Can a Muslim Woman Propose to a Muslim Man? (Hadith No. 2001)

Some beautiful concepts which makes our religion beautiful and much more “Broad” than it actually is portrayed as. May Allah Forgive us and Help us to be among the righteous also make our intentions righteous and courageous enough so we don’t falter away in doing haram stuff.

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Bismillah.

Hadith no. 2000 (below) is a repeat. Read it here.

Volume 3, Book 38, Number 504 :
Narrated by Jabir bin ‘Abdullah (radiallaahu `anhu)
I was accompanying the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) on a journey and was riding a slow camel that was lagging behind the others. The Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) passed by me and asked, “Who is this?” I replied, “Jabir bin ‘Abdullah.” He asked, “What is the matter, (why are you late)?” I replied, “I am riding a slow camel.” He asked, “Do you have a stick?” I replied in the affirmative. He said, “Give it to me.” When I gave it to him, he beat the camel and rebuked it. Then that camel surpassed the others thenceforth. The Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) said, “Sell it to me.” I replied, “It is (a gift) for you, O Allah’s…

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Why I Will Always Cheer for Shahid Afridi

haha 😀 loved this post, simply amazaing ^_^
quoting directly from post “there is no reason or excuse why a woman can’t make a difference or make her voice heard, even from her kitchen.”

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This is a response to the Dawn Blog post Why I won’t be cheering for Shahid Afridi anymore.

Photo courtesy of espncricinfo.com.

First. We love Afridi the cricketer; not Afridi the feminist. He is not a women’s advocate, nor a spokesperson for a feminist organization. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. If this were not true, then we would not have had the pleasure to read the letter that Ms. Chughtai addressed to Shahid Afridi ever so ardently expressing hers.

Second. What did you expect? It should not come as a surprise that Afridi is from a conservative family. Cricket star or not – he doesn’t seem like one to say it’s okay for women in Peshawar to be running around on a cricket field. Of course not. And above all, he did not say anything outrageous. He simply said the women of Pakistan have certain zaiqa in…

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Have you given any thought, O’ son of Adam, to the day when you will die and will be taken out of your place?

Did you not know, O’ you who were deceived by this world, that this journey to the Day of intense horror was inevitable, when the time spent gossiping would be to no avail?