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Thats cuz duhboy is in denial and no thats not a river in Egypt!
denial bout wot?
the love bit or the bolly films bit
he probably got every bolly classic in his cabinet
Salaam
Eid Mubarak to everyone who di dEid today...and also for those who will be doing it tomorrow.
Have a great time... and be good
and...stay away from Wimmy Rd..pls!
wasalaam
will try our very best to stay away
Yeah an its also haraam to fast on eid.
No not the gum drop buttons! – Gingy
Once the Companions RA differed on the action they took regarding a command from the Holy Prophet SAW. He SAW askeed them why and they RA responded they had acted as they understood the command's meaning.
The Holy Prophet SAW responded: You are both right.
(that was aimed at Omrow et al....but in a good way, Omrow you better not be shy!)
Gentleness and kindness were never a part of anything except that it made it beautiful, and harshness was never a part of anything except that it made it ugly.
Through cheating, stealing, and lying, one may get required results but finally one becomes
Totall agree wiv u salma saw 1 was gruesome but rubbish (not much of a storyline). However sayin that you cant watch the first and then not watch the second, so i'l probs go 2 see it and hopefully it'l be better than the first.
No not the gum drop buttons! – Gingy
Even if i wanted to i cudnt!
Eid mubarak all? sorry, but been busy, and its pushed it past modnight... so eid Mubarak to those who did it yesterday aswell.
Around here some mosques have apparently had 31 fasts, coz they say they started it wrong...
I gotta big them up.
I would never expect the muslims of today (well ,the committees) to admit such a mistake.
It has restored some of my confidence for the muslim community.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
When I wished some Hindus a Shubha Dipavali, turned out it was yesterday but the celebrations last three days. In a shop they shared some of those delicious Indian sweets with me, that they were keeping under the counter for Hindus and friendly folk. Yum.
Omrow and all your countryside crew, since you're doing it a day later, Eid Mubarak!
thanks 100.
2moro should be good.
In Oldham therre is a charity event in the Marlborough community resource and development centre (known to pakistani's as the pakistani community centre):
Go Karting!
all proceeds going into 'The Oldham mayor's International relief fund'.
Be there. enjoy the Go-Karting, and help raise much sought after cash.
PS its 11am to 4:30 pm on Friday 4 November.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
salaam
EID MUBARAK to all
May Allah(SWT) shower us all with his blessing enjoy ur day peeps
wa/salaam
Salaam
just updated the website. Is it ok? or should it just be 'Eid mubarak!'
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
of course its ok.
coz it does just say eid mubarak,
eid mubarak to those doing it friday
i hope u have fun coz mines over and had nothing but fun LOL bare tired.
and the weather waz so wicked an all.
hope the weathers good for u LOT.
Hayder's article is a good call for respect. Respect!
youve made my Eid, 100 - thanks
Normally i leave it till after the eid prayer, but u folks will hav 2 get it earlier.
on that note i'd like to apologise to all those i may have offended, upset or earned their anger.......besides angel of course
...lol joke
May you all have a good day, enjoy yourselves, and i pray to Allah swt he showers his blessings and mercy upon us all. Eid Muabarak folks!!!!
p.s. please remember those who were unfortunate in the earthquakes
[i][b]Hayder Hussain Khan Sabri[/b][/i]
The Lover is ever drunk with love;
He is free, he is mad,
He dances with ecstasy and delight.
Caught by our own thoughts,
We worry about every little thing,
But once we get drunk on that love,
Whatever will be, will be.
ɐɥɐɥ
(this is gonna seem weird to those who don't get it)
Gentleness and kindness were never a part of anything except that it made it beautiful, and harshness was never a part of anything except that it made it ugly.
Through cheating, stealing, and lying, one may get required results but finally one becomes
Hope you all had a great Eid.
Hayder, I haven't forgotten you asked about those two Jewish festivals (chagim). It is Shabbat as of now so, in a couple of days if that's OK.
Shabbat Shalom.
Shalom Lechum
(my hebrew is worse than my Arabic which is worse than my Urdu which is on parr with my french, which is worse than my Panjabi which is more limited than my English language, and so while it looks like I mightbe a linguist if ''Shalom Lechum' is incorrect then take it as 'Ha ni chi wa' instead)
(Japaneese for hello)
Gentleness and kindness were never a part of anything except that it made it beautiful, and harshness was never a part of anything except that it made it ugly.
Through cheating, stealing, and lying, one may get required results but finally one becomes
Salaam and Aleichem Shalom Not_a_Kuri! (You were close, it is Shalom Aleichem, then the response Aleichem Shalom).
Sh'vua Tov (A good week, now that Shabbat has ended).
Thank you very much.
Hayder, thanks for your interest. It is hard for me to give an exact picture but I will try to cover the main things.
Sukkot is also called Z'man Simchateinu, Our Time of Joy. It is one of the five major festivals - the Yamim Nora'im (Days of Awe) are Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur, and the Shalosh Regalim (three pilgrimage (foot) festivals) are Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot. These five festivals are commanded in the Torah. Sukkot is a harvest festival on which we commemorate the B'nei Yisrael's time in the wilderness by building temporary huts with ceilings of leaves or bamboo. We also decorate by hanging fruit from the ceiling and generally beautifying the walls. The very technically minded or those without resources sometimes follow the set regulations which permit alternatives for the walls so long as the ceiling is legit, ie basically a removable skylight with some bamboo on top, but I don't go in for that. In a warmer country we could safely sleep in them, and some communities chance that either way. Otherwise it is where we eat for the week. Grumpy neighbours have been known to complain to the council, which gives a week to take it down, which is funny. Anyway. There are certain plants which are held and blessed each day to commemorate the harvest, and each has symbolic significance - the lulav (palm branch), etrog (citron, a sweet smelling citrus fruit), hadassim (myrtle branches) and aravot (willow branches). As on all Jewish festivals we spend time with our families, host visitors, pray, eat and sing together. Not to mention kiddush (blessing over wine) at each meal, and a l'chaim with friends. There is a custom especially for children to visit sukkot around the neighbourhood for a snack and z'mirot (songs). The first two days are Yom Tov, which means we keep laws fairly similar to Shabbat and do not work. Four days later is Shemini Atzeret (Eighth Day Gathering), another day of Yom Tov that marks the end of Sukkot.
The following day is called Simchat Torah (Rejoicing of Torah). Each Shabbat we read a portion of Torah and on Simchat Torah the reading is completed and we go through from start to finish. This means a lot of honours are passed out for people to bless the Torah, to hold and wrap the Sifrei Torah (Torah Scrolls), and to open the Aron (ark in which the Sifrei Torah are stored). Also, we dance around the synagogue and sometimes in the street with the Sifrei Torah, and it is also an honour to hold the Torah and recite the verses preceeding each circuit of the bimah (central lectern from which the Torah is read). Essentially there is a lot of singing and dancing, sweets are thrown to the kids and there is a big kiddush with fruit, nibbles and cakes. The service can take up most of the day.
thanks 100
rest assured, unlike many posts - i did read that one, nice1
never heard of many of those activities to tell the truth, its interesting
the buikding of the huts, do you do that in the UK as well? why havnt i heard of it or seen it :?
The Lover is ever drunk with love;
He is free, he is mad,
He dances with ecstasy and delight.
Caught by our own thoughts,
We worry about every little thing,
But once we get drunk on that love,
Whatever will be, will be.
ɐɥɐɥ
there is one in manchester... not too far away. (what? 5 miles? 10? not more than that...)
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
There are sukkot in gardens and balconies all over places like Salford, Bury, Prestwich and South Manchester. In London the kosher cafes build little sukkot on their pavement patches.
lol, true..........not seen any jews in oldham in all my life here
however i know the areas mentioned in manchester above do have a high presence, but still........i havnt seen these huts or heard of em!
got any pics? weblinks with images?
The Lover is ever drunk with love;
He is free, he is mad,
He dances with ecstasy and delight.
Caught by our own thoughts,
We worry about every little thing,
But once we get drunk on that love,
Whatever will be, will be.
ɐɥɐɥ
LOL
I got the same kind of comments from those who did Eid on thursday..
They all said to me thats its a big sin to fast on Eid day and were telling me not to fast on thursday.
Hayder, I would love to show you pictures of our Sukkah in Manchester, which is a beautiful Sukkah my Dad and brothers build from scratch each year, lined with leaves and flowers (a lot of people have it down to a mini-marquee or hut with a bamboo roof), but I don't have pictures.
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Wiki on Sukkot[/url]
Arbah Minim (Four Species)
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