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  1. Frank_H_Smith

    DEFEND YOURSELF LIKE A MAN

    As Salamu 'Alaykum, Tim Larkin's focus training is excellent. Richie Grannon'ss training is outstanding, 'Sammy Franko training is top notch. . Chris Clousen has some great techniques. And there are hundreds of other hand to hand combat system that are among the best. I started martial arts...
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    The Holy Bible Describing God In Humanly Forms & Attributes

    As Salamu 'Alaykum, I must confess that having read the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji before having read AL QUR'AAN when I read: Al-Ikhlas In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Say: He is Allah, the One! (1) Allah, the eternally Besought of all! (2) He begetteth not nor was...
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    BIGOTRY AND PREJUDICE

    As Salamu 'Alaykum, Xenophobia is probably one of the primary reasons for bigotry and prejudice. In the days of hunting and gathering, it was much simple and safer to see individuals as either "We/Us" and "They/Them". However, we no longer live in isolated communities which are self...
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    Newly Reverts - Do you pray in Arabic ?

    As Salamu 'Alaykum: The following has helped me: SALAH SISTER REVERT2007 Was Sallam
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    The Holy Bible Describing God In Humanly Forms & Attributes

    The other verse appear to me to be poetic license using anthropomorphising technique for Allah, one aspect of shirk is ascribing of partners to Allah. Of course, there is a difference between partners and servants acting on Allah's orders. Many of the Vedic Scholars believe that The Vedic...
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    The Holy Bible Describing God In Humanly Forms & Attributes

    Anthropomorphizing Allah was one of the aspects of Christianity which I disliked. [Genesis 3:8-10] “They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. Then...
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    I have been struggling

    As Salamu 'Alaykum, Brothers and Sisters, Again thank you for all you kind and loving words. I am being helped enormously by Sister Mirajmom in learning how to properly practice our deen. Also, she is such a blessing in that she accepts that all things are in Allah's time and that there are...
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    Please read an say your opinion :)

    As Salamu 'Alaykum, Sister, It is a brave thing to do to invite opinions from individuals duty bound to give honest opinions. I don't know much about poetry. I tried my hand at it for a short time. John Updike told me to read more poetry if I want to try writing it. That wasn't the...
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    LET NOT ANY OF YOU BELITTLE HIMSELF !!!!!!!

    As Salamu 'Alaykum, Excellent post. In the short time that I have been a revert, I have come to realize areas on which I should practice discipline and strive to correct. I have for the most part stopped speaking negatively about the weather and other areas in which I have no control...
  10. Frank_H_Smith

    Perfume!

    As Salamu 'Alaykum, Hopefully this Wikipedia definitionwill help clarify what alcohol denat is: Denatured alcohol is ethanol that has additives to make it poisonous or unpalatable, and thus, undrinkable. In some cases it is also dyed. Denatured alcohol is used as a solvent and as fuel for...
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    why its important to learn about the Jinn!

    As Salamu 'Alaykum, Brother Ayman, You know that I have the highest respect for you and your wisdom, knowledge, perspicacity, and acumen. You are very knowledgeable. However, many in this thread have said that they experienced jinn possession. When we go out side and become wet, we don't...
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    why its important to learn about the Jinn!

    As Salamu 'Alaykum, I tried to ascertain if Sheikh M. S. Al-Munajjid is sunni or not but couldn't find anything. I am sure that those who have been in Islam longer than I have will know. He said the following: The following fatwa is issued by Sheikh M. S. Al-Munajjid, a prominent Saudi...
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    why its important to learn about the Jinn!

    As Salamu 'Alaykum, I hardly ever worry about jinns. I am so overwhelmed at the privilege that Allah has given me to belong to a deen where we greet it other as Brother and Sister, before we say a word to them we ask that Peace Be Upon Them, and once again ask that Peace Be Upon Them when...
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    why its important to learn about the Jinn!

    As Salamu 'Alaykum, I had read that one should recite: Al-Baqara Allah! There is no God save Him, the Alive, the Eternal. Neither slumber nor sleep overtaketh Him. Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Who is he that intercedeth with Him save by His...
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    They might make me cut off my beard :(

    As Salamu 'Alaykum, I was told that an employer has the right to enforce a dress code and safety issues; consequently, Disney can have a dress code that forbids facial hair and the employer can require that anything which interferes with safety can be forbidden by the employers. An ill fitting...
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    why its important to learn about the Jinn!

    As Salamu 'Alaykum, I have read on the internet at other sites: "Jinns dont forget and they definitely dont forgive. They will mash up your children, your wife, home even your mind if they can. More dangerous that any of this is their attack on your eman. Because when your eman is weak you...
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    They might make me cut off my beard :(

    Assalamu 'Alaykum, Brother Ayman has always, in my opinion, taken a balanced view of Islam. I want to make clear that I was not directing my post toward any particular brother or sister. Brother Ayman has taught me to be more precise in my language and to avoid parroting that which I find...
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    They might make me cut off my beard :(

    As Salamu 'Alaykum, Hanafi madhab: To trim the beard when it is less than a fist’s length, as done by some modern people and hermaphrodites is not permissible in the opinion of all the jurists. To shave the beard as done by unorthodox Jews, Hindus and others is also not permissible...
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    No Explaination/ No Qualifications/ No Need

    As Salamu 'Alaykum, Alhamdulillah, Album: Bismillah Track: Alhamdulillah (nasheed) Lyrics: I am just a rock and everyday I sit and watch the sky. I sleep here in the sun and rain and do not question why. I don’t want to be a bird ’cause us rocks were never meant to fly. But you can sit...
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    LINUX

    As Sallam 'Alaykum, I need to make a clarification. I was pm'ed in a very Islamic Manner by a knowledgeable brother, that I sometimes seem to be incorrectly using transliterations. This was a profound pm because it taught me more than what the words said. First, if I have either in public...
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