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YAM Bashir,

You are right. I spoke to our Mukhi Saheb and he said it is ok, but no refreshment will be allowed in jk after the ceremony. Thanks for your wish tc.

The month of Ramadan which starts in mid September 2007 is a holy month, but I would like to know if a wedding can take place during this period. Any views, thoughts please??

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I would like to know the meaning of asaal meh vasaal ker when we say dua for ruhani. Thanks In my opinion, asal means origin and wasal means return and kar means make it happen. Hence the phrase would mean "return the ruhani (soul of the deceased) to it's origin" which reflects the Qurani...

I would like to know the meaning of asaal meh vasaal ker when we say dua for ruhani. Thanks

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Thanks Sofiya and Zahra4 for your input.

Hello Kmaherali,

Thank you very much for your reply. I meant the departing of the soul. Some people die peacefully and some suffer a lot. Am I right in saying that at the time of the death it is the body that suffers and not the soul? Can soul suffer?

Is it true that he quality of life determines the quality of death?

Any thoughts on the above statement?

Muslim clerics have yet come up with another Fatwa. This time they are after this young tennis star. Here is the artilce I picked up from the news. Fatwa orders Indian tennis star to cover up Randeep Ramesh in Delhi Saturday September 10, 2005 A group of Muslim clerics has issued a religious diktat ...

Sharing the following from my mailbox: God: A Quest By Saurabh Bhattacharya Who, or what, is God? Why is the concept of God so integral to humanity? Where did the concept come from? What does the future hold? The questions are endless. What follows is a tentative hunt for some answers Welcome to the...

Any views on the following article. Allah or Jesus? by Rick Mathes Last month I attended my annual training session that's required for maintaining my state prison security clearance. During the training session there was a presentation by three speakers representing the Roman Catholic, Protestant a...