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mufutau55:
@Em.piree
I am not surprised and it's not new at all. I had a worse scenario than that from my own family members...lots of Million Naira.
If you live overseas and you have never experienced that kind of situation, you have been lucky so far and you stayed away from family.
Family members, Father, Mother, Sisters, Brothers are the worst of the bunch. You are better off with a good friend or good contractor than any of your family getting involved in your financial affairs in Nigeria. Don't get me wrong, some are nice but most are Satans in your pocket.
Tell your friend to go home and be nice to his father (not financially) until he can get all the papers to the property then abandon him.
Even after he begs, do not reply him. And continue with the project any way he sees better... God help us.

Hajji M.

Woow, this is handsome admonition. My friend wants to go home with anger. Now, I am going to tell him this really quick before he boards flight and have have his dad arrested or do something stupid. He's filled with anger at the moment.

^ lol @lexicon, well, to be fair, there are some muslims who are dividing islam and creating sects. Allow me to do a little breakdown.

Islam is one but it gives room for flexibility base on Shariah. For instance, I decide to spread islam in my region by creating a group for development purposes. And everything done within the group is base on Sharia. So i decide to take spiritual path by doing group dhrik every night (for example). There is nothing wrong with this. But if i enforce this dhikr on people, it becomes something else. While group dhikr is beneficial, I cant force it on others or make it obligatory. But if i insist it's obligatory every night, then I am creating sect.

On the other hand, i know tijaniya etc have steps they follow. These steps are still in accordance with islam. The steps is like a map. If you get on plane from nija to london, you will see electronic map displaying your location and progress. In the same way, when you do dhirk, you have to have a 'map'. You want to know where you stand, your position before Allah(Ta'ala). This steps can be found in "At-tassawuf" or Islamic spirituality. That's what sufism is about. But if you see a sufi distinguishing himself from the rest of muslims then thats sect. You can't say you can not pray behind your fellow muslims bcus they do not do dhikr (much). That's rubbish. This is just a tip of iceberg.

Like a brother, Abu Usamah once said, that "we need to do dawah for people to return to the way of Aslaf (predecessors)." But his audience thought he was calling to the way of "salafi". He said "I am not talking about salafi sect. I am talking about the essence". You got it?

On importance of salat, i think you need to ignore some muslims spreading hate and ill-gotten rumors about others. The allegation is simply false. But i will not like this to escalate though. Couple of weeks back, a sufi tijaniyah was asked the question of salat. Read the attachment.

Whoever ignores 5 obligatory salat is misguided. Simple as that.

^ I think you talking about sect. I dont know what op's mission is but here, I am talking about essence. I dont worry about sects or nonsense some people do

binsidi:
We need to know how SUFISM relates to ISLAM in terms of spirituality. It means:
. seeking the pleasure of ALLAH S.W.T
. love and peace with oneself
. harmony with all creations(animals and nature)
. to be dressed with the beautiful attributes of Prophet and Saints (Qur'an 33 vs. 21)

Sorry I have to cross out "saints". I think Islamic term should be implemented. We must use the term used in the Qur'an and the sunnah rather than christian version. Islamic term used is Awliya.

Anyways, Sufism is the "heart" of Islam. The word "sufi" should never have been invented to begin with. It should have been Ihsan/Islam. Well, everything changes as time goes. Like if you visit hospitals, one notices names of drugs have changed etc. Same applies to religious terms like this and Wasila now called "tawasul.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie4YV0PTQ50

Wonders never end. Oga spyder880 and hajji mufu and others, your input is needed. My friend just told me his bizarre story. He lives in US and working hard. I believe he's been in the US for about 15yrs without visiting his family since.

Back in 2010, his father advised him to start erecting his own house back home with whatever reasonable amount he has. He listened to his father and his father helped secured a plot. For privacy reason i wont mention his hometown/state. Anyways, according to him, he officially started erecting the building back in March 2013. His father is in charge. Foundation alone took months to get done. His father kept telling him stories like the State is adopting western style like they want c/o(which is normal) but many nonsense like that but he believed him and kept sending money.

Thank God, papa was able to erect(supervise) the house up to lintel level since May 2014. The initial plan according to him was bungalow but not really bungalow. The house plan is 3 bed (en suites) in the front. 3 beds, (en suite) in the rear conjoined. I dont know what that is called. And then to roof it. That's it. But his father convinced him to build upstairs that it will pay off later in life (is like 2 buildings on a land according to him). As obedient son, he obeyed but made it clear that he doesn't have money saved. That he sends the money as he gets it.

So his house was at that level since May last yr but he already paid for decking (#1.3m) since July 2014 and he expected decking done. Instead, his dad kept demanding money for "his house". His excuses were genuine according to my friend. He said he just wanted the house done that's why he never had time to complain about anything. So decking was finally done less than 2 wks ago after a yr it was paid for. Within that period, his dad sourced over 3m from him for no apparent reason.

He told me this afternoon that his total spent to deck level now is around #8m. He said his sister had told him severally to be careful that father spends his money on women and stupid business that he makes no profit. I feel so sad. We talked about something like this last yr or 2 rs ago on properties section. We used to talk about someone doesnt need to save up before start building a house, remember?.. We also talked about how important it is to have someone trusted like parents who wish us good in life. Can you now imagine how my friend's dad f*cked him up?.

I know you guys would ask why he didnt go home and supervise his house himself?. I wont say anything about that. I know why. It's very important that he stays in US while his house is complete. I asked him whats next line of action?, he's contemplating taking unexpected trip to nija that will shock his father. I asked him why he finally woke up and realized he was duped by his dad?. He said his asked him for #3m to execute a "project" that will yield big profit. That's what raised red flag. But prior to that, just less than 2wks ago, he gave his father some money to buy 1500 blocks of 4000 blocks needed to at least start 2nd fl. So when his dad now asked for 3m, he asked his dad if they erected 1500 blocks yet?. He asked bcus his dad told him it will be done in 3 days cus there are many workers. He paid workers' fees and everything to build 1500blocks.

Guess what?...his dad told him the job was done since last Tuesday (July 28). My friend quickly called his little brother to check the site, his little brother returned with pictures of the house with decking...no block works on the deck yet. My friend called his father again last Sunday to reconfirm if 1500 block works was done?. His father reiterated that it's done and that he should send the balance for the remaining blocks and cement to done with upper floor quickly. He politely hanged up the phone on him and said he will not call him nor answer his phone until they see face to face.

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Ok, so what do you think is the solution and who do you think those people(bh) are if they are muslims?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfDnaPJfVrM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovi8WgXqHkA

Lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPcd5gTveT0

Mr. usermane, this is for you


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vDFWQbpTzc

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[size=13pt]There are some people who claim to be Sufi but are scammers just like scholars for dollars. There are Sheikhs that work for Zionist Saudi government, no one says a word, interesting.[/size]

~Tariq Aslam {YouTube}

Op, your progress here will eventfully inspire many. This is really great. You are now really determined. Kudos

Interesting!

Yes, Islam does have a lot to say on this subject. Don't know if I may contribute at this time. May be back here later.

Rilwayne001:
Surah Ghafir, Verse 55:
Then have patience (O Muhammad). Lo! the promise of Allah is true. And ask forgiveness of thy sin, and hymn the praise of thy Lord at fall of night and in the early hours

@underlined sounds like dhikr. Well, issue of music is no longer issue as far as I am concern. Haram music are those modern music we now have today filled with fawaish(faisha).

Music with dhikr or remembrance of Allah are not forbidden as many scholars pointed out.

smh. who's talking about "holy spirit" here?. Making fun of yourself. It's obvious you two guys are sect addicts. I only know of being muslim. I dont care about salafiya or sufiya and other some sorts of stupid invented names that emerged after the prophet(Allah's peace and blessings be upon him).

Just dont go out there calling others mushrik and bidat. That's my point. This is scholarly subject not street debate or internet rant.

@abuhubaidah, I dont think i will bother myself retyping anything. As you can see, I already posted replies against your allegations. You could see through a green line that my comments were removed and i was banned for few hours. It took me about 2hrs to prepare my replies but to no avail. I dont think I'll re-post because I don't have copies of them.

At this time, all i can tell you is fear Allah before saying things you have little or no knowledge of against your fellow muslims. I knew from your speech that you dont understand what you talking about when you made serious allegation that tijaniya claim solati fatih carries more rewards than 5 obligatory salat. That's a lie.

I have said it several times that many muslims who against sufi mandhab dont know how to listen to them...including your scholars. I am neither sufi nor salafi. I only care about ikwanmuslimun. In my replies, I posted and highlighted essential points that brilliantly refuted your allegation. My second post included videos proving you are very wrong. All these were gleaned from tijani and sufi literature.

My posts also included phony or spurious sufi which many of you focus on instead of pristine sufism. Anything original always have counterfeit. Even salafism has.

Goodluck

^ Haq

abuhubaidah:
have you check the book I referred you to? If you don't have that book you not a good sufeee ooo and I will count as a مقلد

Looks like sectarianism is in your blood and your pal, kenny. You guys really need to stop this. If you hate the sect, at least speak the truth about them. I have the book. But do please quote directly from the book where is says fatih carries more rewards than 5 daily obligatory salat?.

This is what you said:

abuhubaidah:
all tijaniyyat do believe that you earn more reward when reciting solatul fatih than observing the obligatory solat.you can check a book called Jawa'hirul maha'ny by Ahmad tija'ny or tenwiirul absor by Muhammad Awwal(oshodi).

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Sheikh....

@ lexicon, you better ignore those jobless dunces. I dont have their time anymore. It's only when it's absolutely necessary I will charge at them.

My favorite building on NL. God bless the owner.

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