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Quraatulain

02-10-2009, 03:29 PM

:salam:

I was listening to a talk by Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam .

His talk was about thinking good about others and giving the other person the benefit of the doubt and not to be judgmental of others.Stay away from assumptions and being suspicious of other Muslims.Do not spread rumors and always think positively.

So I thought it's a good idea to start this game here . Please don't twist this thread into a debate and useless discussions.

Remedy for such Ill thoughts which he mentioned are 1) as soon as a thought comes to mind seek Istigfaar( do the zikr of Allah) and 2) think about our own faults about how sinful we are.

They are over 100 good reasons we can think .

So within this thread u will be asked to provide 70 excuses for each scenario.

That doesn't mean each person has to come up with 70 but all up lets get up to 70 before we move onto the next scenario.

The scenarios will be things that could happen to any one of us at any given time and we should all hope that our fellow brothers and sisters would give us the benefit of the doubt and practice the 70 excuse train of thought.

To enhance creativity, to allow one to widen their imagination and to give brothers and sisters a chance to learn how people see things and think about things... these excuses may give our brothers n sisters another way of looking at things instead of always right to the negative.

Are u ready ?

Here's the first one.

You see a Muslim brother or sister sitting in a place where you know haram food is sold?

Quraatulain

02-10-2009, 03:33 PM

1)He/she was waiting for a friend,who was in the bathroom.
2)He/she had no idea the place was haram as they were visitors to the country.
3)Probably meeting somone there for a reason.

The Fake Shaykh

02-10-2009, 03:53 PM

very interesting, can't think of 1, i think im the first person that need's to learn positive thinking.

Quraatulain

02-10-2009, 09:57 PM

very interesting, can't think of 1, i think im the first person that need's to learn positive thinking.

Well that's one reason I thought of this game so that it can help us to "think" positively. So please contribute InshaAllah.

The Fake Shaykh

02-10-2009, 11:49 PM

Well that's one reason I thought of this game so that it can help us to "think" positively. So please contribute InshaAllah.

Here's the first one.

You see a Muslim brother or sister sitting in a place where you know haram food is sold?

forgive me for the humour but this is the best i can do to think positively:

"they are HMC inspectors" (halal monitering committee)

STAMP AND APPROVED BY THE HALALMC :lol:

alfatiha

03-10-2009, 03:02 AM

:ws:

- they bought salad/veggie burgers/vegan foods

kayra

03-10-2009, 08:46 AM

:salam:

I love this game!

OK, you didn't specify whether a shop or a restaurant, but anyway:

1 - The person had a dream about the shop/ restaurant owner and is there to tell them about the dream

2- The person has seen signs that the owner is searching for repentance, and is there to offer advice and guidance

3- The person can't find a particular (non-haram) item anywhere else in town

4 - The person was in a huge hurry and this was the closest place to grab a coffee or a loaf of bread (depending whether restaurant or shop)

5 - The daughter of the shop owner is a pious Muslim girl and the person wants to marry her/ wants their brother to marry her

6 - The person was being persecuted by people on the street, and ducked in here to hide for a while

7 - The person has low blood pressure and felt dizzy and needed to sit down

8 - The person is a revert with a non-Muslim family, who called up in tears and asked them to come to this place urgently to talk

9 - The person is an enterprising Muslim food and drink manufacturer, who has come to suggest halal alternatives to the shop stock or restaurant menu.

10 - The person is waiting for a bus.

11 - The person is charging their mobile phone behind the counter.

12 - The person couldn't find anywhere else to perform wudu (with separate bathrooms for brothers and sisters), and is now sitting there out of good manners.

13 - The person used to work there, converted to Islam the previous evening, and is now waiting for their boss so that they can resign from this place selling haram.

14 - The person once stole something from this place when they were a kid, and they're now here to confess, to ask for forgiveness, and to compensate for the theft.

15 - The owner of the shop/ restaurant helped a member of their family, and they are here to thank the owner.

16 - The person is severely dyslexic and can't read food labels, menus or signs.

17 - The person is waiting for a non-Muslim acquaintance they met on SF, to take them to the neighborhood mosque...

:ws:

shatibi

03-10-2009, 01:07 PM

23 - He is picking up his firend (the store keeper) to take him to the masjid.

The Fake Shaykh

03-10-2009, 01:23 PM

a/w, mashallah sister kayra, you bring another meaning to being "positive", good on you! :D

Quraatulain

03-10-2009, 09:28 PM

MashaAllah keep up the "positive thinking"...

24)The owner of the restaurant is his neighbor and the person is waiting for a a ride home.

25)They went to get a glass of water.

26)Maybe to invite a non practicing brother/sister who works there to an Islamic prograam.

27)One of the employees there is his high school friend whom the person have not seen in awhile.

28)He's waiting on a non muslim relative whose purchasing food.

29)They were waiting on the ambulance .

30)he person was a Journalist doing research .

Umm

03-10-2009, 10:40 PM

31)He missed his bus and waiting for the next bus which is an hour later .
32)His car got broked ,so waiting for someone to pick him up.
33) He came there to fix the AirConditioning.
34)He is thinking of buying that restaurant and converting it into a zabiha Hhalal restaurant.

sudoku

04-10-2009, 04:25 PM

:salam:

35. He lost his eye contacts and is quite like a bat without them, so he manages to call someone to bring his other pair and is waiting inside because it is safer than being in an open road where he cannot see.

36. He's poor and at the end of the day is given halal leftover bread from the day to take home.

Quraatulain

08-10-2009, 12:21 AM

37) He was tired so decided to stop and rest for a bit.

38) Had to meet someone who was taking ages to arrive so went in to use the phone to call the person.

39) It was raining and that was the closest place to take shelter.

40)It was really hot outside and the person thought to take sit in the AC for a bit.

shatibi

08-10-2009, 12:36 AM

41) He has gone to visit the store keeper, a relative of his.

bint abdul hameed

08-10-2009, 01:06 AM

42) He dropped by to get some sodas.
43) He came there to give dawah.
44) Something had happened there, and there were ambulances all over, so he wanted to see what happened.
45) He lost his way home, so stopped to get directions.
46) He needed to borrow someones cell because he left his own at home, and no one could be seen outside.
47) This place was really famous, so he set it as a place to meet another family, and then go from there with them wherever they needed to.
48) He was in the bus for too long, and was getting sick, and needed t vomit, so he ran into the store without noticing anything. (lol, i couldnt think of anything better)
49) His sugar went low, and this was the only place to be seen, so he dashed for it to get something sweet/or we can say he was getting so dizzy and shaky that he didnt notice its a haraam restaurant and wanted anything to eat as soon as possible.
50) There was too much fog outside, and could not drive so was waiting for it to get better.
51) hale started falling, and he didnt want to crack his head so he sat int he shop/restaurant.
52) This is one of the restaurants that was participating in selling tickets for muslim day in 6 flags, so he just stopped over to get tickets.
53) That area had a black out (like it once happened in New York), and cars light wasnt working either, so he took refuge in there.
54) He was heading back home from work, and there was a long way left, and the prayer time was finishing, so he stopped to ask if he can pray somewhere, so was waiting for the boss (who he knew very well) to leave his room so that he can pray.

bint abdul hameed

08-10-2009, 01:08 AM

i just thought of another one:
55) Some guy asked him for a ride to some restaurant as soon as posible because he had to use the restroom, so he was waiting for him to finish..

kayra

08-10-2009, 01:57 PM

Sister Bint, we think in a very similar vein, it appears =)

Got some more:

56) His nafs used to love one of the harams, and he's at a specific stage of spiritual training whereby he is supposed to sit in the vicinity of his nafs's favorite things, yet remain without desire for them (it made kind of sense before I wrote it down!).

57) He has concussion :cheesygri

58) He's in the middle of some kind of kashf of vision or waking dream - he has no idea where he is and doesn't care =)

59) It DOESN'T sell haram at all! You THOUGHT it did, you were "sure" it did, but in fact the chalkboard menu doesn't say "we serve pork / alcohol", it says "we NEVER serve pork / alcohol", but the NEVER was written vertically for emphasis and your eye didn't register it!

Colonel_Hardstone

08-10-2009, 03:28 PM

60) Owners are Muslims and Muslim is there to destory the place which is forbidding evil using his hands

Quraatulain

08-10-2009, 04:32 PM

^^ Lol

MashaAllah 10 more to go.....

Skar

08-10-2009, 06:40 PM

61. He saw two Tabligh Jamaat brothers sitting at the opposite table enjoying a toasted sandwich and assumed all was well.:)

bint abdul hameed

08-10-2009, 09:11 PM

62)He needed to go online from his cell, and there was no signal outside.
63)He dropped his wallet once and this was a store he passed by at that time, so he went to ask if anybody had come to give a wallet, so the guy was checking in the back in the lost and found box, so this brother was waiting for him.
64) He needed to charge the battery of his cell for an emergency so was using one of the outlets in that restaurant, as there was no other option..(and if your wondering why he had his charger with him, I have no idea...maybe he used his cell a lot??)
65) He knew one of the workers there sold cellphones so he was there waiting for his break to start so that he can talk to him about buying it.
66) The Restaurant was having a muslims day, in which EVERYTHING would be halaal, and you didnt know about it.
67) He found a purse outside the store so he went in to give it to the guy working there since it was found on its property, and if a lady came to ask for it..(I know lame..but who knows)

bint abdul hameed

08-10-2009, 09:25 PM

no ones allowed 2 post..until the next scenery.....lol...Im trying to think of 4 more..but have class......hitting my head on the wall..

Quraatulain

08-10-2009, 10:16 PM

68)One of the workers there was curious about Islam and had told the person to meet him there at his lunch break so they could talk.

69)One of the workers was a tenant of the person and he told the person to collect the rent from him there,so the person was waiting on him.( this incident happen to someone I know and the person was a bit hesitant to be at the place)...

or

70)The person was dared by a friend to sit there.... (silly I know )

Someone else can think of another scenario ........

kayra

08-10-2009, 11:19 PM

:salam:

Could I? Suggest another scenario? It happened to somebody I know, and tremendous fitna occurred, whereas the truth was utterly innocent.

The telephone in your house rings and it is the spouse of a brother/sister, apologizing for interrupting but he/she must urgently speak to their spouse, who called from the office two hours ago to say he/she was on their way to your house to visit you because you were unwell.

You are not unwell, and the brother/sister has neither called you nor visited.

:ws:

Sincere

08-10-2009, 11:34 PM

Probably needed a place to rest for some time and then move on towards his destination..

bint abdul hameed

09-10-2009, 12:38 AM

Quraatulain

10-10-2009, 10:55 PM

:salam:

The telephone in your house rings and it is the spouse of a brother/sister, apologizing for interrupting but he/she must urgently speak to their spouse, who called from the office two hours ago to say he/she was on their way to your house to visit you because you were unwell.

You are not unwell, and the brother/sister has neither called you nor visited.

Spouse A Calls you asking to speak to spouse B.

Tricky situtation to be in...

1) Maybe spouse B misheard that you were Ill and was on his way there.

2)Spouse B told spouse A that they were going to visit someone who happen to have the same name of you,spouse A forgot who that person was and assume it was you.

3)Spouse A did not look at the time when spouse B had called so he assumed it was 2 hrs ago.

4)Spouse B told spouse A that he would stop by your house whilst visiting an Ill friend on the same street.

5)Spouse A was asleep when spouse B rang so had no idea what He/she said.

6)Spouse B had already visited the intended sick person but was delayed in traffic.

7) Spouse B after leaving the office found out that the person was not sick,was stuck in traffic and had no signal on their cell phone to call home.

8)Spouse A was feeding her/his crying baby when spouse B called so heard wrong.

9)Spouse B was leaving the office and saw an accident on the street and decided to assist .

10)Spouse B was stuck in the lift of the office .:rolleyes:

11)Spouse B was about to leave the office when the boss called for an emergency meeting and he had no time to call back home.

Ok I'm stuck :rolleyes:

sudoku

11-10-2009, 05:49 AM

kayra

11-10-2009, 10:25 AM

:salam:

12. Spouse B felt sick vibes from you; Spouse B was about to leave but decided that it'd be better to cook some food and take it, and was delayed for that reason (the food burnt, Spouse B had to restart).

:salam:

LOL - voice of experience?! :cheesygri

Let me know when you all want to hear the true story =)

:ws:

Quraatulain

11-10-2009, 12:58 PM

:salam:

LOL - voice of experience?! :cheesygri

Let me know when you all want to hear the true story =)

:ws:

:ws:

lol I think you should tell us cos I'm not sure we'll make it to 70 ....

kayra

11-10-2009, 03:34 PM

:ws:

lol I think you should tell us cos I'm not sure we'll make it to 70 ....

LOL

Well

The missing spouse heard that a brother/ sister was sick. However, the poor brother/sister who was sick was actually somebody else, of the same name, whom neither of you really know.

Anyway, the spouse innocently set out from the office to visit this sick person. On the way, he suddenly realised that the sun was about to set, and popped into the nearest mosque to pray Asr. The mosque was old, beautiful and cool, and he felt so relaxed after his prayer that he decided to re-charge his batteries before visiting the sick person... closed his eyes... and fell sound asleep! He hadn't slept at all the night before, because of his new baby, so he slept for quite a long time, oblivious to the madly vibrating mobile phone in his pocket (of course, he turned the sound off before praying).

***

The reason I mentioned this particular story was because even people who knew him well, and should have known that there was an innocent explanation, spent several hours speculating about his whereabouts, and assuming he had been lying to somebody.

:ws:

Quraatulain

11-10-2009, 04:30 PM

LOL

Well

The missing spouse heard that a brother/ sister was sick. However, the poor brother/sister who was sick was actually somebody else, of the same name, whom neither of you really know.

Anyway, the spouse innocently set out from the office to visit this sick person. On the way, he suddenly realised that the sun was about to set, and popped into the nearest mosque to pray Asr. The mosque was old, beautiful and cool, and he felt so relaxed after his prayer that he decided to re-charge his batteries before visiting the sick person... closed his eyes... and fell sound asleep! He hadn't slept at all the night before, because of his new baby, so he slept for quite a long time, oblivious to the madly vibrating mobile phone in his pocket (of course, he turned the sound off before praying).

***

The reason I mentioned this particular story was because even people who knew him well, and should have known that there was an innocent explanation, spent several hours speculating about his whereabouts, and assuming he had been lying to somebody.

:ws:

2)Spouse B told spouse A that they were going to visit someone who happen to have the same name of you,spouse A forgot who that person was and assume it was you.

Ha I was close...poor brother ..

see after all this game does have some benefits...

kayra

11-10-2009, 06:02 PM

Ha I was close...poor brother ..

see after all this game does have some benefits...

Very close, sister!!

As for the benefits:

***

[Hujurat 49:12] O People who Believe! Avoid excessive assumptions; indeed assumption sometimes becomes a sin...

[Hujurat 49:6] O People who Believe! If any miscreant brings you some tidings, verify it, lest you unknowingly cause suffering to some people, and then remain repenting for what you did.

***

SubhanAllah, doesn't it awe you again and again how absolutely everything is covered in the holy Quran?!

:ws:

sudoku

11-10-2009, 06:41 PM

:salam:

Yes, the Qur'aan is truly the book for all of Mankind. :subh:

Next topic:

It is salaah time and you are at a masjid. You see a local brother driving by in his car. Rather than stopping at the masjid, his car continues driving and goes out sight.

Quraatulain

11-10-2009, 07:09 PM

:salam:

Next topic:

It is salaah time and you are at a masjid. You see a local brother driving by in his car. Rather than stopping at the masjid, his car continues driving and goes out sight.

:ws:

this is a very common one ...

1)He's going to another masjid.

2)He prayed salah already as jamaat time was earlier than the majid he's passing by.

3)He's going to meet some brothers and they will be offering salah with jamaat there.

sudoku

11-10-2009, 07:24 PM

:salam:

4. He is trying to establish a new musallah in a nearby locality, hence going for salaah there.
5. He forgot the time and his car is old and doesn't have a clock.
6. He has to take his child to the clinic in an emergency.
7. He realized at the last moment that he has to make fardh ghusl.
8. He lives nearby; he will park his car at home and then walk to the masjid.

The Fake Shaykh

11-10-2009, 07:30 PM

Next topic:

It is salaah time and you are at a masjid. You see a local brother driving by in his car. Rather than stopping at the masjid, his car continues driving and goes out sight

9. because its a wahabi/deobandi masjid and the man is a bralewi?

kayra

11-10-2009, 07:45 PM

10. Pardon me, but obviously he urgently needs to use the bathroom, and his salah will not be acceptable until he does so :-)

11. He has just noticed that he has a large hole in his socks, and he's embarrassed to remove his shoes, so he's gone for new socks.

12. He's just remembered that he can'T pray with dog saliva on his clothes. He forgot this when he fed a hungry street dog with his own food and water (and the dog was so grateful that it licked him enthusiastically).

bint abdul hameed

12-10-2009, 12:22 AM

13) He didnt have wudhu, and that particular mosque did not have an area for wudhu.
14) He was on his way to the hospital for an emergency.
15) It wasnt actually that same brother, He saw wrong.
16) His wife just called him that theres a fire in the house, so he had to head home.
17) He was new to this area, and didnt know this was a mosque. (Maybe the sign was small, or to many trees were covering the area.)
18) He just remembered his young son (an hour late) who the bus drops of at this bus stop, and with so any duties he had completely forgotten he had to pick him up, and it was not safe for such a young boy to be waiting on the road side.
19) He was parking his car in another area beside the mosque.
20) The brother who saw him did not know that his wife was ill, and the hospital just let her go home, and she was layign down in the back, so he had to drop her off at home first.
21) He could not turn off his car otherwise the battery would die, so he was heading towards some shop nearby.
22) He is a doctor, and drops of the blood of one of his patients had gotten on his clothes in such an amount that it was necessary to change his clothes or wash it off.
23) He did know that the time for salaah was soo early, he never got a chance to look at the calendar and thought the prayer was still at the same time which is about half an hour later..
24) He accidently printed another months calendar without noticing, and the time in that was a lil later.
ok stuck...lol.....will think of some more later inshaALLAH ta'ala..

Quraatulain

12-10-2009, 12:29 AM

25)He was appointed to be Imam at another mosque for that day so he was on his way there.

26)He got cut and it started bleeding profusely so he was on his way to the doctor.

27)He had to drop his kids to another masjid where they attend classes.

28)He saw and elderly uncle walking towards the masjid so he thought he'll give him a ride to the masjid.

29)He had no idea it was salah time already as he was out the country for awhile and only got back that day.

30)His wife was expecting and due any min and he had to rush her to the hospital.

31)He had just finish doing zabiha of some sheep for someone and was in rush to change his clothes.

Quraatulain

17-10-2009, 09:08 PM

*bump*

Nur_ulHuda

19-10-2009, 08:36 PM

MashaAllah! very inspiring thread! 32)He was on his way to fetch some extra Quraan's he purchased for the masjid.
33)well he had the radio news a bit too loud and did not here the adhan.
34)His daughter was with him and was dropping her off at home, which was not far from the masjid.
-phew thats all I could think of... lol

Nur_ulHuda

23-10-2009, 02:51 PM

Jummah Mubaraq... Hmmm seems like this got us stumped for excuses, C'mon, Guys- we half way through already...

bint abdul hameed

23-10-2009, 08:30 PM

I cant think of any other excuse....12 was all i could make...:$

Quraatulain

23-10-2009, 11:09 PM

35) He was driving past the masjid really fast and didn't realize it was salah time .

36)He was on his way to collect a brother who didn't know his way to the masjid.

37)He had to use the toilet and the masjid toilets were being fixed.

38)He saw somone being attacked and was rushing to assist.

39)He had to give a parcel to someone who was on their way to the airport.

40)He got a call on his cell to assist in firstaid and the accident was on the next street.

Ummm stuck!!!

30 more to go come on you can think...

Skar

24-10-2009, 03:55 AM

41)He had promised the Jamaat that he would personally fetch a highly respected Sheikh from out of town who was to deliver an important lecture regarding an explanation of Suratul Asr in that very packed Masjid immediately after Salaah and was delayed because his wife had insisted that he first do a few chores around the house!So he was late and the Mufti was waiting to be fetched.
42)While driving, one of the Mufti's companions was giving him an earful on his cell on the adaab of being early and keeping promises.:$esp to a big Sheikh.
43)One of the members of the Jamaat of the Masjid was giving him an earful on his cell for being late with the Mufti and wanted to know why he had drove past the Masjid at such a reckless speed.

Nur_ulHuda

26-10-2009, 10:15 PM

44)He was a businesman and was on his way to sign up a deal and thought he would make a jamat with the client who was muslim too.
45)He had an emergency family crisis to attend too and hoped to make solaah when he reached home.
46)He was planning a business trip abroad and thus combined his Asr with his Dhuhr solaah.
47) I enter the Masjid and discover it was another brother that drove passed me- whose excuse I canot think of hehehe...

Quraatulain

05-10-2011, 08:00 PM

:salam:

Bumping this thread maybe we can continue with a new scenario .

SeekerOfGuidance

05-10-2011, 09:03 PM

:salam:

A nice story related to this subject:

Tawaadhu’ (humility) was an outstanding attribute of Hadhrat Hasan. He considered himself inferior to everyone else. One day while walking along the bank of the river Dajlah he saw a Habshi (Abyssinian) with a woman and a wine-bottle. A thought crossed his mind:

‘This man cannot be better than me because he is with a woman and consuming wine.’

As the thought crossed his mind a boat with seven occupants appeared on the river. Suddenly the boat began sinking. Seeing the plight of the boat-people the Habshi dived into the water and safely brought out one person. He returned and brought out a second man. He continued his rescue until he had saved six people. Turning to Hadhrat Hasan, the Habshi said:

“If you are better than me, then save the seventh one. O Imaam (leader) of the Muslims! This woman is my mother. The bottle contains water. I am here to test you. I have seen that you have failed the test.”
Hadhrat Hasan now realised that the Habshi was a close servant of Allah appointed to test him (Hasan). He fell at the Habshi’s feet imploring:

“Just as you have saved the six persons from drowning in the sea, save me from the sea of egotism and deception.”

The Habshi: “May Allah brighten your eyes (i.e. spiritual eyes).”

Never again did Hadhrat Hasan regard himself better than any person. His state of humility reached such a pinnacle that once seeing a dog he supplicated:

“O Allah! Accept me by virtue of this dog.”

:ws:

mmb786

06-10-2011, 01:10 PM

hey sis, this is a real lovely, veeeerrrrryyyyy much needed game! first time i'm seeing it coz it started loooong b4 i joined SF... so what's the new scenario?

شعيب‎ محمد

07-10-2011, 01:20 PM

amr123

07-10-2011, 02:23 PM

:salam:

SPECIALLY FOR MY TABLEEGHI BROTHERS:

There is a weekly ghast going on. We have went to one house for meeting one man(who ispoor/medium/rich).He is the only male in his house. Usually all knows he will return from his job at that time. His vehicle also parking right in front of his house. We can also see his sleepers. We cried "we are from masjid, can we meet Abdullah" No answer!

:ws:

Maybe he is having trouble with some particular person, he must have thought the group of people had come to hit him or something. So he must have thought you were lying.

شعيب‎ محمد

07-10-2011, 09:13 PM

:ws:

Maybe he is having trouble with some particular person, he must have thought the group of people had come to hit him or something. So he must have thought you were lying.
I wrote "we are from masjid" so why he will think that? Horror reply brother. May allah(s.w.t) never ever give such excuse who have danger for his life/wealth/family.
Aameen.

Quraatulain

07-10-2011, 10:55 PM

lol this is a " usual " scenario when ghust comes knocking so I've heard.

1) Maybe he's fast asleep and no one else is at home.
2) He's in the bathroom .
3) On the phone and doesn't hear you all knocking.
4) His van is there but he's gone out with someone else and wearing shoes not slippers.
5) He's gone for a walk down the street to get some groceries, or tend to a neighbors needs or something.
6) His wife/child is sick and he's busy tending to them.

Yaseen Ibn Gamal

21-10-2011, 10:47 AM

He could have simply had other needs to attend to and didn't bother going to the door. Plenty of people come to my door and if i don't know them i don't answer. Especially, if the person at the door is saying something...As for him hearing you say were from the Masjid...I doubt that was perfectly clear if heard inside the house...In all honestly, if he was far enough he could have just heard loud voices which could have scared him...or led him to believe you were there to sell him something.

aliyaa

24-10-2011, 06:28 AM

7 )he is having an awful stomach ache and cant even get up.. no one else is at home

8)He is sitting in his garden which is way far from the door and the bell cant be heard for he is reciting the Quraan.. in a very good voice which is kinda loud

9) he is frying something for his kids because his wife is ill and cant hear them

taliburizarehman

20-11-2011, 06:52 AM

10) Hes listening to the Quran on his computer, so he didnt hear the voice of the doorbell or your call.
11) He's really ill, and cannot get out of bed.
12) Hes praying salah, or nafl, so he cant come to the door.
13) His kids are playing in his room, and they are making a whole lot of noise, so he didnt hear the bell.
14) He is changing his babys diaper, and the baby is crying and screaming and moving away so its taking long, so cant leave the baby.
15) He's vacuuming the house, so he cant hear.
16) He fainted? (i know a poor excuse but possible)
17) Hes blending some food in the kitchen, listening to naats all at once, so he cant hear.
18) He is skyping with his distant family, so he has headphones on and cant hear.
19) Maybe he was coming to the door in a big hurry and suddenly tripped and hurt himself, so couldnt make it.
20) Hes in a room where the sound of the bell doesnt come.
21) Maybe he went out with a friend in his friends car.
22) Maybe he didnt come home as yet, and he took the bus or something to work, because his cars battery died or he lost his key.
23) Hes in the kitchen cooking, and he cant leave the food for even a second otherwise it will burn/overflow/thicken, so he ignores the bell.
24) Hes in the attic stacking some things, so its not possible to get down from their or the things will fall
25) Hes in aitikaaf for a day in his room, and he cant leave the room. (does this make sense?)
26) His kitchen pipe burst, and he has to fix that right away, or the whole kitchen will flood, so he cant come to the door.
27) He injured/broke his leg, so hes stuck in bed.
28) He was warming a burger in the toaster and it caught fire, or the stove caught on fire, and so hes trying to put it off.
29) Hes getting tiles in his house, so the doorway Was just finished, and now he cant go there.

mmb786

20-11-2011, 05:53 PM

30) he's sleeping, a very deep sleeper (the type that wont hear an elephant trumpeting in his ears).
31) he has a headache, took medication and is feeling too drowsy to come to the door.
33) he's in the shower.
34) he's dressing, by mistake wore all his clothes upside down, had to put them the right way and dress again, so its taking really long.
35) he's doing muraqaba (dunno if that's the right word for contemplation) and is so engrossed in it that he doesn't hear anything.
36) he's doing really loud zikr and cant hear anything.
37) he's having a fight with his wife and if he keeps quiet for one second... SHE WINS.
38) he's busy teaching his children and if he leave's them they'll run away.
39) he has visitors and doesn't want to be disturbed.
40) he's father is paralyzed and he's busy giving him a bath.
41) he's in a really important meeting with someone and can't just get up and go.
42) he's deaf and doesn't have his hearing aids on.
43) he's making wudhu with the bathroom door closed, so of course he can't hear you.
44) he's expecting a VERY important call just then.
45) he has a set time for ibaadah and won't allow anything to disrupt him.
46) he hallucinates alot and thinks he's just imagining someone calling.
47) he's been robbed before by people pretending to be from the masjid so he's hesitant to open the door.
48) he was sleeping and when you called, he woke up, but thought it was just a dream (or nightmare!)
49) he was too dizzy to walk even till the door.
50) he was busy in his backyard and didn't hear you calling.
51) he was just coming to the door and he tramped on wasp that stung him.
52) he had arthritis or gout in his foot and just applied medication so he couldn't even get up.
53) a light bulb fell and broke, his wife was in the bathroom, so he had to clean it up immediately - before one of the children got injured.
54) his geyser burst and he was fixing it
55) he was in a terrible mood and couldn't trust himself to behave civilly with guest.
56) he was rushing to open the door and sprained his ankle.
57) he had a highly contagious cough and didn't want the jamaat brothers to get it as well.
58) his old mother instructed him not to open the door for anyone and he's just obeying her.
59) his child had a convulsion just then and he was trying to sponge him/her down etc.
60) his wife had an asthma attack.

mmb786

21-11-2011, 02:46 PM

C'mon everyone make up 10 more excuses for this poor guy and then he can become history on SF. Please.

Salman_Hanafi

21-11-2011, 02:53 PM

61. He is a brailvi and has been told that the tablighis are no good, therefore according to his beliefs he is trying to stay away from them

62. He heard the doorbell ring, peeped through the curtains, saw the tablighis, got so happy that he had a heart attack and is now lying on the floor in pain

63. He's deaf and no one else is at home to hear the doorbell, he is fixing his hearing-aid and has thus taken it off.

a.s.

21-11-2011, 09:47 PM

64) He's locked in
65) Your at the wrong house.
66) He's actually not at home, and had to run to the grocery store (which is close by so he does not need his van) to pick up a few things.
67) He's sick and can't make it to the door.
68) He thinks it s a salesman, so he doesn't answer.
69) He thought the sound of the bell was actually the microwave going off
70) His doorbel doesn't work, and his house is sound proof so he can't hear you from outside.

a.s.

21-11-2011, 09:53 PM

New scenerio:
You see a Muslim brother walk into a liquor store and come out with a wine bottle.

شعيب‎ محمد

22-11-2011, 06:08 AM

New scenerio:
You see a Muslim brother walk into a liquor store and come out with a wine bottle.

1)No, that is your eyes misapprehension. He actually brought bisleri bottle as it was night you have not saw him clearly. :)

Maripat

22-11-2011, 06:25 AM

1)No, that is your eyes misapprehension. He actually brought bisleri bottle as it was night you have not saw him clearly. :)
:salam:
I walked to my room with an ink bottle in my hand wrapped up in newspaper. It was local ink filled in re-used Rooh Afza bottle (750ml). Many people eyed me on the way with curiosity. It took me a second each to register their reaction and years to figure out the emotional and intellectual process behind those reactions.
Wassalam

Alamun

23-11-2011, 11:22 AM

Another scenario: Your Muslim brother does not go for the Friday Prayers.

شعيب‎ محمد

23-11-2011, 03:34 PM

Another scenario: Your Muslim brother does not go for the Friday Prayers.

So tell him to go for it and tell him the warnings of not praying.

taliburizarehman

23-11-2011, 04:00 PM

New scenerio:
You see a Muslim brother walk into a liquor store and come out with a wine bottle.

2) He needed to make wudhu and their werent any facilities near by, so he filled the bottle with water.
3) He works there, and the bottle had some cleaning product in it not wine.
4) It was for his boss, he ordered him to bring it, not for himself.
5) He worked in a lab, and needed to experiment something with wine.
6) He was very thirsty, and needed water, so he filled the bottle with water. (I dont think anyone would want to drink water in such a bottle but its possible)

aliyaa

20-12-2011, 02:23 PM

sister tablurizarehman... your signature is just SubhaanAllah!

aliyaa

20-12-2011, 02:34 PM

he went to some other masjid.. had already prayed friday salah..

he thought that he would go to e other masjid where some welknown scholar was comming

he didnt know tht timings of prayer in that very masjid where u were going as he was new there

he had t take his mom to the doc.. thoght wud pray in some other majsid

Tempest Desh

29-12-2011, 08:34 AM

Z_Ahmed

10-01-2012, 11:45 PM

Another scenario: Your Muslim brother does not go for the Friday Prayers.

He's a convert and doesn't know any better, because no one told him.
He's a convert and still struggling to establish the five daily prayers on his own.
He's the only traditional Muslim in his family and his family threatens him with expulsion, etc. if he goes to Friday prayers.
He's poor and thus has no car or means of transportation and doesn't know any Muslim brothers who could give him a ride.
His job doesn't allow him to go to Friday prayers and it's the only job he can get to support himself and/or his family.
He's new in town and doesn't know the location of the masjids in the area.

He has some physical health problems which doesn't allow him to travel to the mosque.

He has exams at university/college and he has to attend compulsory lessons while at jumah time, and his educational establishment doesn't provide any praying facilities.

His parents are quite old and sick and being the only son, He has to attend to their needs.

He is reported to have a mental health related disorder due to a recent event in his life.