Asalaamu calaykum waraxmatullahi wabarkaatuhu. I don't know why so many mothers have decided not to breast-feeding their infants. This may be the different vacciness or nutritional diets that available. Or may be our ppl adopting other cultures and neglecting our diin and culture. Althought health authoroties has just find out the importants of breast-feeding. While islam encourage the mothers to breast-feeding infant up to 2 yrs. This also another way of birth control which prevents getting pregnancy as the mother is breast-feeding. salaam calaykum.

Asalaamu calaykum BismAllah - hir - Rahman - nir - Rahim Enes Ibn Malik reports that a Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah and greeted him in the mosque. The Messenger of Allah asked him where did he come from. The Bedouin said: "I came from far seeking answers to some questions". Our master told him to ask his questions": • I wish to be an intelligent man, what should I do? Holy Prophet Replied, "Fear Allah". • I wish to be a loyal servant to Allah and do what He wants me to do? Holy Prophet Replied, "Read the Qur'an." • I wish to be enlightened and have peace of heart? Holy Prophet Replied, "Remember Death". • I wish to be protected against enemies? Holy Prophet Replied, "Trust in Allah". • I wish to follow the Straight Path? Holy Prophet Replied, "Do good to others for Allah's sake". • What should I do so that Allah does not abase me? Holy Prophet Replied, " Do not respond to the desires of your flesh". • I wish to have a long life? Holy Prophet Replied, "Praise and thank Allah". • I wish for prosperity? Holy Prophet Replied, "Be in a state of ablution at all times". • How can I save myself from the hellfire? Holy Prophet Replied, "Protect your eyes and your tongue and your hands and what is below your waistline against evil". • How can I cleanse myself from my sins? Holy Prophet Replied, "Shed tears for what you have done and repent by undoing what you have done wrong". • I wish to be a respectable person? Holy Prophet Replied, "Then, don't ask for anything from anybody". • I wish to be honorable? Holy Prophet Replied, "Then don't divulge the wrong doings of anybody". • What should I do to protect myself from the tortures of the grave? Holy Prophet Replied, "Recite the Surah Mulk". • What should one do to be rich? Holy Prophet Replied, "Read the Surah Muzammil". • How should I calm my fear of the day of last judgment? Holy Prophet Replied,"Remember Allah before you eat anything and before you sleep". • What should I do to feel the presence of Allah when I make my prayers? Holy Prophet Replied,"Give the utmost care in taking your ablutions and in being clean and pure.

salaamu calaykum Al xamdulilaah I do pray all the 5 prays on daily. Even at work as we have pray room, although is one room for both males and females but is better than nothing. Farj pray is easy for as I normal get up early in morning due to work and sometimes work night shifts. The farj and asr prays are the most 2 important salaads and the are the 2 ppl normal miss. salaam 2 all .

Asalaamu calaykum waraxmatulllahi wabarkaatuhu. Few months ago I was reading this islam book that I borrowed from my friend. And liked this advice and I taught I should share with my brothers ans sister of this site. In the name of Allah, the most Merciful, the most Kind. * One who knows himself knows his creator. * If you love Allah, tear out your heart's love of the world. * The fear of Allah makes one secure. * How can you rejoice aboutthis life that grows shorter each hour. * A worldwide reputation can be undone by an hour's degradation. * Three defects make life miserable: 1.VINDICTIVENESS!! 2.JEALOUSY. 3. A BAD CHARACTER. * One who is proud of worldly possessions in this fleeting existence is ignorant. * Joy is followed by trears. * Each breath of man is astep nearer to death. * The best man is he who is most helpful to his fellow men. * One who thinks himself the best is the worst. * The hated person is one who returns evil for good. * Learned men live even after death; ignorant men are dead although alive. * There is no treasure like knowledge. * Knowledge is wisdom and the educated man is the wise man. * Experience is knowledge gained. * Who never corrects himself will never correct another. * Listen & you will teach yourself: remain silent & you risk nothing. * One, who reflects on Allah's gifts, succeeds. * Ignorant harms a man more than a cancer in the body. * One of the signs of a stupid man is the frequent change of opinion. * Never soeak when it is not the time for speech. * Beware of back bating: it sows the seeds of bitterness & separates you from Allah and man. * The best trust is the keeping of promise. * Better be dump than lie. * A hypocrite's tongue is clean, but there is sickness in this heart. * Better to be alone than with bad company. * Whoever sows good reaps his rewards. salaam 2 all. :cool:

salaamu calaykum sis walaal jazaakallahu khairan for sharing that very good advice. salaam sis.

salaam Well Quite Storm, that is the ? that most of us want 2 find 4 answers but unable to. My answer 2 ur ? are: 1. We forget our religion. 2. We trying 2 adopted others cultures and attitudes. 3.we are comminting sins e.g Haraantii baan xalaalaysanay. 4.Most of us are un educated ppl. 5.Also the satan has block our hearts. 6.If u look back the gerenation of our granparents and our generations they different. Our grand parents generations used respect each other and they had their self identify while we lost our self identify, self respect as well as not respecting each other. Walaal that what I think. SALAAM.

STOP - Read Predictions of the LAST DAYS A Salaamu caleykum warax matullahi wabarkaatuhu. Bismillah Rahman Raheem Think about the following: Remember-Allah is watching you. If we could get arrested for being a Muslim, would the police have enough evidence to bring us in? Why is it so hard to tell the truth but yet so easy to tell a lie? As we look at this article we realise how true the Messenger(P.B.U.H) was these signs were prophesized 1400 years ago!!! Take a look.... Now this is scary!!!! * Camels will no longer be used as a means of transport; * People will ride on saddles that aren't saddles (cars?) * The distance on earth will become short; * Horses will not be used in wars; * Muslims will defeat the Byzantines which will end with the conquest of Constantinople Istanbul); * The Jews will gather again to live in Bilad Canaan; * Very tall buildings will be built; * The disappearance of knowledge and the appearance of ignorance, with much killing; * Adultery will become widespread, and the drinking of wine will become common; * The number of men will decrease and the number of women will increase until there are 50 women to be looked after by one man. * Islam will become worn out like clothes are, until no one will know what fasting, prayer, charity and rituals are; * Allah will send a disease to fornicators that will have no cure (Aids?); * People will begin to believe in the stars and reject AL QADAR (THE DIVINE DECREE OF DESTINY); * Men will pass by people's graves and say: "Would that I were in his place"; (large amount of sucidal deaths?) * The Euphrates will uncover a mountain of gold for which people will fight over (the river of Alfurat that lies near Syria); * Two large groups of people will fight one another, and there will be many casualties; they will both be following the same religion World War II?); * Approximately 30 DAJJALS will appear, each one claiming to be the messenger of ALLAH; * Earthquakes will increase; * Time will pass quickly; * Afflictions will appear; * Killing will increase; * Wealth will increase; * Women will be wearing clothes but not wearing clothes * THE PROPHET (saw) SAID: "IF MY UMMAH BEARS 15 TRAITS (QUALITIES),TRIBULATION WILL FOLLOW IT." (DAY OF JUDGEMENT) SOMEONE ASKED,"WHAT ARE THEY O MESSENGER OF ALLAH?" HE (saw) SAID: * When any gain is shared out only among the rich, with no benefit to the poor; * When a trust becomes a means of making profit; * When paying ZAKKAT becomes a burden; * When voices are raised in the mosque; * When the leader of a people is the worst of them; When people treat a man with respect because what he may do; * When much wine is drunk; red wind or the earth swallow them, or to be transformed into animals." * 'IMRAN IBN HUSAYN SAID: "THE PROPHET (AS) SAID, 'SOME PEOPLE OF THIS UMMAH WILL BE SWALLOWED BY THE EARTH, TRANSFORMED INTO ANIMALS, AND SOME WILL BE BOMBARDED WITH STONES'. ONE OF THE MUSLIMS ASKED, WHEN WILL THAT BE O MESSENGER Of ALLAH?' HE SAID, 'WHEN SINGERS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WILL BECOME POPULAR, AND MUCH WINE IS DRUNK.'" THE GREATER SIGNS OF THE HOUR The Quran will disappear in one night, even from the people's hearts, and no Ayyah will be left on earth. (Some groups of old people will be left who will say: "We heard of fathers' saying "LAILLAHA ILLA ALLAH" so we repeat it); * The appearance of the MAHDI; * The appearance of the DAJJAL (Anti Christ); * The appearance of Ya'juj and Ma'juj(biblical Gog and Magog); * Isa (Jesus) will come during the time of Dajjal; * The rising of the sun from the west; * The destruction of the Ka'ba and the recovery of its treasures; * The smoke. Wabillahi Towfiq.

Asalaamu calaykum warax matullahi wabarakaatuhu. I have been sent this advice by very good friend of mine and I thought I should share with my Nomand brothers and sisters. We are trult in debt to our parents. The Boy & the pple Tree A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow…he loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by…the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad. "Come and play with me” the tree asked the boy. "I am no longer a kid, I do not play around trees any more” the boy replied. “I want toys. I need money to buy them.” “Sorry, but I do not have money… but you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money.” The boy was so excited. He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples. The tree was sad. One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned and the tree was excited “Come and play with me” the tree said. “I do not have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?” “ Sorry, but I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches to build your house.” So the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the man never came back since then. The tree was again lonely and sad. One hot summer day, the man returned and the tree was delighted. "Come and play with me!” the tree said. “I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?” said the man. "Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy.” So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time. Finally, the man returned after many years. "Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you anymore. No more apples for you …” the tree said. "No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite" the man replied. "No more trunk for you to climb on” “I am too old for that now” the man said. "I really cannot give you anything... the only thing left is my dying roots” the tree said with tears. "I do not need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years” the man replied. "Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest, Come, come sit down with me and rest.” The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears… This is a story of everyone. The tree is like our parents When we were young, we loved to play with our Mum and Dad... When we grow up, we leave them…only come to them when we need something or when we are in trouble. No matter what, parents will always be there and give everything they could just to make you happy. Love your Parents And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him. And that you be dutiful to your parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age in your life, say not to them a word of disrespect, nor shout at them but address them in terms of honour. And lower unto them the wing of submission and humility through mercy, and say: "My Lord! Bestow on them Your Mercy as they did bring me up when I was small."