Divorce: Is missing Salah in the Masjid to blame?

Ok, I have a hypothesis. It goes like this ...

Most men nowadays are a bunch of girls. (We all heartily agree, yup).
[It's funny how I was single handedly able to insult both genders with that one sentence. *smile*]

So, agreed men nowadays are a bunch of girls sitting at home not praying in the Masjid. (True, look at most Masjids, only a trickle of people are consistent)

So ... with the men (not praying in Masjid) always in the face of the woman, she starts to get annoyed with him, like, "Do you think you could give me a little space, eh?"
And he's got cabin fever from praying in his closet for so long, he's like, "Dudette, I need a break from you."
She's like, "Why do you always leave the home and not want to be with me?"
He's like, "You just said to give you a little space?"
What? ARGH!!!

(And so it goes).

What if ....

He goes out to Masjid.
She's like, "Are you going again? Stay home I miss you when your gone."
He's like: "Me too. But I'll be home soon honey with a mist of Eman on my face."
See ya. See ya.
Eternal Marriage bliss.

This is my hypothesis.
What do you think?

The sandals at the door dilemna?

Ok, every human who has ever entered a Masjid on Jumu'ah has experienced this.

The whole crowd rushes to the door. Or rather ... the sandal rack.
The first guy steps to the exit and ... DROPS his sandals on the concrete outside.
Then he stops, fumbles with his feet ... while TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE are waiting to leave the Masjid.

Bottleneck.

With a problem so common, you'd think all our Muslim engineers would have solved it by now?
C'mon you engineerians. Solve this dilemna for us.
How can we flow people out of the Masjid without creating a bottleneck??

Open your mind

Think of something.
Think the opposite.
And try to find ways in which you can make the opposite be true.

Example:
Having students pay for tuition.
Opposite: PAY students to study.
How can you make this true: Provide scholarships.

Another example:
Telling your Mother that you want to get married. (Or shall I say 'nagging')
Opposite: Your mother nagging you to get married.
How can you make this true? *smile* I just had an idea, but I can't tell you.

What's on your mind?
What's the exact opposite?
How can you make it true?

Are you open minded?

This statement has been ringing in my ear, tell me what it means to you. And apply it to yourself, where does it ring true:

"How can you learn something new, when your mind is not willing to listen?"

How to get an A Grade final Exam?

By Muhammad Alshareef

You may know someone who is studying for final exams these days. Final exams are always a nice time to focus on the true exam of life.

1. In school, you can often redo your exam if you fail. In the hereafter, if one fails there is no going back.

2. In school, you often do not know what questions will be asked. In the hereafter, there are only 3 questions: Who is your Lord? What is your Deen? And who is this man who was sent to you? But the answers are answers you live by.

3. In school, we stay up at night to cram for the exam the next day. So too in Allah's exam, we should be staying up in night prayers.

4. In school, we pray and hope and work for an outstanding mark. So too should be our attitude towards Allah's exam.

5. In school, when we get a great mark, we erupt with happiness. So too will the believers erupt in happiness when they get their books in their right hands. Work for it.

6. In school, when we get a bad mark, sadness can be seen on our faces, and we dislike to face others. So too in the hereafter. Protect yourself from that.

7. During a school exam, you cannot ask anyone for help. In the hereafter, you can prepare from now to get assistance from Allah's Messenger, the Quran, and other ways of intercession.

8. In school, when exam time draws near, we banish distractions to focus on what is really important. In Allah's exam, isn't death within 1 heart beat? Banish distractions and focus.

9. In school, until exam results come out, we worry about the result. In Allah's exam, we don't know what our result will be, so we spend our days in hope and worry until the results come out.

What do you think?

Do you have other reflections on exams?

A look at the first 10 Days...

You are probably familiar with the last ten nights of Ramadan, and how virtuous those nights are? Yes.

Well, let me introduce to 10 days that are MORE virtuous, yet many people are not aware of it. It's the ten days of the Islamic calendar month of Dhul-Hijjah (which starts on Nov.18)

Dhul-Hijjah (the Month of Hajj) is the 12th month of the Islamic calendar. It is during this month that Hajj takes place.

According to Rasul Allah, sal Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam, the first ten days of this month are a special time for worship and an increase of good deeds.

Ahmad and at-Tabarani record from Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said, "There is no day more honorable in Allaah's sight and no acts more beloved therein to Allaah than those in these ten days (of Dhul-Hijjah)"

In particular, the 9th day of the month marks the day of Arafah, and the 10th day is Eid. Even if you are not traveling for Hajj, you can still put in extra effort to do more good deeds.

What sort of extra good deeds can you do?

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1. Fasting these 10 days

2. Giving more charity during these 10 days

3. Say the "Eid" Takbeers loudly wherever you go. (Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. Laa ilaaha illa Allah. Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. Walillaahil hamd.)

4. Try to pray more prayers in the Masjid

5. Increase ties of kinship (visit family, say kind words to them, etc.)

6. Perform more voluntary prayers at home

7. Read more Quran, contemplating the meanings

8. Do more Dhikr

9. Ask for forgiveness more frequently

With best wishes to see you succeed at the highest level!

- Muhammad Alshareef

www.SuccessinIslam.com