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Recent content by UmmSqueakster

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    (Female) Sufi saints

    Peace, The arabic term is wali (plural awliya), meaning friend of God. One of the earliest of the awliya is Rabia al-Adawiyya, who lived less than 100 years after the Prophet (saws). Others of the friends are discussed here in this article - Women and Sufism - The Threshold Society - the...
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    Intention to make Umrah

    Assalamu alaikum, I've been listening to these hajj/umrah lectures by Sh. Hussain Abdul Sattar recently and found them very helpful in wrapping my mind around the mechanics and spiritual aspects of umrah. Sacred Learning - Traditional Islamic Learning You can download the lectures and put...
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    Islam is not for introverts

    Assalamu alaikum, Islam is a complete, balanced religion. Much like it is not a religion of peace, nor a religion of war - it is a religion of balance. Sometimes there is time for a peace, and sometimes there is a time for war (to quote the Byrds and a much older source). Likewise, there are...
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    Islam and alcohol

    I've spoken to some Bosnian muslims who have honestly not believed that it wasn't wrong to drink alcohol. However, most muslims who drink do so with the understanding that it is haram (forbidden). The rationale is either that they don't care, or that they think that since they're young...
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    More questions about Salah

    I carry a kiddie prayer rug with me so that if I need to pray when I'm out, I have a clean place to put my face Kid's Prayer Rug (Children's Prayer Mat) aka Junior Janamaz And sometimes if I forget to pack it in my bag, I am forced to pray on a manilla envelope at work. Definitely doesn't do...
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    Can women be Imams?

    There are several different rolls an Imam can fill. Imam usually refers to the person who leads congregational prayers in a masjid. For most masjids, this roll is filled by a man. In women only congregations, a woman can fill the roll of Imam. And in China, where there are women only...
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    Favorite Muslim scholars/writers/thinkers?

    I've benefited immensely from books and lectures by Sh. Hamza Yusuf and Imam Zaid Shakir. In particular - Agenda to Change our Condition, Purification of the Heart and Treatise for the Seekers of Guidance are all books that take the classic sacred knowledge and present it in a way that is easy...
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    Hello Muslims.

    I don't believe that the scrolls are in the Bible in modern form. They're writings attributed to Abraham and Moses, apart from the Torah, which I can't correlate to anything in the existing text.
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    Islamic Nikkah help? confused!!

    No need to bump after 8 minutes. People will be along to answer. The basics of a marriage contract in Islam are as follows: *Consent of both parties. A wali (guardian) for the woman is required in all but the hanafi school. *A Mahr, either given at the time of the contract or delayed to a...
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    My Pet is Weirder Than Yours

    This is Squeaky. Her Royal Fuzziness is rolling around on a dirty, stinky gym shirt. Cuz that's how she rolls. Love ya anyways you crazy kitty! She's one smart cookie though. She wakes up in the middle of the night and wants food. So she meows. I lock her out of the bedroom. So the...
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    Hello Muslims.

    Although I'm not shia, I do have the answer. The Qur'an doesn't contain any of the full books found in the previous scripture. It does contain the same basic themes, and does have some of the similar stories and narrations, but nothing that could be pointed to and say aha, there's Isaiah. The...
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    Sleep & alt

    Scholars who are aware of the situation of those of us who live way up north look at all the sources on the issue and say that so long as you are certain you will wake up, one can delay isha until before fajr. The reason that it was considered makruh to pray isha after you sleep was that you...
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    Sleep & alt

    Where I live, isha currently does not begin until after 10. I need as many hours of uninterrupted sleep as I can get, so in the late spring/summer, I usually go to bed after maghrib and wake up 15-30 minutes before fajr (sometime between 3 and 4) begins in the morning. I pray isha, then can...
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    Star Wars: which character in star wars represents you and why?

    I've been contemplating this since I saw it yesterday, and sadly, I don't think I'm represented by any star wars character. I'd probably be some mid level bureaucrat on Coruscant that gets killed when the Vong invade. But if I had to pick my favorite character, it would be Corran Horn, all...
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    Tunisia and Egypt ! Way to go

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