well kowneyn what is your challenge?

Barwaaqo isnt the case that the loan students take here in the UK was free from interest and just pay back amount of money you are owed?

Truth and only the truth will be revealed in the day of judgement till then let my kowneyn promote sufism. And rest dont waste your energy on this guy he is one lost soul, may allah guide him and show him the truth.

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!

There were somewhere in the middle i said to myself this cannot be a humanbeing and i figured it could be a TV but then i had my doubts. NIce article and i enjoyed it. Thanks bro for sharing it with us.

Since i been here for a while i should be in a postion to tell who would i meet if i had the chance of meeting some the nomads here. It is pleasure to have known some of the great contributors of this site namely Jamaal1 , mujaahid, sijui and so on and would be more pleasure to meet some of these ladies and gentle men: Guys: Libaax sankataabte Miskiin macruuf aqiyaar Thunder Abdinuur Muraad kowneyn (by now you guessed why i want to meet him ) Girls: Rahiima Asomali Manalagaraadbaa Barwaaqo Baydan Kamila hamdi Amina Mizz ish and mizz huricane And the list goes on..actuallt if i can rembember all the names i would list them here but there you go

May be sijui they want to be War-Lords!!!

Can you reference your verses please?

May allah most willing, most gracious and most mercious bless him and make easy for his surgery , Amiin

loooooooooooooooooooool miskiin macruug waa iga qoslisiisay maanta wallaahi.....................you one funy guy

It is OK for me if the person is Muslim and happy to be with other person , i dont care which backgroung or nationality it really does not matter.

Not necessarrily My dear Sijui Well it all depends the definition we give the term terrosim. If we can agree on the definition, only then we can agree on if it goes only with poverty or not, an idea i am fully sceptical. Well Amrica the so called the richest country terrorised and still terrosrises people in their homes and enjoys killing children and old so as isreal. If we take the definition used by the west to define terrorism then we have osma bin laden who was one of the rich people in his country. If you look in africa one of the poorest continent in the world there are conflicts and civil wars not terrorism so it is rather a matter of common sense to believe that conflicts and poverty are linked not terrorism and poverty.

Islamic way of governering is the best.....ecenomy is divided betwen the poor and the rich and have kind of similirity with the socialist ideology since i think they derived some of their thinking from the Kuran. But then there is the social differences you have as in islam liberty is controlled so that it should not cross the borders like you have homesexuals in public in some of the western world. So my advice is '' NO TO CAPITALISM, NO TO SOCIALISM AND NO TO COMMUNISM.......ISLAM IS THE BEST

Salaamu Alaikum, Well i dont understand the motive behind this war.........what i can think of is that America and their blind ally Britain have hidden agendas and that is all down to OIL... Afetr september 11 americans blame it to so called Muslim fundamentalists and they say their base is in Saudi Arabia and they cannot pressurize saudis to change their way of life becouse of the interest they have in OIL and to do that they have to have a replacement before they can abandon the Saudi kingdom and they can not get that replacement from Iraq which have the second largest Oil reserve in the world while saddam is still in power therefore the idea of regime change. Mr bush has aleady said this idea of regime change will not stop there and they will take action against any regime they believe is a threat to the interests of america and its allies. This is a start of a new world disorder and many counries especially those in the middle east are scared and think it may endup all against them even so long so they helped america murder muslims in their own territories. For them war is about to start but for the real muslims the war started long time ago. All in all i can't understand why it should be iraq while america have many enemies who have weapons of mass destruction , North Korea for example, hence the hidden agenda.

Salaam Alaikum warahmatullahi, I Cannot say exactlty that Osama bin laden was behind it, but i believe it was an act of muslim personals and backup of this is that no one can kill themselves for what they believe except muslims can do that. jews wouldnt do that becouse we know in the kuran that they dont like Death but we like it becouse we believe that life in the hereafter is better than this very low one That is my thinking but the truth is untold and only Allah subhaanah knows it . Wassalaam

There is no time or age set for some one to learn becouse it is always an obligation for humanbeings to learn before believing. Quran'' faclam anahu laailaaha ilalaahu wastaqfir lidhinuubika'' O' learn that there is no god except Allah and then ask forgiveness for your sins''. From this verse we can understand from it that Allah did not ask us to accept him blindly but after learning that him alone is worth to worship. What I am trying to say is when we were in our homeland there were no disbelievers namely gaalo hence the need to be your own scholar was less important than now because there were scholars who we ask whatever we had problem with and the fact that there were no interaction with non-believers. Since the civil war broke out in our homeland we became migrating nation from place to place and we became neighbours, colleagues, friends to non-believers in our hosting nations mainly in the western world. Well this is not bad if looked from the economical perspective but are we not losing out in the most valuable thing we have which is to have born as Muslims? Many of us did not choose to be Muslims, we saw ourselves bearing names like Mohamed, Ali, etc but do we really know why should we be Muslims? And is this religion we found ourselves in the most righteous one and how do we know that? These are many questions facing our society in the foreign land today and many of us do not have answers for these questions simply because we don’t know. We have never understood the Quran because we don’t understand Arabic and we are never willing to learn it because we are too lazy and don’t even mention about Hadiths!! Ok here we go. we are Muslims! Fellow students ask us about Islam , Friends ask us about Islam, neighbours ask us about Islam, and you can add the list.... We have no answers for them ...we haven’t learned about it...then comes the killer they betray us and tell us what you believing is nonsense even though they have no firm knowledge about it and they tell us this from their perception within their western society. Not long time ago i met this Somali girl through one of my friends whom she was distant relative to him. She's been in this country for just 3 years and within this three years she befriended with non believer and she, this poor girl knowing little or none about Islam he asked her so many questions she could not bear answering and now she started urging about some of the fundamental aspects of Islam. Allah Akbar. Having witnessed that and having heard similar stories from other sources I am beginning to fear for my people. And my fear for them is ignorance. May be we might not see ourselves ignorant as such as long as we have BSC, BH, MSC and PhDs, But believe me there is no ignorance which is far more shameful and bigger than being ignorant about the Deen, Islam. Brothers and sisters let us learn about our Islam as we learn other subjects which are only beneficial in this world but our religion is what is gona go with us in the grave and will help us in the day of judgment. May Allah forgive our sins and show us his true path. Ameen

OK brother muraad i accept that and here i come with the complete verse of the last verse revealed chronologically, marking the approaching end of the prphet's minstry in his earthly life: Translation taken from Yusuf Ali suratul maida verse 4 ''Forbidden to you (for food) are: deadmeat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which hath been invoked the name of other than god; That hath been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, Or by aheadlong fall, Or by being gored to death; That which hath been (partly) Eaten by a wild animal; Unless ye are able To slaughter it (in due form); That which is sacrificed on stone (altars); (Forbidden) also is the division (of meat) by raffling with arrows : that is empiety. This day have those who Reject Faith given up All hope of your religion: yet fear them not But fear me. This is day i have perfected your religion for you, completed my favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion . But if any is forced By hunger, with no inclination To transgression, God is indeed Oft-forgiving, Most merciful.'' n.p muraad i hope that answers your quastion bro. thanks wasalaamu Alaikum

Muraad aayadii quraanka ugu danbeysay waxay aheyd bismillahi raxmani raxiim ''Alyawma akmaltu lakum diinakum wa,atmamtu calaikum nicmatii waradhiitu lakumul islaama diinaa'' my quastion is hiw many children had the prophet mohamed sallahu allaihi wasalam and what are their names?

Salaamu Alaikum, My vote goes to C/waduud maqbuul xaniif , ooh and oooh have u seen the sheikh reciting suratul yusuf? ooh boy u must be missing some thing then...xaadaa ku istaageysa bay dhahaan soomalidu My second vote goes to sheikh muhaisy , i heard he is serving in jail nor sure though, for just speaking out against kingdom, may allah help him and reawrd his efforts, Amiin

Salaamu Alaikum, Amatullah was that Judhamah bint Alharith otherwise known Ash-shyma . I am not sure just guessing(you will tell me if am right , wont you ok here comes my quastion who was the khaliphah who ordered the compilation of the quran?

Islam Attracts Converts by the Thousands, Drawn Before and After Attacks By Jodi Wilgoren, The New York Times, October 22 2001 CE ALLWIN, Mo., Oct. 20 — Since she became a Muslim six months ago, Angela Davis has given up many things. She stopped listening to music, started sleeping on the floor, put away her 100 Disney videos and traded her porcelain doll collection for velvet posters with verses from the Koran. Now, in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Ms. Davis may have to give up her children. After her photograph, in full veil, appeared in the local newspaper on Sept. 30, Ms. Davis's soon-to-be-ex-husband refused to return their children, 5 and 2, from a weekend visit. She has not seen them since. "It's a test that is given to me from Allah to see if my faith is strong enough," said Ms. Davis, 27, who discovered Islam in an Internet chat room this spring and now teaches pre-kindergarten at the Al-Salam Day School in this St. Louis suburb. "I'm asked to give up my religion for my kids, but I won't do it. On Judgment Day, as much as I love my kids, they won't be there with me." Though her situation is extreme, Ms. Davis is one of thousands of new Muslim converts struggling with their identities amid anti-Muslim fervor and declarations of an Islamic holy war being broadcast on television. Already estranged from relatives and friends, some of whom accuse them of joining a cult, these new Muslims face catcalls and fresh challenges to their faith. Many say the events of Sept. 11 only confirmed their commitment. Shannon Staloch is not sure why, but upon hearing of the hijackings, she immediately grabbed a book from her backpack and recited the Arabic declaration of belief; she made the conversion official 12 days later. "You know how the world changed when that happened and everyone was shaky?" Ms. Staloch said. "I wanted something steady." With some 6 million adherents in the United States, Islam is said to be the nation's fastest-growing religion, fueled by immigration, high birth rates and widespread conversion. One expert estimates that 25,000 people a year become Muslims in this country; some clerics say they have seen conversion rates quadruple since Sept. 11. Experts say Islam is attractive because of its universal message — the faithful believe that everyone is born Muslim and thus call the transformation reversion, not conversion — and because its teachings incorporate other traditions, honoring Jesus Christ, the Jewish patriarch Abraham and other Biblical figures as prophets. Though missionary work is rare in Islam, spreading the message is demanded by the Koran. Conversion is as simple as reciting one sentence — "I bear witness that there is no deity except Allah and that Muhammad is his messenger" — in front of witnesses, a ceremony known as Shahadah. "There's no class," said Khalid Yahya Blankinship, chairman of the religion department at Temple University. "There isn't really a formalized requirement, you don't have to be tested." Mr. Blankinship, who converted to Islam in 1973 and has since witnessed 100 Shahadahs, added: "It's very important that Islam should spread. The idea is that one should want other souls to be saved." The vast majority of converts are African-Americans, who make up about a third of Muslims in the United States. Thousands find Allah while in jail or in recovery from drug or alcohol addiction. Less familiar are the lapsed Catholics and lost Jews, often highly educated professionals, who come to the mosque. Many convert because they want to marry a Muslim who demands it, a common reason for conversions in any religion. "I would never have changed if it wasn't for Rania," David Nerviani, a St. Louis police officer, said of his Egyptian-born wife, a bartender he met on patrol. "It's probably not that deep for me." Others find Islam through friendships on college campuses, research papers on world religions or trolling the Internet. Some just feel called. Abdullah Reda of Reston, Va., said the news of Susan Smith, the South Carolina woman who drowned her two sons, brought him to Islam. A 13-year-old California girl had an epiphany during a sunset drive through the red rocks of Arizona. Katie Mathews, a graduate student at Washington University in St. Louis, who plans to make her Shahadah on her 23rd birthday in November, prayed for a sign and soon saw a license plate, "4 ALLAH." Nine years ago, Jim Hacking was in training to be a Jesuit priest. Now, he is an admiralty lawyer in St. Louis who has spent much of the last month explaining Islam at interfaith gatherings. Mr. Hacking's search began in the 12-step program Overeaters Anonymous and intensified when he befriended an Egyptian-born woman, Amany Ragab, at the law review at St. Louis University. He made the Shahadah on June 6, 1998, and proposed marriage to her the next day. This summer, the couple traveled to Mecca. "The thing I've always latched to is that there's one God, he doesn't have equals, he doesn't need a son to come do his work," Mr. Hacking, 31, said. "Giving up the pork and the alcohol was the easy part — I never drank much, but I did like bacon. The hard part, and the part I still struggle with every day, is being a good person, and living a good clean life." To help with the social transition, the All Dulles Area Muslim Society in Sterling, Va., pairs converts with mentors. Other mosques offer seminars in the basics of Arabic prayer. Web sites like jews-for-allah.org and understandingislam.tripod.com provide glossaries to common Muslim expressions, step-by-step guides to ritual washing, interactive games to teach Arabic, and profiles of fellow converts, organized alphabetically, by county of origin and by former religion. Perhaps the greatest challenge is maintaining family relationships, as parents often view conversion as a betrayal. One Web site offers a how- to guide for telling relatives. "Do not allow them to drag you into a conflict regarding religion at all," it lectures. Ms. Stolach, who teaches middle- school literacy, said her mother had helped her shop for hijab, the traditional Muslim head covering, but Ms. Mathews says the main reason she has delayed her Shahadah is that she is living with her parents. "My mom, she's Christian and she's very upset," Ms Mathews said. "I told her about my signs. She said, how do I know it's not the Devil?" "The Koran says you have to obey your parents, heaven is at the foot of your mother," she added. "I have to obey God before I obey my mother." On Sept. 11, Ms. Davis's mother exhorted her to remove the hijab, saying it would endanger her grandchildren. (Ms. Davis's divorce lawyer, and her husband, did not return telephone calls.) Ms. Davis, who wears a shoulder-to-ankle robe over her clothes, also faces resistance from her older two daughters, from a previous marriage, whom she enrolled in an Islamic school this fall, but who have lately said they would prefer to live with their father. As the afternoon call to prayer sounded from the mosque above Ms. Davis's classroom, the girls, white scarves around their heads, scrambled up to the women's balcony, where they bowed and knelt like old pros. They murmured "bismillah" ("in the name of Allah") before starting a game, "astaghfirullah" ("I beg Allah for forgiveness") after a misstep. But they say their father says their mother worships Satan. "I got one person saying they want me to be Muslim and then I got my dad saying no Muslim," said Krashanna Agers, 9. "I don't know, I'm not grown up yet." Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/national/22CONV.html?ex= 1004414400&en=ae7a47a9%2010427a10&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER

Quran'' qul inkuntumtuxibuunalaah fatabicuunuu yuxbibkumullahu warasulluh...'' from this verse we can understand from it how best we can show our love to the prophet SAW by trying to follow his footsteps as hard as we can ...but neey there will be always those who will call for shirk and call for help other than the almighty, the most beneficient the most merciful. May allah guide them and us to true path. Amiin

Ok guys it looks like the quaestion has not been understood, let me give more clues about the sahabi in quastion: 1. He is one of the Ahlubaitu (family) rasullilahi saw 2. it was narrated from the prophet saw saying that i saw him flying in the paradise. 3. He was in charge of the muslim army when he was killed who is he then?

Salaamumu Alaikum hi guys. there are lot of quastion going since i last visited here so keep the ball rolling guys . Since tamina did not ask any quastion i will take this opportunity to ask mine Ok here it comes: Who was the companion of the prophet saw who was nicknamed ''TIYAAR'' ''FLIER'' following his martyrdom on one of the wars between the muslims and Romans in the prophet's time. Hope it is all clear. Thanks

Heey Buubto nice topic........Clever you and thanks for your efforts 1.yes cheehad muslims pay other payments to the poor and they are those paid on Eid days, EIDul fitr (it could be in monetary way too). 2. i am not known anything else should be paid by non muslims other than Jizyah. OK here comes my quastion: Who was the Sahabi ( Companion of the prophet SAW) who was nicknamed Khadimu rassalulahi prophet's caretaker.