tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497601.post116014202946367691..comments2009-07-05T08:38:40.199+03:00Matthew Thistlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01118786319713247519noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497601.post-1162448728617964292006-11-02T09:25:00.000+03:002006-11-02T09:25:00.000+03:00Assalamu Alaikum Matthew<BR/>I hope you are OK. It seems you got so busy that you did not post for almost a month.<BR/><BR/>Wassalamu Alaikum<BR/><BR/>Nasser<BR/>Al Madina Al MunawaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497601.post-1160408798987802412006-10-09T18:46:00.000+03:002006-10-09T18:46:00.000+03:00Salam Sidi Matthew<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this.<BR/><BR/>Very True. <BR/>I guess we must remember that the portions of everything are given in due measure for all. And not everything is how it appears...<BR/><BR/>And that piccy above is :-O<BR/><BR/>Wasalam, duas and may the Grace of God remain upon us all<BR/><BR/>Bint-eh AdamDaughter of Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11208012169380746860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497601.post-1160252075474219652006-10-07T23:14:00.000+03:002006-10-07T23:14:00.000+03:00This state is true in all countries, brother. Even Washington DC, the US Capitol, is surrounded by slums of extreme poverty. Little is done by the government. Yet to be poor with Alhamdulillah on your lips is better than to be rich with only yourself in your thoughts. IN the end, all are dust. When our souls stand before Allah, which of us will bear the greater burden?<BR/><BR/>Ya Haqq!Irvinghttp://darvish.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497601.post-1160224739307063122006-10-07T15:38:00.000+03:002006-10-07T15:38:00.000+03:00As salaamu alaikum Matthew<BR/><BR/>How true your words are! Subhan Allah! It's true: people can be ennobled by hardness and humiliated by wealth!<BR/><BR/>The sad fact today is that there is sooo much poverty. But, brother, you are not asked to change the whole world, merely to do whatever you can, wherever and whenever you can do it.<BR/><BR/>Ma'as salama,<BR/>Abdur RahmanAbdur Rahmanhttp://thecorner.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497601.post-1160221943773917432006-10-07T14:52:00.000+03:002006-10-07T14:52:00.000+03:00Salaam!<BR/><BR/>Is there any way we can get some Zakaat/Sadaqah to these people? Perhaps via you, or the brothers...<BR/><BR/>was-Salaam<BR/>abdul-KhaliqAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497601.post-1160217604677521352006-10-07T13:40:00.000+03:002006-10-07T13:40:00.000+03:00salaams;<BR/><BR/>sadly Truth for most of us...<BR/><BR/>as Neal Stephenson once wrote (paraphrasing) while "80% of humanity is making mud bricks, most of the rest are field-stripping their AKs" - there is evil to the (im)balance of power. We should not be grateful that the economic and political systems allow us to be comfortable while others suffer, we should be grateful that Allah has not punished us, but has rather allowed us life & time to remedy the situation.<BR/><BR/>Thank Allah for tawba...<BR/>and may Allah guide and forgive the ignorant.dawud al-gharibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06854745244290110900noreply@blogger.com