TYPES OF SOMALI WOMEN.

There are six types of Somali Women LISTED below, For the guys, I want to know which is your favorable pick and for the girls I would love to see which category you place yourself in. It's not to say this ALL, in the name of creativity feel free to post a character, it's qualities and cautions if required. 

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(1) MARYAN MUDUG!
(a) She is very religious
(b) Listens to BBC Somali
(c) She only knows how to read and write Somali
(d) She is very tribal
(e) She knows everybody and their tribe
(f) Wears big jilbaab
(g) For her, there is nothing called 'Date' and anyone interested in her should come to her parent's home officially.
CAUTION GUYS!
She is one of those girl that most N American Somalis men marry when they go back home only to realize later that the poor girl can't differentiate between a Piriton and an Aspirin!
(2) SAHRA WAWEYNKA
(a) She's over 30 and still single
(b) Economically, she's all good
(c) She drives a RAV4 or a Pathfinder
(d) She's suspicious of all men.
CAUTION GUYS!
She has seen every men and their tricks. So be careful with her. Dont be the idiot who tried to talk to her with some tired lines. Be creative.
3) YASMIN RAGEDHI
(a) You will probably spot her wearing jeans
(b) She hangs out around starbucks or you will spot her checkin for shoes she never buys at David Jones or Myer
(c) She's subscriber's to the COSMO, PEOPLE or VOGUE
(d) She knows Tom Cruise's middle name
(e) First time you meet her she gives you some concocted names like Rasina, Intisar, Tahani, or even Ishawaq untill you realize she's called Fadumo
(f) She just finished reading Dennis Lehane's 'Mystic River' and is she's currently reading Steven levitts 'Freakonomics'.
CAUTION GUYS!
The problem with this kind of girls is not that can you date her, the problem should be can you maintain her?. For example, you can take her out to a restaurant and you order the good old coke and fries and there she goes ordering Veggie Lasagna with Jamocha Shake and toppings. Next day your wallet will be hospitalized for severe bankruptcy. I'm not joking guys!
(4) AYAN ABAAYO
(a) She probably finished high school
(b) She acts hard to get even if she's dieing for you
(c) She lives with her Hooyo
(d) She listens to Jubba and Samatar
(e) She hangs around with her friends which makes it hard for boys to approach her
(f) She says no to first dates (as if first dates should be turned down from the men automatically)
CAUTION GUYS!
It's not easy to GET this girl and the only way is if you tell her you love her very much. She will trust you until she catches you cheating and she will never forgive you in her entire life!
(5) ZAMZAM BASHAL.COM
(a) Every teenage boy knows her
(b) You will spot her in every wedding videos and parties
(c) If there's rumor that tonight party is cancelled, the whole town calls
her to confirm the lie
(d) Easy to hook-up with
CAUTION GUYS!
She's falling in love with more men than she care to drop and that's why she's getting played. Guys, easy on her though, she's got a clean heart.
(6) XAAWO TOMBOY
(a) She's always in the middle of the Boys
(b) She watches soccer
(c) She know Ronaldo's first name
(d) Like a true boy, she changes the lighting bulb at home
(e) She's the one who answers the door bell every time it rings,
(f) Probably this girl is a virgin
CAUTION GUYS!
She's more of a boy than a girl
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P.s I did NOT write this, I came across it and thought I would share

Two Norwegian Somali sisters run away to wage jihad in Syria.

"European humanitarian generosity  to Somalia have had some unintended, and unwelcome, consequences, as dozens of young ethnic Somalis living here have embraced jihad".

It's very sad and shocking news to hear that two somali sisters age 16 and 19 left their family in Norway clamming they are going to help the people in Syria.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10406351/A-fathers-heartbreak-as-his-daughters-leave-Norway-to-join-jihad-in-Syria.html

Why these innocents sisters would give up a secure and comfortable life in one of the world's richest countries?  It is a mental journey and hard to explain.

I don't have words to express how difficult this is for the (Somali) community. 

I wouldn't expecting a Somali girl would travel to a place where there is war and don’t have any connection whatsoever.

The so called "Alqaeda/Alshabab interpret Islam the way they want for their benefit and opportunists

We are all brothers and sister, humans, Muslims/Non-Muslims so Never exploit someone for your personal gain.

No one is dying  the existence of jihad but the question is do we really understand the real meaning of JIHAD.  JIHAD is an Arabic word that means, " to Strive, to Succeed with determnation on anything you wish to accomplish" JIHAD doesn't mean WAR or violence.

Total dedication to Allah (SW), like spending in the course of Allah, contribution to humanity.

It also Jihad means the struggle be on the righteous path to became a better Muslim. It doesn't mean terrorist, it doesn't mean kill every non-Muslim you see or blow everyone up.

Islam teaches us to feel compassionate for all mankind, to love, peace and compassion for everyone.

With the number of misguided young Somalis seeking to travel to troubled lands in search of becoming Shaheed ( a martyr) is becoming higher and higher everyday. 

We Somalis (Families) should send out to these misguided youngsters a clear message saying that they must expect no support from their parents/Homeland if they travel joining these wrong guys. 

Idealistic youngsters go to places like Syria/Somalia in the belief that they are on a great mission and then when it goes wrong them or their families squeal for help. Go to a war zone or any other place and you're on your own.

"Extremism in all its forms is nasty and has a self destructive property … the truth is moderation will always prevail," Ajmal Masroor .

May ALLAH (SW) guide these innocents sisters to the right path Amen. 

Let me conclude this Hadith. 

"Beware of going to extremes in religious matters, for those who came before you were destroyed because of going to extremes in religious matters." (Sahih).  - Prophet Muhammad PBUH

Source: Sunan An Nasai Book 24 Hadith 3070

The Simple Life of Muhammad (SAW)

If we compare the life of Muhammad  before his mission as a prophet and his life after he began his mission as a prophet, we will conclude that it is beyond reason to think that Muhammad  was a false prophet, who claimed prophethood to attain material gains, greatness, glory, or power.

Before his mission as a prophet, Muhammad had no financial worries.  As a successful and reputed merchant, Muhammad  drew a satisfactory and comfortable income.  After his mission as a prophet and because of it, he became worse off materially.  To clarify this more, let us browse the following sayings on his life:

n  Aa’isha, Muhammad’s  wife, said, “O my nephew, we would sight three new moons in two months without lighting a fire (to cook a meal) in the Prophet’s  houses.”  Her nephew asked, “O Aunt, what sustained you?”  She said, “The two black things, dates and water, but the Prophet had some Ansar neighbors who had milk-giving she-camels and they used to send the Prophet some of its milk.”¹

n  Sahl Ibn Sa’ad, one of Muhammad’s companions, said, “The Prophet of God  did not see bread made from fine flour from the time God sent him (as a prophet) until he died.”²

n  Aa’isha, Muhammad’s  wife, said, “The mattress of the Prophet , on which he slept, was made of leather stuffed with the fiber of the date-palm tree.”³

n  Amr Ibn Al-Hareth, one of Muhammad’s companions, said that when the Prophet  died, he left neither money nor anything else except his white riding mule, his arms, and a piece of land which he left to charity.⁴

Muhammad  lived this hard life till he died although the Muslim treasury was at his disposal, the greater part of the Arabian Peninsula was Muslim before he died, and the Muslims were victorious after eighteen years of his mission.

Is it possible that Muhammad  might have claimed prophethood in order to attain status, greatness, and power?  The desire to enjoy status and power is usually associated with good food, fancy clothing, monumental palaces, colorful guards, and indisputable authority.  Do any of these indicators apply to Muhammad ?  A few glimpses of his life that may help answer this question follow.

Despite his responsibilities as a prophet, a teacher, a statesman, and a judge, Muhammad  used to milk his goat,⁵ mend his clothes, repair his shoes,⁶ help with the household work,⁷ and visit poor people when they got sick.⁸  He also helped his companions in digging a trench by moving sand with them.⁹  His life was an amazing model of simplicity and humbleness.

Muhammad’s  followers loved him, respected him, and trusted him to an amazing extent.  Yet he continued to emphasize that deification should be directed to God and not to him personally.  Anas, one of Muhammad’s  companions, said that there was no person whom they loved more than the Prophet Muhammad , yet when he came to them, they did not stand up for him because he hated their standing up for him,¹⁰ as other people do with their great people.

Long before there was any prospect of success for Islam and at the outset of a long and painful era of torture, suffering, and persecution of Muhammad and his followers, he received an interesting offer.  An envoy of the pagan leaders, Otba, came to him saying, “...If you want money, we will collect enough money for you so that you will be the richest one of us.  If you want leadership, we will take you as our leader and never decide on any matter without your approval.  If you want a kingdom, we will crown you king over us...”  Only one concession was required from Muhammad  in return for that, to give up calling people to Islam and worshipping God alone without any partner.  Wouldn’t this offer be tempting to one pursuing worldly benefit?  Was Muhammad hesitant when the offer was made?  Did he turn it down as a bargaining strategy leaving the door open for a better offer?  The following was his answer: {In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful}  And he recited to Otba the verses of the Quran 41:1-38.¹¹  The Following are some of these verses:

 A revelation from (God), the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful; a Book whereof the verses are explained in detail; a Quran in Arabic, for people who know, giving good news and warning, yet most of them turn away, so they do not listen.  (Quran, 41:2-4)

On another occasion and in response to his uncle’s plea to stop calling people to Islam, Muhammad’s answer was as decisive and sincere: {I swear by the name of God, O Uncle!, that if they place the sun in my right-hand and the moon in my left-hand in return for giving up this matter (calling people to Islam), I will never desist until either God makes it triumph or I perish defending it.}¹²

Muhammad  and his few followers did not only suffer from persecution for thirteen years but the unbelievers even tried to kill Muhammad  several times.  On one occasion they attempted to kill him by dropping a large boulder, which could barely be lifted, on his head.¹³  Another time they tried to kill him by poisoning his food.¹⁴  What could justify such a life of suffering and sacrifice even after he was fully triumphant over his adversaries?  What could explain the humbleness and nobility which he demonstrated in his most glorious moments when he insisted that success is due only to God’s help and not to his own genius?  Are these the characteristics of a power-hungry or a self-centered man?

The Verses in the Quran That Mention Future Events Which Later Came to Pass

One example of the events foretold in the Quran is the victory of the Romans over the Persians within three to nine years after the Romans were defeated by the Persians. God has said in the Quran:

 The Romans have been defeated in the nearest land (to the Arabian Peninsula), and they, after their defeat, will be victorious within bedd’ (three to nine) years....  (Quran, 30:2-4)

Let us see what history tells us about these wars.  A book entitled History of the Byzantine State says that the Roman army was badly defeated at Antioch in 613, and as a result, the Persians swiftly pushed forward on all fronts.¹  At that time, it was hard to imagine that the Romans would defeat the Persians, but the Quran foretold that the Romans would be victorious within three to nine years.  In 622, nine years after the Romans’ defeat, the two forces (Romans and Persians) met on Armenian soil, and the result was the decisive victory of the Romans over the Persians, for the first time after the Romans’ defeat in 613.²  The prophecy was fulfilled just as God has said in the Quran.

There are also many other verses in the Quran and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad  that mention future events which later came to pass.

The Great Challenge to Produce One Chapter Like the Chapters of the Holy Quran

God has said in the Quran:

 And if you are in doubt about what We have revealed (the Quran) to Our worshiper (Muhammad ), then produce a chapter like it, and call your witnesses (supporters and helpers) besides God if you are truthful.  And if you do not do it, and you can never do it, then fear the Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones.  It has been prepared for disbelievers.  And give good news (O Muhammad) to those who believe and do good deeds, that for them are gardens (Paradise) in which rivers flow.... (Quran, 2:23-25)

Ever since the Quran was revealed, fourteen centuries ago, no one has been able to produce a single chapter like the chapters of the Quran in their beauty, eloquence, splendor, wise legislation, true information, true prophecy, and other perfect attributes.  Also, note that the smallest chapter in the Quran (Chapter 108) is only ten words, yet no one has ever been able to meet this challenge, then or today.¹  Some of the disbelieving Arabs who were enemies of the Prophet Muhammad  tried to meet this challenge to prove that Muhammad  was not a true prophet, but they failed to do so.²  This failure was despite the fact that the Quran was revealed in their own language and dialect and that the Arabs at the time of Muhammad  were a very eloquent people who used to compose beautiful and excellent poetry, still read and appreciated today.

The smallest chapter in the Holy Quran (Chapter 108) is only ten words, yet no one has ever been able to meet the challenge to produce one chapter like the chapters of the Holy Quran.

The Quran on Clouds

Scientists have studied cloud types and have realized that rain clouds are formed and shaped according to definite systems and certain steps connected with certain types of wind and clouds.

One kind of rain cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud.  Meteorologists have studied how cumulonimbus clouds are formed and how they produce rain, hail, and lightning.

They have found that cumulonimbus clouds go through the following steps to produce rain:

1)  The clouds are pushed by the wind:Cumulonimbus clouds begin to form when wind pushes some small pieces of clouds (cumulus clouds) to an area where these clouds converge (see figures 17 and 18).

Figure 17: Satellite photo showing the clouds moving towards the convergence areas B, C, and D.  The arrows indicate the directions of the wind. (The Use of Satellite Pictures in Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Anderson and others, p. 188.)  (Click on the image to enlarge it.)

Figure 18: Small pieces of clouds (cumulus clouds) moving towards a convergence zone near the horizon, where we can see a large cumulonimbus cloud. (Clouds and Storms, Ludlam, plate 7.4.)   (Click on the image to enlarge it.)

2)  Joining: Then the small clouds join together forming a larger cloud¹ (see figures 18 and 19).

Figure 19: (A) Isolated small pieces of clouds (cumulus clouds).  (B) When the small clouds join together, updrafts within the larger cloud increase, so the cloud is stacked up.  Water drops are indicated by ·. (The Atmosphere, Anthes and others, p. 269.)  (Click on the image to enlarge it.)

3)  Stacking: When the small clouds join together, updrafts within the larger cloud increase.  The updrafts near the center of the cloud are stronger than those near the edges.²  These updrafts cause the cloud body to grow vertically, so the cloud is stacked up (see figures 19 (B), 20, and 21).  This vertical growth causes the cloud body to stretch into cooler regions of the atmosphere, where drops of water and hail formulate and begin to grow larger and larger.  When these drops of water and hail become too heavy for the updrafts to support them, they begin to fall from the cloud as rain, hail, etc.³

Figure 20: A cumulonimbus cloud.  After the cloud is stacked up, rain comes out of it. (Weather and Climate, Bodin, p.123.)

Figure 21: A cumulonimbus cloud. (A Colour Guide to Clouds, Scorer and Wexler, p. 23.)

God has said in the Quran:

 Have you not seen how God makes the clouds move gently, then joins them together, then makes them into a stack, and then you see the rain come out of it....  (Quran, 24:43)

Meteorologists have only recently come to know these details of cloud formation, structure, and function by using advanced equipment like planes, satellites, computers, balloons, and other equipment, to study wind and its direction, to measure humidity and its variations, and to determine the levels and variations of atmospheric pressure.⁴

The preceding verse, after mentioning clouds and rain, speaks about hail and lightning:

 ....And He sends down hail from mountains (clouds) in the sky, and He strikes with it whomever He wills, and turns it from whomever He wills. The vivid flash of its lightning nearly blinds the sight.  (Quran, 24:43)

Meteorologists have found that these cumulonimbus clouds, that shower hail, reach a height of 25,000 to 30,000 ft (4.7 to 5.7 miles),⁵ like mountains, as the Quran said, “...And He sends down hail from mountains (clouds) in the sky...”(see figure 21 above).

This verse may raise a question.  Why does the verse say “its lightning” in a reference to the hail?  Does this mean that hail is the major factor in producing lightning?  Let us see what the book entitled Meteorology Today says about this.  It says that a cloud becomes electrified as hail falls through a region in the cloud of supercooled droplets and ice crystals.  

As liquid droplets collide with a hailstone, they freeze on contact and release latent heat.  This keeps the surface of the hailstone warmer than that of the surrounding ice crystals.  When the hailstone comes in contact with an ice crystal, an important phenomenon occurs: electrons flow from the colder object toward the warmer object.  Hence, the hailstone becomes negatively charged.  The same effect occurs when supercooled droplets come in contact with a hailstone and tiny splinters of positively charged ice break off.  These lighter positively charged particles are then carried to the upper part of the cloud by updrafts.  The hail, left with a negative charge, falls towards the bottom of the cloud, thus the lower part of the cloud becomes negatively charged.  These negative charges are then discharged as lightning.⁶  We conclude from this that hail is the major factor in producing lightning.

This information on lightning was discovered recently.  Until 1600 AD, Aristotle’s ideas on meteorology were dominant.  For example, he said that the atmosphere contains two kinds of exhalation, moist and dry.  He also said that thunder is the sound of the collision of the dry exhalation with the neighboring clouds, and lightning is the inflaming and burning of the dry exhalation with a thin and faint fire.⁷  These are some of the ideas on meteorology that were dominant at the time of the Quran’s revelation, fourteen centuries ago.

The Quran on Deep Seas and Internal Waves:

God has said in the Quran:

 Or (the unbelievers’ state) is like the darkness in a deep sea.  It is covered by waves, above which are waves, above which are clouds.  Darknesses, one above another.  If a man stretches out his hand, he cannot see it....  (Quran, 24:40)

This verse mentions the darkness found in deep seas and oceans, where if a man stretches out his hand, he cannot see it.  The darkness in deep seas and oceans is found around a depth of 200 meters and below.  At this depth, there is almost no light (see figure 15).  Below a depth of 1000 meters there is no light at all.¹  Human beings are not able to dive more than forty meters without the aid of submarines or special equipment.  Human beings cannot survive unaided in the deep dark part of the oceans, such as at a depth of 200 meters.

Figure 15: Between 3 and 30 percent of the sunlight is reflected at the sea surface.  Then almost all of the seven colors of the light spectrum are absorbed one after another in the first 200 meters, except the blue light. (Oceans, Elder and Pernetta, p. 27.)

Scientists have recently discovered this darkness by means of special equipment and submarines that have enabled them to dive into the depths of the oceans.

We can also understand from the following sentences in the previous verse, “...in a deep sea.  It is covered by waves, above which are waves, above which are clouds....”, that the deep waters of seas and oceans are covered by waves, and above these waves are other waves.  It is clear that the second set of waves are the surface waves that we see, because the verse mentions that above the second waves there are clouds.  But what about the first waves?  Scientists have recently discovered that there are internal waves which “occur on density interfaces between layers of different densities.”² (see figure 16).

Figure 16: Internal waves at interface between two layers of water of different densities.  One is dense (the lower one), the other one is less dense (the upper one). (Oceanography, Gross, p. 204.)

The internal waves cover the deep waters of seas and oceans because the deep waters have a higher density than the waters above them.  Internal waves act like surface waves.  They can also break, just like surface waves.  Internal waves cannot be seen by the human eye, but they can be detected by studying temperature or salinity changes at a given location.³