CALLING ALL GOING THOUGH ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN- OFF TOPIC

[MaryandMian 1]

Yes it is so much faster with the K3. Good luck.

Mary

[babybunny 2]

~~~~~ Happy mothers day to all of us mothers ~~~~~~~~~~

and mother to be

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[MaryandMian 1]

Thanks and same to all the Mothers as well.

My youngest gave me some homemade coupons for breakfast in bed and helping with chores.

My oldest gave me a bowl of cereal and is cleaning his room today.

Got some great kids.

[PSoft 0]

Today western countries celebrating mothers day so I thought it is good idea to write something good about some prestigious mothers of this universe. May Lord Almighty guide all Muslim ladies to follow the path of these following most respected mothers of this universe.

KHADIJA (THE WIFE OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD):

Khadija bint Khuwaylid, the wife of the Prophet, is truly known as a noble lady; she was, in the modern terminology, the First Lady of Islam.

During the Makkan phase of Islam's movement, Khadija was the main pillar of support for Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). She was the first one to declare her faith in Islam. Her declaration of faith was a great testimony of the Prophet's character: a wife knows her husband's outer as well as inner character. By being the first to accept person to accept Islam, Khadija demonstrated that she believed in the truthfulness of Muhammad as the Messenger of God.

The initial years of Islam's mission were very trying; the Prophet faced severe opposition from the people of Mecca. In face of this rejection, Khadija provided the moral support and boasted the morale of the Prophet. According to Muslims historians, he even used to consult and discuss with her the issues related to the Islamic movement.

Khadija whole-heartedly supported the Prophet's cause by placing her wealth at his disposal. Almighty God has praised that by addressing the Prophet: "Did We not find you in need and made your free of need?" (93:8) It was through Khadija's wealth that the Almighty made the Prophet self-sufficient in his financial needs.

Although Khadija came from a very affluent background, she did not shy from sacrificing her wealth for the cause of Islam. Not only that, she even willingly went through the difficulties of three years of social/economic embargo imposed upon Prophet Muhammad and his family, the Banu Hashim. The hardship of these three years eventually resulted in her death.

It is to her credit that the Prophet of Islam did not marry another woman as long as Khadija was alive; she was the only wife who bore children for him. The name of Prophet continued through Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet and Khadija.

FATIMA (THE DAUGHTER OF THE PROPHET):

Jab Kabhi Ghairat-e-Insaan Ka Sawaal Aata Hai

Bint-e-Zehra Terey Pardey Ka Khayaal Aata Hai

Fatima bint Muhammad is one of the four noblest women in Islamic teachings. This is not just because she is the daughter of the Prophet of Islam or the wife of Imam Ali or the mother of Hasan and Hussain. These relationships are significant in themselves, but Fatima is important to the Muslims in her own right.

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is seen as the perfect model of the values and teachings that were revealed in the holy Qur'an. He was the Last Prophet and the Qur'an was the Final Revelation: no prophet or scripture is to be sent after him. However, the Prophet was a man and so he could not be a complete role model for half of the humanity; therefore, there was a need for a perfect female model of Qur'anic values and teachings. And that role model for women was Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet. This is how Fatima is part of the Prophet; she completes the female dimension of the Prophet's function as a complete role model for humanity.

That is why the Prophet of Islam described Fatima as follows: "The leader of all the ladies of Paradise." (Sahih al-Bukhari, vol. 4, p.819.)

"Fatima is a part of me, and he who makes her angry, makes me angry." (Sahih al-Bukhari, vol. 5, p. 61.)

According to the holy Qur'an (33:33) she is among the infallibles ones in Islam. This status of infallibility comes with being a part of the Prophetic mission: he is the perfect role model for the men whereas she is the perfect role model for women.

Fatima was not only a loving daughter, a loyal wife and a caring mother; she is known in history as a woman of knowledge and wisdom, and she actively stood up for her rights. An excellent example of her social activism can be seen when she was denied her inheritance upon her father's death. Fatima challenged the authorities in power on basis of the Qur'an. She argued that the Qur'an has examples where the children of past prophets inherited their father. Using the Qur'an as her basis, she argued that she should not be denied her right.

PROPERTIES OF THE BEST WOMEN:

· She is content: Such woman is the best one who becomes happy and content when her husband puts a loving glance on her, and when he orders her for something right, she obeys him immediately, and never does any thing against his will. - Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw)

· She is a great cook and a good administrator: A woman who cooks neat, clean and delicious food for her husband. Allah has provided great food for such nice wife in paradise. In heaven, she will be asked to drink and eat whatever you wish, as this is the reward for the pain and services which you performed for your husband! - Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw)

· The best woman among your women is one who cooks delicious food, spends the money justly and does not waste it. Such women are the workers of Allah, and the workers of Allah never get hopeless and regretful! - Imam Jafer-e-Sadiq (as)

· She is priceless: A woman doesn't have any price, whether she is good or bad. A good and nice lady can not be measured with money or gold or silver, as she is far more expensive and precious than money or gold. Similarly, a woman with bad character and worst nature can not be compared with sand, as sand is far more higher and good than her. - Imam Jafer-e-Sadiq (as)

· She is loving, caring and patient: Do not you want me to tell you about those ladies who will enter paradise? A woman who is loving and caring to her husband, and gives births to his children and when he gets angry with her, she instantly says My hand is in your hand like she does not get satisfied until her husband becomes happy with her. - Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw)

· She is obedient: Lucky and fortunate woman is one who respects her husband and does not give him any pain, hurt or discomfort and does not makes him worried and obeys him in all the right aspects of life. - Imam Jafer-e-Sadiq (as)

· She does Jehaad: The Jehaad of woman is that she must not lose her patience if she gets hurt from her husband. Her patience is her Jehaad. - Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw)

[hafiz 1]

anyone like that show, well time to send flowers to my wife, its been 2.5 weeks.

[Omid 0]

Ok I read the wierdes thing today. On immigrate2us.net there was a spy from the government monitoring threads!

One of the persons applying for a visa, the peru embassy handed 'em papers saying that they were saying ####### about the embassy!

I wonder if the embassy people visit this website!

In that case I LOVE YOU ISLAMABAD EMBASSY! YOU GUYS ARE ROCKING! KISS KISS KISS!

Lol, now I am trying to look in all my posts if I said anything against the Islamabad embassy! lol!

I noticed the declaration of love in your signature on the other ISL thread and was wondering about that - I thought maybe you got your visa or something... soon insha'Allah.

Wishing everyone good news this week insha'Allah.

Edited May 15, 2006 by Omid

[jennilynnjean 0]

Hey everyone-

Hope all you moms had a wonderful mothers day.

Just want to post the interview for AOS. Let me just state that I HATE this stupid k3 visa! It's pointless!!!! My husband is frustrated cuz it takes so long and all he can do is wait which in turn frustrates me cuz he isnt really happy about having to be patient-blah blah blah! But such is life! I have been kicking myself for not sending him to the consulate when they called for him to do the CR-1 interview-but I honestly didnt want him to be put back on A.R. What I failed to realize at that time is that the AOS takes about the same time and an A.R. I was so dumb!!! Ok no more venting about that. So the interview went ok-We had our interview with a hispanic female who was english challenged (how can that be?) She actually asked me in the interview why I decided to "try someone from pakistan since she heard they were all machisto" Machisto???? c'mon lady use english and in a professional manner! She grilled us alot you know the usual questions. "where we met, how we met, how long I was in pakistan etc etc" she took pictures we brought from home (hint make sure you have doubles or even better make photo copies of pictures of the two of you together from wedding and etc), asked for proof of living situation and that was it. She sent us to get his biometrics done and finger prints that same day so that is out of the way. She said he needed to get immunizations and she would be sending his EAD in the mail(thank God!) so all in all it went pretty well.

So that is it-now we just have to wait be patient.

Hope all is well with you all!

TAke care!

[MaryandMian 1]

Jennilynn, Thanks for the update. I do see that the K3 is a pain in the AOS processing and hope that you both are blessed with patience and hopefully success soon. Take care.

Mary

[babybunny 2]

yeah AOS is a pain. mike H had 2 AOS interviews. but, jenny rember at the time you were very ill. so you had the blessing of him being by your side.. right? I would think that makes this all the more sweeter.

all is good here. just waiting for the final clearance then we are done..

it should not take that much longer - we pray

[hafiz 1]

oh that AOS

[babybunny 2]

oh that AOS

dual terms

AOS- Aff of supp

AOS- Adj. of stat.

[hafiz 1]

i was refering to Adjustment of status. So whats going on with your case

[MaryandMian 1]

Anybody got any news to share? Updates? Do not be shy now.

[babybunny 2]

i was refering to Adjustment of status. So whats going on with your case

we still have one security check pending as of now.. I just got off the phone with DOS..

[Omid 0]

I'm calling DOS tomorrow insha'Allah for an update... it'll be five weeks since the fingerprints... don't really expect any news... just gonna call for the sake of calling

Hang in there Shon - I know it's tough