Salaam Sue I think this is why people recite surah Baqarah (not other surahs) at the house, even if they are not there: The Shaytaan runs away from the house wherein Surah Baqarah is recited.

The Shyness Of ‘Uthmaan Bin ‘Affaan radiyallaahu ‘anhu Al-Hasan al-Basree mentioned ‘Uthmaan and his intense modesty, saying: “He would be in a house with the door closed, and he would not take off his garment in order to pour water on himself, and modesty would prevent him from standing up straight.” [“Saheeh at-Tawtheeq”] ‘Aa’ishah narrated that one day Aboo Bakr asked for permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allaah when he was lying down on his bed, wrapping himself in the cover of ‘Aa’ishah. He gave permission to Aboo Bakr to enter when he was like that, and he fulfilled his need then went away. Then ‘Umar asked for permission to enter and he gave him permission to enter when he was like that, and he fulfilled his need then he went away. ‘Uthmaan then asked for permission to enter and he sat up, and said to ‘Aa’ishah, “Cover yourself properly.” ‘Uthmaan fulfilled his need then went away. ‘Aa’ishah said, “O Messenger of Allaah, why did I not see you stirring for Aboo Bakr and ‘Umar as you did for ‘Uthmaan?” The Messenger of Allaah said, “‘Uthmaan is a shy man, and I was afraid that if I gave him permission to enter when I was in that state, he would not tell me of his need.” [saheeh Muslim: 2402] ne day the Messenger of Allaah was lying down in his house with his thigh or shin uncovered. Aboo Bakr asked for permission to enter and he let him in whilst he was in that state, and he spoke to him. Then ‘Umar asked for permission to enter and he let him in whilst he was in that state, and he spoke to him. Then ‘Uthmaan asked for permission to enter and the Messenger of Allaah sat up and straightened his garment and he came in, and he spoke to him. When he left ‘Aa’ishah said, “Aboo Bakr came in and you did not stir for him or pay too much attention, and ‘Umar came in and you did not stir for him or pay too much attention, then ‘Uthmaan came in and you sat up and straightened your garment.” He said, “Should I not feel shy before a man whom the angels feel shy from?” [saheeh Muslim: 2401] Al-Mannaawee said: “The main characteristic of ‘Uthmaan is modesty, and modesty results from great respect for the One Who is looking at him as well as awareness of some faults that he can see in himself. It is as if he was overwhelmed by the Glory of Allaah and saw in himself some faults and shortcomings. These are the lofty qualities of those who are close to Allaah. Thus ‘Uthmaan was raised in status, so the chosen one of Allaah’s creation [the Messenger of Allaah(sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)] felt a sense of modesty and shyness before him, just as the one who loves Allaah loves His close friends, and the one who fears Allaah will be feared by all.” [“Fayd al-Qadeer”; 4/302] ‘Amr bin al-’Aas heard about ‘Uthmaan’s murder, he started weeping and saying: “O ‘Uthmaan! True modesty and religious commitment have departed with him.” [Taareekh at-Tabaree]

Dont get a brother into trouble Emperor. Romours can get someone into Gizmo. Jimcaale Good call..for your sanity. Politics never served anyone well before.

Who would go on a holiday?

War nuune, waad soo dhigateybee? How are you anyway?

alika yup..spoilt for choices. A cousin of mine cant decide who to get married to as he says 'what if I get married and better girl comes along'. Therefore doqon calafkiisa kama faa'iideysto. They end up being old and lonely with no hair.

I once tried to matchmake a guy with a sister who has finished her PhD thesis. He said 'stop trying to hook me up with a 'man'. This wasnt about her looks but about her education. Having said that men arent fussy about education as long as the girl comes with nice package i.e looks, family, education, those hips malika lol etc.

Why not? Arent they humans?

Do we really have dirty jokes?

Arsenal need xabad sowdo wallee. Something is seriously missing over there. They need to return to Highbury. I refuse to get down over their mediocrity anymore. If I was a drinker, I would be an alcoholic by now. O' how missed good old days when Overmars, Petit and the legend hisself Bergkamp.

Originally posted by Faarax-Brawn: Somali is a race [/QB] Iga dhaadhacsii bal

Serenity lol. You mean a ruler to beat the crap out of the next bloke who comments on measurements..yah?

Hindi wax miyaa kuu galay Ng? Sabaayad needs skill, not strength Lily. Damn that is stuff is great, but it is a lifetime on the hips. If i was able to make it, I would eat it day and night.

Ibti That is all you gonna get darling. Next time it will be an elbow

Aww Bless her. Ibti that is nice eedo. Sabaayad in the morning, it must have taken a while to make. I tried and tried and tried to learn how to make sabaayad, but I still cant.

Hey CL. Today shaqo ma jidho? Trolls are out in force. The weather is lovely though.

Ngonge, come on dear. Na sagooti with a good rant before you go. One that will last us for a good while Hey Lily

Walle waa yaab. It isnt enough that we are measured by our boobs, vital statistics, weight and dress size, but now we also have this? Incredible. I will wait when certain unmentionable of the men are measured.

Waaba yaabey dee. My bad girl. Nephy I also never used to beleieve faataadhugleynta habraha, till I really tested this theory. It truly works wonders. The bloke will be putty in your hands once he thinks that he has no chance. The minute you try to be nice, that is the minute they try to so blokish.

Feynuus I can see why pole dancing could be hookish

Aboowaha maanta la cabsiinaayo waayo?

I am so impressed with the soon-to-be-unemployed brother. Haddaan salaadeyda sidaa u adkeyn lahaa.

Somali Businesswomen Band Together By GREGG AAMOT – 1 day ago MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Fadumo Abdinur sells scarves, skirts, perfume, and odds and ends out of a 10-by-10-foot kiosk at a bazaar, paying $562 each month to rent the space. But she'd like to find her way out. "I want to be able to be more independent," said the Somali immigrant, offering a visitor a whiff of jasmine from a bottle on the shelf. "I want to own my own store." In the next few months, Abdinur and a few dozen others in one of the nation's largest concentration of Somali immigrants may get that wish. While Somali women have run small shops for years in Minneapolis, few have evolved beyond serving small cliques of fellow immigrants. But by pooling their money in a collective model used in Somalia, several of these shopkeepers are on the road to opening a cooperative department store that would cater to a broader audience and give them a greater stake in their financial future. A promising idea is beginning to take shape after two years of planning: 21 women have pledged $500 apiece, and two business groups have each provided $20,000 for the development of a 10,000- to 15,000-square-foot mall of shops. Plans are to rent space in an undisclosed Minneapolis building by this summer, with perhaps 50 women eventually investing $5,000 apiece. It would be the first such women's Somali cooperative in the country, according to people involved in the enterprise. Most of the merchandise, as is the case at the existing Somali shops, will be imported from India, China or other countries. "After going to so many Somali teas, these women finally said, 'We want our own mall,'" said Sabah Yusuf, who is coordinating the effort through her work as director of the Aishah Center for Women, named for a wife of the Prophet Muhammad. "I think there is the sense out there that we are the new kid on the block," she said. "Not a lot of people think we will be able to make it." Minnesota, with its two prominent resettlement agencies, Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Service, has one of the largest concentrations of Somalis in the country. State demographers estimated that by 2005, 25,000 Somalis had resettled in the state since the early 1990s, when their country disintegrated into lawlessness. Somali leaders claim the population is at least twice the estimated figure. In a pattern seen in many other cities with large immigrant populations, recent immigrant groups to Minnesota have found business success in the ethnic melting pot of south Minneapolis. About 250 Latino-owned shops, for instance, line a once-dilapitated stretch of Lake Street. A collection of ethnic restaurants and shops, the Midtown Global Market, also opened in 2006 along the avenue. For Somali women, however, greater success has been out of reach. Many of the women who are investing in the mall can't read or write, though they are whizzes with numbers because they're already running their own shops. Moreover, their project appears to merge Western business practices with a shared model used back home. Known as a hagebad, the system involves each woman contributing money to a kitty, some of which can be tapped by one woman each month on a rotating basis. It's a way to share capital and provide money to women who may avoid credit or other banking services because of their religious beliefs. Islam forbids charging or paying interest, which keeps many Muslims, who make up most of Minnesota's Somali community, away from most commercial banking. "It's very common in Africa for women to come together and put their money and their resources together," said Fadumah Hashi, who runs a Somali bakery at the Midtown Global Market. "The men are always off doing their own thing." That has been especially true in recent years in Somalia, where many men have been killed in civil war while others have sent their families abroad. Some shopkeepers, Yusuf said, are also slow to branch out because they believe that God will provide them with what they need and that women from their tribe will support their business. "I have had to tell some of these women, 'That's a religion mentality talking, but there is also a business mentality to consider here,'" she said. Indeed, 34 women have already come to workshops at Aishah to learn about everything from contracts to reading the fine print in leases. Hussein Samatar, a Somali business consultant in the Twin Cities, said immigrant women who have run small shops need to broaden their market niche if they are going to succeed. "The way it is now, you almost have to be African to take advantage — you have to be somebody who knows the inner workings of the community if you are going to buy from them," he said. "This would be much easier. It would help them fully realize that." The Women's Foundation of Minnesota and the Christian Sharing Fund, an arm of the Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, have each contributed $20,000 in seed money toward the planning of the department store. "They are really thinking outside of the box, and they're determined," said Cheryl Peterson, who helps to coordinate the Catholic fund. "I think they are breaking out and trying to think differently about where they are and who they are." For Abdinur, who came to the United States a decade ago after fleeing Somalia for Kenya, the cooperative offers the chance for her shop, Jamilo Store, to reach more people and prosper. "Just look around at how small this is," she said. "I need something better." Community Coordinator Fatima Jama and Director Sabah Yusuf of the Aishah Center For Women pose inside one of the booths at a Somali Mall Wednesday March 19, 2008 in south Minneapolis. The two women are coordinating an effort to open a 10,000- to 15,000-square-foot cooperative department store in Minneapolis owned and operated by Somali women. The store would sell African imports and cater to a broader audience and allow many Somali women shopkeepers to expand their business. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella (This version CORRECTS that about 250 Latino-owned shops line Lake Street, instead of about 400.) sources

Originally posted by cynical lady: "Well, I tried to do it but find it really hard. Couldn't even do it straight 2 weeks. here is some of the rules: 1. Don't ever call unless you are returning his call after he called more than 5 times or schedual changes. 2. Don't talk about the realationship 3. Don't spend more than 10 min on the phone with him. 4. Don't stay with him if he does not commit after a year....you are wasting his time." … There you are CL, vomiting our secrets to the faarahs When a girl likes a man, waala huruufaa and he will come running hot and bothered. It is well known fact that men like what they cant have. My mama told me never to show a man that you are interested. So far it worked like a dream.

What if they had macallin Nigeria? His family and him would be in the qabuuraha with these kinda kids. The world is somehow getting more violent.