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    Looking for other Adoptive Parents??

    Assalaamu alaikum all My husband and I will be starting the journey to adopting a child insha'allah - please remember us in your du'a. I am looking for other Muslims who are adoptive parents? anyone out there? preferably someone who has adopted a child/children through the UK system...
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    English to Arabic Programme/software??

    Assalaamu alaikum I was wondering does anyone know of a software programme that allows you to type in English and then it translates it into Arabic??? Needed for my work but dunno if it exists? Jazak'allah khairun for any ideas/help. Wasalaams
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    Help pls - info on ruling of killing apostates

    Assalaamu alaikum all. I am having a discussion with a fellow muslim on the ruling concerning killing of apostates under Shariah Law - that is those who were muslim but have rejected Islam openly. We have come to agreement on the ruling on this which gives the person the chance to...
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    The rights of the father in divorce

    Assalaamu alaikum Please can someone tell me what are the rights of the father towards access to seeing his child, when a couple divorce? Say divorce has taken place and the child ( who is still very young, toddler) is living with the mother - what rights does the father have to see the...
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    Neutral Mediation for marriage

    Assalaamu alaikum Im after some advice. I have been asked to be a neutral mediator between 2 friends of mine, a couple who are having marriage problems. At the moment the two of them arent talking and theres many factors ( which I would rather not go in to on here) affecting this. They have a...
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    Anybody an adoptive parent?

    Assalaamu alaikum everyone Is anyone here an adoptive parent? or would like to be? or in the process of this? or perhaps fostering? By adoption I mean adoption according to Islam - where the child keeps their name and knows you are their adoptive parents but not biological parents. If...
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    wow!

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7247679.stm Look at this lady! 120 years old masha'allah!!:SMILY346:
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    Marriages are decreed in heaven....

    Salaams I heard someone say once that 'Marriages are decreed ( decided) in heaven ( jannah) but played out on the Earth....' I would like to know is this from Islam and if so, is it from Qu'ran or hadith or ?? Intrigued...if anyone can help and clarufy please insha'allah Wasalaams
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    Hajj and Umrah

    Assalaamu alaikum Does anyone know the dates for Hajj and Umrah this year insha'allah? my husband and I have begun to discuss going insha'allah....so if anyone has any information on the dates and other things about either Hajj or Umrah - even your personal accounts - please let me know...
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    Tahajjud prayer

    Assalaamu alaikum Can anyone tell me about tahajjud prayer - do I have to sleep first and then wake up and do it? or if I am awake in the middle or latter part of the night anyway ( and have not yet slept) can I pray it and it will still cout as Tahajjud prayer? I hope this makes sense...and...
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    Lemon and Mint Juice - recipe please!!

    Salaams bros and sis I just got back from Dubai and we had the most amazing juices to drink out there masha'allah. My absolute fave was the Lemon Juice with Mint....it was amazing :) so refreshing I could have drunk buckets of it! I am now looking for the recipe insha'allah - I dont think...
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    Hijab help..problems

    Salaams brothers and sisters Went to see my non-muslim family over Xmas and New Year period....had a conversation with my father that really upset and annoyed me, revolving around hijab and really now looking for some help in how to tackle the topic from here on in. I have been muslim for 4...
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    talking to the dead - not permissible

    Salaams brothers and sisters http://www.islamawareness.net/BlackMagic/fatwa_spirits.html Please see the above link about talking or communicating with the dead and the view on this in Islam. This kind of behaviour - be it through ghosts, seances, dreams etc - is prevalent in a lot of...
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    how do you deal with stress/anger?

    :SMILY176:Assalaamu alaikum brothers and sisters I am after some advice insha'allah...how do you deal with anger or an angry temperment? I am quite stressed at the moment and its manifesting itself in anger and in irritability....I am doing and saying some things I dont like and afterwards I...
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    Islamic Art at the V&A Museum

    Salaams everyone I dont know if there are any budding artists out there insha'allah but maybe like me you love art and design... if so check this out - if you are in London insha'allah ( sorry to everyone else ) Islamic Art - The Jameel Gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum...
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    The state of our youth....

    Salaams bro and sis A really shocking thing happened today which shows the state of the youth of our Ummah - may Allah swt guide them My husband was in the newsagent and a young girl in hijab was in front of him in the queue. She approached the counter and asked for a National Lottery...
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    Janaza/Funeral - please help.

    Assalaamu alaikum I have just heard that my father-in-law's mother-in-law passed away suddenly today. She was quite elderly and lived a long life alhamdulillah but it was really sudden - she wasnt ill or anything like that. She was such a lovely lady. May Allah swt have mercy on her soul and...
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    Suggestions for holiday

    Salaams My husband and I want to go away over the Xmas/New Year period. We originally were going to go to Dubai from about 26th/27th Dec to 1st/2nd Jan ( approx 5 nights) but I looked at the flights today and we have left it too late it seems! They are charging extorniate prices for that...
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    Being punctual/on time

    Assalaamu alaikum brothers and sisters Please can anyone help me or advise me what Islam says about being punctual or on time and not keeping each other waiting?? I am not a stickler for time keeping BUT if someone tells me to meet them at a specific time or be somewhere at a specific time...
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    Live each day as if it is your last

    Salaams brothers and sisters A belated Eid Mubarek to you all. Quite a sombre message from me here - we had a very sad Eid. On Friday, on the way to see our family my husband and I stopped for petrol. As we were getting it, we witnessed a traffic accident - a cyclist collided with a...
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