Bismillah

Wsalam ALaikum They are a legitimate organization world-wide. I know people that are a part of the organization and i personally have volunteered at some of the events here in the United States...in particular Day of Dignity (provide food, clothing, health screening, etc. for the homeless in the city). Check out their site for more information, thats the best place to get it! their site: http://www.islamic-relief.com/ wsalam

so beautiful. thank you for sharing.

salaam Maybe you can help him understand that his wife can also be his friend. Wasalams..

wow. :cry:

lol...sarcasm? or are you for real? poor girl..

Salaam Sis Sukaina is right in that there is very little amount of information provided by the OP in order for someone to say what could be best and what is definitely not the best. Nobody knows the OP, the person he is interested in, his family, the girls family, the friends, the type of relationship btwn everyone, the types of personalities, etc...nobody knows the whole picture. All of those are very, very important factors. Abu Hadi, wonderful post as always. I just wanted to add to those of you who have said to NEVER even consider the idea of marrying without parents approval, that there MUST be some wisdom behind the fact that Allah (swt) allows guys to marry without their parents permission, for independent girls to marry without their parents permission, and for girls to be allowed to marry without their parents permission if they do not provide her with an islamic reason. I'm not encouraging anyone (OP) to elope, because as I said, nobody knows the entire situation, but I do think its important to point out that there MUST be some wisdom behind Allah swt allowing us to go against our parents wishes when it comes to marriage. Wsalams..

Salaam Alaikum, Inshallah this finds everyone in the best of health and eman. I'm sure many of us, if not all of us, are somewhat aware of the injustice taking place around the world, and especially in the Gaza strip. There seems to have been many protests going on in many places and inshallah many of us were able to take part in them! I just thought that we could all, or atleast 40 of us, come together and each read Dua Simaat [ http://www.duas.org/simaat.htm] once in addition to any other activities we may be taking part in (protests? letter writing? calling embassy etc). If anyone would like to take part in this please do post so we know how many people would be interested. If possible it'd be great to do this as soon as possible, inshallah our prayers are answered and things look better for the Palestineans and the many others oppressed around the world. May Allah swt hasten the return of the Imam of the time (ajtf) and help us prepare for his return inshallah. wasalaams

yay mccain didnt win.

He clearly has psychological issues, and its so unfortunate that his parents either didn't realize it, or they chose to ignore it and not take it seriously. This stuff doesn't usually come out of nowhere. *sigh* bringing a child up is such a huge responsibility...

(bismillah) Salaam Alaikum, If I felt disrespected by my in-laws over and over again I would share my thoughts and feelings about it all with my husband, and inshallah the two of us would be able to think of way to deal with it. Enjoy, and take advantage of these last nights of this blessed month and pray that Allah (swt) guides you to a solution! Keeps us in your prayers, Wasalaams..

^Surely you didn't read all of the OP's posts in the thread, nor did you read Sis. BintAlHoda's post?

salaam alaikum, You said you've approached your mother a number of times and she hasn't done much about it...Approach her once more and have a really serious convo w/ her telling her everything you're feeling. if nothing happens again, why don't you go straight up to your father and majorly hint at it, since there doesn't seem to be any other option that you wanna take (alim, choosing a guy urself, etc). best of luck to you and just pray pray pray :) Wsalaams.. ~Bismi