For me,
-the happiness of a child i've never met
-the thought that an orphan will eat tonight
-the idea that a child will learn something that will save his or her life
-the concept of giving hope to children who have seen what no child should have ever seen

for me, this is more important than writing a personal statement about how amazing i am because of the life opportunities that have come my way that i have no control over, its more important than selling myself to a university which only wants the top of everything and dont really care about Lilly, its more important than summarizing my life in 4,000 words.

so, during charity week. i didnt touch my personal statement and devouted myself to this cause. to what mattered.

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I EAT ALL SAMOSAS!! EVEN OVEN ONES!! RAAAWWWWRRRR
[size=10] dont try to compete [/size]

how do we do it?
is it possible to upload from a file on desktop?
what about from facebook?
and it ask for width and height, what are the optimum numbers to get medium, normalish size pics?

Asslamu'Alaykoum

Just had to share some of these: Please take the time to read it all, jazakhallah..

The Beloved Prophet(saw) said;

> "If you read the Kalimah with conviction just once, Jannah becomes upon you

> "I only curse 3 types of people;"

1) Those who do not look after their parents when they are in old age
2) Those people who do not take the full advantage of the blessed month of Ramadan
3) Those people who do not say 'Saalallahu-Alayhay-wa-aalahay-wassalam' when my name is mentioned

> An intelligent person is one who is constantly thinking about and preparing for death

Isn't it funny?

Funny how we believe what the newspapers say.... but question what the Qur'an says...

Not bad for a first timer huh?! So proud i was of these little uns. Took me ages though..or it just felt like tht cos it was late. I almost burned the house down today though. tht kinda threw me off..so deffo some hits and misses there!

Hmm, I haven't heard this view before

Q. I am aware that upon doing dua, one should persist and not become impatient saying, “I did dua but it was not answered.”

However, one thing that has confused me is how a dua done at time when it is stated that dua is readily granted appears not to have been granted.

A In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Making du῾ā is from amongst the shortest and fastest routes that leads one to Allah swt. Du῾ā is a display of humility and humbleness. The slave of Allah testifies his weakness and surrenders his affairs to His Master. To understand the reality of du῾ā, ponder over the following ahādith:

(Don't quite understand this - how are you meant to wear a niqab w/o letting it touch your face. I thought no one wore niqab in ihram)

Question

While performing Hajj is it necessary that the Niqaab of a women does not touch her face while she is in Ihraam? Can she give some charity if she finds this difficult?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Leaving the face uncovered is part of the woman’s Ihrām. Nabi Sallallāhu Alaihi Wa Sallam has said:

“The Ihrām of a female is in her face and the Ihrām of a man is in his head.”
(Sunan Ad-Dāru Qutni, Hadīth No. 2761)[1]

Question
If a person all his life never had enough money to go for Hajj but when he was old and sick he had enough money that made Hajj Fard. Is it Wajib for him to send someone to perform it for him while he is alive.

Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Asslamu'Alaykoum

The Best Day of the Year:

The magnificent ten days of Dhu’l-Hijjah are almost over and we are approaching their climax, which is the Day of Arafah (9th Dhu’l-Hijjah). On this day there is an immense outpouring of divine mercy and bounty and it is considered by many scholars to be the best day of the year.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said there is no day in which Allah saves more people from the fire than the Day of Arafah.[1] It has also been narrated that anyone who has an atom’s weight of faith in their heart will be forgiven by Allah on this day, whether or not they actually stand at Arafah.[2]