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Islam › Schools In Palestine by cola(op): 11:40am On Nov 23, 2008
Politics › Re: Nigeria's Economy Under Threat As Oil Falls Below $50 A Barrel by cola: 9:59am On Nov 23, 2008
high oil prices may not have had any positive impact on the average Nigerian, but i bet you low prices will have negative impacts!

the little (reduced) monies would become inadequate to share for the corrupt politicians at the various state capitals, then they resort to not paying salaries! don't forget govt is the highest employer in the country,

what follows? more teachers' strike; more doctors and nurses strike; even less drugs.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Obama's Speech: Was It Read From A Screen Or Said Off Hand? by cola: 3:14pm On Nov 08, 2008
there was a script.

whether he read directly from it is another question.
Islam › Re: Salat Questions by cola: 1:50pm On Nov 08, 2008
babs787:
Salam brother. I loove this questions and I believe it would enlighten us more on how to atone for forgetfulness before the expiration of solat and atonement for forgetfulness after expiration of solat.


It is called the concept of Qabliyyah and Ba'adiyyah

QABLIYYAH
is an Arabic word which means BEFORE or any action or actions (errors) that deserves atonement. The atonement for actions committed before the expiration of a particular salat is called Sujud-Sahw wherein you are expected to bring forth two prostrations before saying salamah (Taslim).

BA'ADIYYAH on the other hand referred to AFTER or any action or actions (errors) that deserves atonement (Kaffarah) committed after the expiration of a particular salat. The atonement for it is called sujud-sahw wherein you are expected to bring forth two prostrations after the normal Taslim.

In order to authenticate this assertion, Prophet Muhammad (saw) was reported in the narration of Abdullah bin Bujainah (R.A) to have led them in the Zhur prayer, where he stood up after the first two rakats and did not sit for tashahud; so the people stood up with him as well. When he had completed the pratee and the people were waiting for his salutation, he said 'Allah Akbar' while he was sitting and did two sajdah before the salutation. Then he said the salutation (Bukhari, Muslim).


Another dimension concerning the state of forgetfulness in prayer, Abu Saeed Al-Khudri (R.A) narrated that rhe Messenger of Allah (SAW) said , 'when one of you becomes confused during his prsyer and he does not know how many rakats he offered, he should ignored what is doubtful and base his prayer on what he believes is certain. Then he should do extra sajdah before the salutation. If he had prayes five rakats, then these sajdah will make his prayer 6 rakats (2 of which would be nafilat) and if he had prayed the correct number of Rakats, these two sajdah will be humility for the devil (Muslim)
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[b]Instances that require Qabliyyah


1. If a person reduces up to three or more sunnah aspects.

2. Whoever adds and reduces some sunnah aspects in the same prayer.

Forgetting the recitation of a surah after Suratul Fatiah but remembered before Taslim.

4. Whoever recites silently where he should recite loudly.

5. Leaving teo Takbirs or 'samia Allah Liman Hamidah twice or more

6. If someone prays two rakats and forgets to observe Tashahud till he stands up should continue his prayer till the end, ghe should correct it with Qabliyyah.

7. If someone omits the recitation of a verse or two verses in suratul fatiah unintentionally.

8. Whoever forgets to recite Suratul Fatiah completely in a non-obligatory prayer.

9. Supposing someone is to observe Qabliyyah but forgrtsd to do so and it has not taken a long time, he is going to do it (that is Ba'adiyyah instead of Qabliyyah). But if it has taken a long time, and the sunnah aspects left are not up to three, his prayer remains valid without resorting to atonement (SUJUD SAHW) but if they are up to three or more (like leaving the recitation of a surah) in such case, his prayer has spoilt. The prayer has to be repeated.

10. Al-Ma'mum (the follower of an Imam who misses a rakat or more). If he found that the Imam has to do Ba'adiyyah, and he (tyhe follower) personllay is indebted to Qabliyyah for reducing sunnah aspect after Imam, he should do Qabliyyah for both and if the opposite is the case Qabliyyah is sufficient for him.

Instances that require Ba'adiyyah

1. Unconscious repetition of suratul Fatiha

2. Infusion of other citation/words beside reading of Quranic verse.

3. Reading aloud while silence is required.

4. Unconscious blowing of dust.

5. Terminating the salat after the first two rakats apart from Ssubhi prayer (the affected person wil rise for completion of the last two rakats and observe the atonement of Ba'adiyyah thereafter.

6. Unconscious talking while praying.

7. Distorting the Quranoc pronunciation in such a way that it spoils the meaning.

8. Increasing one or two rakats. But addition of two rakats to Subhi renders it invalid.

9. If someone forgets bowing and remembers while prostrating. He should stand up and preferably recite something from the Glorious Quran. He then perform the bowing, continue his prayers and correct it by performing Ba'adiyyah.

10. Whoever leaves prostration unintentionally but remembers only while standing should perform the sujud, complete his prayer then Ba'adiyyah follows.

11. If someone forgetrs bowing (rukuuh) or sujud but do not rememberuntil the next rakat , he should replace that rakat with a new one. If the repeated rakat is among the first two (that have fatiha and other surah) he is going to do Qabliyyah, but if it is the last two rakats, then Ba'adiyyah is required.

12. Persistent multiple doubt requires Ba'adiyyah in all prayers but one should try to avoid too much doubt.

13. Doubting whether one has performed taslim or not, if the time lasped and its not long and has not turned his back to the Qiblah, he should there say Taslim and if he has turned his face from Qiblah, he should turned back to do it, Taslim and perform Ba'adiyyah.

14. Forgotten Ba'adiyyah should be made up even after a year.

15. Prolonged thinking not related to the prayer or over-doubting where not necessary (for instance when he rises from bowing or between prostrations) Ba'adiyyah is required of him based on popular opinion.

How to perform Qabliyyah and Ba'adiyyah

QABLIYYAH: whenever one realises the error of omission in his prayers that command atonement of Qabliyyah before the termination of salat with taslim, he should proceed to observe two sujud (prostrations) to be preceeded with Takbirs and sit down again for Tashahud and taslim.

BA'ADIYYAH: whenver anyone detects or realizes his errors or addition, he will have to offer the atonment of Ba'adiyyah by observing to sujuds after the termination of the salats. There and then one sits down recites the tashahud and to be followed woth Taslim.

Notes: recitation of Al-tashud after the observance of sujud or ommission or addition (Qabliyyah or Ba''adiyyah) is at individual's discretion. One may decide to recite it or not as the consensus of opinion of Islamic scholars gave credence to that.

we should also take note that whoever forgrtsd the exact number of Rakats he has performed should work on the number he is certain of. That is, if he doubts whether he has prayed three or four, he should take the least number that is three, then complete his prayers followed by Ba'adiyyah.

Whosoever after Taslim. remembers that he has left a compulsory aspect of prayer, if it is not far he should make intention together with Takbir by raising his hands while performing the Takbir of intention. For instance, idf it is rukuuh or rising from sujud etc. If it is rukuuuh, he should go back for it after standing, then go for rukuuh that has been left, then continue the prayer folloowed by Ba'adiyyah. If it is rising up from Rukuuh, he should go for the rukuuh, then rise from the rukuuh, likewise if sujud is left, he should start with sujud then rise, after terminating the prayers, he should then do Ba'adiyyah.
good job! detailed response.
jazaka-LLahu khyra.
Politics › Re: The Prsdt,the Snt Prdnt And Few Orthers Sitting Down During National Anthem by cola: 1:42pm On Oct 25, 2008
what about it?

i'd rather they show 'us' respect by guiding our basic rights and providing basic infrastructural needs that will shore up our standard of living than stand up for a national 'song'.
Politics › Re: Yaradua Back In The Country by cola: 1:58pm On Sep 06, 2008
Ujujoan:
Haba, why not?? But the transplant has not been carried out abi?? Maybe he came back to die undecided
some nigerians are religious but still corrupt - in government

some nigerians are religious (even claim Godliness) but are still haters

you don't have to agree with Yar'adua's policies

but I can't see why anybody who is not a hater should hate the man as a person
Islam › Re: Ramadan Kareem To Every Muslim by cola: 11:06pm On Aug 31, 2008
ramadan kareem!
Foreign Affairs › Re: Mccain Picks Sarah Palin As Running Mate by cola: 5:15pm On Aug 30, 2008
Abraham Lincoln had exactly eight years of legislative experience in the Illinois state senate at Springfield and four years of service at the Senate in Washington.    sounds like Barack?

He took oath of office on the eve of a war.

He is still one of the most terrific Presidents Americans still talk about to date.

OK. Experience is crucial and it's good McCain called attention to it.

But then he turned round and put a near rookie, layman a heartbeat away from the Preidency of the USA.

So why has he been shouting about readiness and experience everywhere?

Self-centred political expediency!

Or is Mr. McCain just impulsive? I mean he has met this woman only once ever!

If this woman isn't "dangerously unprepared", as his ads say, I don't know who is!
Foreign Affairs › Re: Mccain Picks Sarah Palin As Running Mate by cola: 2:05pm On Aug 30, 2008
I have been shocked with the naivety of many individuals here, just like many Americans are still shell-shocked!


Obama should have picked Hillary: obvious, cheap, simplistic, maybe even risky, but definitely road-side beer palour analysis.

McCain selects Palin: Even republicans are shocked (but they call it pleasantly surprised).

McCain has been shouting from the rooftops that Obama isn't ready to be C-in-C and inexperienced.

Lets suppose that's true.

Now how does your choice of person you're trusting, putting one heartbeat away from being C-in-C tally with your age-old rooftop cries? McCain might have shot himself in the foot in this regard! At best this is hypocritical!

Is this Palin's selection in anyway in the interest of the country or solely in the interest of John McCain?

Is Obama's selection of Biden in the interest of both country and self or solely in the interest of Obama?

McCain and his advisers passed over Tom Ridge, Mitt Romney, even Joe Liebermann with all their credentials and settle for an individual with no credential beside being 2-year governor of a state with fewer than 700,000 inhabitants!

I heard a republican argued that Palin has foreign relations experience because her state is closest to Russia!

It could be argued that Joey plugs Obama's loophole and, most importantly, Joey is qualified to be President.

Pray tell! What does Sarah add to the ticket? And more importantly, is Sarah ready to be president. McCain obviously thinks she is.


It would be difficult for McCain and his supporters to argue that this woman's only qualification isn't the fact that she's a woman. To win some ofHillary's die-hards over, any woman will do! - Pandering! Also an insult!

This says a lot about McCain's judgement. His first presidential judgement, maybe.

If America is what many people believe it is, McCain lost the election yesterday.

But alas! America isn't what many people think it is!
Politics › Re: Yar’adua Sick, Hospitalised by cola: 9:24pm On Aug 28, 2008
Jakumo:
Yar Adua has in fact been clinically dead for quite a while even before he assumed office. His life-like appearance is acheived with the skillful application of theatrical makeup by a team of special-effects technicians and reconstructive morticians.

If Yar Adua were in fact alive, he would have been observed or recorded making at least one speech or public appearance, which has not been the case. The only evidence of Yar Adua's living existence consists of various still photographs for which his body appears propped up with hidden supports so that he can be made to mouth the words of a nearby ventriloquist in order to fool press photographers.
happy gibberish!
Politics › Re: Obama Picks Joe Biden by cola(op): 6:14pm On Aug 28, 2008
Joey brings a lot to the equation, regardless of what anybody says.

He gave an effective speech on the night. His speech should do some good with the undecided voters. He seems able to connect with the ordinary folk.

And John Kerry's was great too!
Politics › Re: Yar’adua Sick, Hospitalised by cola: 4:28pm On Aug 28, 2008
Kobojunkie:
Please learn to read.  Your "PRESIDO" is sick and who wishes the same condition on others? Are you sane? Do you realize that there are so many thousands in the same Nigeria who suffer from the same disease this man is having to deal with? Does it ever occur to you that irrespective of the many healthy you think you see out there in Nigeria, there are many of them walking around with conditions such as the one your "PRESIDO" has? These can not afford to travel out of the country to seek help and they wait for your "PRESIDO" to have a heart and actually provide them access they need down there in Nigeria.

By the way, is it that the president does not reveal information on his whereabout to the Nigerian press? Does he not feel we ought not to be informed of where he is at most all times? I don't know about this one. Isn't the press supposed to get information directly from the presidents inner circle on his whereabouts at all times?
By the way,
I have been around here long enough to know you are about the biggest apostle of keeping the focus on the issue and not descending low to personal attacks.

posting 'Are you sane?' in my opinion is everything against what you preach.

Walk the talk!
Politics › Re: Obama Picks Joe Biden by cola(op): 9:41pm On Aug 23, 2008
no he shouldn't have
Politics › Re: Obama Picks Joe Biden by cola(op): 2:33pm On Aug 23, 2008
folahann:
what's my concern, America is far from Nigeria And Ghana.

what if i also post here that the presidential candidate of the ruling party in Ghana has chosen his running mate
exactly what you should do!

maybe you're not aware that some of us visit here for such bits of information.

in this age of information, every bit of it counts.

While we are at it -
I would not mind to be told who Nana(?) Addo is choosing to run with him. The woman?
Foreign Affairs › Obama Picks Joe Biden by cola(op): 6:54am On Aug 23, 2008
Barack Obama has reportedly picked Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate, CNN reports.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/23/biden.democrat.vp.candidate/index.html
Politics › Obama Picks Joe Biden by cola(op): 6:47am On Aug 23, 2008
Politics › Re: Ndi Okereke-Onyuike Arrested By EFCC Over Obama Xtravaganza! by cola: 8:32pm On Aug 22, 2008
posted by cola:

this is my fear for this country!

young 'educated' nigerians not being able to show clear understanding of the difference betwen 'invitation for questioning' and 'arrest'.

portends danger for the future

, and these same youths make noise about current 'leaders'

as bad as they are (current crop of leaders), I hope they wouldn't turn out to be better than many of these ignorant and sensation-seeking 'future leaders'.

By no means is this a generalization,

my respect to those Nairalanders that are very discerning.


this opinion here by no means is meant to be in support of Prof. Ndi's misplaced energy.
all I'm sayng is that EFCC's involvement be understood in the right perspective.

as for the media,

the police inviting someone for questioning should not be misrepresented as arrest by any responsible editor


such careless and selfish agenda has caused plenty of problem for this country in the past. Probably still does.

Some folks here are tearing one another apart in another thread on this board finding elusive answers to why (some) southerners hate (all) northerners: I say a section of the media is a big part of the reasons.

a section of them are a part of the problems in this country.

PM News's use of 'arrest' is obviously meant to sensationalize the event for probably no noble reason.
Politics › Re: The North And The Niger Delta: Pro. Utomi's Thoughts by cola(op): 9:37pm On Aug 21, 2008
recent history of leaders of the southern states (esp. niger delta) is not any encouragement.

clamour for bigger control of resources doesn't seem people-centred

they will get more and get poorer!

that's the professor's warning.
Politics › The North And The Niger Delta: Pro. Utomi's Thoughts by cola(op): 8:51pm On Aug 21, 2008
How the military pauperised the North
By Pat Utomi


,
What had changed since 1966. Military rule, Oil and Nigeria's federal arrangement were the intervening variables. How did it get to hurt the North? My greater fear was that the same phenomenon was getting ready to destroy the Niger Delta if new leaders did not emerge. Two events which took place simultaneously in Port Harcourt recently bring them into focus. These were the Job Creation and Empowerment Summit of the Rivers State Government of which I was Chairman, and the Niger Delta Legislative Retreat sponsored by Vanguard Newspapers so the South-South could speak with one voice.


You do no have to be a genius to tell that what happened was that soldiers who had political power and were predominantly more Northern saw Oil revenues and wanted to get more to their part of the country thought he instrumentality of fiscal transfers. Net result, the North got more and became poorer. Why? Simple. The incentives were scramble for power and appropriate as much of the unearned receipts as possible. How do politicians who have appropriated money not earned spend it? Like people who have won the lottery. They often return to poverty.

In the meanwhile more and more revenues are going to recurrent expenditure to meet the needs of these politicians and the bureaucracies they create than build infrastructure that open opportunities for growth.

Go to the North East and see cities that boomed more with the arrival of good roads that have since died because the infrastructure has deteriorated and collapsed. Do we remember the rise and fall of Numan (part of the Numan - Biu highway). So when I see people from the Niger Delta agitate for more, not to maintain a principle but to get more, I fear the same 'gold rush' effect that pauperized the North.

This is why I celebrated Rotimi Amaechi's job creation and empowerment initiative as a way of building a generation that seeks to create wealth as against those waiting for their share who will more quickly turn to kidnapping for ransom. The voracity thesis of the scramble for unearned income, the reason for many of Africa's civil wars is still alive in our midst.

None of these phenomena should surprise people who make a point of learning from the mistakes of others.


I have been showing Niger Delta leaders, and the governors particularly, the need to work assiduously to prevent themselves from repeating what Gnerals from the North did, pauperize their people in thinking they were doing them a favour. When I heard a former Northern governor accuse Niger Delta leaders of their corruption and incompetence being responsible for the state of the region, I laughed. Insensitive and inappropriate as the remark was, it happened to be true, but the speaker was himself a classic example of that phenomenon. We must not democratize poverty in Nigeria because a political class seems unwilling to make democracy work. Civil Society and direct popular action must safe Nigeria the worsening 'resource curse' effects of our experience.

N.B: I have removed some parts of the article to make t more readable. See link for full article.

http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/editorial_opinion/article04//indexn2_html?pdate=210808&ptitle=How%20the%20military%20pauperised%20the%20North


Learn! Learn! Learn!
Politics › Re: Ndi Okereke-Onyuike Arrested By EFCC Over Obama Xtravaganza! by cola: 6:44pm On Aug 21, 2008
this is my fear for this country!

young 'educated' nigerians not being able to show clear understanding of the difference betwen 'invitation for questioning' and 'arrest'.

portends danger for the future

, and these same youths make noise about current 'leaders'

as bad as they are (current crop of leaders), I hope they wouldn't turn out to be better than many of these ignorant and sensation-seeking 'future leaders'.

By no means is this a generalization,

my respect to those Nairalanders that are very discerning.
Properties › Re: Strictly For People With Low Income Budget Who Want To Rent Apartments In Lagos by cola: 11:33pm On Aug 16, 2008
Good job lawyer,

I am in urgent need of accomomdation: 2-bedroom or mini-flat in Anthony, Maryland or Obanikoro

Total package: Max. N550,000.
Literature › Re: James Hadley Chase Novels: Share Your Experience by cola: 10:56pm On Aug 16, 2008
I hold the four aces
Politics › Re: Make A Wish For Nigeria! by cola: 9:39pm On Aug 16, 2008
IMO Nigeria has enough negative energy as it is. We need some positive energy.

America is good, UK is good, is it not people that made sacrifice to make it so? Did they become good by running away to some foreign country and bad-mouthing every single event or news about their countries from their homes in exile?

People made sacrifice in almost all the countries that Nigerians go to before those countries became what they are today, including America, UK France etc.
The people in those countries didn't run away to other lands.
They acknowledge things were not right in their countries but
they did not refuse to see anything good coming out of their country.

It's ok to travel out of the country for whatever reason but
refusing to see anything good whatsoever in the country or anything good coming out of it is sad

anytime anything seemingly good is developing in the country, some people say it's a fluke
anytime the people they left at home see something to cheer about, they shoot down the hope
ok make a wish for Nigeria, it becomes a problem
it DIDN'T say make a wish for the govt, NO!
it says make a wish for (the people of) Nigeria who may not be as fortunate as you to abandon the country

all some people can do is point out why they can't make obviously good wishes. Shocking!

The way to start effecting a change is for Nigerians to start believing in Nigeria regardless of what the govts do!

Ghanaians amaze me. I have listened to commentaries of matches where Ghana was woeful but the commentators would keep saying wonderful things about their team, even though they are losing!

I have a feeling that people that would forever see gloom in Nigeria, if they were asked to name one thing that they have ever done for Nigeria, it's a null set! It'ok to talk but what have you done or what are you doing?

No doubt, things have been terrible, it is still bad, but believe we must, work we must!

some people have made wishes like:
may Nigeria split
may bad leaders die
may nigeria unite and so on
IMO these wishes may not be the end in themselves, but means to an end

my wish: I wish the people of Nigeria will have abundant prosperity and justice (whether split or united) muslim or christian, young and old.
Autos › Re: What To Do When Stopped By Nigerian Police In Your Car by cola: 8:50pm On Aug 16, 2008
bilymuse:
niger police no sabi grammer o , na egunje
[quote author=Nigeria1@ link=topic=160703.msg2665177#msg2665177 date=1218897252]if i remember well. As long as you have your wazobia, you are ok with police stop. No wazobia, you are in trouble. Have they change or still the same. ??[/quote]
cescky:
yes grin grin nice write up!!!

it will be practised when we reach civilization aka vision 2020 tongue
these are the reasons Nigeria is what it is right now
some people make all noise about corruption and how bad Nigeria is
but they are not prepared to do the right thing themselves
they surrender to corruption
even when they are told this is a good way to deal with a situation, they refuse to believe it's possible
the only way they can see is 'egunje', 'wazobia', 'not possible now' and so on
every time people like you give egunje or wazobia to a police at a checkpoint(of course it means you're appeasing them to cover up something), you undermine the future of your unborn children.
TV/Movies › Re: Dragon's Den Nigeria: Upcoming Reality TV Show by cola: 10:43pm On Jul 27, 2008
doyin13:
I am currently watching it on AIT and na so so 419 full there.

One guy came there with two coconuts and coconut oil, asking for three
sums which he added up to 35 million naira, but when the dragons added it up,
it came to 34 million.

Just jokes man. . .

Even the UBA advert managed to misspell Tenure as Tenor.
Na wa for Naija
@ doyin13
don't know what UBA stuff you're talking about but I think tenor is the right word in terms of loans repayment or returns and sort.
I stand corrected.

@show
I need to be reassured this isn't stage-managed.
Well, maybe b'cos I didn't get to hear much 'bout it before yesterday.

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