Valenteenah.;929217 wrote: Lol @ caydh. Thanks all. AB - you are being awfully nice today. Tolow maxaa jira? Val, inaar, naga daa dee. i'm alright guy, you know.

underdog;929211 wrote: AB, I'm well. This is the death throes of winter 2013. Nothing but warm days ahead. I really and truly despise winter. I think I should move to a more tropical environment Unders, have you considered moving abroad? perhaps you should think about relocating to Somaliland...... hargeisa has the best weather in the world and since we entered the rainy season, yesterday, its been smelling very earthy all morning.

i heard about this recently. its apparently revered by jews. can you shed more light on this salaax?

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Hi to Underdog and Val, i hope you're both well. Val - congrats inaar on the promotion. that is excellent news. mashallah. Unders - how are you and what's up with the weather, ma istidhi?

Miyir;929205 wrote: "Things fall Apart" Great book every African Must read. this book changed my life. i read it 2009.

OMG.....R.I.P this is very sad.

jimco wanagsan to all my friends and the muslim world. i hope y'all are all well and in the best of health and iman.

Alpha Blondy;929137 wrote: my whole life i wanted to help people, whether better off than me or less fortunate than me, although at one time or another, Al and his family were in the worst possible position..... but i can't afford to spend too much of my energy trying to be the hero and helping other people to my detriment..... i have to look after my own, you know. this is because its not going to look after itself. Al's the type of person who'd give you half his chocolate bar.....all his belongings and the ''shirt off his back'' etc..... but i'm concerned that my selflessness is vastly diminishing and that.....i'm becoming selfish. oh God, this is making me very sad. i was watching this movie the other day and one of the characters said some very poignant, you know....... ''if you can't change the world, change your world......'' then it suddenly dawned me that he was right. i have to change my world. there's only so much one individual can do but changes to our conduct and everyday interactions and mannerisms, for instance, is always positive change in the right direction. ' 'help'' can come from the least expected places, its not merely material or financial assistance that amounts to ''help'' . a simple telephone call to a friend or saying salam to your neighbours can make the biggest difference. similarly, i think, we ought to, strive to be the change we want to see in the world. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL@Alpha, inaar, this is madness hadaba, naga daa the BS. when have you helped anyone except yourself, horta?

just watched the first 15mins of the interview. this little girl is very talented but i suspect her story doesn't check out. she's been in the UK for 4 years, how is it possible, she could write a feature length book in that time? this is very difficult to believe. i even goggled the book and its on amazon.

my whole life i wanted to help people, whether better off than me or less fortunate than me, although at one time or another, Al and his family were in the worst possible position..... but i can't afford to spend too much of my energy trying to be the hero and helping other people to my detriment..... i have to look after my own, you know. this is because its not going to look after itself. Al's the type of person who'd give you half his chocolate bar.....all his belongings and the ''shirt off his back'' etc..... but i'm concerned that my selflessness is vastly diminishing and that.....i'm becoming selfish. oh God, this is making me very sad. i was watching this movie the other day and one of the characters said some very poignant, you know....... ''if you can't change the world, change your world......'' then it suddenly dawned me that he was right. i have to change my world. there's only so much one individual can do but changes to our conduct and everyday interactions and mannerisms, for instance, is always positive change in the right direction. ''help'' can come from the least expected places, its not merely material or financial assistance that amounts to ''help''. a simple telephone call to a friend or saying salam to your neighbours can make the biggest difference. similarly, i think, we ought to, strive to be the change we want to see in the world.

tomorrow is world water day....its 2013 and the stats still look bad..... --- http://water.org/water-crisis/water-facts/children/

he's kinda right, inaar. did you have a rose-tinted view of the situation?

SEPT-OCT-NOV 2012 HARGEISA nice place to eat. yemeni food. service is a little weak. SOYAAL HQ - an organisation for ex war veterans.

APRIL 2012 HARGEISA (never posted before so here they are)

Egal International Airport, Hargeisa

Somaliland Beverages Industries (holder of Coca-Cola license) in Somaliland on a frenzy promotional tour for their competition. bottle caps are very much sought after. if only the bottles were recycled, too. some people claim, this competition is a ploy because SBI have run out of bottle caps. madness, ma istidhi.

MARCH 2013 HARGEISA Togdheer Street, Suuq Hoose, Hargeisa

OMG.....its been raining in very powerful intervals since magrib prayers. this is incredible. in the last 5mins, its raining like MAD.......its raining CATS and DOGS... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH the rains have come! the rains have come! the rains have come...MASHALLAH. Salatul Istisqa, Prayer for Rain This prayer is taken recourse to when seeking rain from Allah during times of drought. It may be performed in one of the following manners: 1-The imam prays, with the followers, two rak’at during any time except those times in which it is not desirable to pray. In the first rak’ah, the imam recites al-A’la after al-Fatihah. And in the second rak’ah, he reads al-Ghashiyah after al-Fatihah, and he delivers a khutbah before or after the salah. As soon as he finishes the khutbah, the people present should turn their outer garments around, each placing its left side on his right side and its right side on his left, face the qiblah (Ka’ba), supplicate Allah and raise their hands while doing so. Ibn ‘Abbas reports: “The Messenger of Allah went out [to make the salatul istisqa’] wearing old clothes, in a humble and lowly manner, and prayed two rak’at as he prayed the ‘id, but he did not give a similar khutbah.” This is related by the five. At-Tirmithi, Abu ‘Awanah, and Ibn Hibban grade it sahih. ‘Aishah says: “The people complained to the Messenger of Allah about lack of rain, so he gave orders for a pulpit to be prepared, and when it was set up for him, he appointed a day for the people to gather. He came out on that day when the sun had just appeared and sat down on the pulpit. He extolled Allah’s greatness and praised Him. Then he said: ‘You have complained of drought in your areas and of delay in receiving rain at the beginning of its season, but you have been ordered by Allah to supplicate Him and He has promised that He would answer your prayers.’ Then he said: ‘All praise is for Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful, the King of the Day of Judgment. There is no God but Allah Who does what He wishes. O Allah, there is no God except Thee. You are the Self-sufficient and we are the poor. Send down rain upon us and make it a source of strength for us and satisfaction for us.’ He then raised his hands and kept raising them till the whiteness of his armpits could be seen. After this, he turned his back to the people and inverted his cloak, keeping his hands raised. Finally, he faced the people, descended from the pulpit, and prayed two rak’at. At that time Allah produced a cloud, thunder, and lightning. And, by Allah’s permission, it rained and before he reached the mosque there was flooding. Then he saw how quickly the people were running for shelter, he laughed until his molar teeth could be seen. He said: ‘I bear witness that Allah has power over all things and I am Allah’s slave and Messenger.’” This is related by al-Hakim who classifies it to be sahih and by Abu Dawud who says: “This hadith is ghareeb and its chain is good.”

^ Abu, did i ever tell you about the time i went as far as Galafi, inaar?

that's funny....

xabad;928960 wrote: bal sii wad sheikh alpha. i kinda like your psychological perceptiveness of personalities. domineering, passive, sexual chemistry LOL. you're a good people watcher walee. kudos xabad, that's the first constructive thing you've ever written, ma istidhi?, inaar. body language and ''psychological perceptiveness of personalities'' is an interesting area of study, walle. i'll post a few vids from my research last night.

Sayid*Somal;928949 wrote: ^^Hagbad is not a saving! it is deduction (especially if you already took the money first) Alpha Blonde - sorry that was blond moment on my behalf - mead is drink brewed in Arabsiyo by ethiopian maids - I thought you would have known all about it SS, did i tell you about my recent mistake with the hugbad system, inaar? its okay, we all make mistakes but, i'll tell you what, inaar, this mead seems exceedingly delicious. thanks for recommending.