né N'Jadaka

Can you live here for a year for 500 million? No light, No internet, just food.

Gaza – June 21, 2026 The largest concentration of tents in the world; more than 170,000 tents cover Gaza after the city was transformed into a vast displacement camp.

Choose a beautiful wife. Choose a handsome husband. This is not worldliness. It is part of human nature. Physical attraction is not the most important factor in marriage, but it is certainly one of the important factors. A marriage built upon faith, character, compatibility, and mutual respect is ideal, yet attraction remains a legitimate consideration that should not be ignored. The Prophet (ṣallāLlāhu 'alayhi wa sallam) himself encouraged prospective spouses to look at one another before marriage because it is more likely to create affection and harmony between them. Beauty and handsomeness are not everything, but they are not nothing either. If Allah blesses a couple with children, those children often inherit aspects of their parents' appearance. Beyond genetics, attractive people are frequently treated differently by society. Whether we like it or not, appearance influences first impressions, social interactions, confidence, opportunities, and even how people respond to us in everyday life. Let us be honest with ourselves: people are often approached, welcomed, assisted, and remembered partly because of how they look. This may not always be fair, but it is a reality of human society. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with a man desiring a wife he finds beautiful or a woman desiring a husband she finds handsome. The mistake is to make beauty the only criterion while neglecting faith, character, intelligence, responsibility, emotional maturity, and compatibility. Beauty without character can become a trial. Wealth without values can become a burden. Status without integrity can become a disaster. Choose someone whose appearance pleases your eyes, whose character brings peace to your heart, whose faith strengthens your relationship with Allah, and whose presence makes you hopeful about raising the next generation. A successful marriage is not built on beauty alone, but neither should attraction be dismissed as unimportant. Allah created beauty, and appreciating it within the boundaries of marriage is part of appreciating His blessings.

I never really struggled romantically, girlfriends came easily, and eventually I found myself happily married with a big family somewhat despite my own conscious intentions. Looking back, if I had to say how that happened, more than anything else I would attribute it the fact that I genuinely enjoy the company of women. I find their presence enchanting, their conversation engaging, and their various natural foibles merely amusing. In any mixed social situation, I’d mostly rather chat with the women. Their little thoughts and feelings are actually fascinating to me, especially since they are often so different from my own. Their weaknesses and failings don’t enrage me; in many ways they even augment their charm. If I had any advice for a young man trying to figure out the opposite sex, I would say: learn to have fun with them.

Shaik Jafar’s tafsir is a therapy .

how did circumcision as a practice even start? at what point did someone think like yea let’s chop that shit off