lool...waa is maahinee haye? Daadis is what Run-away virgin did to you. you know when she spit on the floor and told you to dream on!...been maa leeysku sheegaa?....you know it happened

^^ yep. Thanks for clearing that up Raxmah.

I wonder inta naag oo kugu daadisay?! Too many to count i'm sure!!

^^^ i'm sure your very familiar with that number huh?...lol

they got a number like that in DC?!!!!!! Must've been after I left!!! loool...they got y'all good!!

^^^^ That's a Beautiful song...speaks the truth!! Thanks hon for that!! I'm just starting to listen to somali songs...and i'm loving it...I feel so somali Can someone post the lyrics to Ruun by lafoole? Can't seem to find it...

loooooooool....Thats what you men have to deal with huh....loool!

Thanks silent...They are not first cousins..Not that it makes the situation any different.

This article snapped me back to reality...I hope you enjoy it. FASCINATION WITH THIS WORLD Imam Ibnul Qayyim said: Loving this life entails glorifying it, whereas Allah has despised it. One of the greatest sins is glorifying what Allah has despised. Allah has cursed it, detested it, and poured scorn on it, with the exception of good things in it such as remembering Allah, seeking knowledge, and spreading it. Whoever loves what Allah has cursed and hated will expose himself/herself to Allah’s wrath and detestation. When someone loves this life, it becomes his/her ultimate goal. Accordingly, the good deeds he/she performs will eventually be for the sake of this life; and not the Hereafter. That type of love reverses the natural process, invalidates the conventional wisdom, and moves the lover in the wrong direction. In an authentic hadeeth, the Prophet, sallallahu alayhe wasallam, mentioned that the Mujahid, the alms giver, and the scholar of Islam whose ultimate goal is this life was seeking an elevated social status and looking for people’s praise, will be the first to be burned into the Hellfire. Those people prefer this life to the hereafter. Loving this life prevents the servant from doing what will be of the great benefit to him/her in the Hereafter because obsession with mundane matters such as money, social status, wife or children. That type of worldly love might keep a person away from maintaining Eman, or doing the necessary things in life. The minimal adverse affect of loving this life is making the servant’s heart oblivious to loving Allah. It was mentioned in a hadeeth that “whoever loves this life spoils his love towards the Hereafter, and whoever loves his Hereafter spoils his life towards this life. So, you should have a strong preference for what lasts over what vanishes.” Loving this life makes the servant obsessed with it. Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhe wa sallam, said, “He whose ultimate goal is the Hereafter will be endowed with richness in their hearts by Allah, will be granted a close-knit, protected familial environment, and will gain as much as they want from this life despite its unwillingness. On the contrary, Allah will make those who are obsessed with this life see poverty in front of their eyes and break up their family ties, and they will not gain from it except what they have been destined for.” (Tirmithi). When someone loves something, he/she is tortured by that type of love. Additionally, those who love this life are tortured as they try to gain as much as they can from it, as they hanker after its pleasures, and as they fight other people for its sake. Then, they will be tortured in their graves missing it and suffering the agony of not being able to go back to it. There will be no such better thing that will compensate for the life they have seemingly enjoyed. They will be tortured by this life since they have been its servants and captives which is depicted by the Prophet, sallallahu alayhe wa sallam, “Losers are the servants of the Dinar; losers are the servant of the Dirham,” referring to money. Some scholars of Islam from the past generations said, “They (lovers of this life) suffer the agony of collecting money which continues till the moment of breathing their last. They are not even paying the amount of money that Allah has prescribed.” Whoever loves this life and prefers it to the Hereafter is considered one of the most ignorant and unwise people. He/she has preferred the unreal to the real, slumber to wakefulness, a transient shade to an eternal paradise, and a perishable house to an ever-lasting one. Yunus Ibn Adul Aa’la said, “This life can be compared to a man who sleeps and dreams of what he likes and hates. Then, he wakes up.” Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, described this life saying, “In this life, the healthy grow old, the sick become penitent, the poor feel sad, and the nouveaux rich are happy. The appraisal is in its permissible practices, and the punishment is in its forbidden practices.” Taken from: Al Jumuah Magazine Volume 14. Issue 6. pg 8.

Ilhaam Thanks hon...I remembered it last night jus when I was about to go to sleep! To me belief in allah helps me to deal with the ups and downs of life on this earth. I know that If I encounter hardships then Allah has willed it to be and it makes my faith in him stronger. Its like having a best friend thats always got your back....If I have a problem I know that there is nothing too great or too small for allah...so I tell him my problems and I pray to him to help me make the right decisions in life. Is that what you were looking for Nur? I love that tagline---str8 to the point!

Athena loool....I give up..my bad! Waaa kaa baqay..all this talk about a whip brings back childhood memories

Originally posted by SCORPION_SISTA: Another possibility to your cousin's worrisome is that she is more concerned with what the society would think of her marrying someone with no acedemic knowledge or sort of below her status rather than how compatiable they would be or wouldn't... I think thats the problem right...Not society so much as her parents and siblings. The guy went to highschool...but didn't continue and he has no plans of going back to school. The thing she is most scared of is giving this guy a chance and then having to let him go because they aren't compatible...so she would rather not start anything at all.

I feel you modesty...I can't dance to baraanbur to save my life!! Come to think of it...I don't know any somali dances....thats a shame walaahi!!

Originally posted by Nur: Now, in the above parallels, what will (iimaan)mean to you? Wishing you Luck Nur As you mentioned Iimaan is a belief...belief in allah and his word. I think there were 6 pillars of imaan...I'm a little rusty on my knowledge these days.... Belief in: 1) allah 2) his angels 3) his books 4) his messengers 5)qadar--kheyr wa shar 6) can't remember All these beliefs are not valid 'till you back them up with actions. Its like telling someone you love them but your actions are saying something else... So to me they go hand in hand...and the stronger your imaan the more your actions are pure. I can't seem to get my thoughts in order...so i'm gonna stop there.

^^^^ I just found out you were male....I assumed you were female...my bad.... 101%--is a whole lot of male

Originally posted by Nageye: Okay think about this: All "educated" Somalis from all over the world are going back. What then? Will they grap a shovel and start digging holes for building a canalisation? What Somalia needs is financal and logistic HELP from some other so called "brother-coutrys". Just like the US did it with Germany after the Second World War. Maybe someone really trustable should found a fund for Somlia. If noone does till i finish my studies,I will do it. Peace. I guess it seems more logical to you for us to sit and wait for someone else to re-build somalia? Some brother country? And which country would that be? The truth is if we don't want to help our country then why would anyone else...I agree that it will take alot of hard work but all good things come from hardwork.

Originally posted by MIZZ-UNIQUE: and it wont be a perfect match .........some may work the difference but lets be real girl it litterally imposible There you go hon...your words.... Zakariye--cajuuso aa?....One thing is for sure wax calafkaaga ah ma dhaafeeysid..so we will see what happens.

^^ xagxagasho aa? you aint seen nothing yet!!

Not what I'm saying...I'm asking you if you really believe that there are perfect matches?

Flirty? me? nooooo!!! you got me twisted!!

aahaa....on top everything else you got memory problems?.....I feel for you hon.....Maybe your alittle too old to be mixing with the young folk.

^^^^^Its healthy...you should try it maybe then you will have no need for you whip

^^^ is there such a thing as a perfect match? Maybe all that is just an illusion. Men and women are brought together to raise a family....maybe their differences will force them to look at problems from multiple angles.

Originally posted by silent-sistah: hey ,,,,i dont know if it was cultural/religious or even a figment of my own imagination, (i was only 3) but i remember falling ill, and my father would read Qur'an in whatever it was i was drinking and he would spit in my drink????????? I think thats called Tahliil when you read quran and "spit" into water. I don't know if its actual spitting... The raw eggs I heard was for when you get a cold...they would beat the egg with sugar and make you drink it early in the morining. Nasty!!!

Silent sis...We missed you where have you been hiding. I don't know what I was thinking...I should have told her to pray the 2 rakcas along time ago....thanks hon. And as you said allah knows best...insha alaah it will work out for her. 1luv