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... Just another year that'll pass away like a dream, much like the previous one(s).

Umm not a poem, just wrote this randomly.. So its not something great or well though out. HOPE Laying.. Watching the ceiling, not looking, but watching.. I see nothing but the dark, maybe my eyes aren't as open as they used to be? Or maybe.. Just maybe they are fully open for the first time.. The world senses the darkness upon its mass. Heavy, lingering presence that all those wanting to see; watch on as it consumes our lands.. Death is everywhere, we cannot escape it yet we cannot bear it.. As i lay here, head on my pillow, gazing upward watching the world engulf itself in total destruction. I think of those subjected to it, who are they? They are the innocence, they are the young, they are the old, they are the free, they are the good, they are god's people.. And yet i am in the safety of my bed, watching them.. Watching as the darkness surrounds them.. Watching their pain, agony, suffering, loss.. Yet i cannot fathom their bravery, their courage, their strength, their will, their faith.. They are a testament to all that is good in the world by forbidding the evil.. Yet when i watch them, i see a fliker.... Yes.. Light. Their hearts are burning, beating against the dark that threatens. Then i realise.. What is common of these nobles? Hope. One day this light will transform.. It will brighten, it will spread, it will fight the darkness, it will win.. I just pray to god that they are patient.. I am nothing compared to these people. May the imam (as) come so that i may be able to gaze up and see light once again.. So i lay here waiting.. Watching out, for that light to brighten my heart..

(salam) Alhamdulillah By the grace of Allah (swt) after a long journey i have decided to embrace the school of AhlulBayt and become a Shia Muslim. As you can imagine growing up in a 100% religious Ahlus Sunnah Family this was not easy at all & not a decision made quickly. Rather it took time and i thank Allah that he gave me friends who gave me the confidence to make the final step & declare my faith. The stumbling block of course is going to be the family and i have yet to tell any of my family of my choice because if im hinest now is not the right moment and the consequences of which only Allah knows. I would like to know if there is others who have been in a similar situation and how their family reaction was ? or if any brothers/sisters know of any stories of the sort ? Is there any resources that would be helpful to me with regards to islam in general (bear in mind i come from a highly religiously educated family and i spent many years from childhood attending islamic school (madrassah) after school and on weekends. Also what could i do to remove negative attitudes to Shi'ism and how to soften my parents & other family members hearts to the way of Ahlul Bayt before declaring my Choice. Any Help will be greatly Appreciated. Your Brother in Islam Omar (wasalam)

Allah Akbar!! May Allah make the people of Bahrain victorious!!

I'm Sunni, and I support these people 100%. Just so the Shia brothers and sisters here know, every Sunni I know supports them as well, and opposes these Muslim governments who are mostly Sunni who have failed the people because they have failed Islam. They have done the worst thing imaginable, they have chosen their side by fearing the wrath of the non-believers more than the wrath of Allah ÓÈÍÇäå æÊÚÇáì. These people and all those revolting in Arab lands right now will have to go through even harsher times before they get what they want, but god willing they will and we're all behind them.

Allahu Akbar Death to the Kings n Tyrants Long live the PEOPLE

Look on the bright side, at least they are becoming more religious ! :)

Thought : I'm pissed at the people who suddenly start becoming more religious because they claim that Imam Mahdi will reappear in 2012 ... #paltalk rooms

Well, the thing depends on what you mean by extreme? It is GOOD to be extreme as long as the "extremism" is in following your religion; you should be extreme in trying to ensure you do your prayers on time; you should be extreme to ensure you follow God's commands; you should be extreme in respecting your religion; you should be extreme in following you religion but when it comes to religious extremism, in the sense that it is used today, it is really NOT good to be extreme. This is because, Al Qaeda are extreme in the sense that they want everyone to follow their religion and anyone who does not follow their way of thinking is bad and, sometimes, even killed! This is not good because you are hurting other people and God does not like us to hurt others. Also, we should be extreme in following our religions, right? But Islam says you should not kill innocent people; you should not kill people who are different from you; you should not kill people just because they happen to follow another religion and, therefore, when Al Qaeda kill others only because they follow another religion, they are NOT following their religion but their own desires and Satan! This, surely, is NOT good. So, extremism, as long as you mean it to follow your religion is good but when you start being unjust or oppressive, then it is BAD and should be avoided and God does not like this. Yes, Wahabis, who are also known as Salafis, are very extreme people who claim to be Sunni. In fact, they are a very small minority within the Sunnis but they are very violent and oppressive. The majority of the Sunnis don't agree with Salafis and condemn them and also the Al-Qaida. Yes, the Saudi Arabian regime is Wahabi. Well, we do not like them because: 1. The are puppets of the west; 2. It is a very oppressive regime and 3. Most importantly, because there are theological differences as well. The Saudis are Wahabis and, therefore, very extreme people and they give a wrong impression of Isalm. Just like if a Christian was to say wrong things which are not from Jesus (as) , you would obviously not like that Christian so, we also, do not like the Saudis and Wahabis because they give a wrong picture of Islam. Plus, they are very violent. They also have very wrong beliefs and commit many crimes on other Muslims who think differently from them. Like for example, just because they don't believe in Shrines, they destroyed Jannatul Baqi which is a very important Shia shrine and, therefore, we do not like them because they disrespect our great personalities by doing so. They did this because they are ignorant about Islam and think Islam wants us to kill every non-Muslim! It is, certainly, NOT justifiable by Quran but these people don't even listen to Quran; they are so filled with hate, their logic has been lost. They do it and think it is right because this is what they, wrongly, believe Islam wats them to do but if they would read the Quran with understanding, they would surely find that a person who does such wrong things can NEVER be a Muslim! It is because we believe that just because someone is not a Muslim, that does not mean we should be violent towards them or kill them. We believe that we must be tolerant towards other religions and some of our scholars even allow us to wish others on their religious festivals like Christmas! So, you see these Shia clerics like that because we believe in being peaceful and tolerant towards other religions in order to create a society of peace just like Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) used to live with the Jews in Medina peacefully. And, yes, we the Shia are the minority and we are constantly persecuted by NOT the majority but another minority - The Extremists in the Wahabis/Salafis! The Majority of Muslims is the Sunnis and they are, mostly, very peaceful and loving to the Shias but a very, very tiny part of them - The Extremeists within the Salafis/Wahabis - constantly persecute us and killl many Shias. Just the example of Parachanar and Pakistan, as a whole, will be enough to show how many Shias are killed on a daily basis! They are a very small minority but because they are richer than us and because they are so extreme, they constantly kill many Shias everyday! These people don't even consider us Muslims and are filled with hate for us. There was no ignorance in your post and, looking back, I believe your English was just AMAZING! :D INSHALLAH (God Willing), I have been helpful, clear and objective in my reasoning and have NOT hurt anyone! :D If you did not understand anything in my post, please feel free to ask me to explain it more clearly. :D May Allah (SWT) bless us all, our families and loved ones, may He guide us all to The Straight Path and may He, The Forgiver of Sins and The Oft-Forgiving, forgive all our sins for, indeed, there is neither any refuge nor any respite for the sinners except in Allah (SWT) .

molotov cocktails, yummy lanat to the oppressors!

Happy New Year you guys !!!! Must suck being delayed lol Inshallah you all have a beautiful year, and all your wishes and desires come true !!!! Salam guys, have a good one woot woot

So Imam Sadiq (as) gave that as a litmus test for us men to test females and to decide on the answer whether or not we should marry her? and this is also a good litmus test for a person who is looking for first wife?

1. Muslim State 2. When something doesn't contain a head, it gets lost. Alhamdullilah the followers of Sayed Ali Khamenei are never lost.

then your statement "but u only condemn sunni dictatators" is not valid either.

You might not agree with him, but if you are going to claim someone is lying about hadith, you should have the decency to prove it. If you have a hadith that counters what he says, then show it and debate about it. Please do not insult or call people liars if you can't prove it. And you are in no position to determine if a person is going to be punished by Allah or not. No more insults please.

May Allah grant us a year of increased knowledge,good health, a better situation for our brothers and sisters all over facing difficulty and oppression. Ameen ya rub

There are alot of very good points being brought up here, and one worry being a Shia, is the minorities in Syria and what will happen to them... You know they will start blowing up your Churches and start cutting off Alawite heads ? I think they should re-unite the Alawite and Christian parts of Syria with Lebanon, lol not the other way around !!! Let the rest of Syria be a playing field for the Turks and Saudis, the thing is, most Arabs NEED and only DESERVE a dictator ! The second they have freedom, they start kicking soccer balls made of C4 into market places full of kids... I Think Assad is TRYING to open up dialogue but khalas, the opposition wants nothing but his over throw !!! You can have Syria, if we can have Bahrain and Saudi lol, until then, the sunnis are dreaming !!!! Plus the only interests the falling of Assad would serve is US/Israeli ones, so do the math

قال محمد صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: أَوَّلَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَهُ الْعَقْلُ. رسول‌ اكرم‌ صلّي‌ الله‌ عليه‌ وآله‌ فرمودند: نخستين‌ چيزي‌ كه‌ خداوند خلق‌ نموده‌ است‌، عقل‌ است. Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said: The first thing created by God was the Intellect

I mentioned this legitimate fear in the Lebanon thread. Al-Qaeda is a political ideology that is the loose collection of various jihadi cells around the world. It is not a "top-down" organization that takes orders from the top. Even then, this isn't the group you should be afraid of because al-Qaeda is not an institution, nor does it reflect popular opinion. Extremism in Islam is deviating away from religious doctrine and standards one way or another. They are extremists, but in reality, their actions are no worse than that of the U.S. or Israel. As far as I can tell, the only difference is how well they reconcile their violence with religion, as well as the fact that they are sub-state actors. In short, yes. All Wahhabis are Sunni but not all Sunnis are Wahhabi. Wahhabis are people who derive their teaching from a man named Muhammed Ibn Abd al Wahhab, who, with al-Saud, established the state of Saudi Arabia. It was this establishment that eventually contributed to Salafism, another Saudi-inspired tradition. Some say it was al-Wahhab who inspired the Salafi approach, while others proclaim that Salafism was a later movement. Nevertheless, they both have similar elements and emerged as puritanical forms of Islam. The reason they have been successful are two-fold: 1) They are part of Sunni Islam, so a Salafi scholar need not differentiate himself from the Ahl al Sunnah; 2) They have enormous wealth concentrated in Saudi Arabia and surrounding regions, as well as insulated dictators who are supported by the U.S. See above. You may also want to read about how Saudi Arabia was established. Wahhab's teachings, as well as the growth of Salafism, have been made possible through the state of Saudi Arabia. They are animals and the cause of this attack is likely political in one form or another. Christian Americans and Jewish Israelis have reconciled countless atrocities with their religion and nationalities. Muslims tend to reconcile toward their religion much more. This is true. Not only are Shi'a more tolerant, but Sunnis by and large have similar levels of tolerance. Once you approach puritanical elements such as Salafism or Ibn Abd al-Wahhabism, you begin to see a very anti-social Islam that is antithesis to the life of the Prophet, who was a reconciler of many people.

Salam, As you asked why extremist groups of any religion is not seen good, the thing is that there are different types of extremist muslims. If one is extremist it does not mean it does not mean that the extremist person is following its religion properly. Wahabi is kind of the extreme version of the sunnis, the sunnis (not all of them though) at least pay respect to the prophet ahle byte , but wahabis hate the ahle byte of the prophet. And shias love the ahle byte , as you can see the shias love for ahle byte is stronger and the hatred towards the ahle byte of the prophet is stronger than sunnis. (Note ahle byte means Prophet Muhammads household) To be honest I personnaly dislike the saudi arabian government, for two reasons: -They are the puppets of the western and americans and - If they really follow Prophet Muhammad , then why dont they let the shias build a shrine for the Prophets daughter [fatima al zahra] You told me that some muslim group bombed a church in nigeria, do you personally consider whoever is called Christian a pure Christian. In the Quran it states: Whosoever kills an innocent human being, it shall be as if he has killed all mankind, and whosoever saves the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind. (5:32) As you can see if one person (whatever religion) kills another person without a logical reason then that person is not even called a human (according to me). Nobody is allowed to go on and force or threaten some other people to change their religion, because religion comes from and if one doesnt accept a religion from heart, it has no meaning. Why should even bomb a church.... everyone has a free will, nobody is allowed to oppress someone else because of their race, religion, status and etc..... Even if Shias are the minority.. i believe that Shia is the perfect sect of islam (doesnt mean if one says i am a shia and doesnt follow what has been taught will go straight up to heavens).......... Isnt the people who get oppressed the minority than the people who oppress?? Hope I have answered all question. Wa Salam LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

insha'Allah I will try to answer your questions, if you dont understand anything I say just ask and I will try to make it easier to understand :) Muslims (some) do not like them because they are very extreme, they bomb places and claim that this is ok for them to do, for example we shia go to shrines of our imams (as), wahabbis bomb these shrines and say they are trying to stop us from doing shirk (even though visiting the shrine isnt shirk) and they use this as a justifiable reason to bomb the place. They also desecrated the graveyard which holds the graves of many important people, including Imam Hassan (as) (the grandson of the prophet and 2nd imam) Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (as) (6th imam) and also ironically the person whom they take as the 3rd caliph (Uthman ibn affan). The whole point of religion is to follow it as best as you can, but not to be extreme, being extreme leads to bad cases. For example if someone is so extreme about something they will end up blinding themselves to everything else, as you can see these people are being extreme saying this is bid'ah (innovation) that is shirk (associating partners with Allah (swt)) and then say they can kill people and do this and that because they are trying to wipe out bid'ah and shirk. Ironically these same people speak about how zionists take over palestine and force palestinian people out of the country when it is their right to live there and practice their faith etc.. and then these same people try to enforce sharia law in the UK (how they think they will manage that Allah (swt) knows). Lets imagine you badly want to buy a product scale of 1-100 1 - You dont want the product at all 25 - You arent bothered whether you get it or not 50 - You want the product but if you dont get it it doesnt matter 75 - You want the product badly 100 - You want the product so much you cant stop thinking about it and are feeling upset because you cant get it 200 - You go and rob the store and kill a few innocent people just to get this product Wahabbis are 200 on that scale, they are so extreme that they end up damaging others with their beliefs, and also their beliefs are based on lies aswell which makes it worse for example they say keep the trousers above the ankle when praying because below the ankle is in hell fire or something like that (this is made up hadeeth they follow) and then once a salafi took a picture and others were saying "akhi pull up your trousers above your ankles" ... this is how extreme they are for this small thing, imagine how extreme they are for other things. Yes wahabbi's are an extreme form of sunnis, however the average sunni is usually influenced by wahabbis, some wahabbis also dont say they are wahabbi or sunni or any other name and this can be decieving for example zakir naik always same "i am muslim" now sunnis get influenced by him and his beliefs when they do not represent the majority of the beliefs such as him praising the killer of Imam Hussein (as) People despise saudi arabia because the way they treat people is shocking, and the leaders are a bunch of suck ups to the west. They dont let women drive, they dont let women vote, they have stupid rules, and they think by doing this they are upholding the message of Islam, and at the same time they are making muslims look bad. People look at saudi arabia and think this is where the Prophet (pbuh) lived, this is the place which represents muslims, and they see how much of a backwards place it is and think that Islam is bad. I am not sure about all muslims, however me personally I hate saudi government because of their treatment of other muslims, and because they are suck ups to the west. And yes saudi arabian regime is wahabbi regime. This is not justified, they do this because they are extremists (and this links back with what I said about its not good to be too extreme) The Qur'an says killing one person unjustly equals to killing the whole of mankind, these people are either 1) So extreme they think killing disbelievers is ok 2) Trying to make muslims look bad on purpose and are funded by someone with higher authority i.e. CIA Shia's have been oppressed many times in the past, and infact still are being oppressed over the world today, however this is not the reason why we dont bomb places. The reason why we dont bomb places is because this is not the true teaching of Islam, and anyone who says bombing and killing innocent people is part of Islam is saying something wrong. We are taught to always stand up against oppression and tyranny and to never oppress anyone, Our 3rd Imam (as) rose up against Yazeed (la) and stood for justice, Our 4th Imam (as) wrote a book of rights, it includes the right of your mother, father, child, ear, mouth, companion, etc.. It is the first ever book of rights to be compiled and it teaches perfect morals. Our 12th Imam (atfs) is in occultation waiting to have enough pious followers so he may come back and destroy the tyrants and establish a government of Justice whereby people can live together in peace. Our school of thought teaches to never take tyrants and oppressors as leaders. In fact I think it is only the shias who believe this, as you can see with wahabbis they take tyrants as leaders, and sunnis do too (abu bakr, umar, uthman, etc.) You are most welcome, I hope what I said made sense to you, if you have any more questions please feel free to ask :)

Actually, I do mind. You are free to post here, of course, since you are not breaking any rules. However, your input is completely defeating the point of the thread. I do not mean to single you out because I know its tempting and there are a few other men who have taken it upon themselves to give their opinions on a thread where I really wanted to explore what Shia women think and feel about certain things. It is important for people, and in this case especially women to understand that it is okay to have difficulties understanding certain concepts or accepting certain things that may be "halal" and be uncomfortable with them. Judging from the responses I've seen here, even though certain things might be halal or haram everybody (again this is from what I have observed) faces some tensions between what they feel and what is "islamically" right and wrong. Its important to highlight these tensions, not to criticize Islam, but to figure out how we can confront them, because I truly believe Islam is a religion for all times. While the men on this board do make a lot of contributions, this is simply a domain they cannot contribute toward. They can lay down all the hadiths, ayats and "objective" opinions they want, but that doesn't change or help how we feel about gender-specific issues.

Does anyone know why marjas dont explain their rulings? Its very frustrating and in this day and age, when they have easy access websites i dont understand why they cant give references and explain at least some of their rulings.

I agree with "asphyxiated". However, This is most likely due to the nastiness the Syrian army were doing while they were in Lebanon... They used to humiliate people and play as lords over slaves, kidnapping and murdering people just out of suspicion, torturing for months and years without even your family knowing your whereabouts, and at many occasions for no valid reason...etc... Creating artificial turfs so that you pay them a "tax", let's say if you wanted to open a tiny coffee shop and they were around, if you don't, you're dead, your business is burned... Stories like if they saw you had a brand new nice car and it attracted their attention, the lieutenant would ask for it, would take it by force or would gun it if you disagreed... Many similar stories... Most hold grudges and I don't blame them... Also the Syrian villagers who are laborers in Lebanon, mostly illiterate, give people the impression that most Syrians are morons... Man the stuff some do, LOL, let's not even go there... Also hate increases when it's mostly these kinds who steal and commit petty crimes in a country that's harboring them... So yeah... You shouldn't only ask why Lebanese hate Syrians, because I know of many Syrians that hate Lebanese just for the heck of it. As we make fun of you in our country, so do you in yours... And that's the truth and it has been going on since biblical times... Salam

BismiIIahi Rahmanir Rahim S/a one and all, I want to talk about a topic that plagues the Shia (and indeed all of humanity) and for which not a single piece of truly practical advice has ever been offered. I want to describe my own journey and realizations, and eventually, the end-point at which, alhamduIiIIah, I truly conquered the problem of masturbation so that hopefully others may benefit from my experience and find a way through it as well. First and foremost, let me say that this post will NOT provide a magic pill that one can swallow. I suggest that the dear readers take the information as it comes. Also note that these are all my personal opinions. They work(ed) for me. Also, this is only me sharing my own experience. I don't instruct anyone to do anything. This is not advice, it is my own story. That is all. Do with it what you see fit. Lastly, this worked for me because I wanted to stop but couldn't find a practical way to stop and couldn't figure out why I couldn't seem to stop on my own. The most important thing is to want to stop and then apply a practical method. Therefore, if I had not wanted to stop, this would be useless. Background: I had this problem for many years. The worst part of the problem was always the guilt and the loneliness aspect of the problem. I searched everywhere for a practical solution to stopping but all I found was rulings and commandments. Through it all, I constantly questioned the thing called "Choice" and why it was that, given a choice to do it or not do it, I would choose to do it. Why could I not just NOT do it?? What led to one inclining? I always wished that I could find a way of killing that choice, making it a defined thing so that I could only ever take the non-inclining option. I thought about many things over the years. I began to investigate into the thing called "Addiction". I wanted to know what it was. Why it was. How it was. I came to many realizations about this phenomena. Let's look at the features of addictions: 1. There is a certain something that a person becomes addicted to (which I will refer to as the "thing") and this thing has an excitement factor to it. An common example of this thing may be cigarettes or drugs or other things. 2. When the person has that thing, the person enters a high state (of varied strength, depending on what it is). 3. When the person does not have that thing, they begin to experience withdrawal symptoms such as restlessness, sweating, body aches, inability to think etc, of varied strength depending on what it is. 4. The very first time, the thing provides a very good high but as the person continues its use, the high continues to decrease in strength and effectiveness until it stops giving any form of pleasure but only appeasement from withdrawal symptoms. As time goes by, an extreme feeling of emptiness begins to develop until it is so empty that it is depressing. 5. Discontinuing its use for long while and then resuming its use provides a very first high again and the cycle continues. 6. I also realized that the reason one would incline towards an addiction was the hope of achieving the feeling of the very first high. Picturing that feeling was a very strong attractive force. Now looking at these things, I realized that it is not only drug-use that has these features. In actual fact, EVERY form of excitement has these features to a varied degree, for example, bungee jumping, video games, sight-seeing, going to the movies, shopping, eating, socializing, working at a job that one likes and, of course, our old enemy, masturbation. I realized that I was experiencing ALL the same symptoms as listed above with masturbation. The very first time provided a high. This progressed into less and less of a high until it was completely empty and lonely and depressing and it was only providing an escape from the horrible feeling of the need. All the other features too. Also, it was the thought of imagining the (pleasurable) feelings that would draw me towards it. Okay so then I came to an even bigger realization. I realized that addicts were addicts because they had a certain something that kept it going: a reason. A reason to continue doing whatever it was they were doing even though in many cases that thing was even fatally dangerous such as with some drugs. They wanted to continue doing it. That reason was always initially the pleasurable feeling of the high that they hoped to get and later on, the appeasement of the pain they were having in withdrawal symptoms. I also realized that the reason they kept going was because the reason FOR doing it was much greater than the reason(s) AGAINST doing it. So for example, in the mind of the addict, the pleasure of smoking is more valuable than the damage it does to the lungs. The pleasure is more important to the addict than the damage. Such is also the case with masturbation. The pleasure, in the mind of the addict, is more important than a seemingly passing anger of AIIah. I am NOT talking about right or wrong here, I'm talking about what goes through the mind of the sustaining addict. So at this point I was convinced that, given a strong enough reason, one that out-weighs the pleasure and appeasement of the addiction, an addict would quit. The addict would want to quit and would stop wanting to go on. And without a reason to quit, no matter how many years the addict was put in rehab or locked away or restrained, the MOMENT they were set free they would do it again. No reason, no quit. I noticed that addicts seemed to be waiting for something drastic and dramatic to happen such as getting a heart-attack, a family member dying as a result of their addiction, or something like this, in order to get a reason important enough to quit. For many extreme addicts even these reasons would not be enough. Point is: they are waiting for a really strong reason of some kind to come along to be reason enough for them to quit. While smokers and drug-abusers can rely on some drastic health issue to come up (God-forbid), masturbaters can't. No such reason will come about. Having realized this, I remembered many-a-time absolutely wishing that Imam Zamaan (atfs) would come to me in a dream and expressly command me not to do it. This would be my reason. This was the dramatic and drastic event I was waiting for. It didn't happen. I continued. Okay, so the most important thing required to quit an addiction of any sort is a strong enough reason to quit, one that outweighs the importance and value of the pleasure and appeasement of continuing the addiction. Then I began thinking about exactly what took place whenever I slipped up. See, many times I tried to put up a fight against my soul and the devil (la) but would find myself slipping up at some point. A few times I observed very closely what was being said and what was happening. Here's what would happen: 1. I would reach the lowest of low points at which continuing the addiction was only providing an empty depressing lonely appeasement from withdrawal symptoms. I would feel so far away from AIIah, and self-hatred was consuming me. This would suddenly become a strong reason to quit. So I'd decide to quit. 2. So I had decided to quit and I was going without my fix and my desires would begin to stir up violently to coerce me to do it. 3. Then, listen VERY carefully, shaitan (la) would come and say two things in order. The first was: "WHY are you doing this?? What is the reason? Why SHOULD you have to suffer like this?" Basically he tries to break the reason that I had used to quit. He tries to show that the reason is irrational by saying things like "Look here, its fun! It feels good! What other way do you have? God is merciful, he understands, you're young and you have desires, just forget about this. Think about how good it feels" Now depending on the reason that one has selected, shaitain (la) will tailor-make his speech to break it down. Many times I would give in at this point. But once in a while the reason was strong enough that I would say "NO! NO! I'm not going to do this. I'm not going back to that lonely depressing God-removed state." 4. If I had gotten past his testing of my reason then he'd say something even more deadly, he'd say "Okay. Fine. HOW LONG are you going to put up with this pain??" He would then convince me that putting up with this pain would eventually kill me, drain me, hurt me beyond repair, finish me off. And many many times, from the fear of suffering I gave in at this point. So let's recap: he comes and asks two very very specific questions: 1. Why (are you putting up a fight)? 2. How long (can you keep doing this)? In fact, according to the Qur'an there are three methods (if I remember correctly) that shaitan (la) uses to coerce us to incline towards sinful acts: 1. Giving false hopes. 2. Threatening with poverty. 3. Beautifying an ugly act or making a serious act seem light. I realized that those two questions were an exact embodiment of these three techniques. He would start by reminding one of the "beautiful" feelings one would get when inclining towards the act - beautifying the evil act. He would promise that it would lead to such happiness and bliss when doing it even though it would only lead to depression and loneliness - false hopes. And then, if one persevered against his challenging the reason, he would threaten an person about how sad and lonely and destroyed he would become if he were to put up with all that pain - threatening with emotional poverty. But guess what? A few times I did something very very amazing: even though it seemed like I was confirmed to doom by putting up with the pain after his second question, I decided "NO! I'm not going back!" Now it was interesting that the suffering seemed to increase a little bit after that for a few hours but two amazing things happened: 1. The pain SUDDENLY subsided and I felt peace after a period (in my case quite short). It went away. What he had told me was a complete lie. Not only did I not die, I reached peace. 2. I came to a huge realization that I was far far more powerful than I thought I was (in my power of choice) and that if I, in an instant, made a righteous decision (for the sake of the pleasure of AIIah) and PERsEVERED, I would reach peace and NOT death as shaitan was showing me. Then I came across a verse in the Qur'an al-Karim saying: [46:13] "Those who say our Lord is AIIah and then they PERSEVERE, then no fear shall be on them and never shall they grieve" and this was an absolute confirmation of what I had experienced. If one makes a decision for the sake his Rabb, then his Rabb protects him from the seeming death and unhappiness that will come upon him as long as he PERSEVERES until peace comes. It is a strangeness, one of those absolute perceptional contradictions in life where it looks like you are stepping into flames of death but having done that it turns to "coolness and safety for Ibrahim" and in fact gives us true peace. So to recap from this: the TWO things that are required to truly quit any addiction are: 1. A truly strong enough reason to quit. This reason would make one want to quit and remain away. 2. Perseverance with the pain for the period until one reaches the state of peace promised in the Qur'an. At this point I began to think about the fast of the month of Ramadhan. It all made absolute sense to me. For ONE WHOLE MONTH, we muslims would keep away from the most basic things that keep us alive. There never are any chains to bind us from walking over to the fridge and eating, no one watching, and in all truth, if we did walk over to the fridge and eat something, nothing noticeable would really happen. No thunder bolt would seize us dead. AND YET... we never eat. We never drink. And why? Because we choose it that way. We make a decision and its done. And it suddenly made sense to me: once a year, by force, AIIah forces us to realize that we CAN choose to do something (or NOT do somewthing), anything at all, if we choose to do so. He forces us to see that our power of choice is much more powerful and in control than we think, than we realize. Shaitain (la) constantly bombards us with thoughts of "I CAN'T". I Can't not masturbate, I can't not listen to music, I can't not look at non-mahram's, I can't, I can't, I can't... "It's too tempting. I can't not give in. I can't seem to take control". Once a year, we are forced to realize that this is a blatant lie. We can. So I set out trying to prove to myself a bunch of "I cans". I stopped listening to the halaal music (according to my marja') that I listened to just to prove to myself I can. And like any addiction, I felt HUGE withdrawal symptoms for two weeks including sweating and body aches and pains. But I can. And I did. And eventually I reached a state of mental peace in which music was not buzzing in my head anymore. But then, since it was halaal and I had proved to myself that I can and the qur'an instructs us not to make that which is halaal haraam for ourselves, I resumed it. I began sitting up completely straight in tashahud after a life time of slumping. It might seem small to some, it was a big deal for me. To this day I sit up straight and after only a few days of struggle, it became natural and easy, as is promised in the qur'an. I did many other thing just to prove that I can. I'm not saying I can DO whatever I put my mind to, I'm saying I can CHOOSE to do whatever I put my mind to. AIIah decides what actually happens. Ok, so I've said all this, but hold on a second: my journey was not done with. Having realized all this, I was still faced with a major problem: I still did not have a truly major reason to be able to stop masturbating once and for all. Yes, the loneliness and perceived separation from the creator was a good enough reason for a while, but then when the desires really kicked in full house, it seemed to go back to "Look here, its fun! It feels good! What other way do you have? God is merciful, he understands, you're young and you have desires, just forget about this. Think about how good it feels" and there it would go. I couldn't understand it. One the one hand, for one month in Ramadhan, I would so fear AIIah that eating or drinking was not even a temptation. It was not an option. One the other hand, it didn't seem to be a strong enough reason when it came to masturbation! Why not??! I couldn't understand! I began thinking deeply about exactly what it was about eating and drinking in ramadhan that made it so unfavourable as to make it not even an option. I realized that the main thing that scared the living daylights out of me was the fear of having to pay back SIXTY fasts for every one fast I broke and being accountable for all those fasts on the day of judgement! I perceived this as a serious sin whereas, in my mind, masturbation on its own was perceived as minor sin, hence the lack of fear. Paying back SIXTY fasts was so undoable and so out of proportion that it was terrifying. I realized that I saw breaking my fast as a sure way into jahannam and so it was not even an option. It was a strong enough reason to break the addiction to food far greater than the pleasure or appeasement of eating on those days. At this point, I so wished that there would be some way that masturbating could carry similar grave consquences. I had read hadith that Imam Ali (a.s) had punished a man for doing it by beating his hands till it went red. This was not nearly threatening enough and so had been the years of continued inclincation towards the addiction. I was reading the resaIIa one night and came across the section on Oaths and saw that if one makes an oath and breaks it, they would have to pay back 3 consecutive fasts. This was quite good. I was onto something. I would go ahead and make an oath that I would never masturbate again. But then I came across the section on Covenants and saw that this was far far more serious. Making a convenant with AIIah is a truly serious affair and breaking it would be attoned with SIXTY consecutive fasts. I would make a convenant with AIIah that I would never masturbate, never stimulate, never nothing like that ever again for the rest of my life. I decided there and then to say "MY lord is AIIah" as the qur'an said and wait for the promise of "not having fear on me and never grieving" and making the convenant and taking the leap of faith. Let me say, this was quite a scary thing to do. Questions arise in one's mind at that moment, the source of which is mostly the desires and shaitan (la) and which are always in the form of the two questions I mentioned before, that is, 1. "Why (would you ever want to do such a crazy thing)?" and 2. "How long (do you think you'll survive without this)?" It is scary. The actual questions may sound something like this: "Are you CRAZY?? Do you know what you're about to do??! Think of the pleasure you get from it! Think of those lovely feelings you get! Why would you want to put that aside? Doing this is your only source of excitement! It's not as big a sin as you think as you think! You're putting an unreasonable constraint on yourself! Don't do this! You CAN'T" and then "How long will you survive?? How will you go without it?? You're not married, you have no way to do mut'a, how do you think you'll feel just 2 weeks down the line? Look at how you're feeling NOW!!" My dear siblings in Islam and Shiaism, I can tell you firmly here and now from personal experience that I never regreted making that convenant. Yes, I found it really tough for the first week or two and also occasionally when the shaitan (la)-infested media force feeds something sexually exciting as well. But every time I implored AIIah and the ahlul-bait for help and they did help. But within those one or two weeks, the feelings begin to subside until... I now feel just like I do in ramadhan, masturbation's not an option. It's not a choice. It's just a feeling that comes and then subsides after I leave it for a while. And in a few days, the soul realizes that it's not an option anymore. It stops asking for it. The feeling for me now, is just like standing in the really hot sun. It feels uncomfortable and I must bear with it until I find some shade and it subsides and goes away then. After the convenant, I have made a final realization which is huge. The reason the desire for masturbating was so strong all the time was because it was an option. It was something that I could choose to do or choose not to do. After the convenant, after it has ceased to be something that is an option, the desire to do it has almost completely subsided. As I said, it feels like standing in the hot sun. It's just uncomfortable and then subsides when I put my mind to something else like watching something. It did NOT kill me as shaitain (la) would have liked me to believe. I have quit for good by the grace of AIIah. I hope this helps and share your knowledge and experiences as well please. And if this helps, please make a dua for me and for my forgiveness. Madzi

I blame the Shirazi belief for stopping them in Bahrain.

Here's the gist of it: Al-Farooq is a book by Shibli Nu'maani which is taught in the Masters Level of Urdu(/Islamic Studies) in Pakistan. (I'm guessing before this he mentions the incident of Israar Ahmed (late) when he said that Imam Ali (a) drank wine once... Al-Farooq narrates the incident of Umar's son who had asked for such a person to flog him (for drinking liquor) who has never drunk liquor himself and Imam Ali (a) was the one who came forward.. Hence Al-Farooq indirectly denies that the incident of Imam Ali (a) drinking happened.) <--- I've added whatever is said in the brackets to make sense of what he's saying. He then mocks Israar Ahmed that had he ever reached the Masters Level, he would have read Al-Farooq and wouldn't have said such a thing. He then goes on to say that Abbas Kumayli (another famous Paki Zakir) claimed Dr. Israar was an 'aalim'. Zameer Akhtar (the speaker) says even if he (Israar) is an aalim it doesn't matter because Iblis was an aalim too. He also then 'blames' Abbas Kumayli for being soft towards Dr. Israar because Abbas Kumayli is Khoja (and hence non-Syed) unlike all of them. All Syeds, according to him, would disagree with Abbas Kumayli on refraining from severely criticizing Dr. Israar. He also demonstrates his fine knowledge of the types of wines and intoxicants available in Pakistan and India. :dry: Then he says 'the love of Ali' is a type of intoxicant (and how a famous poet Mir Anees mentioned so in his poetry) which is much better than any intoxicant. He says that just like how people would gather around a place where they are giving liquor free of charge, people also gathered at Ghadir Khumm to get the free 'wine of Ali's love'. The part about Tony Blair is cut short for one to understand what he concludes from it but from the looks of it he probably relates and compares the PM's son drinking and Umar's son drinking later in the lecture.

Sallam Alykum, Happy new years to all brothers and sisters. I spent mine alone in my room lol. At least I did some Islamic-material reading so it wasn't a waste ;).

(salam) MashaAllah, insha'Allah you are able to overcome your problem and tell your family members about your faith. I myself was born into a shi`a family however there are many converts from sunni to shi`a on this website so insha'Allah they will be able to answer this question :) Well since you attended madrassah and you lived in a highly religious educated family I take it you already know about praying, wudhu, ghusl, fasting etc.. however in the shi`a faith there are slight differences. Read through this, as soon as possible, to ensure that you will be praying the correct way with the correct wudhu and so you arent junub (I think the sunni version of ghusl would be void because I think its different to the Shi`a way) http://www.al-islam....ence-made-easy/ Once you have got your jurisprudential rulings sorted and know how to pray, do wudhu etc. then you can move onto other things like learning more about the shi`a faith and stories of the ahlul bayt [as] etc.. because the laws of Allah (swt) [i.e. praying correctly] are the most important. Tell your family to remove the idea of sunni and shia and sects from their mind, and to remove any biased opinions, and then show them with logical proof that the Shi`a twelver sect is the correct one. 1) Prophet (pbuh) said to Imam Ali [as] you are to me as aaron [as] was to Moses [as] except that there will be no prophet after me 1- Imam Ali [as] first two sons were named Hassan [as] and Hussain [as] this is the arabic version of the first 2 sons of prophet Aaron [as] which were called Shabbar and Shabbir 2- When Moses [as] left Aaron [as] the majority worshipped the calf and minority stuck with Aaron [as] even though Moses [as] advised them to stick with Aaron [as] , similarly when the Prophet (pbuh) died the majority went and accepted Abu Bakr as leader and minority listened to the Prophet (pbuh) and accepted Imam Ali [as] as leader. 3- This hadeeth is also found is sunni book [Sahih al-Bukhari, Arabic-English version, Traditions 5.56, 5.700] 4- And, out of Our Mercy, We gave him his brother Aaron, (also) a prophet. - [surah 19 Verse 53] This means that the relationship between the Prophet (pbuh) and Imam Ali [as] is like that of a brother because he is how Aaron [as] was to Moses [as] except that he is not a Prophet 5- (Moses) said: "O my Lord! expand me my breast; Ease my task for me; "And remove the impediment from my speech, "So they may understand what I say:"And give me a Minister from my family, "Aaron, my brother; "Add to my strength through him, "And make him share my task:"That we may celebrate Thy praise without stint, "And remember Thee without stint: "For Thou art He that (ever) regardeth us." (Allah) said: "Granted is thy prayer, O Moses!" - [surah 20 Verse 25-36] This means that Imam Ali [as] was like a brother, added strength, and shared the task with the Prophet (pbuh) This is logical proof for just that one hadeeth, then there are more proofs such as the hadeeth that pops up over 7 times in Sahih Bukhari and Once (or more) in Sahih Muslim and in many other Sunni books which says that there will be 12 leaders after the Prophet (pbuh) and they will all be from Quraish, no sect other than the Shi`a are able to say that they believe in 12 leaders whom all are from Quraish. There is much much much more proof, and as Imam Ali [as] said there is enough light for one who wants to see. I pray that your family members are guided to the right path insha'Allah. I hope I have helped enough, if you have any more questions please feel free to ask and do not hesitate to ask :) (wasalam)

1st. I consider myself from Jabal Amel more than I consider myself Lebanese. 2nd. Honestly honestly, Syrians in Lebanon made people hate them. On the 8th of March, when allllll people went down to say "Thank you Syria", they went because Sayyed Hassan Nasrollah on television talked about it. As a Syrian Pro-Resistance/Anti-israeli system, I support it and many support it. Other than that, I have no feelings for. Its political strategical alliance. Yeah by igniting the war between Harakat Amal and Hezbollah they sure intervened and stopped feuds. :huh:

Bring forward your evidence as to how he is changing around hadiths.

no!!! The Syrian army is miles better than the Israeli occupation, The Syrian army actually intervened and stopped the differnt fueding sects in Lebanon from wippeing 1 another out, The Isaeli army and the Saudi $$$ are the 2 most unstablizing influences in the region, they are both responsible for the instability in both our countries, Israel wants to install a government that props up its slaughter and occupation of Palestine while Saudi Arabia seems to think they have this "beautiful wahabi religion" of theres with all its inhumanity, that they think would be nice to install in our 2 countries against the peoples will.

1) I am simply informing people of what he was talking about. 2) Weak in sanad does not imply fabricated, so they could still be true. 3) These ahadith seem to be talking about recommendations, which don't need to be sahih in sanad to be used, even by usooli standards. 4) Regarding the two narrations: [ 25355 ] 1 ـ محمد بن يعقوب ، عن علي بن إبراهيم ، عن أبيه ، عن النوفلي ، عن السكوني ، عن أبي عبدالله ( عليه السلام ) قال : قال رسول الله ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) : لا تنزلوا النساء الغرف ولا تعلموهن الكتابة وعلموهن المغزل وسورة النور . ورواه الصدوق بإسناده عن إسماعيل بن أبي زياد ، يعني السكوني ، مثله [25355] 1: Muhammad b. Ya'qoob, from Ali b. Ibrahim, from his father, from al Nofali, from al Sakuni , from abi Abdullah who said: "Do not let the women come down the rooms and do not teach them to write, while teach them the spindle/spinning wheel and surah al Noor." And Shaikh Sadooq (ra) narrated it by his isnad (chains of narration) from Ismail b. abi Ziyad, i.e. al Sakuni, similar to it. حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن القطان قال: حدثنا الحسن بن علي العسكري قال: حدثنا أبو عبد الله محمد بن زكريا البصري قال: حدثنا جعفر بن محمد بن عمارة، عن أبيه عن جابر بن يزيد الجعفي قال: سمعت أبا جعفر محمد بن علي الباقر عليهما السلام يقول: ولا يجوز لهن نزول الغرف، ولا تعلم الكتابة، ويستحب لهن تعلم المغزل، وسورة النور، ويكره لهن تعلم سورة يوسف Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Qattan narrated to us. He said: al-Hasan ibn `Ali al-`Askari narrated to us. He said : Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Basri narrated to us. He said: Ja`far ibn Muhammad ibn `Ammara narrated to us from his father from Jabir ibn Yazid al-Ju`fi said: I heard Abu Ja`far Muhammad ibn `Ali al-Baqir (a) saying: and it is not allowed for them to come down from their rooms, and to learn to write, and it is recommended for them to learn the spindle, and surat an-Noor, and it is disliked for them to learn surat al-Yusuf. http://www.shiachat....ws/page__st__25 5) Here is a sahih hadith: I just wanted to comment on the authenticity of this hadeeth. This hadeeth is SaHeeH, there is one issue with the naskh of the e-book. It isn't غياث بن أبي ابراهيم , but it is غياث بن ابراهيم (drop the أبي). If you look to the tabaqa of Ghiyaath, you will see that it is actually him. And my personal copy of `ilal al-sharaa'i` doesn't have this mistake. Also, if you look to Hoor Al-`Aamilee's Wasaa'il Al-Shee`ah, he has narrated this hadeeth and he doesn't have this mistake. وَ فِي الْعِلَلِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ غِيَاثِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ There is a whole chapter in Wasaa'il Al-Shee`ah that discusses this very thing. 24 بَابُ اسْتِحْبَابِ حَبْسِ الْمَرْأَةِ فِي بَيْتِهَا أَوْ بَيْتِ زَوْجِهَا فَلَا تَخْرُجْ لِغَيْرِ حَاجَةٍ وَ لَا يَدْخُلْ عَلَيْهَا أَحَدٌ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ “Chapter on the recommendation of locking the women (i.e. the wife) in her house or the house of her husband, and not letting her leave without a necessity, and not letting anyone from the men enter upon her” Source: Al-`Aamilee, Wasaa'il Al-Shee`ah, vol. 20, pg. 64, ch. 24 http://www.shiachat....ost__p__2162078 I think they are probably the ones who would be most likely to follow those ahadith. I doubt they made a habit of leaving their house for no reason.

I've carried this discussion out many times with my professors, friends, and just about everyone. And it's pretty obvious at this point, that not one person, in here, knows who the Ancient Israelites were. There's no conclusive evidence that indicates each and every single one of the people in this region, was Jewish. Back then, there were 100s and 1000s of various Semetic and none-Semetic groups inhabiting these regions. And evidence for this is clear. You had the Mycenaean, Phoenicians, Egyptians, and many other cultural groups whose languages and identities were wiped out. So it's pretty stupid to say that back then, only two groups existed, "Arabs vs. Jews". This is what ignorant Israeli nationalists try to convey. In fact, if the Palestinian were "invented people" like that idiot Gingrich claims. Both Palestinians and Lebanese, should look identical to Qurayshi darker skinned Arabs. But the fact of the matter is, physiologically speaking, they have nothing in common, but language and religion.

Bring some evidence to back up this claim

LOL :lol: Er... in my defense.. I used to watch pokemon when I was tiiny, so when Dragon Ball came out, it was exciting times.. -_-

I agree 100%, and I think most "Ayatollahs" as you refer to them, agree as well. I mean, what is the technical name of these "Ayatollahs"? Is it not "Maraji'"? Ergo, it is all about Rajoo', as you put it. But you know, when discussing matters like these, it is important to be wise enough and acknowledge semantics for semantics. Whether someone calls it taqleed, rajoo' or football, at the end of the day it's just semantics, we have to focus on the intent. So, if your goal is to discuss people's UNDERSTANDING and PRACTICE of "Taqleed/Rajoo'", then be sure to make that clear from the get go, in order to avoid dragging people into never ending semantic debates. Anyway, that being said, I agree with the core of what you're saying. A lot of shias are duped and don't REALLY understand taqleed. They think it's like cheering for a soccer team. You pick one you like and stick to your choice forever, lol. And I think the "Taqleed" our holy Imams are talking about and forbidding is fundamentally different than what our modern day "Taqleed" is(or supposed to be). I don't think you'll find one single Marja' who'll say that his teachings are absolute and should be followed unless you want to go to hell. I'm sure most marjas encourage seeking knowledge and educating yourself as much as you can on any particular subject. So, there is no fallacy in regards to the CONCEPT of modern day "Taqleed/Rujoo'". The problem is of course how people choose to understand and PRACTICE it. You know, if someone asks me "Who do you do taqleed to", I'd probably answer "most of the big maraji", and I'd end up giving whoever was asking a heart attack. Whenever I am in doubt about something, I look up fatwas from most of the well known marajis. I usually check Sistani, Fadlullah and Khaminei. If I also manage to find fatwas from Ayatollah Khoei then that's great!.. After reading through these fatwas, I usually have enough background information to reach a conclusion on what I should do. Some people might say that it shouldnt be that complicated, and that I should stick to one marja' in order to save time and all that. Which is understandable. What I don't get though, is when people SWEAR to one marja' over all the others, and completely ignore the fact that they have to do some thinking for themselves as well. I can't blindly swear to anyone, as per the orders of our Holy Book and, our Prophet and our Imams. I take all opinions into considerations, I have no way of ascertaining who of the big marjas is "most knowledgeable", thus I will not insult my own intelligence by attempting to proclaim that one is. I also acknowledge the fact that a dentist knows more about oral hygiene than an islamic scholar, and I will not bother checking if a medicine that is prescribed to me is deemed "halal" by a certain scholar, simply because the dentist is in fact more knowledgeable in the field. I remember I once heard that Ayatollah Khaminei had issued a fatwa on drawing, saying that it is haram because you're contesting in creation. I laughed and did not pay any attention to that. First of all, I can't be sure if the fatwa is authentic, or if someone was just making stuff up. Second, as long as my intention is not to challenge the almighty, then I'm good in my opinion, regardless of the authenticity of the fatwa. This is an instance where I decide to follow my own sense of logic, instead of a scholar's ruling. Furthermore, I feel that such a ruling, if it is authentic, is based on an insult to creation imo, as comparing lines on a paper to real creation is pathetic, and in no way are you able to compete with God's complex and intricate biological systems. I know people who would've burned all their sketch books upon hearing about the fatwa. That is an improper way of doing taqleed imo. Wassalm :D

Hezbollah is also the honor of syrian christians. (I would have said syrians one year ago but it seems like some syrian sunnis don't really like Hezbollah) We may not be muslim nor lebanese but we deeply respect Hezbullah and identify to them somehow. If only we could do the same in Golan Heights as Hezbullah did in south lebanon... :no:

LOL.....well yeah, it seems he is waiting on some sort of exotic answer or something hahahaha. Just go ahead if you can't find anyone else to do it with....and in the meantime apples, you should find one of those loose muslim girls you were talking about, sweet talk her, and make her your mut3a wife......she might even make nice food for you and watch movies with you and stuff.

i say apples should go ahead and do mutah with the prostitute obviously the guy wants to as he already had a thread on it and this is his second one. brother just go and have the mutah .....of course there are chances u could get disease and other stuff from her. but i doubt ud even listen even with warnings. i feel you. you want to do it. go ahead. do you blame the guy? i dont. 7 years is a long time.

A guy is considered religious if he locks his wife??? You're right. He may have a preference but that doesn't make him 'more' religious.

For example why your people do not accept the Govt. in Iraq and live in peace with shias!!!!? Why you GCC rulers hate Iranian Govt. and its Nuclear program when Iran clearly said it is for peaceful purpose? Why your people are always helping in anti shias programs even if they have to shake hands with jews!!!? Why they just hate shias gaining power?

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(bismillah) (salam) Actually, wikipedia, there is a difference - The 4 Sunni schools - or is it 5 now, with the Salafis? - are accepted as correct. However, in the Usooli-Akhbaari discussion, one methodology is seen as fundamentally flawed. This doesn't take them out of the fold of Shi'a Islam. We have Imamis, Zaydis, Ismaailis in difference in Imamate, for example. However, they are not all accepted as correct routes to the truth. In terms of Usooli and Akhbaari, there is a fundamental disagreement as to which approach is correct. However, a Hanbali muslim and a Hanafi muslim can believe that they are both correct. If they cannot believe this, the question arises: which is the correct Sharee'ah of the Messenger (pbuh)? Are you sure you are on the right one? (wasalam)

brother nothing wrong in seeking halal way in muharram or ramadaan,I am not aware of any website,but u can search it on google.

LOL and I'll go to uni inshallah :D :lol:

Sorry but the multi wife thing doesn't go over well in the West. Females under 18 are considered "jail bait". Some may find that hard to deal with. Muhammad poses no threat to those that know better but the average Christian believes his religion leads to terrorism, some are louder than others. I've challenged a few on their "anti Islam" opinions on Christian sites. Only one site hasn't booted me. Christian sites don't have a Muslim/Jewish/Christian debate area.

Thank you brother! Thank you so much. I am currently fighting this problem. for about 5 years, Ive been plotting a way to destroy this deadly sin. Subhannallah...While reading your post, I quickly remembered my struggle and my research. Brother Madzi, I truly want to thank you for your story and advice. Insahllah this will motivate me to completely eliminate this sin. I just need to ask for one thing...And that is, Dua. Please Brother...Allah will accept your Dua, you have struggled and attained happiness and closeness with Allah. Please stay in contact with me, I would love to have someone that could help me through this deadly sin. PM me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qLpuY--VlM KHAMENEI VISITS THE QOM - THE CITY OF THE BIGGEST MARJA'S IN THE WORLD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__YxYHjJet8 Millions of believers in the city of Qom are screaming: "Down with the enemies of Waliyatul Faqeeh" right outside the houses (metaphorically) of the BIGGEST Marja's in the world including Ayatullah Saadiq Shiraazi(ha) and Ayatullah Roohani(ha) and Ayatullah Khoraasani(ha), May Allah(swt) PROTECT THEM ALL! You must understand NOBODY (except a minority of lunatics) is AGAINST Wilayatul Faaqih - they may disagree with the extent of it - but NOBODY IS AN ENEMY OF IT! May Allah(swt) teach the Shia how to be 1% like the Marja's they claim to follow.