and indeed, every home in the world), through a satellite. I don't think the laws are much of a factor, because I know these "rebellious youth" from very close. i think assasinations also was a factor; key people were taken out at the wrong time, which meant that the "B" team had to step up and fill their role. This is also very true! 7th of Tir was especially tragic because dozens were wiped out in one fell swoop! I find it amazing that this little grouplet (MKO) damaged our country so much, for so long. iran has its problems like every other country but i am optimistic like you. we probably disagree on a few things which could be done to achieve this though. personally i believe in the separation of state and church. kullu nafsin zaaikatul mawt, who do you think stands the best chance of being elevated to WF once khamenei passes away? who are the main contenders right now? If there was a "VOI" (Voice of Iran) channel that broadcasted in English, they would speak English like this: God is big. (khoda bozorge) I don't really like to think about this question, but I have faith that someone right will be selected. Everyone thought Shahid Beheshti would be the Leader after Imam Khomeini. Thanks to MKO, that didn't work out, but then God blessed us with Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Same with Sayyed Hassan in Lebanon. Who knew about him, before Sayyed Abbas met his Lord? So I just trust in God. Inshallah everything works out for the best. ROFL. "young hezbollahi M WLTM hijabista with GSOH and a no nonsense attitude for long philosophical debates supporting WF, books, keeping me whipped and telling me what to do. must like my cooking. also marriage" You're gonna have to explain those acronyms for me haji. And I don't cook, dude. I cook eggs, that's it. lets imagine that i am a wide eyed teenager with no idea a revolution ever occured in iran. what are the 5 books you would recommend i read, from a non biased perspective? I won't cheat and say Sahifeh-ye emam or any other multi-volume collection: - Islam and Revolution: Writings and Declarations of Imam Khomeini (1941-1980) (Great short compilation of Imam's works with fluid translation by Hamid Algar; includes classics like Islamic Government and Tafseer of Surah al-Hamd) - Voice of Hezbollah: The Statements of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (translated by Ellen Khouri; not as good as listening to his actual voice, but it's the best option that non-Arabic speakers have :(... oh and this is related to the Islamic Revolution because the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon is a part of the Islamic Revolution) - Society and Economics in Islam (another compilation/translation; this time of the works of Ayatollah Taleghani) - Shahid Beheshti, Vijegiha-ye enghelab-e eslami-ye iran (Unique Characteristics of the Iranian Islamic Revolution) - Shahid Motahhari, Peiramoon-e enghelab-e eslami (On the Islamic Revolution) But this list is not a very good one, because it is selected only from among the limited books I have read! yep. that was my point. all shia think the imam (atf) will need millions of guys whose sole contributions are the ability to play computer games, eat pizza and know how to make powerpoint presentations. what skill are you going to learn, in order to serve him? LOL @ video games and pizza Well I guess I could serve some sort of propaganda function. Writing things, saying things. the men push and shove? i thought that was just the women. are you planning to go any any other ziarat any time soon? The men are not as aggressive, no. (Iranian hezbollahi women are vicious :wub:). But there are always a few of those very confident little boys who push their way through. I wanted to go visit Ruhollah while I was in Iran (his haram is only a short metro ride away from my grandfather's house) but my "trip" was cut short, unfortunately. lol what does it mean? I won't say. It's unakhlaqy. i hardly think iranians are bland. i love all the iranian people i know, theyre cool guys no matter what our differences are. whats ur favourite non iranian food? My favorite food is fried eggs so I don't think I'm the right person to ask. But I like a lot of foods. I like Lebanese food, I like Paki food, I like Mexican food, I like Chinese food. Any food is good as long as its halal. lol nah, its decimal point. So close. :( if you could invent something, what would it be? Not really an invention, but I would reinstitute the Ministry of Construction Jihad and then give young men the option of serving in this ministry in place of mandatory army service.

There is no evidence that DAjjal is a system The Dajjal is called a man in many Hadith . I think they deliberately say Dajjal is a system so that when the Dajjal appears they can follow him and say "he is not the Dajjal, the Dajjal is a system!

Salams, There is a difference between the popular meaning of this word in modern arabic (girlfriend, secret lover, etc) and the meaning in the Quran. The word akdan has slightly different meaning depending on the context. The Quran does not emphasis the 'undisclosed' aspect. The word occurs in two places in the Quran وَآتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ مُحْصَنَاتٍ غَيْرَ مُسَافِحَاتٍ وَلَا مُتَّخِذَاتِ أَخْدَان. 4:25 إِذَا آتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ مُحْصِنِينَ غَيْرَ مُسَافِحِينَ وَلَا مُتَّخِذِي أَخْدَانٍ 5:5 If you look at the context, the ayat is talking about giving these women their ajar (reward), in this case their maher that you agreed upon and taking them as a wife not for the purpose of corruption but for the purpose of doing good and being kind the them. This is the context in both these ayats. There is nothing about time or secrecy. Now Sayyid Tabatabi in his Tafsir Al Mizan says the following regarding the word 'akdan'. This is from the tafsir of Ayat 4:25, almizan.org. QUR'AN: so marry them with the permission of their people, and give them their dowries justly, they being chaste, not fornicating, nor receiving paramours;: In this paragraph, al-muhsanat refers to chaste women; it cannot mean married ones, because there is no question of marrying them while they are married. Al-Musaafihaat (fornicating women) is placed parallel to the phrase, "receiving paramours". al-Akhdan (is plural of al-khidn (friend, paramour); it is used for masculine as well as feminine and for singular as well as plural; this verse uses the plural form to clearly point to numerousness; when one takes a paramour for fornication, one generally does not stop at one or two, because man's appetite does not stop at any point once it exceeds the limit. Salams, It is important for understand the Hukm Sharia (religious ordinances). The reason is because Allah(s.w.a) knows the true nature of our heart and also the interaction between our heart, soul, spirit, and body and has placed the limits so that we might benefit from what he has given us and save ourselves from disaster. I am supposing that most of you have driven on roads with highway dividers or barricades at the side of the road. Those barricades and dividers are there for our benefit. If they weren't there, we might swerve into oncoming traffic or drive over the side of a cliff. When we hit those barricades it might damage our car and cause us some discomfort but it is actually saving us from a bigger disaster. So I know to some, especially sisters the idea of mutah or short term mutah is distasteful and this has been said in various ways on this forum. The thing that you have to realize is that it is like a barricade that is saving the Ummah from a big disaster. If it was practiced properly, there would be very little fornication (as per the famous hadith of Imam Ali(a.s)) and all the disasters and injustice that result from that. Unfortunately, the Ummah, for the most part, has disregarded this Sunnah, so now we have the result. Is there any country now where fornication and even higher levels of haram are not commonplace ? Instead of crashing into the barricade we remove it so now we have gone over the cliff. If you are within the limits that Allah(s.w.a) has set, then following your heart is fine. It is only not fine once you go outside the limits. The limits are there to protect us and not imprison us. In some cases, to protect us from our own evil nature that is within each one of us.

I dont understand whats the big deal if some people think that ayt.Khamenie might be in contact with Imam Zamana(ajtf). He is leading an important revolution, is a marja e waqt, whats the big deal if Imam(ajtf) communicates with him and advises him? Whats so impossible about the scenario? And even if he is naib-e-imam(ajtf), so what? Don't understand whats the issue about or whats so unbelievable about it... :rolleyes:

in islam accusing some one of being gay requires 4 witnesses who have witnessed extreme details if you fail to provide them you yourself are liable for 80 lashes for the crime of qathf only if people admit they are gay you can use this label against them and if you don't mean it literally you can clarify but best not to accuse individuals of being gay

Good interview, but can people stop quoting that oversized picture?

Ironically, if you say to a Sunni it was Uthman, they would say "HOW DARE YOU INSULT UTHMAN????" But they comfortably ascribe that verse to the Prophet (pbuh).

Notice that "the Prophet" is in brackets. It has been added to the translation, because it is not there in the Arabic. This was a slander against the Prophet (pbuh) made by certain people in order to hide the fact that it was Uthman that was criticised in the Quran for this. How can the man sent to perfect our morality turn away from a blind man, when even those of us who don't have one thousandth of his akhlaq wouldn't do that?

interesting how threads become a big lebo love fest at times. :lol:

He is a gay khaleeji, it is best to add him to your ignore list.

I can't believe this thread is still alive... Look at what is happening... go fight for the country you claim is yours instead of snatching handbags in other people's countries you douche... Stop blabbering in here to us, our Sect is the most that's helping the oppressed Arabs including Palestinians accross the region... Go bad talk Egypt and the pedophile sultans in Saudi and the Gulf and Jordan where your necks are at the mercy of your fellow "Muslim brothers" feet, Sunni governed countries where if you cannot get out of line as you do in Lebanon. The sad part is that they don't give a damn and you know it... If they did, overnight only, the west & Israel would have no choice and will be urged to accept Palestine or what's left of it as a country of it's own, but that will never happen... That's what you need... You love to be ruled by shoes... Justice4all stop your nagging... Also about Syria, we all know the Assads and the Makhloufs aren't that clean, but they're the lesser of all evils for now, especially in these times and on-goings... You seriously don't know what's at stake if a shift in power occurs in that country... Or you do, now that's disturbing. Guize, I suggest you stop replying to these morons and stressing yourselves out over plain haters of the arising Shi'aah powers in the region...

whether this is real or not, we all have something definitly in life where we had been ashamed of something or someone, especially the sisters in the west constantly in jihad with their "unusual" apperance to the west and "unusal" behaviour and how the western world receives them please do not be offended by this, this story is meant to make you realize that behind every such hurtful though or words, there is somebody who bears it out and we dont really appreciate what we have until we dont have it may Allah forgive us and guide us to truth

How is that different from meeting complete strangers in flesh for the first time, about whom you know next to nothing? You still have all the work ahead of you whether it is online introduction or in flesh.

i loved reading everybody's answers ! Probably one of the coolest topics here on SC.

Thanks bro, it is an honour to be interviewed by you, and I'm sure your wisdom beats mine any day of the week, maybe not your akhlaaq though :P MashaAllah at me Well to be honest it started off when I realised that if you end up eating something najis then you have eaten something haraam, and because the ahadeeth say that eating something haraam means your prayers and duas wont get accepted for 40 days I started to become very conscious about what was najis and what wasn't, then my worries about najasat grew from there and I started worrying about being najis when praying, because then my prayers won't get accepted :donno: unfortunately I haven't been ziarat before :cry: may Allah (swt) grant us all the oppurtunity to go insha'Allah I wouldn't really be able to tell where I would be in 10 years time, for all I know by 10 years Imam Mahdi (atfs) could have come back (insha'Allah) and I could be living under his rule (even though I will never be worthy), I could be dead (insha'Allah I wont), I could be a lunatic whos gone mad because of his najasat problems looool but the furthest I can see myself is 5 years and in 5 years time I see myself Graduating from ICAS, and where I will go from there (i.e. become a lecturer, study further, translate books) only Allah (swt) knows, I myself don't know what I want to do in the future, I also see myself running my own business in 5 years time insha'Allah, possibly something that could earn me a decent wage, but also help out people around the world who need our help, the oppressed, the poor etc.. Well I met Yasoob id deen, hawraa29 and koko313 last wednesday, it was fun :D .. I met them at a seminar about the Qur'an and tahreef, I didn't really see them for long, only for around 20 minutes, I baked a snickers cake and took it with me .. Hawraa and Koko love it but Yasoob said it didn't taste like snickers -.- I also met Kamran-Syed, Ali H Syed, and Al-Hadi on friday, they came down to where I live to meet my mum and dad so when it comes to muharram my parents let me go masjid with them, we went chicken cottage twice B) We also went to an event about the Qur'an and if it can contain everything in it At the event I saw sayed ammars brother :o .. but I didnt shake his hand :( I also saw Mystery-* (Al-Hadi's sister) for a brief few seconds :lol: .. and Last Chance was there but I didnt see her :donno: It was a fun day, only bad thing was it was the wafat of Imam al Jawad (a.s) so it was inappropriate to be joking about all the time and stuff, alhamdulillah I enjoyed it and I'm gonna see them in a couple weeks time again, and I'm gonna see Mushu as well insha'Allah :D I originally found shiachat to be an alright place, kinda boring, I used to come on here for a few months to get answers to questions, then once I had a question which I couldn't find on ShiaChat so I made an account and asked the question, I still found it a bit boring until I got 50 posts and went into the chatroom, the only reason I kept coming back was because of Al-Hadi, Kamran-Syed and Enlightened_x they all made me feel welcome, then gradually I got to know more people and now I'm addicted and Love ShiaChat Unfortunately I haven't travelled much. The best place I have been would probably be takhte jamshid (throne of jamshid) in Iran. It's a historical place in Shiraz, if my memory is correct, it's like a massive place, there are statues, pillars, carvings in the walls etc., it was fun walking around seeing the different historical things, unfortunately I didnt get to go to the furthest part which I really wanted to, if I go again then insha'Allah I will I used to play PS3 alot, but then when I started following Islam I found it to be quite a waste of time, now I would love to start playing again but I doubt about my controller being najis, and I dont have the money to buy a new controller and games so I guess I will just wait till I get money or not play anymore. My favourite game when I did play it alot was probably Black Ops, I used to play it hours everyday, I played online alottttt with my friends and also with people I didnt know, another one of my favourite games is probably Grand Theft Auto IV .. I loved playing it going around the city, shooting people, stealing cars, running people over :shaytan: .. I sometimes played online with that game too Now though I don't like games that I would have to play on my own, I hate doing things on my own hence why I find ShiaChat fun because it's always interacting with others, so if I did start playing PS3 again then I would only buy games which I could play online with my friends .. so yeah I guess you could say I'm an online gamer hmm .. I would be "Red Chilli" cos I have a short temper (some people might not believe me but trust me I do :/) "Pineapple" cos I'm sweet :P .. and Thin Crust with Cheese inside because I'm not fat but I'm not skinny either My best friend is someone from my secondary school. The reason for this is he has always been good to me, he is Shi`a aswell and if it wasn't for him I wouldn't be the kind of Muslim that I am today, thanks to him I learnt many rules, thanks to him I started getting more into religion and ultimately if it wasn't for him I would probably be on the wrong path right now. He is a funny guy, loves making jokes about sunnis and umar :lol: ... always backed me up in school if there was any trouble, helps me to remember Allah (swt) and he is the safest person I have ever met :D hmm .. I definitely learnt the majority of my deen on the internet, I learnt by listening to lectures mainly those by sayed ammar nakshawani, talking to my best friend, reading through ayatollah sistani's website, shiachat (the forum and chatroom) How many wahabbis does it take to change a light bulb? None it's bid'ah How many wahabbis does it take to change a car tyre? None it's bid'ah How many wahabbis does it take to send an online version of the Qur'an via email? None, using the internet is bid'ah, Online Qur'an is also Bid'ah I'd just like to say sorry if my answers went on a bit much, or if I ended up writing about stuff that weren't related to the questions.

You don't really need to go some specific place/town/city looking for a Shia sister to perform the Muta because Muta is not dependent on a country or a town. Muta is available for all everywhere. Since Muta is a marriage, most people don't take it lightly or jump into it blindly. People generally think hard about marriages. And contrary to popular misconception (such as 1-hour muta or 1-day muta), people who are involved in Muta invest a lot of time getting to know each other. First step is to find a woman that you like (the reason I say woman is because most marjas don't allow virgin girl to perform muta without explicit permission from their fathers). That would pretty much narrow down the population to divorces or widows. And I think that was what shabber was trying to say. It is easier to have muta outside of the Muslim community because you have a huge population of non-Muslim and also girls who are pretty much independent from their parents.

No you don't, apples have a lot of water content anyway so they just sizzle in their juice.

Focus on the language of the heart, not the tongue.

thought moharram is coming may Allah s.w.t give patience to all anti tatbirs when they see or heard anybody doing kama zani or zanjeer zani.

thnx for the recipe ;)

Unless there's a hadith that explicitly states this, I'd be highly skeptical about it. From what I've seen of them I only get the impression the Dajjal is a person. Often this idea of the Dajjal being a system is coupled with silly conspiratorial theories and/or political propaganda, neither of which I care much for.

Seems more realistic for it to be a movement or an ideology.

Ruqaya, it would help if you thought things through a bit more before trying to attack my supposed lack of consistency. Here are the differences between this situation and some of the others that I defended, but you consider immoral: 1) The Quran rebukes the person who did this, therefore my religious source is telling me it is immoral, regardless of whether the Prophet did it or not. Having established that it is immoral, it is therefore impossible for the Prophet (pbuh) to have done it, based on what the Quran says about his sublime morality. 2) The Quran nowhere says the Prophet did this, rather it says 'he frowned'. At the very least, if it was the Prophet, you would expect it to say 'you frowned'. 3) There are ahadith that say the person that frowned and turned away was not the Prophet, and was in fact Uthman ibn Affan. There are ahadith that say it was the Prophet (pbuh), but since they are Sunni they hold no weight for Shias. In addition, they contradict the Quran and other ahadith. So my rejection of this story has little to do with what most people would do, independent of what Islam teaches. What I am doing is rejecting it based on the sources. On the other hand, in the other discussions we had, I was accepting things based on the sources, while you were rejecting them with no reference at all the sources. Instead, it would have been better if you could have showned how the ahadith you considered fabricated contradicted the Quran or other ahadith. But unless I missed it, you never attempted to do so. Perhaps that is because you yourself realised there was no contradiction to be found. On a more superficial level, I could have just rejected the story based on Shia scholarly consensus, but this is also not a road that will help you in the issues you have with certain ahadith. I hope you can see the difference between the two approaches, and see that there is no inconsistency on my part at all. By the way, I don't deny that we have a God-given inner sense of morality. I just don't believe that it is something most people can access at more than the deep intuitive level, and that one's emotional reactions to certain behaviours are not always good indication of what is objectively morally right or wrong. We always need to reflect honestly on how much we have been influenced by our environment, and check our sense of right and wrong against divine revelation and the prophetic example. What I reject is checking the Quran and the ahadith against our own man-made sense of morality. To me, this is tantamount to shirk.

I have found the following narration in Sunni books. Did you noticed how the word Mawla in the proper context means master (of believing men/women) and not a friend to every women!

ive seen, what feels like, every virtue nicked by shiites and given to the 13. someone on here even robbed shaitan and gave his influencing virtue to mahdi, shia imam of this time

(bismillah) all those 12 leaders were prophets (as) of their time. now if we take ur quoted ahadit of following the ways of previous nations span by span then I do not see any comparison between the two. Brother you are already contradicting yourself :realangery: You can not prove the Imamat minus Nabuwat from Quran...

-Does everyone have access to her menstrual calendar to ensure that she is following the rules of iddah? -So it's more socially fair to have a woman undergo a waiting period even if she knows she isn't pregnant via a test, just because some lady on the other side of the world in a similar position doesn't have access to a pregnancy test? In that case, the issue is allocation of healthcare resources. -"Mix-up and results are wrong": What if she's wrong about her periods and it turns out she is pregnant despite having bleeding (which she mistook as her period) and she went ahead and remarried while pregnant? Point: there is always room for error, even in the current system, so that isn't a legitimate argument. -"Pregnancy test isn't done properly or too early": Sure, tests can be wrong. But if you are unsure, you can repeat it or get the other test (there's a blood test and there's a urine test). There isn't much danger of doing it too early. The urine test picks up pregnancies at two weeks, the blood test can pick it up at one week. -"Woman hiding from a man that a child is his"-- precisely the reason that people are arguing for paternity tests, because that would clear up all doubts. Of note, even in the current system, something can go wrong. In fact, if we're so terrified of mistaken paternity, perhaps Muslim women shouldn't give birth in hospitals. After all, you hear about babies on the news being switched at birth and the wrong parents raising the wrong child. You have to have a better argument (or examples) than that to show that it's okay socially for men to have mutahs in quick succession but not for women. Breastfeeding is not an effective form of birth control! I've had friends get pregnant while breastfeeding. So, a man wouldn't have to wait that long to have a baby. Actually, while the chances are low, it is possible for a woman to carry the children of two different men at once: See the links below. It's called "superfecundation". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8064269 http://articles.nydailynews.com/2009-05-18/entertainment/17922404_1_twins-texas-mom-baby Which studies?

The dropping of the dog of Wahhabis; Hozin is using his Nasibi mentor's tactic of change the subject, run and win lol However I would like to add the following to the list: 6. They both died like Kalbs lol 7. They both are in hell 8. Uthman will be punished for Ghaddafis sins without any discount for Ghaddafi lol

lool SD. Thats another way of looking at it.

This is gonna be an epic interview.

dress up like malangs a chain in necks

Ever noticed how we all go Crazy when a White man converts? =P ahhahaha

Well women NEED make up sadly (even though I hate wearing it and don't wear it all the time) I think it's ok to wear make up as long as it is not that obvious and your intention is not really to attract men. I think a bit of foundation is ok (that's how far i'd go lol seriously!) but some put Kohl-eyeliners without it being obvious & that is ok as I did ask about this before. Personally I don't like to see girls who wear hijab to put too much make up or over do it in front of men.. and there is nothing wrong with hiding the defects on your face, it is not what Allah created you as.. I am sure most of us if not all were created in a better state it's just that when we grow up we don't all take good care of our faces so we get tired.. we get dark circles.. we get pimples...etc whatever.. point is YOU're not hiding your natural beauty really by putting a bit of make up lol As for the ones who say this is cheating, seriosuly don't men (for god's sake!) know that most women wear make up??!! plz...seriously! I mean I can't just brag about it & go all around saying: oh men look i wear a bit of make up so plz be aware! I don't want to get you all fooled! I think we should all take the more healthy road & take care of our skin & faces more than putting make up all the time YET really there will be some days where your face will honestly look very tired & you are so not ready to hear all the comments you will get so hiding that is not wrong.. I don't have the patience sometimes to hear all of those comments (& I can't act like I don't care all the time really) so.. my point is IF it is not making your face look eye catchy to men & you know your limits then it is not haram

Statement from the honourable Sheikh thanking everyone: http://ihrc.org.uk/activities/press-releases/9926-press-release-saudi-arabia-canada-hajj-detention-ihrc-receives-statement-from-dr-al-atar-after-his-release

But it has been updated (adapted) in many aspects. Adaptation is very important in the perspective of cultural social change/advancement but the change does not need to cause deviation from the basic principles of Islam. Anyway this is not the topic, so apologies to the OP.

That is assuming you are taking care of yourself and others still find you attractive to agree to those arrangements on the side. I have a friend who gained like 5 kilos after she just had a baby....her husband is complaining about it......but he is a big ugly fat pig (like he wants a supermodel and he is just disgusting to look at). I swear the men on ShiaChat are so full of themselves.

I vote Enlightened and Hawraa to be interviewed after SD2.

Why “Duas” are not answered? You may ask why the “Dua” of many people are not answered, something which is apparently inconsistent with the Quranic verses. The Answer is that “Duas” are not answered when requirements of Dua have not been fulfilled. Othman Ibne Saeed says a man came to Imam Sadeq (A.S.) saying: There are two Quranic verses which I have not comprehended properly. Imam Sadeq (A.S.) said: What are those verses? He said: the first one is this: “Call Me, I will answer you”, for although we offer our Duas but there is no answer. Imam Sadeq said: Do you think God breaks His promise? He said: No. Imam Sadeq (A.S.) said: So why are our Duas not answered? He said: I do not know. Imam Sadeq said: But I will tell you why. “Whoever obeys God’s order and offers his “Dua” properly, they will be answered. I said: How should I pray? The Imam said: First praise God Almighty, then remember Him and thank Him for His blessings. After that, send greetings to the Holy Prophet and his progeny, then confess your sins and ask forgiveness for them. That is the right way for “Dua”. Then, Imam Sadeq (A.S.) was asked about the second verse which the man had not comprehended: “And whatever thing you spend, He exceedeth it in reward, and He is the best of sustainers.” Saba, verse 39 Imam Sadeq (A.S.) said: Do you think God breaks His promise? I said: No. The Imam said: Why does He not give reward then? I said: I do not know. Then Imam said: if a person gains something lawfully, and he spends it in the right way, he will certainly receive its reward even if he spends a Dirham. It is impossible that a person begs something from God, which is advisable and God does not grant it. Therefore a supplicant should always pray in this way: O Lord, fulfill my desire if it is in my interest. If delay in fulfilling a wish is advisable, then God will delay it. God Himself says: “And if Allah should hasten the evil to men as they desire the hastening on of good, their doom should certainly have been decreed for them.” Yunus, 11 In the supplications of the Imam (A.S.) we read: “O One whose will nothing can change.” At times we desire something from whose evil we seek refuge with God later on and at other times we escape from something but later on we go after it. In this connection, Imam Ali (A.S.) says: “On many occasions man desires something but when his desire is fulfilled he wishes his desire had never been fulfilled.” The gist of this matter has been expressed in the following Quranic verse: “It may be that you dislike a thing while it is good for you, and it may be that you love a thing while it is evil for you, and Allah knows, while you do not know.” Baqarah, verse 216 The main objective of Dua and its reward lies in its being a Divine Mercy and the fact that God’s Mercy precedes His wrath. Therefore a Dua in which there is no good for the supplicant should not be answered. Taken from ODDATUD DAEE

(salam) Also: http://www.shiachat.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=7840

From the book Oddatol Daee: http://www.duas.org/od/od.htm * Why “Duas” are not answered? You may ask why the “Dua” of many people are not answered, something which is apparently inconsistent with the above-mentioned verses. The Answer is that “Duas” are not answered when requirements of Dua have not been fulfilled. Othman Ibne Saeed says a man came to Imam Sadeq (A.S.) saying: There are two Quranic verses which I have not comprehended properly. Imam Sadeq (A.S.) said: What are those verses? He said: them first one is this: * * “Call Me, I will answer you”, for although we offer our Duas but there is no answer. Imam Sadeq said: Do you think God breaks His promise? He said: No. Imam Sadeq (A.S.) said: So why are our Duas not answered? He said: I do not know. Imam Sadeq said: But I will tell you why. * * 18. “Whoever obeys God’s order and offers his “Dua” properly, they will be answered. I said: How should I pray? The Imam said: First praise God Almighty, then remember Him and thank Him for His blessings. After that, send greetings to the Holy Prophet and his progeny, then confess your sins and ask forgiveness for them. That is the right way for “Dua”. Then, Imam Sadeq (A.S.) was asked about the second verse which the man had not comprehended: * * “And whatever thing you spend, He exceedeth it in reward, and He is the best of sustainers.” Saba, verse 39 Imam Sadeq (A.S.) said: Do you think God breaks His promise? I said: No. The Imam said: Why does He not give reward then? I said: I do not know. The Imam said: if a person gains something lawfully, and he spends it in the right way, he will certainly receive its reward even if he spends a Dirham. It is impossible that a person begs something from God, which is advisable and God does not grant it. Therefore a supplicant should always pray in this way: O Lord, fulfill my desire if it is in my interest. If delay in fulfilling a wish is advisable, then God will delay it. God Himself says: * * “And if Allah should hasten the evil to men as they desire the hastening on of good, their doom should certainly have been decreed for them.” Yunus, 11 In the supplications of the Imam (A.S.) we read: * * 19. “O One whose will nothing can change.” At times we desire something from whose evil we seek refuge with God later on and at other times we escape from something but later on we go after it. In this connection, Imam Ali (A.S.) says: * * 20. “On many occasions man desires something but when his desire is fulfilled he wishes his desire had never been fulfilled.” The gist of this matter has been expressed in the following Quranic verse: * * “It may be that you dislike a thing while it is good for you, and it may be that you love a thing while it is evil for you, and Allah knows, while you do not know.” Baqarah, verse 216 The main objective of Dua and its reward lies in its being a Divine Mercy and the fact that God’s Mercy precedes His wrath. Therefore a Dua in which there is no good for the supplicant should not be answered. Wrong articulation of Dua Imam Javad (A.S.) has said: * * 21. If two persons are of equal status in terms of piety and nobility, the one who is superior in good manners is more honorable to God. The narrator says: I said: May my soul be sacrificed for you! The superiority of a person with good manners is known to people but how is it to God? The Imam (A.S.) said the virtue is that he recites the Holy Quran as it has been revealed and avoids wrong articulation of Dua, for a Dua which is not articulated properly does not ascend towards God. In this relation, Imam Sadeq (A.S.) too says: * * 22. We are a people of eloquence. Therefore, whenever you quotes us, do it properly.” The question raised here is this: There are many persons whose Duas are not articulated properly yet they are answered, why is it so? The answer is that God Almighty rewards the supplicant to the extent of his intention and not in accordance with the wrong articulation of Dua. This claim is supported by Sheikh Koleini in whose book “Kafi” polyquotes Imam Sadeq and the Holy Prophet of Islam (SAW) as saying: * * 23. “If a non-Arab muslim recites the Holy Quran in his own language, angels will take it up in its correct Arabic version.” A Hadith on the authority of the Holy Prophet of Islam (SAW) says: * * 24. “Our deeds depend on our intention.” or * * 25. “A believer’s intention is better than his deed.” or * * 26. “God takes Bilal’s “seen” as “sheen” (the Holy prophet’s Muezzin, Bilal could not pronounce sheen (sh) he would say seen (s) instead). A man came to Imam Ali (A.S.) saying: O Ameeralmoamenin, a person is talking to Bilal but since Bilal can not pronounce the words properly, he is ridiculing Balal. The Imam (A.S.) said: * * 27. “O servant of Allah! the proper articulation of Dua is meant to purify our deeds. Therefore, the beautiful words of one whose deeds is bad, will not avail him. Hence, Bilal’s wrong articulation will not affect his praiseworthy deeds.” From this Hadith, we infer that in the same way that words can be mispronounced, “deeds” too can be wrong and it is the wrong deeds which have bad effects and not the mispronunciation of words. This was a Hadith related by Imam Javad (A.S.). But the second Hadith is by Imam Sadeq (A.S.) who quotes the Holy Prophet of Islam (SAW) as saying: * * 28. “May God bless one who hears my words, learns them and quotes them as he has heard, for someone may be charged with knowledge but does not understand it deeply.” With mispronunciation God’s commandments may be misinterpreted. For example, the Holy Prophet (SAW) was asked: suppose we sacrifice a camel, cow, or a sheep, then we find out that there is a young in the womb of the animal, can we eat from it. The Prophet (SAW) said: * * 29. “Eat if you wish, for the slaughtering of the mother is the same as the slaughtering of the young.” However a different reading would be “Eat if you wish for the slaughtering of young would be the same as the slaughtering of the mother.” That is to say if the young dies after the slaughtering of its mother and before it being slaughtered it is pure according to the first reading but impure according to the second reading. 38. “May God bless a man who requests something from god and persists in it.” Secondly you will be among God’s friends, for He Himself has suggested that He likes your voice therefore never stop calling upon Him. Thirdly repetition of Dua may help it to be answered. Nevertheless you must have fear from God and say to yourself: perhaps the reason my Dua is not answered is because of my sins, denying of people’s rights, negligence, hardheartedness, or because of lack of good intention towards God which do not allow my deeds to ascend to heavens. If this occurs, you will reach the position of “fear from God” and you have noticed that you are the blame, that you are a humble servant whose sins have kept him away from his Lord, whose lusts have deprived him of divine Mercy and have prevented him from joining followers of truth. Nevertheless you should know that if you sit idle in this position of being aloof from your Lord and do not say anything, Satan will look for a chance to entrap you as a result of which you will be doomed to a chastisement. Therefore, supplicate with a language of humility and say: My God! My Master! My Guardian! If my request is not in the interest of my faith and my life, make me pleased with Your decree. O God! You do not need me but I do need You. O God! I am Your servant and a servant should make request from his Lord. Now that You do not receive me, to whom should I turn and to whom should I seek refuge. It would not be out of place to think of supplication of Imam Sajjad (A.S.) and to ponder it, since it strengthens hope in human beings: * * 39. MY God! By Your Glory, even if You put a chain round my neck, deprive me of Your pardon, disclose my disgrace before people, give order to put me into Fire, and make a separation between the righteous and me I will never lose my hope in You, nor will I expel from my heart the desire of seeking Your pardon and forgiveness, or expel from my heart Your Love. I will never forget Your kindness and Your concealing of my defects.” With such supplication, increase your hope lest your fear overcomes it and leads you to despair, for only the erring ones despair of the Mercy of their Lord. In the meantime do not allow your hope to increase in a way that it leads to pride, for the Holy Prophet of Islam (SAW) has said: * * 40. “An intelligent person is one who abjects his carnal desires and endeavors for the Hereafter but a fool person is one who follows his carnal desires and at the same time asks forgiveness from God. The Infallibles (A.S.) say: 41. “A believer has two wings, namely the wing of hope and the wing of fear.” Luqman in giving advice to his Son Naman says: * * “My dear son, if the breast of a believer is opened, you will see two illuminated strings in it, and if you pull them, none of them is even a bit longer than the other, they are the strings of hope and fear.” It goes without saying that in the agony of death hope should overcome fear as recommended by the Infallibles (A.S.). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *What should be done when Dua are not answered If our Duas are not answered quickly, we should be pleased with God’s decree and consider it as a blessing. In this connection, the Holy Prophet of Islam (SAW) has said: * * 43. “Do not abhor God’s blessings nor ask for any things without giving it a thought. If affliction befalls sustenance and life of any one of you, do not ever ask for a change, since a change might lead to death or destruction. You should rather say: O God, by the position of Mohammad (SAW) and his household, if there is a blessing in what has befallen me, make me patient and give me not only the power of forbearance, but make me pleased with it too. Yet if there is blessing in something else, give that something to me. At any rate, make me pleased with Your Decree, for praise is due only to You.” The same meaning is conveyed by Imam Sadeq (A.S.) who says God Almighty gave the following revelation to prophet Moses (A.S.) * * 44. O Musa! I have not created anyone more beloved than My believing servant. Even when I afflict him or remove that affliction, it is certainly in his best interest, for I know his interest better. Therefore, he should be patient during affliction and thankful during blessing so that I will rank him among the righteous ones and this is when he acts for My pleasure and obeys My decree. It has been reported on the authority of Imam Ali that God says: * * 45. “O My servants! Obey My orders. Do not ever wish to tell Me what your interest are, for I am not a miser and I know them better than you do.” Then Holy Prophet of Islam (SAW) has said: * * 46. “O servants of God, you are as the sick and the Lord of the worlds as the Healer. The interests of a sick person are in what the Healer prescribes and what is expedient for him and not in his desire or his improper requests. Therefore submit to God’s decree that you may be successful. Imam Sadeq (A.S.) too says: * * 47. “I am surprised by the state of a muslim man, for any of God’s decrees about him is a blessing. Whether he is torn into pieces with scissors or he is the master of east and west, it would be a blessing for him.” It has been related on the authority of Imam Sadeq (A.S.) that God says: * * 48. “A servant of Mine who thinks I delay his subsistence (daily food) must beware My Wrath, for I may not open any door in this world for him.” One of the revelations sent to Prophet David (A.S.) is as follows: * * 49. “Whoever turns to Me and stops having hope in anyone but Me, I will be sufficient for him. I will give to anyone who requests and answer anyone who calls upon Me. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------