Why do people wish to be buried in the country they were born in, or the country they originated from? Soil will be soil wherever you go, and even in so called 'non-Muslim' countries, you still have 'Muslim graveyards' and they still allow you to fulfill the Islamic rituals of death and burial, so does it REALLY matter? Life on Earth is just temporary and we’re ALL going to be raised on the day of reckoning regardless of whether we’re buried 1 mile or 1000 miles away from our family members. Aren’t we supposed to hasten from the time of death to the time of burial, and don’t the deceased suffer a lot of pain during transportation across the sky? I’m puzzled. 

Anyway, how'd you feel about sharing your husband? And for the guys, how'd you feel if your wife didn't care that you have a second wife?

Can't sleep. Think I'm officially an insomniac. But anyway, so in between reading the Catcher in the Rye  and contemplating whether I had ADHD or not, I came across the book review of: 

 ^{Love, Inshallah: The Secret Love Lives Of American Muslim Women By Ayesha Mattu And Nura Maznavi}

The title sounds boring. But I read the review anyway and found a quoted section of the book:

Hajj is mandatory for all wealthy Muslims as it is one of the pillar of Islam. Hajj is obligatory for them who can afford to do it. Now the question is how to find affordable Hajj and Umrah package for Muslim's of non Islamic country like UK? There are many providers of Hajj packages and all are not the same in terms of quality and affordability. For Affordable Hajj and Umrah you have to choose wisely and do plan ahead of time. And this is the perfect time for check this out. http://www.islamfreedom.com

[CENTER][B]الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وبعد :[/B][/CENTER]

As salam mu alaikum wa rahmat Ullah wa barakataHu

">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CYyfiEMNBk]

I cant right now find an article that touched me about being good to parents or anything, but there's this video and one of his main point there is being good to parents, so that will be my introductionary post.

I created this topic coz of stuff going on at home, and at the same time i was listening to this vid and i had no idea it was going to mention parents and now im a bit at a loss coz my questions kinda got answered.

Salam

There is a call for 'freedom' in the Middle East, both from citizens within its troubled borders, and from our own Western supporters of democracy overseas. This is, of course, with good intention. However, the call seems remarkably simplistic. There is a formulaic image being created of Arab heroes rushing to the streets only to be suppressed, injured, or killed by stubborn, iron-fisted regimes that wish to thwart political freedom. We in the West show our support for our fellow brothers and sisters in humanity under these dictatorships, arguing too that they deserve the right to democratic elections and to other civil liberties that we enjoy here in the West. And so the alleged struggle of freedom vs. oppression / "good vs. evil" continues.

I linked to this in my latest blog, but I'm not sure how many people wll bother reading that, so you might miss it! I think it's worth a read, so that's why I'm creating this topic to bring it to people's attention, incase I hadn't already. Personally, it gave me an insight into the way disabled people were treated but the Prophet and I liked it because it's not something that's discussed a lot and so I learnt something new.

 "And we have commanded man to do good to his parents. His mother bore him with great hardship and
brought him forth in great pain. And the bearing and weaning are in thirty months until when he attains full strength and reached forty years, he said: O my lord! Inspire me that I may keep offering thanks for His favour which you bestowed on me and on my parents (and grant me strength) that I may do good deeds those of which you approve and make my offspring righteous for me.
Truly I turn to you in repentance and surely I am of those who submits to your
commandments in all humanity." (SURA 46 V15)

http://muhumin.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/parents.pdf

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

http://www.kalamullah.com/Books/Tafsir%20Ibn%20Kathir%20all%2010%20volum...

The Qur'an is the revelation of Allah's Own Words for the guidance of

His creatures. Since the Qur'an is the primary source of Islamic

teachings, the correct understanding for the Qur'an is necessary for

every Muslim. The Tafsir of Ibn Kathir is among the most renowned and

accepted explanation of the Qur'an in the entire world. In it one finds

the best presentation of Hadiths, history, and scholarly commentary.