Salaam!
Yeah, you bet I've been waiting. That's all I have to say for now. See ya.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Muslims getting...
...fatter. Yeah, it's true.
Yesterday (or was it the day before?) I was reading Taraweeh in a local Masjid, and I noticed that Muslims in America are a bit.... uh.... overweight. I'm serious. We eat too much. I wonder if they eat that much in Muslim countries.
Well, back to what I was talking about. I was reading Taraweeh, and who would have thought, there was a fat guy next to me. And a REALLY fat guy on the left. I was sandwiched, and my arms were really tight and pressed against the sides of my body, I had to lean back with my feet still lined up with their's just to get some relief (putting pressure on my heels which was not comfortable at ALL), my arms were being pushed in during Sujood, and the list goes on and on and on and on....
The average per capita calorie consumption in America (according to 2007 data) is 4000 (it's actually 3990, but what difference does 10 calories make? I probably burned 10 calories writing this post). Now, two years later, it's probably well over that. And I have a feeling that this country's 7,000,000 million Muslims (mainly the immigrants - 5,000,000 are immigrants or descended from immigrants, the rest are converted) are contributing a LOT to that number. Among Muslims, it's probably 5,000. Or maybe 6 or 7,000. See ya later, Mr. 8000-calorie-diet Michael Phelps. Your days are over. An American Muslim could beat that any day. Even in Ramadan.
Kareem, trade in the burger for a salad. Not to mention you got it at McDonald's, so it's HARAAM. Habeeb, drink an orange juice instead of a soda. Fatima, lose the french fries. Start eating healthy foods, people! Your future depends on it! Haven't you heard of cholesterol? But that's not the point. The point is, when you eat fatty foods, or large amounts of food, or both (the most popular choice), you get REALLY fat and your going to end up bothering the person next to you in Salaah or Taraweeh or something else like that. Then he/she will go to his/her blog which gets 3 views a day (more like a week. Possibly even a year!) and right an article similar to this one. So throw out that hot dog you're chowing down on (you got ketchup on the computer) and go eat an apple. NOW. Unless you're fasting. I assume you're not, because you wouldn't have been eating a hot dog.
Salaam
Yesterday (or was it the day before?) I was reading Taraweeh in a local Masjid, and I noticed that Muslims in America are a bit.... uh.... overweight. I'm serious. We eat too much. I wonder if they eat that much in Muslim countries.
Well, back to what I was talking about. I was reading Taraweeh, and who would have thought, there was a fat guy next to me. And a REALLY fat guy on the left. I was sandwiched, and my arms were really tight and pressed against the sides of my body, I had to lean back with my feet still lined up with their's just to get some relief (putting pressure on my heels which was not comfortable at ALL), my arms were being pushed in during Sujood, and the list goes on and on and on and on....
The average per capita calorie consumption in America (according to 2007 data) is 4000 (it's actually 3990, but what difference does 10 calories make? I probably burned 10 calories writing this post). Now, two years later, it's probably well over that. And I have a feeling that this country's 7,000,000 million Muslims (mainly the immigrants - 5,000,000 are immigrants or descended from immigrants, the rest are converted) are contributing a LOT to that number. Among Muslims, it's probably 5,000. Or maybe 6 or 7,000. See ya later, Mr. 8000-calorie-diet Michael Phelps. Your days are over. An American Muslim could beat that any day. Even in Ramadan.
Kareem, trade in the burger for a salad. Not to mention you got it at McDonald's, so it's HARAAM. Habeeb, drink an orange juice instead of a soda. Fatima, lose the french fries. Start eating healthy foods, people! Your future depends on it! Haven't you heard of cholesterol? But that's not the point. The point is, when you eat fatty foods, or large amounts of food, or both (the most popular choice), you get REALLY fat and your going to end up bothering the person next to you in Salaah or Taraweeh or something else like that. Then he/she will go to his/her blog which gets 3 views a day (more like a week. Possibly even a year!) and right an article similar to this one. So throw out that hot dog you're chowing down on (you got ketchup on the computer) and go eat an apple. NOW. Unless you're fasting. I assume you're not, because you wouldn't have been eating a hot dog.
Salaam
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
"The Haram Swine Flu Scare"
Salaam
Looking at the title, you're probably thinking I'm gonna write a fictional story about the swine flu, and how it went around Makkah, and everyone went crazy, bla bla bla, etc. Well, if that's true, you're wrong.
As you all probably (and should) know, the swine flu is an infectious disease that must be protected against. One of the most common methods is to wear a mask. Well, as it turns out, the whole world is freaking out so much about swine flu, they wear masks in every public place. Yes, that includes Haram. If you do one 'Umrah and stay in Makkah for two days, you'll have physical contact with thousands, possibly tens of thousands of people. But you can't wear a mask in Ihram. So, people started wearing masks (after their 'Umrah was over) to, um, protect themselves. First, it started out with the security guards.
The guy on the right doesn't seem to care:
Then, even the people started getting scared.
There's a guard in this one, too. And the Niqab lady has nothing to fear.
Hey, dude in the Ihram! You're not supposed to cover your face!
Talk about a close-up:
Blacks, whites, reds and browns, they're all freaking out!
Even the Saudis are getting scared...
Is that a beard? Doesn't look like it.
So, we can tell that people are freaking out over nothing. These above images are from half a night of Taraweeh! Seriously, people. Just wash your hands and face when you get to your hotel room. No need to invalidate your Ihram over some stupid virus.
Salaam,
Yousuf (and not scared of the swine flu)
Looking at the title, you're probably thinking I'm gonna write a fictional story about the swine flu, and how it went around Makkah, and everyone went crazy, bla bla bla, etc. Well, if that's true, you're wrong.
As you all probably (and should) know, the swine flu is an infectious disease that must be protected against. One of the most common methods is to wear a mask. Well, as it turns out, the whole world is freaking out so much about swine flu, they wear masks in every public place. Yes, that includes Haram. If you do one 'Umrah and stay in Makkah for two days, you'll have physical contact with thousands, possibly tens of thousands of people. But you can't wear a mask in Ihram. So, people started wearing masks (after their 'Umrah was over) to, um, protect themselves. First, it started out with the security guards.
The guy on the right doesn't seem to care:
Then, even the people started getting scared.
There's a guard in this one, too. And the Niqab lady has nothing to fear.
Hey, dude in the Ihram! You're not supposed to cover your face!
Talk about a close-up:
Blacks, whites, reds and browns, they're all freaking out!
Even the Saudis are getting scared...
Is that a beard? Doesn't look like it.
So, we can tell that people are freaking out over nothing. These above images are from half a night of Taraweeh! Seriously, people. Just wash your hands and face when you get to your hotel room. No need to invalidate your Ihram over some stupid virus.
Salaam,
Yousuf (and not scared of the swine flu)
Friday, June 26, 2009
Some stuff
Assalamu alaikum!!!
I'm planning to do some stuff on this blog for the summer. Here is some of it:
I'm planning to do some stuff on this blog for the summer. Here is some of it:
- "Advertise" this blog a little bit more. I have a handful of viewers on Youtube, but barely any readers on Blogger.
- Upload Surah Yousuf with English translation onto Youtube
- Celebrate this blog's 1st anniversary, on July 22nd, 2009!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Blogging going slow... plus an update
Assalamu alaikum
The blog world is frozen... no one is updating their blogs... I might as well try to wake everyone up... maybe it's the economy...
Anyway, I have an update: I have ALMOST, but not quite, completed uploading Sheikh Shuraim's part of Taraweeh in 1420 onto my Youtube account. Only one more rak'ah to go, and I officially hit the half-way mark! By the way the "official" half-way mark is not the real half-way mark. I will do Salatul-Witr, too (at the end), and that includes 3 rak'ahs and a du'a.
The blog world is frozen... no one is updating their blogs... I might as well try to wake everyone up... maybe it's the economy...
Anyway, I have an update: I have ALMOST, but not quite, completed uploading Sheikh Shuraim's part of Taraweeh in 1420 onto my Youtube account. Only one more rak'ah to go, and I officially hit the half-way mark! By the way the "official" half-way mark is not the real half-way mark. I will do Salatul-Witr, too (at the end), and that includes 3 rak'ahs and a du'a.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Taraweeh 1420/1999 night 18 1st rak'ah (Sheikh Shuraim)
Assalamu alaikum.
I made this video and put it on YouTube. Sorry about the bad video quality. And keep in mind that the translation comes pretty fast.
Salaam and Jazakallah for stoppin by at my blog!
I made this video and put it on YouTube. Sorry about the bad video quality. And keep in mind that the translation comes pretty fast.
Salaam and Jazakallah for stoppin by at my blog!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Surah Sad with translation
Assalamu alaikum
The recitation is by Sheikhs Shuraim and Sudais in Taraweeh 1416/1995.
Wassalam
The recitation is by Sheikhs Shuraim and Sudais in Taraweeh 1416/1995.
Wassalam
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