Salaam

I meet parents on a daily basis – most of who are deluded about their kids.

I have a good handful of children who are lazy, cant write a simple sentence and never bother to give their homework in on time but parents are convinced that they are top in the class.

One child in my class settles his disputes by biting – parents don’t understand how on earth their tiny, skinny, scared looking child could be capable of doing such a thing.

[quote][size=18] Saudi minister warns of dollar collapse[/size]

The dollar could collapse if Opec officially admits considering changing the pricing of oil into alternative currencies such as the euro, the Saudi Arabian foreign minister has warned.

Prince Saud Al-Faisal was overheard ruling out a proposal from Iran and Venezuela to discuss pricing crude in a private meeting at the oil cartel's conference.

In an embarrassing blunder at the meeting in Riyadh, ministers' microphones were not cut off during a key closed meeting, and Prince Al-Faisal was heard saying: "My feeling is that t

Salaam

I’ve noticed in some communities – particularly my own. When someone has a bad past and then gave up his/her wrong ways – society still finds it difficult to accept this.

Some people do their time in prison - but when they come out full of remorse, society still shuns them.

I know of reverts who are not welcomed into the family they marry into, as their inlaws assume that they are still hanging onto to their unislamic cultural ways.

Is playing chess haraam?

Someone mentioned some hadith stated the prophet (pbuh) said it was haraam. Does anyone know which hadith and the reasoning behind this?

I wasnt even aware that chess existed back then.