COULD YOU THINK OF A SOLUTION?

Many years ago in a small Indian village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a female village moneylender. The female Moneylender, who was old, fat and ugly, fancied the farmer's handsome son,Cliff.

So she proposed a bargain.


She said she would forego the farmer's debt if she could marry his son. Both the farmer and his son were horrified by the Proposal.

So the cunning female moneylender suggested that they let Providence decide the matter. She told them that she would put a black Pebble and a white pebble into an empty moneybag. Then the son would have to pick one pebble from the bag.

If he picked the black pebble, he would become her husband and her father's debt would be forgiven.

If he picked the white pebble he need not marry her and his father's debt would still be forgiven.

But if he refused to pick a pebble, his father would be thrown into Jail

They were standing on a pebble-strewn path in the farmer's field. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As she picked them up, the sharp-eyed son noticed that she had picked up two Black pebbles and put them into the bag.

She then asked the son to pick a pebble from the bag.

Now, imagine that you were standing in the field. What would you have done if you were the son? If you had to advise him, what would you have told him?

Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:

The son should refuse to take a pebble.

The son should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag and expose the moneylender as a lying,backstabbing female cheat.

The son should pick a black pebble and sacrifice himself in order to save his father from his debt and imprisonment.

Take a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used with the hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral and logical thinking.

The son's dilemma cannot be solved with traditional logical thinking. Think of the consequences if he chooses the above logical answers.

What would you recommend to the son to do?

Well, here is what he did....

The son put his hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without looking at it, he fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.

'Oh, how clumsy of me,' he said. 'But never mind, if you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked.'

Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that he had picked the white one. And since the moneylender dared not admit her Dishonesty, the son changed what seemed an impossible situation into An extremely advantageous one.

MORAL OF THE STORY:

Most complex problems do have a solution.
It is only that we don't attempt to think.

Source: Hidayah.net

THREE WORST MEN !!!

There were three men competing to see who was the worst one in the world. The first one attacked a woman, beat her until her teeth fell out and she bled from her nose and ears. He beat her so savagely that she fainted. He turned to the others and said, "I am the worst one of all."

The second man stepped up to rape her and beat her further until she was almost dead. He turned to the others and said, "No one can be worse than me."
The third one stepped up, smiled coldly, and said, "No, I am the worst one even though I just stood by and watched, because this woman is my sister.

The woman is Palestine.
The first man is Israel.
The second is the West.
The third is the Arab world that stood by and did nothing.

While the Arabs are in safety eating at McDonald, burger king or drinking coffee at Starbucks Or Drinking Coka Cola, buying American-Israeli goods, while they turn off the news whenever something about Palestine is shown, while they spend their time giving money to companies that support the Israeli army economically. .. while they do that...

A Palestinian IS...

* being shot,
* becoming homeless,
* starving,
* hiding from rockets
* loosing an arm or a leg,
* loosing a parent
* loosing a brother or sister or a child
* becoming blind
* living in chock

All of this while the Arabs are sitting on their big asses eating at MacDonald And StarBucks, while the Arab leaders are having perfect relationships with America and Israel, while they blame the Palestinians for defending themselves and advice them to settle for a cheap peace like they did but their country was not stolen... so why do they advice the Palestinians do settle for anything??

By the Time!

Man is surely in loss,except those who believed and did good works, and exhorted one another to Truth, and exhorted one another to patience - Surah 103 - Al-'Asr

Do remember us in your prayers and seek Forgiveness, Strength in Eimaan and Guidance for the Ummah from Allah. O Allah Guide us to remember you in all our states and guide us to turn to you in all our matters

Do not leave a sin from us without forgiving it and set us free from hell fire

let's not even forget to pray for our oppressed brothers and sisters in Iraq (includes Abu Gharib or newly 'Baghdad prison'), Bosnia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Algeria, Sudan, Guantanamo Bay, and elsewhere in this world along with heart-beating Palestine!! May Allaah forgive us all! Ameen

Source: Hidayah.net

Zabarjad - Karam

Old song that make me wonder how is life should be. Lets sing the song je la..
Jangan nangis sudah..

Zabarjad - Karam

Dapatkah putik kan menjadi bunga
Kiranya cuaca sering gerhana
Dapatkah kasih bersemi selamanya
Ataupun aku harus berserah kepadaNya
Yang Maha Esa

Mestikah ada satu perngorbanan
Sehingga terjadinya perpisahan
Kiranya itu satu permintaan
Perlukah kau dan ku merelakan

Kita hanya insan yang selalu mengharpkan
Suatu yang indah dalam percintaan
Di kala tiba dugaan mendatang
Aku kau tinggalkan

Karam aku di lautan duka
Bila wajahmu hilang di mata
Tiada berita pengubat rindu
Di kala sendu

Kubiarkan luka di hati berdarah
Sehingga kering dimamah mentari
Apakah salahku
Disakiti sebegini

Perlukah aku terus mengharapkan
Camar yang hilang kembali ke sarang
Apakah masih ada kerinduan
Yang tersimpan di hatimu sayang...

A Story About A Marriage Meeting

Once there was a very handsome, pious, well educated young man, whose parents emphasised for him to get married. They had seen so many marriage proposals, and he had turned them all down. The parents thought it was becoming a little ridiculous or suspected that he may have someone else in mind.

However every time the parents left the girls house, the young man would always say "she's not the one!". The young man only wanted a girl who was religious and practicing, however one evening his mother arranged for him, to meet a girl, who was religious, and practicing.

On that evening, the young man, and girl, were left to talk, and ask each other questions. (As one would expect). The young man, being a gentleman that he was allowed, the lady to ask first.The young girl asked the young man so many questions, she asked about his life, his education, his friends, his family, his habits, his hobbies, his lifestyle, his enjoyment, his pastime, his experiences, his shoe size..

The young man replied to all of her questions, without tiring, and politely, with a smile the young girl took up nearly all of the time, over an hour, and felt bad, and asked the young man do you have any questions? The young man said, it's ok. I only have 3 questions...

The young girl thought, wow, only 3 questions okay, shoot.

The young man's first question was,
Who do you love the most in the world, someone who's love nothing would ever overcome?

She said, this is an easy question; my mother, he smiled

Second question, he asked, you said that you read a lot of qur'an, could you tell me which surahs you know the meaning of?

Hearing this she went red and embarrassed and said, I do not know the meaning of any yet, but I am hoping to soon insha'allah I've just been a bit busy.

The third question the young man asked, was I have been approached for my hand in marriage, by girls that are a lot more prettier than you, why should I marry you?

Hearing this the young girl was outraged, she stormed off to her parents with fury, and said I do not want to marry this man he is insulting my beauty, and intelligence.

And the young man and his parents, were once again, left without an agreement of marriage.

This time, the young mans parents were really angry, and said what did you do to anger that girl, the family were so nice, and pleasant, and they were religious like you wanted. What did you ask the girl?? Tell us!

The young man said, firstly I asked her, who do you love the most? she said, her mother,

The parents said so, what is wrong with that??

The young man said, "no one, is Muslim, until he loves Allah, and his messenger (saw) more than anyone else in the world"

If a woman loves Allah and the Prophet (pbuh) more than anyone, she will love me and respect me, and stay faithful to me, because of that love, and fear for Allah (swt). and we can share this love, because this love is greater than lust for beauty.

The young man said, then I asked, you read a lot of qur'an, can you tell me the meaning of any surah?

And she said no, because I haven't had time yet. so I thought of that hadith "ALL humans, are dead except for those who have knowledge"

She has lived 20 years and not found ANY time, to seek knowledge, why would I marry a woman, who does not know her rights, and responsibilities, and what will she teach my children, except how to be negligent, because the woman IS the madrasa (school) and the best of teachers.
And a woman who has no time for Allah, will not have time for her husband.

The third question I asked her was, that a lot of girls, more prettier than her, had approached me for marriage, why should I choose you? That is why she stormed off, getting angry.

The young man's parents said that is a horrible thing to say, why would you do such a thing, we are going back there to apologize.

The young man said I said this on purpose, to test whether she could control her anger.
The Prophet (saw) said "do not get angry, do not get angry, do not angry" when asked how to become pious; because anger is from Satan.

If a woman cannot control her anger with a stranger she has just met, do you think she will be able to control it with her husband??

So, the moral of this story is, a marriage is based on,
Knowledge, not looks,
Practice, not preaching,
Forgiveness, not anger,
Spiritual love, not lust.
and compromise

One should look for a person who
1) Has love for Allah (swt) and the messenger (saw)
2) Has knowledge of the deen, and can act upon it.
3) can control her anger
and another important and crucial factor. that she be
4) willing to compromise.

And it goes both ways, so women seeking a man, should look for the same things.

Insha'allah, may Allah make every marriage a success, and let us create Love for Allah and his messenger(saw) so that Allah can bless us, and create love in our lives.

There is no better structure founded in Islam other than marriage. - The Prophet of Islam (saw)
Ameen
By the Time! Man is surely in loss,except those who believed and did good works, and exhorted one another to Truth, and exhorted one another to patience - Surah 103 - Al-'Asr

Do remember us in your prayers and seek Forgiveness, Strength in Eimaan and Guidance for the Ummah from Allah. O Allah Guide us to remember you in all our states and guide us to turn to you in all our matters. Do not leave a sin from us without forgiving it and set us free from hell fire

let's not even forget to pray for our oppressed brothers and sisters in Iraq (includes Abu Gharib or newly 'Baghdad prison'), Bosnia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Algeria, Sudan, Guantanamo Bay, and elsewhere in this world along with heart-beating Palestine!! May Allaah forgive us all! Ameen

ALLAH KNOWS BEST..
safe n salam

Source: ReachCircle@yahoogroups.com

THE COFFIN

A pretty woman was serving a life sentence in prison. Angry and resentful about her situation, she had decided that she would rather die than to live another year in prison. Over the years she had become good friends with one of the prison caretakers. His job, among others, was to bury those prisoners who died in a graveyard just outside the prison walls.

When a prisoner died, the caretaker rang a bell, which was heard by everyone. The caretaker then got the body and put it in a casket.Next, he entered his office to fill out the death certificate before returning to the casket to nail the lid shut. Finally, he put the casket on a wagon to take it to the graveyard and bury it.

Knowing this routine, the woman devised an escape plan and shared it with the caretaker. The next time the bell rang, the woman would leave her cell and sneak into the dark room where the coffins were kept. She would slip into the coffin with the dead body while the caretaker was filling out the death certificate. When the care-taker returned, he would nail the lid shut and take the coffin outside the prison with the woman in the coffin along with the dead body. He would then bury the coffin.

The woman knew there would be enough air for her to breathe until later in the evening when the caretaker would return to the graveyard under the cover of darkness, dig up the coffin, open it, and set her free. The caretaker was reluctant to go along with this plan, but since he and the woman had become good friends over the years, he agreed to do it.

The woman waited several weeks before some-one in the prison died. She was asleep in her cell when she heard the death bell ring.She got up, picked the lock of her cell, and slowly walked down the hallway. She was nearly caught a couple of times. Her heart was beating fast.She opened the door to the darkened room where the coffins were kept.

Quietly in the dark, she found the coffin that contained the dead body, carefully climbed into the coffin and pulled the lid shut to wait for the caretaker to come and nail the lid shut. Soon she heard footsteps and the pounding of the hammer and nails. Even though she was very uncomfortable in the coffin with the dead body, she knew that with each nail she was one step closer to freedom.

The coffin was lifted onto the wagon and taken outside to the graveyard. She could feel the coffin being lowered into the ground. She didn't make a sound as the coffin hit the bottom of the grave with a thud.Finally she heard the dirt dropping onto the top of the wooden coffin, and she knew that it was only a matter of time until she would be free at last.

After several minutes of absolute silence, she began to laugh. She was free! She was free!. Feeling curious, she decided to light a match to find out the identity of the dead prisoner beside her. To her horror, she discovered that she was lying next to the dead caretaker.

Many people believe they have life all figured out..... but sometimes it just doesn't turn out the way they planned it .