Kick Off!

Whats Capello doing?

2006-09-04T11:42:00.000+04:00

First off I'm not a Real Madrid supporter, I don't hate'em but they arn't my first choice team.

However, what Capello is doing to Real is just sad he's killing the team.

First stupid move, Play Cassano. Thats a stupid move, simple because Cassano sucks Robinho can fill his shoes better or give it to Ronaldo when he's back, Although I prefer Robinho starting.

Second stupid move, get Reyes and lose Baptista, seriously thats a big downgrade Baptista is way better then Reyes. Wenger got a steal there.

Third stupid move, bench Cicinho and declare him available for sale (8mil euro) anyone who saw Brazil vs Argentine saw how good Cicinho is, and how he can provide fire power up front and still cover back.

Finally, Robinho is an amazing player Capelly needs to find a place for him in the starting 11.

lastly, I hope Capello isn't trying to make Real play defensivly, it's not the Italian Seria A it's the Spanish league ;)

Ronaldinho

2006-08-29T16:43:00.000+04:00

There's been a lot of e-mails, forum threads about Ronaldinho saying he dosn't support lebanon and that all lebanese children are terrorists. Moreover, him helping the zionist regime children and not wanting to help the lebanese chlidren.

Finally and through both Barcelona's offical website and Ronaldinho's offical website the following statement have been made regarding the issue

"It is absolutely false and cruel to claim that I said I don't care about children being killed. I have always been a supporter of children's rights and anybody who knows me knows that I consider these declarations being passed off as mine as being barbaric". The player fervently insists that he has not made any kind of announcement about his opinions of the conflict.

Ronaldinho already denied making these comments last week in his personal website www.ronaldinhogaucho.com. Here he says that "no social organisation has contacted me in relation to this conflict and that is why I have not made the commitment to participate in any kind of event. My desire is for all this to be resolved as soon as possible and for our dream of peace to become a reality." Ronaldinho insists, as he states in this clarification, that "I hope to be able to continue contributing to improving the world we live in and adding my grain of sand by using sport to help educate our young people".

So there you have it right from Ronaldinho's mouth.

so to the ones who started bashing Ronaldinho I'd like to say

Bandwagooners arn't welcome ;)

Slow Dance

2006-08-29T16:38:00.000+04:00

Slow Dance

This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.

She wants to see how many people get her poem.

It is quite the poem. Please pass it on.

This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.

It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing
statement AFTER THE POEM.

SLOW DANCE

Have you ever watched kids

On a merry-go-round?

Or listened to the rain

Slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?

Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down.

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

Do you run through each day

On the fly?

When you ask How are you?

Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done!

Do you lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores

Running through your head?

You'd better slow down

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

Ever told your child,

We'll do it tomorrow?

And in your haste,

Not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch,

Let a good friendship die

Cause you never had time

To call and say,"Hi"

You'd better slow down.

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere

You miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,

It is like an unopened gift....

Thrown away.

Life is not a race.

Do take it slower

Hear the music

Before the song is over.

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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.

Dear All:

PLEASE pass this mail on to everyone you know - even to those you don't
know! It is the request of a special girl who will soon leave this world
due to cancer.

This young girl has 6 months left to live, and as her dying wish, she wanted
to send a letter telling everyone to live their life to the fullest, since
she never will.

She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and
have a family of her own.

By you sending this to as many people as possible, you can give her and her
family a little hope, because with every name that this is sent to, The
American Cancer Society will donate 3 cents per name to her treatment and
recovery plan. One guy sent this to 500 people! So I know that we can at
least send it to 5 or 6. It's not even your money, just your time!

PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST

Champions League draw, reaction, and prediction

2006-08-25T01:49:00.000+04:00

Another year another champions league.

This year draw gives us a death group with Barca, Chelsea and Bremen set to fight it out and gives AC Milan the easiest group.

Here's the break down of each group:

Group A
BARCELONA
Chelsea
Werder Bremen
Levski Sofia

Group B
INTER MILAN
Bayern Munich
Sporting Lisbon
Spartak Moscow

Group C
LIVERPOOL
PSV Eindhoven
Bordeaux
Galatasaray

Group D
VALENCIA
Roma
Olympiakos
Shakhtar Donetsk

Group E
REAL MADRID
Lyon
Steaua Bucharest
Dynamo Kiev

Group F
MANCHESTER UNITED
Celtic
Benfica
FC Copenhagen

Group G
ARSENAL
Porto
CSKA Moscow
Hamburg

Group H
AC MILAN
Lille
AEK Athens
Anderlecht

And here's my prediction about each group:

Group A
BARCELONA
Werder Bremen

Group B
INTER MILAN
Bayern Munich

Group C
LIVERPOOL
Galatasaray

Group D
VALENCIA
Olympiakos

Group E
REAL MADRID
Lyon

Group F
MANCHESTER UNITED
Benfica

Group G
ARSENAL
CSKA Moscow

Group H
AC MILAN
AEK Athens

Team's to keep an eye on are Werder Bremen, CSKA Moscow, and Valancia.

Bremen have klose and a great playmaker Diego.

CSKA got both Daniel Carvalho and Vagner Love.

Valancia have bought a lot of new players that should make'em stronger.

What's wrong with this pic?

2006-08-25T01:28:00.000+04:00

Can anyone spot the person who doesn't belong there?

Here's a hint

Best Goal Keeper: Lehmann (Arsenal)
Best Defender: Puyol (Barcelona)
Best Midfielder: Deco (Barcelona)
Best Attacker: Eto (Barcelona)
Best Player: Ronaldinho

ok so fashion wise Eto is the odd man out. Should've worn a white suit.
Club wise Lehmann is out

my 2 cents Lehmann, Puyol and Ronaldhinho deserve it not so sure bout Deco and Eto. Especially Eto where I think Henry deserves it more. In my Opinion Ronaldinho makes Eto look good.

Ronaldo to AC-Milan??

2006-08-22T13:30:00.000+04:00

The Gazzetta dello Sport has reported that If Milan manage to win against Red Star Belgrade they'll use the money the receive from qualifying to the Champions League group stage (10 million euros) to finance Ronaldo's move from Real to Ac.

This move might be a good one for Ronaldo, though it would suck for Inter fan's (like me). Well all the best to the phenomenon and hope AC don't kill his talent like they did with Rivaldo.

Your Face in the game!!

2006-08-21T13:12:00.000+04:00

The image you see is made possible by the new xbox 360 "web" cam. It enables the player to have his picture taken and digitally made so that the gamer can use his/her face in games where you can create your own player.

Can you imagine you being a karacther in the next mortal kombat. Sounds sweet.

Below is an image of the "web cam" that a "toy's r us" sold to a lucky person on Aug 18th instead of Sept 19th.
p.s. News taken from Gzmondo.

Arab Joke

2006-08-17T13:38:00.000+04:00

The Advantage of Being an ARAB

An old Arab lived close to New York City for more than 40 years.
One day, he decided that he would love to plant potatoes and herbs in his garden, but he knew he was alone and too old and weak.

His son was in college in Paris, so the old man sent him an e-mail
explaining the problem:

"Beloved son, I am very sad, because I can't plant potatoes in my garden.
I am sure, if only you were here, that you would help me and dig up the garden for me. I love you, your father."

-------------------------------

Sure it's funny but the reality is, this is the freedom arabs enjoy in the land of the "free"

The following day, the old man received a response e-mail from his son:

"Beloved father, please don't touch the garden. That is where I have hidden 'the THING.' I love you, too, Ahmed."

At 4pm the FBI and the Rangers visited the house of the old man and took the whole garden apart, searching every inch. But they couldn't find anything. Disappointed, they left the house.

The next day, the old man received another e-mail from his son:

"Beloved father, I hope the garden is dug up by now and you can plant your potatoes. That is all I could do for you from here. Your loving son, Ahmed".

Need for Speed Carboon Car List I

2006-08-16T14:32:00.000+04:00

Taken from IGN.COM here are the need for speed carbon cars (not all just what has been released so far.

Returning from Most Wanted

BMW M3 GTR (2003)
Engine: 3.2 Liter 24v-I6
Max Horsepower: 350 BHP
Max Torque: 269 lb/ft
0-60 MPH: 4.9 seconds
Quarter-Mile: 12.9 seconds
Top Speed: 205 MPH

Daimler Mercedes-Benz CLK 500 (2005)
Engine: 5.2 Liter 24-V8
Max Horsepower: 367 BHP
Max Torque: 376 lb/ft
0-60 MPH: 5.2 seconds
Quarter-Mile: 13.6 seconds
Top Speed: 155 MPH

Ford Mustang GT (2006)
Engine: 4.6 Liter 24v-V8
Max Horsepower: 300 BHP
Max Torque: 320 lb/ft
0-60 MPH: 5.2 seconds
Quarter-Mile: 14 seconds
Top Speed: 143 MPH

Lamborghini Murcielago (2004).
Engine: 6.2Liter 48v-V12
Max Horsepower: 572 BHP
Max Torque: 479 lb/ft
0-60 MPH: 3.8 seconds
Quarter-Mile: 12.0 seconds
Top Speed: 199 MPH

Lotus Elise 111R (2004)
Engine: 1.8 Liter 16v-I4
Max Horsepower: 189 BHP
Max Torque: 133 lb/ft
0-60 MPH: 5.1 seconds
Quarter-Mile: 13.8 seconds
Top Speed: 143 MPH

Porsche Cayman S (2006)
Engine: 3.4 Liter 24v-F6
Max Horsepower: 240 BHP
Max Torque: 201 lb/ft
0-60 MPH: 5.3 seconds
Quarter-Mile: 14 seconds
Top Speed: 177 MPH

Toyota Supra (1998)
Engine: 3.0 Liter 2JZ-GTE I6
Max Horsepower: 320 BHP
Max Torque: 315 lb/ft
0-60 MPH: 5.3 seconds
Quarter-Mile: 13.6 seconds
Top Speed: 155 MPH

Returning with Enhancements

Volkswagen Golf R32 (2006)
Engine: 3.2 Liter 24v-V6
Max Horsepower: 250 BHP
Max Torque: 236 lb/ft
0-60 MPH: 6.2 seconds
Quarter-Mile: 14.6 seconds
Top Speed: 155 MPH

New Cars

Fiat Alfa Romeo Brera (2006)
Engine: 3.2 Liter 24v-V6
Max Horsepower: 185 BHP
Max Torque: 169 lb/ft
0-60 MPH: 8.6 seconds
Quarter-Mile: 14.8 seconds
Top Speed: 138 MPH

Daimler Chrysler 300C SRT-8 (2006)
Engine: 6.1 Liter 16v-HEMI V8
Max Horsepower: 425 BHP
Max Torque: 420 lb/ft
0-60 MPH: 5.0 seconds
Quarter-Mile: 13.8 seconds
Top Speed: 170 MPH

Nissan 350Z Fairlady Z (2006)
Engine: 3.5 Liter VQ35DE-V6
Max Horsepower: 300 BHP
Max Torque: 260 lb/ft
0-60 MPH: 5.3 seconds
Quarter-Mile: 13.6 seconds
Top Speed: 156 MPH

Audi Le Mans Quattro (2007)
Engine: 3.5 Liter V10
Max Horsepower: 610 BHP
Max Torque: TBD
0-60 MPH: TBD
Quarter-Mile: TBD
Top Speed: 1 billion mph (estimate)

Wii Priced?

2006-08-16T14:01:00.000+04:00

Engadgent and IGN both are reporting the Wii's price will be in the range of 170-250 US dollars. Moreover, you won't have to pay a penny to play games online.

Unlike Sony's online service where each game has it own online price or Xbox's live service where you pay $50 per year. However since the Wii isn't out yet it's to early to judge on how the online gaming service would be like.

Details are supposed to be conformed in September, while the launch date is in November till then it's a waiting game.

The Gaming Wish List

2006-08-14T14:34:00.000+04:00

Xbox 360:

Xbox:

DS:

PSP:

Other Games that I failed to find an Image are:

Need For Speed Carbon (360)
Lunar Knights (DS)
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS)
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS)
Xenosaga I & II (DS)
Custom Robo Arena (DS)
Scarface: Money,Power, Respect. (PSP)

and not to forget

p.s. My Birthday is on the 10th Of October. Feel free to get me any of the items on the wish list. Just make sure you check www.gamespot.com for reviews, if it gets an 7.5 or higher then don't hesitate =)

Oman vs Pakistan I

2006-08-14T13:31:00.000+04:00

Oman's next game for the Asian Cup Qualification is against pakistan. The game will be on the 16th of August and if you want to watch it you need to have carmin the frog's ('9ifda3 kamil) ART sports channel to watch the game.

Whats worse the Omani tv tried to buy the rights but unfortunatley ART were asking for a very large sum of money. Which is unreasonable to pay.

Back to the game.

UAE suffered alot and it wasn't until the 70th minute that they were able to break the Paki's defence and score 4 goals. Therefore, Oman needs to find a way to break the wall of defence. To make matters worse, Oman will be missing Ali AL-Habsi and Ahmed Mubark (kano) to Injure, Mohammed Rabe'ee and Fouzi Basheer because of suspensions.

The 22 players that have been called up are: Sulaiman Khamees, Bader Juma'a, Sulaiman Al-Shekeli, Anwar Al-Alawai, Ahmed Hadid, Juma'a Abdullah, Mohammed Taqi, Billal Oubaid, Younes AL-Mushefri, Ismaeel AL-Ajmi, Yousuf Sha'aban, Imad Al-Hosni, Khalifa Ayil, Ali Saleem, Saeed Al-Shoon, Hussien Modhafar, Mohammed Mubark, Mohammed Hamd, Badir Al-Maimani, Hussien Mustahil, Abdullah Kamona, Hashim Salih, and Sultan Al-Toqi.

The team usually plays with the 3-5-2 formation. This is how I hope matchalla plays'em

Suliman Khamis as the goal keeper

Juma'a Al Wahibi , Hussien Mustahil, and Abdullah Kamona as the three defenders

Ismaeel Al Ajmi, Hussien Modhafar, Ahmed Hadied, Ahmed Kano, and Badir Al-Maimani as the 5 midfielders

Hashim Salih, and Mohammed Taqi as the strikers

The reason that Imad isn't in the line up is because I read that he has an injury but if he is able to play then I see him taking Hashim's place

All the best to the Red's

Political View

2006-08-13T16:40:00.000+04:00

I'm not much into politics but what has to be said has to be said.

The war in Lebanon.

I liked what Galloway said in his interview with sky news " you should look back to more then 4 weeks time to understand the crisis"

The Zionists are supposedly this undefeatable warrior similar to Goliath and Hezbollah was supposed to be this small fish similar to yup you guessed it David. Indeed just like the story David is winning.

People wonder how can Hezbollah be winning the answer is simple they are defending their country with their blood and they aren't afraid of death any REAL Muslim would know how precious the Shahada is.

It's not like Al-Qaida doing the states work bombing and killing innocent people, Hezbollah are fighting to free their land Said Hassan Nasser Allah even warned Haifa's residence to flee because they'll attack where as the Zionists go to innocent people and slaughter everyone man, woman, child or elderly.

Why do I say Al-Qaida is doing the states work well so far all that their attacks have done is weaken Islam and create more hatred towards Muslims. However, look at what's Hezbollah is doing it's uniting all the Muslims whether shia'a, sunni or any other sect under one flag that Islam. Hezbollah didn't kidnap the two Zionist soldiers to free shia'a prisoners they did it to free LEBANESE prisoners. Another argument is I don't see a shop selling Hezbollah t-shirts where as there isn't a shop that's not selling T-shirts with OBL in them.

what's really funny is what the Saudi, Jordanian, and Egyptian government said when they condemned Hezbollah for their actions and now it's those governments that are sitting in shame and what a shame it is the so called kings aren't able to send 10 soldiers to help a fellow Arabian and Muslim country. Some Arabian countries have F-16's and other weaponry that they won't use and yet non are donating them to help a better cause. Even worse, Qatar allowing the states to use it's land and sea to fly out and hit their brothers in Lebanon.

Funny how Iran are labeled as terrorists because they are the ones giving Hezbollah the weapons while the States and Britain are saints. When in fact it's the States and Britain that are giving the Zionist regime the fire power to kill innocents.

In all of the history I know 3 rulers did what they could for their country and for Islam and those are: Jamal Abdul Nasser, King Faisal and Rafiq Harirry and all three may they rest in peace were killed because they chose to refuse kissing the US's ass and fight for the freedom of their people and religion.

In the end the only way that the rest of the rulers will do anything is if the Zionists make the grave mistake and bomb Nancy Ajram's and Haifa'a Wahbi's house.

Note: One man's terrorists is another man's Freedom Fighter. I stand by what I said and won't change my opinion so spare me the useless comments trying to prove me wrong

Some add on's

2006-08-13T16:31:00.000+04:00

Well for those who noticed now I've my console games under each post kool ha.

*evil grin*

I've been searching so hard for those and finally got'em and I finally have a profile picture

yay for me.

hmm

Just downloaded the Uno game for the Xbox 360 should be intresting

other then that nothing much.

A big post should follow soon

What FF character are you

2006-08-13T14:49:00.000+04:00

thanks for TtT for the link

do give it a shot

What FF7: Advent Children Character Are You?

Hosted by theOtaku.com: Anime. Done right.

New Season

2006-08-13T02:23:00.000+04:00

Both the French and German leagues have started. Unfortunately not really interested in them. I wish PSG would do something in the French league but doubt that Lyon are just to good there as for the German league I think Bayern will struggle this season.

Now comes the Italian League: W/O Juve, the league is really missing. It's been a real mess with all the players that departured Juve. Internazional (a.k.a Inter Milan) has strengthened it's team. Although, I don't really get why they would want Ibra and sell Martins, unless they sell Adriano which I think would be a big mistake, so all the Best to Inter.

There's a rumor linking Ronaldo to A.C Milan which should be interesting.

Finally the Spanish league: Real has loaded up in every position and again they bought more strikers. I still think if you can get Ronaldo back in shape he's much better then any other striker they have right now. However, I'm not capello and I don't get paid to make these decisions. Barca on the other hand have improved where it really matters, after losing Larson they got Gudjohnsen who's been impressive so far in the friendlies, Thuram and Zambrota. Messi, Ronaldinho are still there another player to keep an eye for is Dos Santos.

oh yeah the English league not really a big fan of it Arsenal need to find a striker and a couple of defenders, Man Utd need to find a striker, Chelsea need to stop buying so many players, Liverpool I have no Idea what to say and finally all the best to Ali in Bolton

World Cup Reflection

2006-08-13T02:14:00.000+04:00

Since I wasn't blogging when the world cup started I'll share my opinion now.

First, to those who know me, know that I support the Brazilian team after Oman. Unfortunately the only game that Brazil really played like BRAZIL was against Japan.

I have no Idea why against France Robinho wasn't playing everywhere I read, the line up had Robinho.

Ronaldo is a great striker but Robinho makes the phenomenon look even better. Moreover, Ronaldinho wasn't even playing at the position he plays for in Barca. Anyone who's been watching or reading Barca's friendly games can see that Ronaldinho hasn't lost his touch so what was the coach doing that I'll never know.

Now for Italy winning the cup: The team sucked plain and simple getting a penalty in the last second against Australia "What up with that"?. Even against Germany they played a good first half but then went back to the "Classic Italy" playing all defensive to make it worse they played defensive against France in the Final.

Zizo's head butt: Enough been said already.

In the end the referring sucked, final sucked, 2002 was much better c ya again in 2010 and hopefully (inshallah) Oman's in it

New Begenings

2006-08-13T02:04:00.000+04:00

Finally this blog is back and kicking.

for those who used to visit it you'll notice the new template which I'm proud to say was done by yours truely.

Though one problem still exists which is the blog title's color.

Other then that sit back and enjoy.

Random thoughts

2006-04-02T03:26:00.000+04:00

~ Oman senior team got knocked out of the tournamnet. Kinda sad was hoping they'd redeem themselves but I really hope they had fun.

~ Barca's game with Real sucked to defensive the biggest highlight i'd say was when the moroccan fan ran into the pitch

~ Iran developed new missiles which is intresting I still don't see Iran as a threat to the gulf no idea why the media hypes it that much maybe to kiss american ass. I wish the arab countries would self produce instead of relying on others. I'd rather drive a car that looks like it came from the 50's but made in oman then the latest thing out there

~ World cup as much as I'd like to see Brazil carry it I keep having the feeling a new team does hope it's Chezch or Holland

~ I guess I'll end up going to oman after all. Can't say i'm not happy

~ weather outside sucks =(

Guess who's back?

2006-03-29T06:58:00.000+04:00

Been a while since I blogged.

but I dunno guess i'm back at it so stay tuned.

Ali Al-Habsi in Bolton

2005-07-05T10:30:00.000+04:00

Well Ali finally signed aa pre contract with Bolton if his club Lyn are clever they'll take whatever Bolton are offering them and let Ali go or they can just lose him on a free transfer.

Now I really don't know why i'm so excited about all this but honestly I can't help feel proud of Ali. Here's a guy who went after his dreams from 3rd divison club Modhabi to Nasser to Lyn and now finally Bolton.

They still don't have his jersey but as soon as it's posted i'm so buying it hehe

best of luck to the Ameen in the EPL and to the 7 Omani players in Qatar

Tada + Road Trip

2005-07-05T09:58:00.000+04:00

Finally i'm done with summer school.

Feels so good to finnaly finish studying and get to relax focus on gym and work.

hmm thats shorter then i expected

well lets see on Sun went to Rochester Minnosota. Had to drive for 2.5 hours we were delivering cars. It was so boring cruise control is fun but not when the guy infront of u keeps changing his speed everynow and then. Having better music would've been better i kept switching between fm stations. It was fun there got to eat 7allal food in a resturant and then bought more stuff PARATA =D man can't wait to use them andnot to mention lebanese bread and ibn el walad chesse only thing thats missing is chips oman =(.

the return trip was kinda bad 6 guys in a car for 2.5 hours not smthing i'd recomend 3 were in front and 3 in the back.

all in all it wasn't that.

we frist delievered the cars to a fed ex place where they'll be shipped to NY then to KSA. Then went to eat , bought food stuff then we went walking around downtown most thigns were closed but I actually felt I was in a city not like mid of no where cedar falls. Later we went walking around the lake, which wasn't that bad got to digest all the food we ate.

well that sums it i guess

oh well hopefully i'll be updating this place more often and thanks for all who have linked me =)

Sony Sucks

2005-06-20T23:19:00.000+04:00

Before fan boys jump, they really do suck. WHY?

well look at the RPG they have most are just reserved for Japan I mean how hard is it to have an option to enable English subs?

I've got sony's latest product the PSP and I haven't played it for some time now
Metal Gear AC!D is gr8 although I'm stuck in it but it's really gr8 I liked the concept and all but I CARVE FOR RPG's and there are so many out there in Japan I'd import if I'd understand what they characters were saying =(

Sony plans to release their new PS3 next year and seriously if they will only care about their Japanese consumers then @%@#^ u Sony.

UPDATE: There's a rumor that an XBOX game won't be released in the USA WTF I'll e-mail them both although doubt I'd get a reply but MY VOICE WILL BE HERD

I'll update the situation as it happens =p

Culture Shock

2005-06-20T23:12:00.000+04:00

Some people experience it when they go abroad.

When I came to the US to study I didn't get shocked by "their culture". I guess that's because of the TV shows and movies. Now I know that the movies and sitcoms aren't necessarily true but it helps.

However the biggest cultural shock I experienced was when I saw and herd that what happens in the west is happening back home in the country I call my own and in countries near by.

WHAT HAPPENED how could morality go so low it's so sad really is =(

Conspiracy against consumers

2005-06-06T21:50:00.000+04:00

It’s a conspiracy I tell you. Everything I go to Barnes and Nobles to get JUST ONE THING I end up getting more #@$^#$^#$^. ok this is what happened this time I went to reserve the new Harry potter book for my bro (I can't stand Harry potter but oh well) but as I was walking around I saw a cool book cover read the back of it and it got my reading instincts tingly =p so I decided to take it. Then I saw the graphic novel corner and guess what BATMAN =s I ended up buying 3 Batman comics =/. Moreover I bought this nice lil bookmark (my other book mark is in a book that I lost interest in reading (will get back to it soon though inshalla) ok so why conceiver I'll tell you if you eat a lot of food ur addicted to food if you smoke a lot then your addicted to smoking BUT what if u buy to much? your addicted to shopping? so shouldn't there be promotions about STOP DON'T BUY CONTROL YOUR SELF and books about how not to buy stuff but nooooooooo they wouldn't do that actually even if there was a book the author would by hypocrite unless he/she/it distribute it for free wired world GO FIGURE

Oh yeah I managed to reserve the book there’ll be a party I’ll probably go hoping I get some free stuff for my bro =D

Barnes and Nobles EVIL!!!

2005-05-31T04:09:00.000+04:00

ok this is how it goes aight =p

we were suppose to go watch the longest yard at 6:50. We reached the mall at about 6 so we had lots of time to kill so I thought we'd go check Barnes and nobles out ( BIIIG MISTAKE)

First I took the Romanov Prophecy (it sounded kool when i read the back of the book)
Then I saw Mr and Mrs Smith, yest it's the book of the movie starting Brad and Angalena. I thoght reading the book would be fun.

THEN I saw batman comics =s it's been ages since I've read them. I took one saw it was volume 2 so then got volume 1 then realized there are more to follow so went and got them =/ what's worse I need to get more of them (which i did through Amazon) so thats about a 250 spending srpee all cause or barnes and nobles MASHAKEL

oh well life goes on now waiting for them to arrive =D

The 4gotton post

2005-05-28T00:33:00.000+04:00

Ahhh I so wanted to post something today but I 4got what it was =s oh well maybe next time

why am I writing this I dunno. oh I know lets see stupidist thing I ever done was to forget my name in a test dunno how it happened but it did happen. It was during 1st or 2nd secoundry can't even remember when we had a long test where you had to memorize stuff for it. Usually I write my name last so that I can color the O's and all those stuff to kill time until we are allowed to leave the class room. So anywayz was done with the answers wanted to write my name but couldn't becase I couldn't remember it. So I asked the teacher if I could ask my friend something he was like nope but I was like I need to it's important I don't want to cheat you can have my paper but I didn't write my name down so let me ask him something then i'll write my name and give it to you but he wouldn't let me ask so I just asked but now my stupid friend didn't get my question. THEN "EURIKA" I remembered there was a sticker on the desk I was sitting on and I had wrritten my name on it so I just looked at it and wrote my name =D

The Game Vs 50c

2005-05-26T10:48:00.000+04:00

dosn't it suck they made thier truce oh well so much for fueling this up

However who's better?

I'd go with The Game he's got the voice and the lyrics yeah 50 is good he produces and all that but music wise it's The Game all the way. Funny how 50 talked aobut loyalty he's with dr.dre and eminem they should be representing the West Side being a big 2Pac fan I find it sad how 50 is all about the East and now he's trying to sign mob deep O_o

WEST SIDE all the way Looking at thier albums I liked more songs out of The Game's album then 50's in 50's I just like 2-3 songs but the Game atleast 8 songs (tracks 3,6,10,11,14,15,16 and 17)

Uefa Champions League Final 04/05

2005-05-26T09:58:00.000+04:00

Maldini scored a goal in the 58th secound of the first half (what a goal)The crespo scored 2 goals and the first half ended 3-0 MilanLiverpool's defence was bad really bad Kaka had his way with them. Another note is that Kewl couldn't pull a comeback and had to be substituted.2nd half Liverpool go with 3 defenders instead of 4 a suprise move and a big gamble. Will liverpool suffer?well first sign of revival came in the 54th minute Gerrards well struck goal, then Smicer added a 2nd because of Dida's bad goalkeeping then Guttoso brings down a liverpool player in the area and guess what a penalty. HOWEVER the drama dosn't stop there Dida saved the shot BUT Alonso is there on the rebound and SCORES and we are all tied now.Milan tryin go score a goal but Liverpool seem to be like a completly different team now they are more organized and more confident not to mention they got the crowd behind them nowmore will come laterIf liverpool wins this game THIS WILL BE the BIGGEST comeback ever and they surely would desrve it.all in all if both lose that'd would rule but this is a great match to watch if you missed it then you better have a good excuse.

Cisse makes his come back (what a wierd hairdo)Serginho comes in for sedorf and the danish Thomasson comes in for CrespoWill this REVIVE MILAN?Milan see to be really out of it the pace of the game has slown down alot it seems Milan will try to slow doen the game a bit
borrring :YAWN:both teams are playing with caution Milan missed a few chances Liverpool had thier share of missesCisse playing a bit selfishlyOOOOOOOOOOO Rui Costa is coming in this should be intresting Gatusso goes outfunny note: the commentators complained lightly about being woken up at 4:52 am (Fajir preyr - the game is being played in Turkey)

WHAT AN AMAZING SAFE DUDEK double saved shots from shiva WHAT A SAVE he attoned for the mistakes he's done today unfortunatly the match seem's to be heading to penalty kicksMilan are really pressing hard

a nd so we go to penalties Milan Shoots firstSerginho goes first man what pressure they must be on (supporters booing) here it goes and it's blasted outLiverpool now Hamman scores wierd shot (he ran then slowed down)booo's again for the milan kicker (would love to shut those "fans up") Pirlo now and dudek Saves hmm some wierd stuff going on Hamman was jumping Dudek stepped out of his line hmno cisse shoots and he socres 2-0 MILAN ARE IN TROUBLEAll pressure on Thomasson and he scores (Dudek needs a punch)Liverpool now DIDA SAVES Risse missednow it's KAKA can he bring them level????? lots of boo's and again dudek jumping like jack in the box and KAKA SCOREESSall eyes on smicer (he scored the 2nd goal) the fans are praying for a goal will Dida save it? NOPE smicer socres 3-2 now for liverpoolShiva's turn can he bring Milan level????? he shoots AND DUDEK SAVES IT LIVERPOOL DO THE UNIMAGINABLE THEY WON 4-2 and they get to keep the cup Benetez has done it MILAN GO TROPHYLESS FANS ARE CRAZY so now Everton won't be here next year as Liverpool will be given the chance to defend thier tittle what a come backanother intresting fact Milan wore White because it's thier lucky color and Liverpool wore ReD cause it's thier lucky color and ReD won however liverpool's first kick and save are questionable but nothing will change the result nowthe European cup is going forever to Liverpool (if you win 5 times u keep it)

something intresting to add on 2 Coaches now who won the Uefa cup go to win the Champions league cup.

now the Q remains will liverpool be in the competition next year? (top 4 teams in England qualify however Liverpool ended up 5th but they did win the competition but they are 5th and only 4 teams get to represent England so what now??)

match was whack a team coming back from 3 down and against on of the best defensive teams in the competition but oh well there u got it Liverpool done it congrats to thier fans

StarWars I-III

2005-05-24T23:06:00.000+04:00

Is it overhyped? I'd say so

before the fanboys/fangirls start attacking seriously the story isn't that grand it's just special effects and I guess thats what made 4-6 so good but i'vn't seen them so I won't talk bout them.

Episode I : story was decent sets things in motion effects gr8.

Episode II : sets in motion Ankin's transformation to the dark side AND a love story

Episode III : Big love story. The reason he transformed to the dark side is because of his love to Padme

The queues were ridiclous was it worth it? not really i've seen better movies

Link Update

2005-05-23T01:49:00.000+04:00

Yo0o
Finally updated the link section added more friends enjoy it u all

if anyone else i 4got to add plz do give me ur URL and i'll add it asap (can't promise when though :P)

council wars part II b

2005-05-23T01:15:00.000+04:00

it's "b" cause i talked about them before well all the councils have been released so far I think the 360 is the one to go for. Thats not because i've the xbox it's just that it's better in my opinion

1) the games library is bigger then ps3
2) it finally got rpg and lots of it
3) RPG BABY jappense software makers are baking it up what more do u want
4) Halo3 need I say more?
5) perfect dark 0 (50 players all at one time O_o)

ps3 got
1) supposdly better graphics and all but after reading an article on IGN where they compared them both 360 turns out to be better graphic wise (check sabla for more)
2) final fantasy series
3) killzone 2
4) controlelr

If MS can do the controller trick again (since they'll be wireless i think u can do that) then 360 all ze vay baby ;)

Ffia vs Winning 11

2005-05-23T01:11:00.000+04:00

those two are the biggest football games so which one is better? well overall i'd say Winning 11 but fifa does have nice features like

- fouls, the foul system is just to sweet
- real names

thats about it really lol ok Fifa sucks hail wininng 11 =D

CooKing

2005-05-23T01:08:00.000+04:00

as much as I enjoy eating good food cooking takes alot of time
you cook for 1-2 hours if not more then u eat it in less than 30 mins O_o thats messed up really

as for the Tikka i cooked it was amazing YUM YUM YUM juicy and nice man getting hungry just thinking about it will try Tandori today and see how it goes

StarWars

2005-05-18T04:37:00.000+04:00

Talk about a frenzy and the worse part i'm dragged into it. A friend of mine asked me if i'd like to go watch it and I was like yeah sure (since i've seen 1 and 2 thoght I might as well watch 3) but BIG MISTAKE i'm sure i'll have to go to the bloody cinema house atleast an hour and half before the show starts talk abot fun times
Hopefully it won't be a long movie like lord of the rings otherwise i'll fall asleep (unless of course there are lots of light sabr fights :D) light sabr's rule wouldn't it be cool if we could have one that'd rock =p

well i'll post more bout the movie after I watch it but the frenzy is ridiclous most countries are opening the same day at the same time (ofcourse ignoring time difference)

Summer

2005-05-13T23:27:00.000+04:00

Well done with spring semster time for summer just had my first test. This is going to suck a test every week.
The teacher is a bit looney It seems to me he favours females over males which kinda sucks but he's really something.

He wants everyone to raise thier hand up before answering. Anyone who would answer w/o having thier hand up will be ignored i mean ahh but maybe it's due to the fact he's Syrian.

mm what else need to raise my gpa inshalla this summer class helps me do that.

New LooK ~ massive update

2005-05-08T04:41:00.000+04:00

Well finally updated the look thanks blessed i know u had this look b4 but now i do ha ha ha =p

i still need to change the previous posts colors and the shout box colors but step by step inshalla

I just got done with finals 2 days ago have a mini break before i re start summer school how sucky is that? have to wake up at 9 =( but oh well

yest was a sad night lots of friends leaving and only handfull coming back but thats life i guess

bought a new bike hope this one dosn't get stolen bought a nice comfy chair the standard chair was so uncomforatble had problems sitting and that ain't a joke

mm what else been playing jade empire an amazing game wish there were more story lines to it

on the psp i'm playing fifa i mastered the easiest difficulty so now moving to the next step

and i guess thats about all i can think of right now

Titlle

2005-04-17T04:23:00.000+04:00

:P didn't know what to write as a title so this should be enough.

Well the omani team lost.

who's fault is it? the coach???

it's easy to point the finger on the coach but i dunno he's still new he needs some time to proove himself we can't just judge him. However i'd disagree with some of his substitue decisions.

All in all I think the players desrve to be applauded they gave it thier best saudia drew with us in the 85th minute and scored a goal in the final minute of 2nd extra time. The sad thing is they were playing like ac milan (just to teast jari7 :p) we defended alot but oh well life goes on

btw as most noticed there arn't many updates recently reason being i'm just busy with uni (or so i should be :p) finals are near and i'll moving to a new room soon inshalla

Semi update i guess

2005-04-07T20:11:00.001+04:00

yooooz

thanks all for your continuos support :D

blessed i finally managed to make you get a blog HA HA HA :p

i've been really busy and lazy to be honest hehe but here goes some updates

I'm thinking of getting another blog where i'll post info about the Omani national team and some comments and stuff related to them might make it a football(soccer blog) what do you guys think?

Sony PsP!

2005-04-07T20:11:00.000+04:00

Ok I was one of the first million to get this baby (NOT SAD AT ALL =p)

I know you want pics blessed but you'll have to wieght for that

the thing i hate about the device is that there's no protection to the screen (not like the gameboy sp) where you just close the thingy down (like a flip)

the device is amazing i still didn't manage to connect it to my pc for some reason or another but i didn't buy it to listen to songs or upload anime on the memory stick (although that won't be a bad idea)

I tried the free UMD i got SpiderMan2 didn't watch it yet but tried the video is superb I was really impressed

The games: I tried need for speed rivals was a bit disapointed it's not as good as the consoule version but thats understandable but don't like that fool you the graphics are crisp and clear. It's a bit hard to shift gears though gets kinda awkward especially if your laying on ur bed playing it =p

Untold legends are nice it's a hack and slash game the graphics are really something i like it to be honest

Metal gear AC!D now this is a realy awsome game graphics are superb and the gameplay is innovative. you don't move around as you would normally you use gaming cards which add's a whole new ballgame to the game. you really need to think about how u'll do the missions and what cards you'll need

some intresting info

when you switch on your psp you have the interface from which you choose what you want to do the background color changed every month which is really neat march was green april is pink (because of the blossoming of the cherry pink flowers in Japan) so i think that's a nice idea.

oh and you can play multiplayer over hot spots (wireless) or by bringing the psp's close to each other to play

there are people who found some hacks already here are some

How to use non-Duo Memory Sticks on your PSP
How to browse the web with your PSP
How to get TiVoToGo shows onto your PSP
How to get e-books on your PSP
How to read web comics on your PSP
How to get manga on your PSP
Creating Sony Thumbnail files
How to use your Mac to play PSP games over the web
PSP IRC client

If you guys have any q's just comment and i'll try to answer them the best i can

to read more check gamespot.com and ign.com

for more hacks
go to http://engadget.com/entry/1234000720038308

Golf!

2005-03-29T20:34:00.000+04:00

Lately in the news there've been news about new hotel resorts and tourist cities and some other lexury facilities but the thing that strikes me as strange is the gold courses. not only dont we have any right now but they are planing to build 2-4 gold courses all 18 holes. I don't mind if it's to attradt tourists and all but we shouldn't forget our own culture and sports and hobbies I'd rather see one of those resorts have a stable so people could go horse ridding.

Another thing is will there really be so many people coming to Oman? most of these resorts are in the Muscat Region so yeah Dec, Jan would be busy months but what about other months? Unless we get other forms of entertainment (e.g bigger malls, bigger cinema houses) there won't be much to do really.

The tourism minister should (in my opinion) try to do something about cave exploring and try and make it more accessable for people to go in and visit hopefully if the rain continues to fall the wadis will be full and would give people more things to do MOST IMPORTANTLY they should enforce cleanness anyone who litters should be jailed or fined for a ridiclous amount

but really do we need so many gold courses?

Truth Or Dare

2005-03-24T21:37:00.000+04:00

This Dare was my last one after succefully completing it I stoped playing the stupid game

here's how it happened

after finishing thaniwya 3ama fa9el el derasi el awal me and my friends decided to go to dubai to relax.
On our last day there we were in a food court and were really bored so we started playing the game
I was dared to go to a lady and say she's preety. The lady had kids and all of her family with her so the guys decided to change the dare and asked me to go to a flipino (who was working in a fast food resturant) and ask him if he's gay or not
So me and a witness went to him and this is the conversation that took place
Me : Excuse me
him: yes?
me : I just wanted to ask you something
him: aha
me : are you gay?
him: O_o WHAT!! WHAT ARE YOU SAYING!!
me : just answer me are you gay or not it's a simple yes no question
him: what kind of a question is that please whatch your language
me : whats wrong with you gay means happy check it in the dictionary if you want
him: ohh yes im gay
me : thanks that wasn't hard now was it?

loool it was something i tell you luckily nothing serious happened

Super Hero debate

2005-03-22T22:12:00.000+04:00

so who's the best comic super hero?

well I'd say batman although I like nightwing more but Batman takes the cup why? simple he's self made he didn't become what he is because of some mutant agent or any super powers he made him self

Superman is an alien

Wolverine is a mutant

Spider is a mutant

Turtles are mutants

therefore batman takes the cup :p

ok this post is shorter then i thought it'd be might modify it later

More School mischef O:)

2005-03-22T21:08:00.000+04:00

finally back from spring break where i enjoyed being lazy :D and hence all these update msg's in my shout box thanks to all who come and read my blog :)

ok back to school days

one incident I remember was during my last year (Thaniwya 3ama) which was school year 2000-2001 yup clas of 01 ain't that kool? :p

anywayz it was religion class again (poor teacher) .I think he was talkin alot and not writing on the board what he had to so he's like go out i'm like ok fakka and I packed my bag as I was backing he's like what are you doing? i'm like you kicked me out la so i'm packing mol fayda i stay out o then come back again to pick my bag a7san mara wa7da(a revloutionary thought don't you think?) but nooo he got more pissed and told me to never show up. My reply I got you the highest score in thaniwya Ammah and this is what you do walla 7alla some people ( i had the highest scvore in our school i think it was a full mark can't remember though). Being kicked out of that period was preety kool i just copied notes from friends and got time to do nothing just walking around the hall and helping wrrange our prom. However one day the whole class thought they'd skip his class I didn't know since i was kicked out they didn't bother to tell me so I was walking around as usual when he came.

Him: why are you walking around go back to class
Me: You kicked me out
Him: ok go back now
Me: nop you kicked me out until the end of the year you can't change your mind like that you need to settle on one thing you can't kick me out for a semster and then go and change your mind and plus i enjoy being kicked out

Him: you guessed it pulls me from my dishdasha and drags me to class :(

oh btw the class showed up 5 mins later and one friend asked him how come i'm in class so i replied shoof inta mara ya6rwdni o mara ya3zumni to class

oh btw I know it seems me and the religion teacher always had probs but in truth he's one of the best teachers I've ever had and whenever i'm in Oman i visit him so we are cool but you know have to give him some excietment everynow and then =P

WoW this post is longer then i thought it'd be how's that for an update

Some stories from my life

2005-03-14T10:15:00.000+04:00

Here are some of the events that have happened in my life that i'll share with u readers enjoy hehe

1) It was during Highschool I was in grade 9 I think. Anywayz I was to lazy to go to class so I went to drink water o go to the bathroom to kill some time and therefore arrive late to class I managed to waste 5 mins as I reached the class room the door was shut and I saw two class mates that were kicked out so I just sat with them o we started talking.

All of the sudden the principal comes and he asks my class mates why are you out side they tell him we were kicked and then he asks me why are you out I told him I came a bit late and the door was shut so I just sat out. Then all of the sudden the teacher comes out and see's me and he asks me why are you out?
Me: I came the door was locked didn't want to disturb you so I sat out
he then pulls me from my disdasha and throws me in the class room hehe

after class he's like why did you do such a thing your a good student I never thoght you'd do that
Me: What'd i do out of respect for you and the class I sat out. you guys are always saying we treat the english teachers more respectful but here i'm treating you the same o kitha walla 7alla

he then kicked me out hehe

The Journey part II

2005-03-14T10:00:00.000+04:00

You see when he first joined he was assigned to clean duties. He had to clean the kitchen and the ship's deck 3 times a day which isn't fun. However he gave it all he had to do the task because he wanted to prove that he desrved to be on the ship and that he desrves to get promoted.

During the first year he got to travel to places beyond his dreams crossed more sea's then he could count. The came the eventful day they were near Sarandeeb (Sri Lanka's old name) when the got hit by a fearsom thunderstorm, but because of Yasser's quick thinking and action there wern't many losses.

The captain of the ship Suliman knew that Yasser had potential to one day lead a ship of his own so to help him achieve that Suliman promoted him to be the Captain's helper right hand. Which in those days someone as young as Yasser would only dream of achieving.

Yasser spent a total of three year's with the Murjana crew but he split up because of an incident that'll be the title of the next chapter

p.s the story would be updated once or twice a week no idea when but that'll be a minumum

hope you all enjoy

The Journey pt I

2005-03-09T10:33:00.000+04:00

I'll try to write a story hope it's good

He knew he had to do something but what could he do??

He was caught red handed and they took his passport away from him he can't do anything or can he?

Well before we find that out we need to know what happened

It all happened 5 years ago When Yasser got a chance to start earning his on living. His parents had just passed away and he was a lone child. He needed money to keep surviving and finding a job wasn't something easy but he finally managed to get hired on the trading ship Al-Murjana.

Ahh yes the Murjana one of the best crafted trade ships to ever cross the ocean. Yasser was really happy to be able to work in that ship. However it wasn't all fun and games

p.s some of the events that i'll mention are real but most are fictional character names and all the names are fictional and arn't ment to represent anyone

stay tuned for pt II

To All who call me a Friend

2005-03-09T10:31:00.000+04:00

First thanks for concidereing me one :)

Second I apologize if I've been bad and not being a good friend to anyone of you

Third thanks for visting my blog daily and reading whatever I write you guys rock so thanks =)

Dream

2005-03-08T09:43:00.000+04:00

We all have a dream that we want to achieve
Well my dream is to represent Oman in the football team I know some might laugh but hey it's my dream my life so if you ever see me wearing the red jearsy know that I acomplished 80% of my dream the reaming 20% is to represent them in the World Cup now that'll be something

So what I'm doing to realize this dream?

well for now I just play with my friends but I've decided when I move to a new room in April that'll try to get as fit as I can and Inshalla when I graduate (inshalla) I'll join a club in Oman and hopefully work my way to the Omani team

Ofcourse I'll be working but hey I'll just have to balance my life and I think I can do that so wish me luck all

Love Games

2005-03-06T11:09:00.000+04:00

Since when is love about playing games?

Personally If a person can't see me for who I'm then life goes on I'm not gonna play games where I stop talking to someone for a while so they can notice me

If you really care about that other person's feelings you won't be playing games because you know your self that it'll hurt them

and since when is love about huting your partner

I'm not saying that partners don't get hurt from each other but it's not from such games

If you notice that your partner isn't like before just go talk to him/her and work things out comprimise don't go play games

here are some stupid games that I see people doing

1) To make him/her notice me more i'll go out with this girl/guy to make him/her jelaous
WHAT KIND OF IDIOCITY IS THAT????? that person your trying to get jelaous won't get jelaous at all they'll think you moved on and they'll end up getting hurt

2) To make him/her notice me i'll disappear for some time let them miss me
If you do that the person will just think you are mad/angry at them for something they've done and if you keep on ignoring they'll reach a point where they stop caring about what you do

I'm getting annoyed by just these two examples so maybe i'll post more some other time MAYBE

Arab discussing taboo subjects!!!

2005-03-06T11:02:00.000+04:00

This post is because of a thread in sabla peopl claiming that things arn't talked about and it's taboo and other thinking we are opressed

where i stand on this well true we don't get to say EVERYTHING we want but thats not a big deal I mean i'm happy living like i'm and honestly when I hear how my parents used to live I envy them they all lived as a community everyone knew everyone I can't say that everyone got along but I'd like to think of it that way

look at life now people back stabbing thier friends
Money is all they think about

and what's worse is that some people claim they are muslim and go do things that isn't Islamic at all. We have eneimes out there that look for the simplest mistake to hit back and when seeing such idiots they just say yeah those are muslims and all muslims are that way.

Forced Update :p

2005-03-06T10:56:00.000+04:00

OK OK here is the update everyone been askin me bout

tadda happy? 5ala9
lool

ok time to get serious

I'm so pissed I've played with bad teams before but never this bad THE FREAKING GOAL KEEPER GAVE THE ATTACKER HIS BACK WTF 7alla block him smthin i'm killing my self trying to score a damn goal or make a play and this @$$ of a goal keeper gives him his back AGHHhhhhhhhhh

mmm what else

don't you think music is losing it's touch?
Words no more have deep meanings for example take 50 cent's song candy shop wth lets go to the candy shop and it's in the top 10 hell I've got better voice then him and I bet i look better then him to but here i'm stuck updating my blog and him spending his millions life is unfair i tell you but oh well life goes on

about the poem thanks all it was written for my one and only god i miss her

I recently cooked an Iranin Dish it was really nice actually i just finished eating it 7amdlila

see you guys i dunno what to say

why o why
do you ask me to update
when you know that
i've got nothin on my mind

Beauty

2005-02-16T23:51:00.000+04:00

Why do people care about what other people think?

Who cares how some one looks and dress's like if your comfortable being your self you should just be happy no one can please everyone

True people like to be praised but what if you have someone who thinks of you 24/7 who'd give his/her life to you shouldn't that be more then enough

strange world

why don't you listen to me
you know I love you the way you are
what will i gain if i lie to you?
in my arms is where you belong
stop listning to all these people
you know i'll always love you

Note please and start of events

2005-02-11T08:28:00.000+04:00

The events that'll be posted here are taken from a web site http://www.rafed.net/books/other-lang/karbala/01.html#3

It's hard for me to translate everything I'll put my comments on the posts Inshalla

First some background history

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar, during which Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Husayn, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. Husayn was born on the 3rd of Sha'ban, in the fourth year of Hijrah (625 CE). His grandfather, Muhammad, named him Husayn, which means 'one of beautiful character.' The Holy Qur'an refers to the Prophet Muhammad, his daughter Fatimah, her husband Ali, and their two sonsHasan and Husayn, in the Verse, "Indeed, Allah wants to take away pollution from you, O, People of the House, and purify you [by a special kind of] purification." 1 The Prophet indicated many times that the people of his House were the most qualified for leadership. Referring toHasan and Husayn, he said, "These two are my sons. They are two Imams (leaders)." During the lifetime of the Prophet, Abu Sufyan, his family, and other influential families of Mecca ____________1. The Holy Qur'an; Sura of Ahzab 33:33.
( 7 )tried to stop the Prophet in any way they could. They even attempted to murder him, but they failed. Later, after the Prophet's death, Abu Sufyan's son-Mu'awiyah claimed to be the leader of the Islamic Nation. Ali, the cousin of the Prophet and the true leader of Muslims after the Prophet's death, defended the Islamic Nation against Mu'awiyah who formed an alliance with the Byzantine Empire and waged war from his capital, Damascus. Although Ali challenged Mu'awiyah to settle their dispute one-on-one rather than with armies, Mu'awiyah always refused. Eventually, Ali was murdered during his prayers. To attempt justice and peace, ImamHasan, the true leader of Muslims after Ali's death, signed a peace treaty with Mu'awiyah on the 5th of Jumada I, in the year 41 Hijrah (661 CE). The following is a translation of the original treaty: "In the name of God, the Most Kind, the Most Merciful. The following shows how Hasan Ibn1 Ali Ibn Abu Talib made peace with Mu'awiyah Ibn Abu Sufyan. He made peace with him on the condition that he takes over the command of the Muslims, rule them according to the Book of God and the tradition of His Prophet; that Mu'awiyah would not pledge the Caliphate to anyone; that the people would have peace wherever they live in the land of God, whether in Syria, the Yemen, Iraq or the Hijaz; that Ali's companions and his followers, their persons, their money, their wives, and their children would be safe wherever they were; that Mu'awiyah pledges this before God; that he would harbor no evil or harmful schemes, whether in secret or in the open, towards ____________Ibn means 'son of'.
(8 )Hasan Ibn Ali, his brother Husayn or any of the People of the House of the Messenger of God; that he would not terrorize then in any respect." 1 However, immediately after signing the treaty, Mu'awiyah said, "I trample this treaty under my feet!" He announced that he is creating the Umayyad dynasty and that when he dies, his son Yazid would succeed him as a king. This goes against Islamic principles of election and justice in leadership in accordance with the Holy Qur'an and the tradition of the Prophet. Even though Mu'awiyah broke his agreement in the treaty and was going against Islamic principles, he warned his son, Yazid, not to kill Imam Husayn. Although Yazid wanted to rule the Islamic Nation and perpetuate his father's Umayyad dynasty, he chose to ignore his father's advice about Husayn. Mu'awiyah and his Umayyad dynasty operated by deception, bribery, bloody violence, and fear, and that is how his son Yazid forced the people to obey him as king.

IMAM HUSAYN

After examining all of the facts involved, it becomes very clear that Imam Husayn was fully aware of his situation. Because he was the grandson of Prophet Muhammad and the spiritual leader of the community, and Yazid was a drunkard, womanizer, and cold-blooded murderer, the Imam had no choice but to stand up to the unjust Umayyad Dynasty. ____________1. See: al-Fusul al-Muhimmah by Ibn al-Sabbagh, p. 163.
( 8 )The Imam even mentioned that if everyone were to pay allegiance to Yazid, "Say goodbye to Islam." There can be no doubt that the Imam knew that if he had paid allegiance to a drunkard who was not qualified for leadership, the Islamic Nation would have fallen apart. That is why the Imam made it very clear to everyone that his mission was to save the pure principles of Islam and fight against the evil people who try to destroy its purity. The Imam's acute awareness of the political and social situation at that time is clear from his many sayings to the people and his sermons. Many times people tried to convince the Imam not to go to Kufah, but he always refused, even though he knew he would be killed. Also, on several occasions when the Imam's camp was faced with a military confrontation, Imam Husayn refused the requests of his people to initiate a battle and kill the enemy. The Imam refused and chose to avoid bloodshed by any means possible. Furthermore, the Imam repeatedly insisted upon his followers to leave and save their own lives. So, we can see that the Imam was not being manipulated by forces out of his control. As a matter of fact, he was conscious of every decision he made and he always thought carefully before making any decision, because his main concern was to preserve the pure spirituality of the Islamic Nation. In short, the Imam knew that the people did not fully understand how evil Yazid was, and he knew that the only way to awaken the people was by showing them how far Yazid would go to stay in power that he would even spill the blood of the grandson of Prophet Muhammad.
( 9 )In fact, the martyrdom of Imam Husayn marked the beginning of the end of the Umayyad dynasty.

THE TEXT

The following text is a free translation of portions of authentic historical documents into English, focusing primarily on English language equivalence of the subject, in meaning, rather than literal translation. The translation consists mainly of selections of text from Maqtal al-Husayn, by Abdul Razzaq al-Muqarram, but also includes portions of al-'Amali by Shaykh Abu Ja'far al-Saduq, and Mazarat Ahl al-Bayt. Al-Muqarram's work, Maqtal al-Husayn, was compiled from a variety of sources. It was chosen for translation because the author includes extensive references to his sources. For translation, the Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic was consulted, and the Library of Congress System was used for transliteration of Arabic words. The texts have been rearranged to conform to accurate chronological order and have therefore been divided into three sections: Before Karbala', At Karbala', and After Karbala'. The only break in the order of events is chapter six, Muslim's sons. Although they were captured after the massacre of Karbala', I feel it is appropriate to place them with the chapter of their father. Also, all references in the original to the Arabic words "Ahl al-Bayt (literally 'people of the house') has been translated as "People of the House of the Prophet," or, "the Prophet's House." The word Shi'a (literally, 'followers', referring to followers of the Prophet's House) has been translated as "the Followers", as a collective name for the group. For consistency, all references
( 10 )to the Holy Qur'an are detailed in a footnote by mentioning the Chapter (Sura) number and Verse (Ayah) number. Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Jalali was consulted for accurate English translations of the original Arabic text. The map, by Hasan Husayn Jalali, is included to improve geographical understanding of the movement of Imam Husayn, as well as probable routes of the Umayyad Army between Karbala', Kufah, Damascus, and Medinah.

BEFORE KARBALA'

YAZID DEMANDS ALLEGIANCE

Yazid, in order to assure his kingship, needed the submission of his political rivals. He ordered the governor of Medinah to take the allegiances of Imam Husayn (grandson of Prophet Muhammad and spiritual leader of the community) and Ibn az-Zubayr 1 (a political rival of Yazid) right away, and if they refuse, to kill them. It was late in the night, but the governor immediately sent a deputy to call them. He found them in Masjid al-Nabi, the masjid of the Prophet and the center of the city. Ibn az-Zubayr became suspicious of the governor's messenger coming at such a time. Imam Husayn immediately said, "This must have to do with the death of Mu'awiyah, and the governor must want us to pay allegiance to his son Yazid before anyone knows about it." This became apparent to Ibn az-Zubayr when he went to meet the governor. But, when Imam Husayn went, he went well armed, with thirty of his best ____________1. Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr (624-692 CE) led a rebellion against the Umayyad dynasty and was killed in a fighting against the Umayyad army sent by Abdu'l-Malik ibn Marwan.
(12 )followers, on horseback. Imam Husayn told them to wait at the door, and when they hear an argument, come in, otherwise, stay outside the door. As soon as he came inside, the governor told him straight out, "You have to pay allegiance to Yazid.'' Imam Husayn replied, "A person like me should not pay allegiance secretly. If you want, you can call all the people, in public, and ask everyone, and us with them, to have one voice." The governor accepted, but his secretary Marwan warned him, "If he leaves you and does not pay allegiance now, you will not have power over him again. Put him in prison until he pays allegiance, or kill him." Imam Husayn said, "Whoever of you kills me will be sinful and untruthful." Then, to the governor, he said, "O governor! We are the People of the Prophet's House, and we are descendants of the Prophet. Yazid is a drunkard who kills people without reason, and a person like me does not pay allegiance to a person like him. However, let us meet in the morning and let us see, you and us, who is most eligible for leadership." Then, the governor said some harsh words, in a loud voice, and when the thirty guards heard the noise, nineteen of them broke the door, came in, took Imam Husayn, and all thirty of the Imam's guards rode off together with the Imam. Marwan turned to the governor and said, "You did not obey me, and you will not have power over the Imam again." Governor Walid said, "Go and blame someone else, Marwan. You want me to kill Imam Husayn because he refuses to pay allegiance' And you think
( 13 )this is an easy thing to do, to get away with the blood of Husayn'" The Imam immediately went to visit the grave of his grandfather and continued praying until morning. During the night, governor Walid sent deputies to Imam Husayn's house. They could not find him, and they thought that he left the city. In the morning, the governor's deputy found the Imam at the grave of his grandfather. He came to Imam Husayn, advising him to pay allegiance because it was better for his life. Imam Husayn said, "If Muslims pay allegiance to Yazid, say goodbye to Islam." The next night, Imam Husayn went to the grave of his grandfather again and recited a few chapters of the Holy Qur'an. Then he said, "O Lord! This is the grave of Your Prophet Muhammad, and I am the son of his daughter, and You know best what is happening to me. I do not want anything but to promote the right and prevent the wrong. I ask You by the right of this grave, that you choose for me what pleases You." Then he cried and fell asleep. He had a dream that his grandfather Prophet Muhammad foretold what is going to happen in the future. When he woke up in the morning, he went to his family, his brothers, al-Atraf and Muhammad Ibn al-Hanafiyyah, as well as Umm Salamah, and other lady members of his family. They were upset about his refusal to pay allegiance to Yazid and his decision to leave Medinah for Mecca. His argument to Umm Salamah was, "If I do not leave now, eventually they are going to kill me. I should not give them excuses at this time."
( 14 )He bade farewell to all the family and asked them to be brave. When he left, he left his will with his half-brother, Muhammad Ibn al-Hanafiyyah. On the will he wrote: "In the Name of God, the Most Kind, the Most Merciful. This is the will that Husayn Ibn Ali Ibn Abi Talib leaves to his brother Muhammad Ibn al-Hanafiyyah, that Husayn has witnessed that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger. He brought the truth from God that heaven is true, that hell is true, and the Time will come without any doubt, and God will resurrect everyone from his or her graves. Indeed, my movement is not evil, reckless, mischievous, or unjust. I do support correcting what is wrong in the nation of my father, I do want to encourage the right, and prevent the wrong, and follow the tradition of my grandfather, and my father, Ali Ibn Abu Talib. Whoever accepts me by truth, God is the protector of the truth, and whoever refuses this, I will be patient while God decides between me and them, and He is the best Judge. This is my will to my brother and all success depends on God, and only on Him I rely." Imam Husayn sealed the will and gave it to his brother Muhammad Ibn al-Hanafiyyah. He left Medinah on Sunday night, two days before the end of Rajab, along with his brother Abbas, the children of his brother Hasan, and other family members. While leaving he recited the Verse from the Qur'an: "So, he [Prophet Moses] left it [the city] in fear,
( 15 )hoping. He said, 'O Lord! Save me from the unjust people!" 1 He chose to take the main route to Mecca. Some tried to convince him to take a less-traveled route, so it would not be so easy for the governor to find him. Imam Husayn refused, saying, "I am not going to deviate from the common road, and God does whatever He decides."

THE IMAM ENTERS MECCA

Imam Husayn settled at the house of Abbas Ibn Abdul Muttalib. The people of Mecca visited him and pilgrims visiting the city for the upcoming Hajj season also visited him. Ibn az-Zubayr also visited the Imam, but he was jealous that the Imam was attracting all the attention. Occasionally, Imam Husayn went to visit the grave of his grandmother Khadijah, and prayed there. Before he left Mecca, he sent messages to the leaders of the city of Basrah, Malik Ibn Musma' al-Bakri, al-Ahnaf Ibn Qays, al-Mundhir Ibn Jarud, Mas'ud Ibn 'Amr, Qays Ibn al-Haytham, and 'Amr ibn 'Ubayd Ibn Mu'ammar. Imam Husayn's letter read "Indeed, God has chosen Muhammad from among His creation for His prophethood, then He took him to Himself. God has advised His Creatures through His Prophet. We are his family, his followers, and heirs, and we deserve his succession more than anyone else. People chose me for this and I have accepted that, and I have sent my deputy to you with this book, and I call you to observe the book of God and the tradition of His ____________1. The Holy Qur'an; Sura of al-Qassass 28:21.
( 16 )Prophet, because his tradition has been denied and innovation has been revived. If you listen, I will guide you to the right path." Al-Mundhir Ibn Jarud immediately turned in the messenger to the authorities because he thought the messenger was a spy of Ibn Ziyad, posing as the Imam's messenger in order to trap Imam Husayn's followers. When the messenger was turned in, al-Mundhir realized that he was truly the Imam's messenger but it was too late, and Ibn Ziyad ordered him to be hung that same night. Al-Ahnaf Ibn Qays replied to the Imam, saying, "Be patient. Indeed, the promise of God is truth," and hinted that now is not the right time to stand up to Yazid. Mas'ud Ibn 'Amr gathered the tribes of Tamim, Hamdarah, and Sa'd and asked Bani Tamim, "What do you think of me'" They answered, "You are the backbone of our tribe, you are the head, and the honorable one." He said, "I have gathered you for consultation on an important matter." They asked, "What can we do'" He said, "Mu'awiyah is dead, and you know what Mu'awiyah has done and he appointed his son Yazid as his successor. He is a drunkard and a womanizer, and has been appointed as the leader for Muslims without the consent or knowledge of the people. I swear by the name of God that I wish to fight in Jihad against him. And, this is Husayn, son of Ali, grandson of the Prophet of God, with a clear lineage, and firm knowledge, and excellent character, and he is most fit for this matter.
( 17 )I am going to go and get my armor and battle gear, and whoever wants to do whatever he wants, it is up to him." Banu Hamdarah replied, "We do what you do, we help you by our swords, and protect you by our bodies!" Banu Amir also said similar things, but the tribe of Bani Sa'd replied, "Let us think about it, and we will get back to you with a response." So, Mas'ud Ibn 'Amr wrote to Imam Husayn saying, "You come and I am going to be your helper. All of our necks are in your obedience." When Imam Husayn read the reply, he said, "May God protect you on the Day of Judgment." Later, Mas'ud gathered his army but, as they were on their way to meet the Imam at Karbala', the news reached them that Imam Husayn was killed. Mas'ud was very upset that he was not able to help the Imam in time. One man in the city had ten children, and when the Imam's messenger came with the message, he gathered his children and said, "I am going to help Imam Husayn. Whoever wants to help me is welcome." Two of his sons, Abdullah and 'Ubaydullah, accepted. The three of them joined the Imam in Mecca and stayed with him until they were killed with him at Karbala'. While the Imam was in Mecca, the people of Kufah sent letters inviting him, individually and in groups, all asking the Imam to come to Kufah. They stated that they were rejecting the governor of Kufah, an-Nu'man Ibn Bashir. The letters of
( 18 )invitation continued. In one day, he received six hundred letters. They insisted, but he never replied to any of them. The last letter that came to him was from Shibth Ibn Rab'i, Hajjaj Ibn Abjar, Yazid Ibn al-Harith, Azra Ibn Qays, 'Amr Ibn al-Hajjaj, and Muhammad Ibn 'Umayr Ibn 'Utarib. Their letter said, "Indeed, people are waiting for you. They have no choice but you, O son of the Messenger of God! Hurry! Hurry! The land is green, the fruits are ripe, and if you arrive, you arrive to an army totally loyal to you." The Imam received two sacs of letters, 12,000 in all, and wrote one letter in response to all of them. He gave replies to the last two messengers of Kufah, saying: "In the name of God, the Most Kind, the Most Merciful. From Husayn Ibn 'Ali, to the group of Muslims and believers: Indeed, Hani and Sa'id came to me carrying your letters and they are the last messengers that came from you. I understand every episode you have mentioned, and the arguments of most of you, 'We have no leader, come to us, and may God guide us through you to the truth.' Therefore, I send to you my brother and cousin; a trustworthy one from my family, and I commanded him to write to me about your situation and your decision. If he writes to me the decision of most of the people and the intelligent ones among you, as you have written to me and I have read your letters, then I will come to you as soon as possible. Indeed, a leader should follow the Qur'an and be just to the people. He should believe in truth and strain himself for the sake of God. Peace."
( 19 )Then, he gave the letter to Muslim Ibn 'Aqil and said, "Go to Kufah. Whatever God wishes will happen, and I wish that you and I will be in the ranks of the martyrs. When you arrive in Kufah, reside with the reliable people."

THE JOURNEY OF MUSLIM IBN 'AQIL

The Imam sent three people with Muslim: Qays Ibn Mash'ar al-Saydawi, 'Imarah Ibn 'Abdullah al-Saluli and 'Abdul Rahman Ibn 'Abdullah al-Azdi. The Imam said to Muslim, "Fear God, and check to see if whatever the people of Kufah are saying in their letters is true. If that is the case, write me a letter immediately about the situation." Muslim left Mecca on the 15th of Ramadan traveling by way of Medinah. He went to Masjid al-Nabi and prayed there. Then he bade farewell to his relatives and asked two people to help lead the way for him to Kufah. On the way, they were lost and decided to stop, but Muslim kept going. He did not stop until he reached a place called Batn al-Khabt where he found some water and stayed. He immediately sent a messenger to Imam Husayn and informed him of what happened. The Imam replied that he should continue towards Kufah without any delay. On his way he stayed near the water of the tribe of Tay, then he left. He arrived in Kufah on the 5th of Shawwal and went to the house of Mukhtar Ibn Abi Ubayd al-Thaqafi who was an intelligent, experienced person and a follower of the People of the House. From his arrival, all the Followers of Kufah gathered to Muslim's house expressing their welcome and obedience to the Imam. After Muslim read the
( 21 )Imam's letter to them, 'Abis Ibn Shabib al-Shakiri stood up and said, "I am not talking on behalf of these people and I do not know what they have in mind and I do not deceive you. I swear by God I tell you what I believe and what I will do, I will be there whenever you call me and I fight for you against your enemy, and I shall use my sword for you, until I reach my Lord, and I do not need anything but nearness to God." Habib Ibn Muzahir stood and said, "You said what is in your heart briefly, and I swear by God that I say the same thing." Sa'id Ibn 'Abdullah al-Hanafi stood and said similar things and then people paid allegiance to Muslim, and they were counted as 18,000, and in another report 25,000, and in Shi'bi's report, 40,000. Then, Muslim wrote a letter to the Imam and sent it with 'Abis Ibn Shabib al-Shakiri, explaining the situation and the intense desire of the people for his arrival. In his letter he said, "A leader does not lie to his people. The people of Kufah, so far, have paid allegiance to me, 18,000 of them, so depart for Kufah as you receive my letter." This happened twenty-seven nights before Muslim's death. The Kufans wrote to the Imam, "Continue on your way. You have 100,000 swords here. Please do not hesitate to come as soon as possible." Meanwhile, those who were allied with the Umayyads, such as 'Umar Ibn Sa'd Ibn Abi Waqqas wrote to Yazid telling him of the movement of Muslim and the people of Kufah and pointing out that his present governor, an-Nu'man Ibn Bashir is not fit to stand against them. Yazid consulted his
( 22 )Christian chief advisor, Sirjawn. He advised Yazid to replace the governor with 'Ubaydullah Ibn Ziyad who was a known bastard. Marjanah 1 is his mother and he is called Ibn Ziyad even though the identity of his father is not known. Sirjawn reminded Yazid that his father, Mu'awiyah adopted Ibn Ziyad and trained him in the military, and added that it was Mu'awiyah's wish to use Ibn Ziyad. Then, he gave Yazid a letter sealed by Mu'awiyah, predicting the importance of Ibn Ziyad in difficult situations. Yazid immediately opened the letter and implemented his father's plan. 'Ubaydullah Ibn Ziyad was in Basrah, not far from Kufah. Yazid wrote to him, "Go to Kufah, capture Muslim Ibn 'Aqil, and see what is appropriate to imprison him, send him to exile, or kill him." Ibn Ziyad went with five hundred people from Basrah and he did not delay or stop for any reason. Some of his people got sick on the way, and he left them to die in the desert. When he arrived in al-Qadisiyyah, his servant, Mahran, fell behind, and Ibn Ziyad left him to die. Before he reached the city, Ibn Ziyad dressed up like Imam Husayn so that, when he passed through the guards and the people, they would think that he was the Imam. They came to him and said, "O, grandson of the Prophet of God," but he did not reply at all. When he reached Kufah from the Najaf entrance, people came to him welcoming him with one voice, but he did not reply and continued ____________Marjana, Ubaidullah ibn Ziyad's mother, was such a notorious prostitute that everybody all over the Islamic State had heard of her name.
( 23 )immediately towards Qasr al-lmarah, the castle of the governor. When he knocked on the door, the governor an-Nu'man did not open. Instead, he went up to the roof and said, "O Son of the Messenger of God! I am not going to welcome you in this castle!" Ibn Ziyad said, "Open the door, your night will be too long." When someone heard him and realized that it was a trick, he said, "O people! I swear by the Ka'bah that this is Ibn Ziyad, not Imam Husayn!" The people all ran away to their houses, and in the morning Ibn Ziyad announced a meeting in Masjid al-Kufah, and made a speech warning them and encouraging the enemies of the Prophet's House by giving bribes. He said, "Anyone who helps the enemy of the governor and does not report that to us will be hanged in front of his own house!"
MUSLIM STANDSIbn Ziyad immediately went hunting after Muslim. When Muslim heard about the speech of Ibn Ziyad and his threat, he decided to find a new place to stay. That night, he secretly left the house of Mukhtar and went to the house of Hani Ibn 'Urwah who was Sheikh of the tribe of Murad. He had 4,000 cavalry and 8,000 infantry, not including their other allies, which would be 30,000 all together. At that time, a man named Sharik Ibn 'Abdullah al-A'war was also visiting Hani. Ibn Ziyad and he were both from Basrah, so when Sharik became sick Ibn Ziyad came to visit.
( 24 )Sharik told Muslim that this was the perfect time to kill Ibn Ziyad. While they were talking, Ibn Ziyad came in. Muslim hid. Sharik was nervous and said something to signify to Muslim to come and kill Ibn Ziyad. Ibn Ziyad looked at Hani and said, "It seems your cousin (Sharik) is hallucinating." Hani replied, "He has been talking nonsense for a while, ever since he got sick. He does not know what he is saying. After Ibn Ziyad left, Sharik asked Muslim, "Why did you not come to kill him'" Muslim replied, "For two reasons: First, I heard the Hadith of the Prophet saying, "Innal iman qayd ul-fatk" (a believer does not assassinate anybody by deception), and second, Hani's wife took my hand and made me swear to God not to kill him, crying and begging me not to." When Hani heard that, he said, ''Ya wailah! She has killed me, killed herself, and killed everybody by what she has done!" Sharik died after three days of his sickness. Ibn Ziyad honored him at his funeral. Later, when Ibn Ziyad realized that Sharik was helping to hide Muslim, he wanted to exhume his body, but he did not because it was buried near the grave of one of his own relatives. Meanwhile, the Followers were secretly contacting Muslim in Hani's house. Finally, Ibn Ziyad hired a slave named Ma'qil and gave him 3,000 Dinars to report on the Followers. Ma'qil disguised himself as a person from Syria and said he was the slave of a tribe of Followers
( 25 )called Dhul-Kila and God has given him guidance to convert, and when he heard that there was someone following Imam Husayn, he came to help. He said he had money to give to the representative of the Imam. Ma'qil went to the masjid and infiltrated the people who were devoted to prayer. He saw Ibn 'Awsajah al-Asadi and got close to him. He told him that he had money for the Imam and he did not know what to do with it. So, Ibn 'Awsajah prayed for him and led him to Muslim Ibn 'Aqil. Muslim gave it to Abi Thumlah al-Sa'idi who was in charge of money. Everyday, this Ma'qil came to Muslim in Hani's house and reported to Ibn Ziyad all the activities of the Followers.

HANI IBN 'URWAH

When Ibn Ziyad was sure of Muslim's residence in Hani's house, he sent spies to watch the activities outside and inside the house and see who comes and who does not. Then, he sent some people to Hani, saying, "The governor missed you and he asked about your health and we have told him that you are an old man and cannot come, but he said he wanted to see you." They insisted that Hani would visit the governor. He refused, but they insisted and finally succeeded. When he arrived in the castle, Ibn Ziyad said to him, "A traitor comes on his feet!" Shurayh al-Qadi sat by his side as Ibn Ziyad said to Hani, "You have brought Muslim Ibn 'Aqil to your house! You have gathered arms for him!" Hani denied. When the argument became heated, Ibn Ziyad called Ma'qil. Then Hani said to Ibn Ziyad, "You know I know your father, and I
( 26 )would like you to be honored, I would like to advise you. You and your people should leave this city and go to Sham (Syria) because now we have someone who is more deserving to be obeyed than you and your friends." Ibn Ziyad said, "You are not going to leave me until you bring him to me." Hani said, "If he was under my feet, I would not lift my feet for you." Ibn Ziyad threatened him with death, and Hani replied, "That would be a declaration of war." Ibn Ziyad took his sword and cut Hani's nose with it, then ordered the guards to take him down to the dungeon. 'Amr Ibn Hajjaj, Hani's brother in law, heard that Hani was killed. He and a group of his tribe went and surrounded the castle. Ibn Ziyad ordered Shurayh al-Qadi to announce that Hani is alive and not dead. When he did that, they left, but he never told them that Hani was in the dungeon. When Shuray¦ went to the dungeon to see Hani, Hani said to him, "Ten of my people would take me away from this." Shurayh did not even let Hani know that his people actually did come, but they were tricked. Instead, he told Hani not to worry and everything will be fine. When Muslim heard the news about Hani he left Hani's house and called his followers. They gathered, and there were 4,000 in all. They chanted the slogan of the Muslims at the battle of Badr during the time of the Prophet. Muslim divided them into four groups and they marched towards the castle. Ibn
( 27 )Ziyad had only thirty people. He locked all the doors and told Shurayh al-Qadi to deceive the people. Shurayh went to the roof of the castle and announced, "O people of Kufah! Do not kill yourselves. An army of reinforcements is coming from the capital Damascus!" One by one they left, and the four thousand shrank to three hundred, then to thirty, then when Muslim started praying the 'Esha -Evening- Prayer, there were only three people behind him. When he finished praying, there was no one left. He walked around the streets of Kufah, not knowing were to go. When Ibn Ziyad realized that his trick worked, he sent his spies to look from the high towers of the castle to check the reaction of the people. When he noticed that not many people were around, he ordered soldiers to see if any of the people left were rebellious. Then he tied torches to ropes and lowered them from the roof of the castle over the wall of the masjid to see if there was anybody hiding there. When they could not find anyone, Ibn Ziyad announced that anyone who gives shelter to Muslim would be killed, and he ordered his soldiers to search all the houses and capture Muslim. Then, he ordered guards at the entrance of the city to catch all of those who were on Muslim's side. Meanwhile, Mukhtar Ibn 'Ubaydullah al-Thaqafi was in his village, Khatwaniyyah. Ibn Ziyad ordered everyone to denounce Imam Husayn and carry the white flag of surrender, and everyone did, including Mukhtar, but Ibn Ziyad ordered to imprison Mukhtar and 'Amr Ibn al-Harith, and hit them with
( 28 )his sword. They remained in prison until the day of Ashura. 1 Muslim walked alone in the streets of Kufah in the neighborhood of Kindah. After some time, he became tired and stood in the middle of the street. The owner of one of the houses there was a woman called Taw'ah who had a son named Bilal. She was looking for her son to come home but she saw Muslim standing in the street. She did not recognize him at first, but when she realized that he was Muslim Ibn 'Aqil, she gave him shelter, fed him, and kept him in a different room than her son's. When her son came home and saw his mother going to the other room, he asked her what was going on, and she refused to tell him. He kept insisting until, after making him promise to keep it secret, she told him. But, in the morning, her son Bilal went and told Ibn Ziyad where Muslim was. Ibn al-'Ash'ath came with seventy soldiers to capture Muslim at dawn while he was praying. When he heard horses galloping, Muslim knew that he was discovered. He finished his prayer and said to Taw'ah, "You have done what you should do, may the Messenger of God intercede for you. Yesterday, I dreamed that my uncle 'Ali, Leader of the Faithful, told me: You will be with me tomorrow." The soldiers got off their horses and came in, but Muslim went to them, fought them, and forced them out of the house. He fought bravely, pushing all of the soldiers back into the street and killing forty-one of them. He fought with the strength of a ____________1. Day of 'Ashir i s the tenth of Muharram, celebrated as a day of mourning (the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussayn).
( 29 )man that knows it is his last fight. He cut, hit, and pushed soldiers out of his way. Some of them, he grabbed by their hands and threw them onto the rooftops. With more than half of his troops dead and the rest injured, the leader sent a message to Ibn Ziyad requesting more troops. Ibn Ziyad responded, "What? I sent you out to get one man, not an army!" The leader replied, "Do you think you want me to catch a grocery boy of Kufah' You want me to capture a sword of the People of Mu¦ammad!" Muslim fought one-on-one and hit Bukayr twice. Bukayr's sword hit Muslim on his mouth and cut his upper lip. Muslim hit him on his head and neck and killed him. They realized that they could not get him one by one, so they went on the rooftops and hit him with stones. Then, they set reeds on fire and threw them at him. He said: "I swear I am not going to die except as a free man! Though death is a bad thing, Everyone faces difficulty some day. Hot and cold would mix one day. His soul would return to him, and be permanent. I am afraid that I would be lied to, or deceived." He became weak from his wounds and loss of blood and he leaned against a wall. They continued shooting arrows and throwing rocks until he said,
( 30 )"Why do you throw rocks on me and we are the family of the Prophets? We are not unbelievers!" Ibn al-'Ash'ath, the chief of the army, came close to him and said, "Do not kill yourself, you are under my protection." Muslim answered, "I am not going to be captured as long as I have power. No! That will never happen!" Muslim attacked him and the chief ran away. Once he retreated away from Muslim, the chief gave the order and the soldiers all attacked at once from all sides. Someone hit Muslim from behind. He fought and retreated backwards until he fell into a covered pit that they dug as a trap for him. After he fell into the pit, they took his sword from his hand and captured him. When they took his sword away from him, he cried.

MUSLIM MEETS IBN ZIYAD

They brought him to Ibn Ziyad and when Muslim saw water he asked for some. Bahili said to him, "You are not going to taste this water until you taste the fire of Hell." Muslim said, "Who Are You? You are the one who deserves the fire!" And sat at the wall of the castle. Later, a woman named 'Umarah gave him a bowl of water. Whenever Muslim tried to drink, the bowl became filled with his own pouring blood. After the third time trying to drink the water, all of his teeth fell into the bowl. He gave up and put the bowl down. Then, the guards took him inside and ordered him to say 'Salaam Alaykum' to the new governor, Ibn Ziyad. Muslim replied, "Shut up! He is your
( 32 )governor. I say Salaam to whoever follows the truth!" Ibn Ziyad laughed and said, "If you say 'Salaam Alaykum' or not, you are going to die anyway." Muslim said, "If you kill me, there have been better people than me killed by worse people than you." Ibn Ziyad said, "You have rebelled against your leader, you have divided Muslims and have created disorder." Muslim said, "Indeed, Mu'awiyah and his son Yazid have divided Muslims and created disorder. And your father is the beginning of disorder! I wish to reach martyrdom at the hands of the worst person in the world." Then Muslim asked someone in the court to write a will for him. He looked at the people and recognized 'Umar Ibn Sa'd 1 and asked if he would carry his will but 'Umar refused. Ibn Ziyad ordered him to take it because he wanted to find out for himself what Muslim would write. Muslim went to 'Umar and said, "First pay the loan I took when I came to Ziyad, six hundred Dirhams. Second, take my body from Ibn Ziyad and give it an Islamic burial. Third, write to Imam Husayn and tell him what happened to me." 'Umar Ibn Sa'd immediately went to Ibn Ziyad and revealed it to him. Ibn Ziyad said to 'Umar Ibn Sa'd, "The trustworthy one never betrays you but sometimes you trust a liar."
( 33 )Then, he came to Muslim and said, "You came to people and divided them." Muslim replied, "No! Never! I did not come for that, but people of this city claim that your father has killed their best people and we came to bring justice and to implement the Qur'an." Ibn Ziyad said, "That is not your business, we were giving them justice." Muslim said, "God knows that you are not truthful and you kill people without justice." Then Ibn Ziyad cursed Imam 'Ali and Imam Husayn, and Muslim said, "You and your father deserve that more than anyone else." Ibn Ziyad ordered a man from Syria to take Muslim to the roof, cut his head off, and throw his body down into the street. He took him to the roof while Muslim was saying, "Subhanallah! O God, judge between us and these people who betrayed us, deceived us, and denied us." Then he turned his face to Medinah and said, "Assalamu 'ela al-Husayn." The Syrian killed him and dropped his head and his body to the ground. When he killed Muslim, he saw a strange and horrifying vision. After he killed Muslim, the man came to Ibn Ziyad, afraid, and said, "When I killed him I saw a man pointing to me, and it scared me." Ibn Ziyad waved him away and ordered Hani to be taken to the market. They tied Hani up and took him, and no one helped him. Hani struggled and managed to untie the ropes. He got out of the ropes, picked up a stick, and fought with it, but the guards
( 34 )lunged at him all at once and killed him with their swords. Ibn Ziyad ordered the bodies of both Muslim and Hani to be dragged up and down the streets of Ziyad, and then hung upside down in a place called Kunnasah. He sent their heads to Yazid who hung them at the city wall of Damascus, his capital. With the heads, Ibn Ziyad sent a letter to Yazid, "Thank God that the leader of the faithful (Amir ul-Mu'minin)1 was successful. We captured Muslim in the house of Hani. I scattered spies around them until I found them. I cut off their heads and sent them to you by two people who are reliable, and the Leader of the faithful can ask them about the details." Yazid replied to Ibn Ziyad, "You did what a wise man has to do, you spoke the truth, as I believed in you. I asked the two messengers the details and I have heard that Husayn Ibn 'Ali has gone towards Iraq. Keep your eyes open and kill people whom you are suspicious of. Do not wait for any proof. Husayn is the problem. Either you fight him or you send him to me."
MUSLIM'S SONSTwo of Muslim's sons were in Ziyad. Al-Saduq (d. 381/991 CE) narrates in his book, al-'Amali, by his chain of Isnad from an old man of Ziyad, who said, "When the Imam was killed, two of Muslim's ____________1. This title, which means 'the leader of the faithful ones', though Prophet Mohammed said it to Imam 'Ali exclusively, was used to every one to come to power in the Islamic State.
( 35 )children, Muhammad and Ibrahim, were captured. Ibn Ziyad put them in jail and ordered to give them a hard time. The two kids fasted all day and every night they were given one loaf of bread and water. They stayed that way for about a year. One night, they talked with each other and decided to tell the jailer about their identity so he might make it easy for them. That night, the youngest one asked the man, "Do you know who Muhammad was?" He said, "Of course I know Muhammad. He is the Prophet of God." "Do you know Ja'far Ibn Abi Talib'' "Of course, I know him. He is known as Dhul-Janahayn 1-the one with two wings. -" "Do you know 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib' "Of course I know him, He is the cousin of the Prophet." Then he said, "O Guard! We are children of the Prophet. We are the children of Muslim Ibn 'Aqil and you are being so hard on us." The old man collapsed at their feet and said, "O, the family of the Prophet! The door of the prison will be open for you. Go wherever you want to go." ____________1.Prophet Mohammed honored Ja'far Ibhn Abi Talib with the title of Dhul-Janahayn ( the one with two wings) after he had been martyred in the battele of Mu'ta and lost his two hands there. Hence, as Prophet Mohammed foretold, God will give Ja'far two wings instead of his two cut off hands in Paradise. With these two wings, Ja'far will fly in Paradise anywhere he likes.
( 36 )He gave them water and bread and showed them the way and advised them not to move in the daytime and go only in the night. One night, after they escaped, they ended up at the door of an old woman. They said, "O, old woman! We are strangers here and we do not know the way, would you let us with you for one night and in the day we will leave?" She sheltered them and when she asked them who they were they said, "We are the family of the Prophet and we ran away from the prison of Ibn Ziyad." She said, "I have a son-in-law who was on the side of Ibn Ziyad in Karbala' and I am afraid that he would catch you." She brought them food and water and they collapsed and fell asleep. During the night, the son-in-law came home unexpectedly. She asked him "What brought you here at this time?" He said, "I am searching for two prisoners who ran away from Ibn Ziyad's prison, and Ibn Ziyad has announced 1,000 Dirhams for the head of each of them. I am tired and I could not find them." She warned him, "That is not the right thing to do with the family of the Prophet." He said, "You seem to be taking sides, and you seem to know where they are. Let us take you to Ibn Ziyad!" She answered, "What would the governor want with me?" He said, "You have to open the door and give me shelter until I find these people."
( 37 )She opened it and fed him. During the night he heard the children's snoring and he searched the house until he found them. The younger one asked, "Who are you?" He said, "I am the owner of the house. Who are you?" The younger one said to the older one, "Get up, it seems that we are trapped!" Again the man insisted, "Who are you?" They answered, "If we tell you the truth, will you leave us alone?" He said, "Of course. You are in my house and the clemency of the Messenger of God is for you." After they told him everything, the man said, "You are indeed trapped, I praise God that He gave me success to capture you!" He tied them with ropes and in the morning he called his black slave, Fulayh and asked him to take the two kids and kill them. While the man watched, the slave took them near the bank of the river to kill them. One of the kids said to him, "We see that you have the color of Bilal, the caller to prayer of the Prophet, our grandfather." Fulayh asked, "Are you of the family of the Prophet Muhammad' What brought you here'" When they explained their story to him, he became very upset. Then, he fell to his knees, kissed their feet, and said, "I am not going to do what this man says!"
( 38 )He threw his sword far away, jumped into the river, and swam across to the other bank. Then, he stood up and said, "I am not your slave anymore!" After that, the man became upset that he lost his slave. He took the kids back to his home, called his son, and said to him, "I have collected the wealth of the world for you. Take these two kids to the river and kill them and bring back their heads." While the son was taking them to the river, one of the kids asked him, "Are you not afraid of the Day of Judgment' We are the family of the Prophet. Why does your father want to kill us?" When the son realized that they were telling the truth, he did exactly as the slave did, and ran away swimming across to the other bank. When the man saw this, he said, "I have to kill you myself." The kids asked him, "Why do you not sell us in the street and use the money for yourself without making the Prophet your enemy on the Day of Judgment?" He said, "The governor, Ibn Ziyad, would give me 2,000 pieces and you two will not sell for 2,000!" The kids asked, "Why do you not take us alive to Ibn Ziyad' Let him decide what to do with us. Why do you not have some mercy on us?" He said, "I have no mercy for you in my heart." They asked if they could pray for a few minutes. He laughed and said, "Go pray as much as you like! Prayer will not help you!"
( 39 )They prayed four units, then raised their faces towards heaven, and said, "O, God! The best Judge! Judge between us and this man by truth." When they were done, he chopped off the head of the older one first. The younger one hugged his dead brother's body. The man said, "Do not cry, I am going to let you join him soon," and then killed him. He dropped the bodies in the river and took the heads to Ibn Ziyad. Ibn Ziyad was sitting on his throne. When he recognized the heads, he asked, "How did you get them?" After the man explained the whole story, Ibn Ziyad said, "So, they were your guests and you did not respect the rights of guests in your own home?" Then Ibn Ziyad said, "God is indeed the best judge, and you deserve to be killed in the same spot where you killed them. Why did you not bring them to me?" He ordered someone to take him to the same spot and kill him. While the guards took him down the streets of Ziyad, children followed behind him, yelling at him and telling everyone that he is the killer of the People of the House of the Prophet. According to Mazrat Ahl ul-Bayt, page 93, "Their grave site is near al-Musayyab, on the way to Baghdad. Their names are Muhammad and Ibrahim. Apparently, their bodies were taken out of the river and buried immediately by some kind Muslims."

THE IMAM'S JOURNEY TO KARBALA

While in Mecca, Imam Husayn received the news that Yazid had sent 'Umar Ibn Sa'd Ibn al-As as delegate of the caliph to the Hajj pilgrims and that among his duties was to kill Imam Husayn, on the spot, wherever he finds him. Because of this, the Imam decided to leave Mecca before the pilgrimage season. Before he left, he gave a sermon: "In the name of God. All Praises to God... Death is written on the children of Adam as a necklace is designed for the neck of a girl. I see myself to be torn by beasts between Karbala' and Nawawis. Whatever Cod likes, we will do. We are patient with His test. We are not going to deviate from the teachings of the Messenger of God. Whoever wishes to come with us, he may. I am going to leave tomorrow morning." He left Mecca on the 8th of Dhul-Hijjah, 60 of Hijrah (680 CE). With him were his family, his followers from the Hijaz area, Basrah, and Kufah. Many dignitaries of Mecca tried to change his mind. His cousin 'Abdullah Ibn 'Abbas asked him to wait, and warned him, "You might be killed, and the people of Iraq are not reliable. At least go some other place, such as Yemen, where your father had followers." The Imam replied, "O my cousin! I know that you are sincere, but I have decided on this journey." Ibn 'Abbas said, "Then, do not take your children and your family, I am afraid if you take them, they may see you die."
( 41 )Imam Husayn replied, "By God, they are not going to leave me. If they leave me, they are going to be victims of someone who would not have mercy on them." Then, the Imam mentioned that he did not want any blood spilled in Mecca and he wanted the family to be united, and whatever happens would happen to them together. And, if he leaves them, they would not be under anyone's protection.

STOPS ON THE IMAM'S JOURNEY

TAN'IM

The Imam left Mecca, and at Tan'im he met a caravan which carried luxury goods and royal robes and gowns. It was a delivery for the "king", Yazid Ibn Mu'awiyah from his governor at Yemen. The Imam ordered that all the cargo of the caravan be taken and given to poor people. He said, "Who is to have this luxury while poor people starve?" Then, he announced to the people and to the workers on the caravan, "Whoever wants to come with us, is welcome, and whoever wants his wages, we will give him his pay, and whoever wants to leave is free to leave." The Imam and his followers took none of the silk robes and royal gowns woven with gold thread. Those who wanted their pay received their portion and the rest was immediately given to poor people.
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SAFAH

Here, a man was on his way to Mecca for the Hajj pilgrimage. The man came closer and asked someone, "Whose caravan is this?" And he was informed that it was the camp of Imam Husayn. To himself, he thought that he should pay his greeting of peace to the grandson of the Messenger of God. The Imam asked him, "Who are you?" He replied, "I am al-Farazdaq, son of Ghalib." The Imam greeted the famous poet kindly, then after some time, he asked him, "What do you know about the attitude of the people?" Al-Farazdaq answered, "Their hearts are with you, but their swords are with the Umayyads, and the destination comes from heaven." Imam said, "You spoke the truth, and everything is up to God. He does what He wishes, and we ask help only from Him." Then, al-Farazdaq asked him some religious questions.

DHAT AL-'IRQ

The Imam set camp here, and met Bishr Ibn Ghalib. When Bishr met the Imam, he saw him leaning on something, reading a book. Bishr asked him, "O grandson of the Messenger of God! What made you come to this desert?" The Imam replied, "These people have threatened me and these letters arrived from the people of Kufah whom I know are going to turn
( 43 )against me. If they do so, God will send someone to humiliate them." The Imam asked him about the people of Kufah and he replied, "Their swords are with the Umayyads and their hearts are with you." The Imam said, "You are speaking the truth."
HAJIRHere, the Imam set camp. He wrote a letter to Muslim Ibn 'Aqil and gave it to Qays Ibn Mashar al-Saydawi to take to Kufah. In it he wrote, "O people of Kufah! I have received the letter of Muslim Ibn 'Aqil stating that you have gathered to help us and ask for our rights. I ask Almighty God to reward you for this action. For this reason, I left Mecca on Thursday the 8th of Dhul-Hijjah. When my messenger arrives, be united until I reach Kufah in a few days." Meanwhile, the spies of Yazid were following him. For some time, the Imam stayed at the water of 'Abdullah Ibn Muti? who tried to convince the Imam not to go to Iraq, but the Imam refused. When Qays Ibn Mashar al-Saydawi reached al-Q-disiyyah, Ibn Ziyad's army captured him. When they tried to search him, he tore the letter apart. He was brought to the governor's castle in Kufah, and Ibn Ziyad asked him, "Why did you tear the letter?" Qays replied, "So you will not know what was in it." Ibn Ziyad said, "You have to tell me what was in it!" Qays refused. Then Ibn Ziyad said, "You have to go on the pulpit and curse Husayn, his brother, and
( 44 )his father. Otherwise, I am going to cut you into pieces!" Qays went on the pulpit and blessed Amir al-Mu'minin Imam 'Ali and Hasan and Husayn, and cursed Ibn Ziyad and his father and the Ummayads. Then he said, "O people! I am the messenger of Husayn to you!" He told them where he left the Imam and said, "Go help him!" Ibn Ziyad ordered for him to be thrown from the top of the castle. He fell and died.

KHUZAYMIYYAH

The Imam set camp and stayed in Khuzamiyyah one day and one night. In the morning, his sister Zaynab came to him and told him that she heard someone reciting this poem: "O, the eyes try to be firm! Who would cry after me, on these martyrs? Cry on those people who are led By death to the final destination." The Imam said to his sister, "Whatever God wishes will happen."
ZARUDHere, the Imam set camp. Zuhayr Ibn al-Qayn al-Bajali was in the area and set camp near him. Zuhayr did not like the Imam and did not want to set camp near him, but, because there was water at Zarud, he had no other choice. At mealtime, a messenger of the Imam came to him and said that the Imam wanted to meet him. Zuhayr hesitated to
( 45 )reply but his wife, Dilham, told him to go to the Imam and see what he wants. Zuhayr went to him and immediately came back to his people with a happy face. He ordered to take his camp closer to the Imam's camp and told his wife, "Go join your family, I do not want any of you to be harmed in any way because of me." Then, he faced his people again and said, "Whoever wants to help the grandson of the Messenger of God should come with me. Otherwise, Goodbye!" He revealed a conversation he had with Salman al-Farsi long ago. He said, "We went with Salman in Balanjar. Salman told me 'When you reach Imam Husayn and are able to help him and fight on his side, you should be more than happy to."' His wife said, "Whatever you decide, I go with your decision. Please remember me on the Day of Judgment with Imam Husayn's grandfather." Also at this stop, the news of the murder of Muslim and Hani Ibn Urwah reached the Imam. The Imam was deeply upset and many times said, "God bless them." He and other people cried with the sad news, the ladies wailed, and the whole camp was in mourning. Then, two of his companions stood and said, "O grandson of the Prophet of God! Please change your decision and do not go to Kufah." Others disagreed and said, "We have to continue and die the same way as Muslim and Hani died for the cause." The Imam listened to each conversation and looked deeply into their faces and then said, "There is no goodness in life after these two." (Muslim and Hani)

THA'LABIYYAH

Here, someone came and asked Imam Husayn, "What is the Verse of Qur'an 'The day when we shall call all people by their leader.' about?" The Imam replied, "A leader who calls to guidance and people obey his call and a leader who calls to misguidance and others follow him. One leads to heaven and the other leads to hell." Also at this stop a man from Kufah met with the Imam and the Imam told him, "If I had met you in Medinah, I would have shown you the place of Gabriel in our house. (The window, in the house of the Prophet Muhammad, which was used as an entrance by the angel Gabriel, whenever he came to visit the Prophet) Do you think we do not know what we are doing?" Another came and said, "O son of the Messenger of God! I see you with only a few followers." The Imam pointed to a sack of letters and said, "This is filled with letters."

SHUQQ

Here, the Imam saw a man coming from Kufah and asked him about the people there. The man said, "All of them are against you." The Imam said, "Whatever God wishes will happen."
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ZUBALAH

There was still no reply from his third messenger to Kufah, Qays Ibn Mashar al-Saydawi, but here, at Zubalah, the news reached the Imam that 'Abdullah Ibn Yaqtar, his second messenger to Kufah, was killed. When he was captured he was sent to Ibn Ziyad, and Ibn Ziyad ordered him to go to the pulpit and curse the liar son of liars. 'Abdullah showed his willingness to do so, but when he went up he said, "O, people! I am the messenger of Husayn son of Fatimah, to help him against son of Marjanah! (Ibn Ziyad)" Ibn Ziyad ordered him to be toppled from the top of the castle. He fell and broke most of his bones, but he was still able to talk. A man named Lakhmi, one of Ibn Ziyad's soldiers, came and cut off his head. When the people in the street asked him why he did that, he said, "To put him out of his misery." After this news, the Imam announced, "Anyone who has joined this caravan for any purpose other than dying for this cause should leave now." And people left him except for those who chose to stay, his family, and his companions.

BATN AL-AQABAH

Here the Imam announced, "I am going to be killed and I saw in a dream that dogs are going to eat my flesh and the worst of those dogs will be an albino dog."
( 48 )At this point, 'Amr Ibn Luthan asked the Imam to return to Medinah. The Imam replied, "I know your opinion but I do not do but what God wishes. Indeed, they are not going to leave me alone until they take out my insides and if they do that, they will be the most humiliated nation in the world."

SHIRAF

Here, the Imam set camp and asked his children to re-supply with water and carry more water than they needed. When he heard one of his followers saying "Allahu Akbar," the Imam asked him, "Why did you say that?" He answered, "I see palm trees in the far distance." All the people around him said, "There are no palm trees around here in this desert?" When they looked carefully, they saw spears and horses. The Imam agreed and said, "That must be it." Then he asked, "Is there any shelter here?" They told him there is a place called Dhu-Hasm on the left and that is the best place to take shelter. The Imam went there and set his camp. Then, at noon, Hurr al-Riyahi, with 1,000 soldiers, appeared in front of the Imam, carrying a message from Ibn Ziyad ordering him to prevent the Imam from returning to Medinah or capture him and bring him to Kufah. When the Imam saw that the army of Hurr was thirsty, he asked his followers to give them and their horses water. They gave all of them and all of their
( 49 )horses water except for the last animal. The inexperienced rider of this last camel came to the Imam, not knowing how to water his animal, and Imam Husayn told him, "Anikh al-Rawiyah." In the Hijazi Arabic dialect, it means "loosen the ropes around the camel's neck" (so it can drink), but in the Kufi Arabic dialect it means "loosen the neck of the water bag." So, the soldier loosened the knot around the water bag and the water spilled out. Then, Imam Husayn did it himself and showed the soldier how to loosen the ropes and let the camel drink. Then, after all of the army and their animals were finished drinking, the Imam stood and said, "I did not come here until all of your letters came to me, and the letters say that you do not have any leader and that you need me to help teach you guidance. If that is still your demand, give me something that shows that you are truthful in your promises, and if you do not like me, I will return to where I came from." The soldiers were silent. No one spoke a word. Then, Hajjaj Ibn Masraq made the call to prayer for the Dhuhr -Noon- Prayer. The Imam said to Hurr, "You are the chief of your army. You go and pray with your own people." Hurr replied, "No. We pray with your prayer." and Hurr, with all of his troops, prayed with the Imam. When the Imam finished the prayer, he stood and said, "O people! Fear God and find the truth and follow it. We are the members of the House of the Prophet. We deserve trust more than those who do injustice. If you do not like us or you ignore our rights or you have changed your minds from
( 50 )whatever you have written to us before, then I will leave you." Hurr said, "Written? I do not know what letters you are talking about!" The Imam asked one of his followers to bring two sacks of letters. Hurr said, "I am not one of these people. I have been ordered not to leave you alone until I bring you back to Kufah to Ibn Ziyad. The Imam said, "Death is before that." He turned and told his followers to get ready to ride their horses, but Hurr stopped them from going. Then, for the first time in his life, the Imam spoke an insult, "Your mother sits mourning you." Then he said, "What do you want from us?" Hurr replied, "If anyone beside you had said those words to me, l would have replied the same to him, but I cannot do that to you. However, take a road between you and Kufah, which does not reach Kufah nor goes to Medinah, until I write to Ibn Ziyad and see what his orders are. May God relieve me from this catastrophe." Then he said to the Imam, "I bear witness that if you fight, you will be killed." The Imam said, "Are you threatening me with death? Are you going to kill me? Are you helping the Messenger of God?" When Hurr heard this, he turned around and left the Imam. He did not want a confrontation with the Imam. The Imam's caravan continued in an unknown direction, and Hurr's army followed behind.
( 51 )

BAYDHAH

Here, the Imam gave a sermon to the people of Hurr: "O people! The Messenger of God said, 'Whoever sees an unjust governor who changes the forbidden to allowed and who breaks his promise, who is against the tradition of the Prophets, who acts unjustly and does not do anything against it in action or in words, God will enter him where the unjust person enters.' Indeed, these people follow Satan and have left the obedience of God. They spread mischief, they abandon all rules, they misuse wealth, and they make the illegal legal and the legal illegal. I deserve this leadership more than anyone else. Your letters came to me and your deputies came to me offering allegiance to me, saying that you will not betray me and that if I lead you, you will succeed. I am Husayn, son of 'Ali and Fatimah, daughter of the Messenger of God. My soul is with your soul, my family is with your family, and I am one of you. If you do not do so and change your promise and your allegiance to me, that would not be a surprise to me. You have done so before to my father, my brother, and my cousin (Muslim Ibn 'Aqil). If you do that, you have missed your chance and you have lost your share and whoever breaks his promise he breaks it against himself. Peace be upon you."

RUHAYMAH

Here, a man met the Imam and asked him, "Why did you leave the house of your grandfather? (meaning Medinah)"
( 52 )The Imam replied, "Indeed, the Umayyads called our most honorable kin bad names, and I was patient. Then, they took my wealth, and I was patient. And they sought my blood and I ran away. Indeed, by God, they are going to kill me. Then, God will humiliate them, making them the most humiliated nation in the world."

ADHIB AL-HAJANAT

Here, four people from Kufah met the Imam. The Imam asked them about the situation of the people and they told him, "The dignitaries were bought by bribes. As for the common people, their hearts are with you, but their swords are against you." They told him how Qays Ibn Mashar al-Saydawi was killed. Then, the Imam recited, "Among the believers are men who are true to whatever covenant they made with God. Some of then have fulfilled [their covenant], some of them are waiting [to do so], and have not made any changes [in the religion]." 1 Tarammah Ibn 'Uday al-Ta'y said to the Imam, "I saw people before leaving Kufah and asked what the commotion was. They said that they were being recruited and sent to fight against the Imam. I urge you, by God, not to go to them. I do not see anyone with you. I request you to come with us to our mountain called Aja. We were able to isolate ourselves from the kings of Ghassan and Himyar. If you stay with us for ten days, I guarantee you that ____________1. The Holy Qur'an; Sura of al-Ahzab 33:23
( 53 )20,060 of my tribe, the Tays would follow you and do whatever you order." The Imam refused and said, "We have a promise between us and these people and we can not leave until we see the result." The Imam thanked him, but refused. Then Tarammah asked permission to go by himself to deliver what he has to deliver for his family, and then return to join the Imam's camp. The Imam allowed him to do so, and he went, but he was too late in his return. On his way, he heard that Imam was killed.

QASR BANI MAQATIL

When the Imam set camp here, he saw another camp already set. He asked about them and they told him it is for 'Ubaydullah al-Ju'fi. When the Imam sent some of his followers to see him, Ju'fi asked them what they wanted, and the messenger said, "This is a message from Imam Husayn, asking you to help him." Ju'fi replied, "I swear by God, I left Kufah only because of what I saw, that people were leaving to fight against him and I knew that he is going to be killed and I am not going to help him. That is why I left Kufah so that I would be safe. I do not want to see him and I do not want him to see me." The messengers brought the reply back to Imam Husayn. The Imam got up, and with a group of his followers, went to Ju'fi's camp. Ju'fi received him well, honored him, and said, "I have not seen anyone of better character or more handsome than Husayn."
( 54 )Then, Ju'fi asked the Imam if he used red henna or black dye to dye his beard. The Imam replied, "O! Aging and gray hair came to me soon." When they sat, the Imam said, "Your people have written to me and asked my help and invited me to come to them. Now, it appears that it is not the case. You have sins in your life. Do you wish to erase them by repentance?" Ju'fi said, "What is that, O son of the Messenger of God!" The Imam replied, "You help the son of the daughter of the Prophet and fight by his side." Ju'fi said, "Indeed, I know that whoever follows you will be happy in the Hereafter, but what can I do to help? I saw no one in Kufah who would help you, and I do not like to die. Therefore, I give you my horses as gifts to you. This horse of mine, which is called Malhaqah, is the best horse to give victory to me, and I was not willing to give it to anybody in my life." The Imam replied, "If you are not willing to fight with us, we do not need your horses and we do not need you." Then, the Imam quoted, "And I am not one who takes the support of people who are astray." 1 The Imam said to Ju'fi "I do not take those who are astray as helpers. Now I will advise you as you have advised me. If you are able to avoid our call and not watch us die, do so. Indeed, whoever hears us and does not help us will go to hell." ____________1. The holy Qur'an; Sura of al-Kahf 18:51.
( 55 )Also at this stop, the heads of two other Arab tribes met the Imam. The Imam asked them, "Are you coming to help us?" They said, "We have children and we have been trusted with the wealth of people and we want to keep their trust." The Imam said the same to them, "Leave. Do not hear our call for help. Indeed, whoever hears our call for help and does not help us will end up in hell." At the end of the night, the Imam ordered his followers to leave Qasr Bani Maqatil

I'll stop here for today

more to come daily sorry for such a huge post enjoy and if tears comes to your eyes let them fall freely

the link above is what's called a nuha.
Which is said after the events of the day where people use the events that happened and say something like a poem some hit thier chests in a rhythmich fashion (some how takes away the stress but not really recomended to do)

السلام عليك يا رسول الله وعلى ابنتك المظلومة الصديقة الطاهرة الشهيدة عليها السلام

2005-02-11T08:15:00.000+04:00

نتقدم من سيدنا ومولانا صاحب العصر والزمان أرواحنا لتراب مقدمهالفداء بأحر العزاء بذكرى شهادة الإمام الحسين عليه الصلاة السلام .. وعظم الله أجورنا وأجوركم

Just a note some might not like what i'm publishing to those people i say you came here by your own choice i'm not forcing you to read what's in my mind and heart if you don't like it don't read it. If I see any comment that's offensive know that I no longer know you (not many people care about such things but there you go)

Ofcourse everyone is welcomed to ask questions to know more feel free and may Allah bless you in Mohram el haram ='(

HaPpY NeW YeAr

2005-02-10T21:59:00.000+04:00

Salam to all out there :p

Hope you all have a happy new year

I'm talking about the Islamic new year
It's the 2nd of mohrum in oman today

been about 4 years since I was there I really miss the atmosphere especially during A'ashoora which triggers alot of -vety from people who keep sending fwds with the same pic's every year about shia'a muslims hitting them selves and all that

my stand on such an issue is that hitting themselves in a manner where it leaves a mark should be banned a soft hitting that leaves no mark is ok

so the question why hit and why do all that?

Well it's a way that us Shia'a rememind our selves of the injustice that Imam Hussien (PBUH) suffered the soft hitting represents where he was hit and we are protesting what happened

what really cracks me up is people who never been to such events and never read anything come and attack what we do or worse the sayin Yazzed made a mistake in his fatwa so he gets his thawab since he came up with a fatwa GIVE ME A BREAK killing the probhets (MPBUH) grand son is a mistake? keeping his skull as a trophey is a mistake? DAMN ALL THOSE WHO MADE THAT MISTAKE (yes i did say it)

Karbala eash saweti Shuban ma 5aleti
karbla ar'9 el ma9y2eb wil balla

a7na an9araka a7na an9ruka ya abba 3abdl lah ya abba 3abdel lah
no7yi thakrakum

*weep*

i'll be posting the events of each night inshalla so some of you out there can get a better picture of what happened

May Allah bless all

Taqbal Allah 3azakum Mawlana 9a7eb el zaman

Translated versions of the Quran

2005-02-02T08:19:00.000+04:00

This is just what i think no offense is ment to anyone

I really hate the idea of the translated Quran for many reasons

some of which are

1) The Quran loses it's meaning you can't really translate everything to the way it should be your bound to lose the meaning or lose the wording in the proccess

2) I think by translating we are in an indirect way changing the Quran because again it's waht a HUMAN thinks this would mean not what Allah intended the word to mean

3) The Quran is an ever lasting Miracle which came in the arabic language so it should remain that way (yeah might be arrogant to say that but so what)

4) When we prey we recite the Quran so how come you don't want to learn ARABIC which is the language of the Quran you recite five times a day?

5) There are some letters in the start of some sura's that we don't know what they mean and you can't just translate that into another language

so there you have it

my stand on such a thing

Use Of Brain

2005-01-27T09:49:00.000+04:00

God's gift to us is our Brain it what seperates us from animals (or supposed to atleast)

now why were we given the "brain" well to use it but how you ask

here's an example of a brain useage

We read the Quran we read the sunnah but a situation arises is it hallal or haram well we can always go search in books to find the answer but sometimes thinking logically can help to recently there was a discussion if piercing is haram which really shocked me never herd it was haram a good friend provided a fatwa in it there was a hadeth which showed that women used to wear ear rings but then the fatwa issuer said that piercing on the nose for example is haram because it alters how Allah created us now my brain asks how come peircing the ear isn't altering but piercing the nose is????

then the fatwa issuer says that men shouldn't act or wear like women and I agree however what defines what a women wear and what a man wears I mean in the past kuhol was worn by men but it's not anymore it's more of a "women" thing go figure i guess

Fadding Glory

2005-01-22T11:49:00.001+04:00

It's strange how when Oman didn't win the final everyone forgot about the team and people have started to get on thier case again

As an Omani I fear to lose such a team if anything we have to remember how close it brought our nation it didn't matter wether you were Omani or not I remember sitting in the cafe even the Egyptian workers got happy and excited when we were winning and were sad and frustated when we lost

Don't forget the maserat we had (althoght they were slow moving) but it brough us all together ppl we didn't know we were celebrating with

I know this won't reach any member of the team but I've to say THANKS for everything

I was there in bousher from 3:30 I wanted them to know that we do apreciate what we did

Another thing is people getting on The Ameen's case (Ali al Habsi) yeah he did miss that shot but so what after all that he's done he desrved to take that shot and IF he had made it he would've been a national hero now but no since he missed it ppl are blaming him? GET REAL

another player is Hani al Dhabit ppl seem to have forgotten that it was this man who brough a smile to Oman I confess I can't remember when but I had lost intrest in our national team couldn't care less but then Gulf Cup 15 I got news that Oman demolished Kuwait 3-0 or 3-1 and guess what Hani scored 3 goals and ended up getting top scorrer because of that match I got back to our national team I'm ashmed that I had forgotten about them but atleast I admiting it. He did miss it but I do belive he gave it his best

point of this post Give the players what they desrve and INSHALLA more to come

WaR and Rulers

2005-01-22T11:49:00.000+04:00

Ever notice how it's always the rulers of the nations that authorize attacks on other countries or declare war?
but it's not them who are on the battlefield?

I think war used to be a honorable thing something that required skill but these days it's about dishonor it's who's got the muscles not who's got the skill

In the past the best of the two sides at war would face each other to determine who's better MEN would step up make a name for themselves if they win if they lose they'd be forgotten but what about now? the only people who remember are the ones who are hurt

There used to be legends but now mockery

I'm not for war peace is always better but really it's easy to just say go attack this country and go do that but it's hard to actually do something

The us president is called commander in chief a commander leads his men but all that a president is doing is sitting in a comfy chair smoking a cigar enjoying a cold drink while his soldiers are either getting slaughtered or getting slaughtured

All hail the chief some example is set by the rulers these days

Rulers should be open to direct criticism or how else will they make the country better?
in the old days a ruler would meet with his people publicly to check how his people are doing but these days a ruler is afraid to go out why is he afraid it's because he's afraid he'd be killed well if you are a fair ruler then you don't need to be afriad only the ones who aren't are afraid

Thoughts

2005-01-22T11:44:00.000+04:00

First of WoW took me a while to find a way to post this usually i can jsut post something oh well

I've been wondering what to talk about people want to know what I think well I think most of the time about lots of stuff

I love sleeping and I'm a lazy bum I'll admit that but let me get intrested in something and I'm a workaholic I try to balance my self out I guess. Kinda like my horoscope I just love how my name and horoscope go side by side althogh mama :p never thoght of it that way

I've been listning to Nazkoon by sultaneez and everytime I hear that song I just get hyper and start dancing around it reminds me of when Oman won Bahrain 3-2 shatti was in a real frenzy

sometimes I'm told I'm very optimistic but If I'm not then I'd just be depressed I belive everything happens for a reason yes even the bad things. When going through a bad time I just tell my self in few days you'll be laughing at such an incident ofcourse when I say such things to my self I end up swearing to my self. I guess I'm just wierd like that

hmm I've some thing I'd like to talk about should post it in a diff post

Poem

2005-01-22T11:23:00.000+04:00

ooooh girl you know you belong here next to me
don't fight it and come over to me
you know you want it
so don't you fight it
just submit to my love
and I'll take you places you've never been to before

thats something i just wrote while listening to Ashanti's song Only you

Wierd World

2005-01-20T21:26:00.000+04:00

Well i'm bored
lets see I tried searching for a way to have a nice lil curosr here but didn't know which web site to go to tried searching for it but couldn't find a webby.

why is everyone praising google? I mean it's ok but I don't find much difference between it and yahoo search
the term googling seems to have caught it but if you use yahoo then are you yahooing? why not just searching or search ppl are wierd go figure

ok riddle me this reader We spent a big portion of our life studying at school then move on to university to choose a major but we don't end usually end up working in the position we studied for. SO WHY WASTE SO MANY YEARS OF MY LIFE STUDYING FOR SOMETHING I WON'T DO? I mean if my job is to like program when i go to work just give me a course on that language and problem solved

I tell you wierd world

here's another one for you
Sun is out bright and shining but guess what it's freezing cold. How can it be freezing cold and the sun hurts my eyes?

@%#^#^#^

p.s don't forget to click on the ads i just get 0.04 per click so won't hurt to get some clicks now would it?

Huge Update

2005-01-15T08:03:00.000+04:00

Ok after popular demand and lots of wait here comes the update

Oman was kool it rained preety good there was fun to be in Oman while raining however didn't get a chance to go to any wadi's =( non the less rain was kool

The Omani national team got second place in the gulf cup they played really well I really wish they got it but fate wouldnt have it some people told me that Imad's last shot actually passed the Goal Line which would've ment that we drew but the refree didn't see it ( replay was shown in al Jazera as I was told) but oh well Hopefully the players get to play abroad and get better

I managed to play soccer at the beach nothin beats playing soccer at the beach fun times

My return trip home was long longer then usual. I arrived to chicago late from swiss and I was one of the last 8 people to check in with AA and the flight was overbooked so the bumped me out and offered either i stay in the airport and wait or take some vouchers and go to a hotel so I went to the hilton AA paid $148 and I paid 102 sucks but oh well what to do

Semster has started best thing I've no class's on Friday :D:D

but this jet lag is really annoying (YAWN)

well stay tuned for more

Travel~ Semi update

2004-12-16T11:57:00.000+04:00

Well it's 1:59 am here i'm waiting for this dvd to get burned DD asked me for some anime so i'm trying to fulfil my word I really need to go sleep soon though I've to wake up at 7:30 to get ready and all watch Oman's match inshalla we do well then go to the airport and start a 27 hours journey
1 hour 15 mins from here to the airport
then flight time to chicago is 1 hour
I leave Chicago at 5'ish and flight time is about 10 hours then I leave Zurich at 12'ish flight time is about 6-7 hours but for some reason I always reach at 11:35 stupid pilots always stop at dubai why dubai I've no idea stop at muscat Frist then go to dubai ya'7i nas ma yefakro
oh well but it's really a miestry why does it take such a long time to reach oman and no to mention the luggage wait ahhh allah kareem

now i'm supposed to say something clever well I dunno i'm finally done with tests for this semster I 4got I had to work hehe but i got a phone call to remind me so I managed to work and hour and 35 mins
Sabla is dead and I guess I made a fuss bout nothing but I'm still a bit pissed but no use so dunno if i'm pissed or not
what else mmmmmmm

mo darani walla 7alla i hate burning stuff

oh well Inshalla I arrive there bilslamah

lets see
i'll eat break fast at my apt then eat a beagle with fried eggs and french fries in chicago then eat a chesse pizza and maybe take a strawberry cream frap (without the cream) and then it's home sweet home

some ppl wished i barf hope snails crawl on thier hair :p

ok i better stop this or i'll keep writing non sence atleast i don't get red repped here

Khaleej's Brazil

2004-12-11T11:54:00.000+04:00

With all due respect to Brazil whom I'm a big fan off
But Oman is Oman we worked hard to get to the level we are at now back in the day a win against Oman was a must and now all of the sudden everyone is like Oman are gr8 well we worked hard to reach there and same goes with Bahrain .

kepping that aside Oman played a really beautiful game wining 3-1

all the best to A7mar o inshalla 3ala el min9a if not the cup then atleast a medal

below is what could've been one of the best Goals ever

Ad's Below

2004-12-11T11:07:00.000+04:00

Well I was accepted by googleadscene to have add's on my blog

every click adds something to my account so don't feel shy to click :p

Tests

2004-12-06T12:04:00.000+04:00

What's the deal with tests and what do we get tested on?
It's all what one or at most three people agree with and we are only tested on what we memorize what's the use of that?
NOTHING I think tests should be more based on real life examples and situations not defenitions and such

but oh well who you gonna talk to no one listens (hope someone out there reads this)

at uni and school things are hammered to us but if only we would go out to the work areas and get a live exposure to such things then we'd really understand and know what we are doing

life go figure

The Rose That grew From Concrete pt1

2004-12-05T12:39:00.000+04:00

Ok to anyone who dosn't know the title or isn't familiar with it it's a book that has a collection of tupak amaru shakur's poems i'll be posting some and comment on them enjoy

First poem:

The Rose That grew From Concrete

did u hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete
proving nature's laws wrong it learned to walk without having feet
funny it seems but by keeping its dreams it learned 2 breath fresh air
long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared

well I guess the moral of this poem is as long as there's hope there's a way
never give up even if everyone tells you it's impossible
one day you'll prove those people wrong and make them think twice about thier ideals

History and learning

2004-12-05T11:39:00.000+04:00

we are taught history since we are kids for the purpose of learning from the mistakes of the past and build on thier success.

Reality check NO ONE LEARNED ANYTHING FROM THE PAST
wars are started for more or less the same reasons rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer

it's even worse with the Arabs. We don't even use our own numbers 1234567890 there are numbers created by arabs/muslims long time ago but instead we are using some other numbering system. What happened to our level of science and education???

our best players have to be treated by some other country's shiek? Hani el dhabet Oman's star player was ignored and if it wasn't for a uae shiek he'd never have gotten treated. another star player was ignore whats going on for the first time in such a long time Oman has a chance in soccer and not much support it's just sad. In the summer i tried to find a jersey of a local club but couldn't how sad can it get?

The gulf cup will start soon wish our team the best can't say i don't want them to win it all and inshalla we do :D keep being optimistic but how can you not? it's my country after all =)

ok quiz lovers (yes u blessed :p) does anyone know why 1234567890 look that way?

Water and other life puzzle's+ a quiz

2004-12-03T11:01:00.000+04:00

Ok this is a silly post but just for the sake of updating

1) I wonder if some one ever gotboredof water i mean it's always the same taste and nothing else qunich's thurst like water

but the flavoured water tastes wierd oh well

2) the eternal question why did the chicken cross the road i mean what kind of a question is this it crossed it to get to the other side why else ya3ni ( the question is so over rated)

3) what came first the egg or the chicken now thats an intresting one I'll say the chicken because how else would the egg be hatched. However who came first the chicken or the roster?

Quiz

ok lets see if ppl can answer this

you have lots of candels each candel takes an hour to burn. I want you (yes you the reader) to calculate 45 mins for me
you don't have any measuring instrumets all you have is alighter and the candles
enjoy

Love

2004-11-30T12:17:00.000+04:00

Ever wondered what love ment to you?
How do you define it?
and How do you know your IN love?

well to me love isn't just a physical attraction (thats more like lust) love to me is being there for your partner in the good and in the bad to be supportive and helpful, to take the burden away from him/her
you know your in love when you can't stop thinking about a person, when you count the minutes to when you will see/talk to that person, when your having a conversatoin with that special some one your heart is pumping fast and when your not you feel like something is crushing you from inside

how do you know your in love? simple if all the above don't give you a hint then this will, When you hear/see that person smiling you know that that smile is worth everything you've done and you feel good inside you ;)

Comments are welcomed

Life and Game updates

2004-11-30T11:47:00.000+04:00

Well life wise school started again had a nice long weekend but it's good to go back to uni and all (no not a freak just that each day that goes by brings me closer to oman)
I can't wait to leave I shold conform my resrvations tom inshalla

Games wise well i've stoped playing need for speed underground 2 picked up prince of persia : warrior withthin the game is looking great I just love it the boss's are tough and the puzzles are tougher (glad I played sand of times) oh and not to mention the sound track wonder why they never release the sound track stupid bussiness people
on my computer i'm still managing my teams Cordoba are off to a good start in the new season I bought some new players (chiesa, Duggary and someone i cna't remember now) but it was my old players that scored mainly Fouzi basheer who scored 3 goals for me I ended up winning 4-2
Inter are Inter what can I say I won the Italian super cup against Juve 2-0 (blessed :p) but I lost to brescia 1-0 and drew with Roma 3-3 they scored the tieing goal in the last minute how frustating is that
Oman I qualified to the secound stage won my first game against Uae 1-0 but lost against Saudia 3-1 although we scored the first goal but i'm not complaning i'm secound so far. Btw I think it's a concpiercy against the gulf teams all four of us are in the same group (Oman,Saudia,Bahrain and UAE) oh well hope atleast Oman and 2 other gulf team's qualify

oh well don't know what more to add

i tried to add more stuff here but no use

Update

2004-11-30T11:39:00.000+04:00

Greetings readers
how are you all?

hehe well i had a full make over my blog as you all can see the colors, background,template are all new

I've also added links to the other sabla bloggers out there not to mention I added a nice clock that has Muscat's Time and date

Thanks giving

2004-11-26T09:41:00.000+04:00

Today i was invited at my professor's house for dinner

althought the person who was suppose to pick me up was late it wasn't bad there the professor mashalla has lots of intresting historical items, which hold intresting stories behind them.

i was supposed to go shopping for the holiday thing but i feel so dizzy and tired i'll pass that

tom i'll have to do some uni work =( but oh well gotta do what i goota do

boredum

2004-11-25T11:14:00.000+04:00

Well not much to say really

on friday they'll be these holiday sales crazy time to go shopping i'm going to go with some friends at aobut 5am to try and get some free stuff should be intresting
(i hope)

as for the blog there've been some updates in the design as you can all see
so far so good but could get better soon inshalla

gaming wise i'm playing vampre the masqurade it's fun in a way, in football manager 2005 i'm coaching 3 teams Oman, Inter and cordoba

Oman: I won japan :D and therefore qualified for the next round so so far so good i guess

Inter: I'm 3rd just a point behind Ac Milan Juve are leading the table we got 6 more games to go hope i can do something. i was knocked out of the uefa champion leagues quaterfinal Roma kicked me out 2-0 aggeraget
in Italian cup the final first leg against juve ended 0-0 so the next game will be away any win or draw higher then 0-0 will give me the cup

Cordoba: this is a nightmare i was up to 3rd but now slipped to 5th need to end up in the top 3 to get promoted to the 1st division should be intresting hope i can pull it

thats all for now i guess

Shoutbox help

2004-11-23T09:07:00.000+04:00

alright guess who's back :D

many dear friends have started blogging to and the requested help with the shout box here are some tips if anyprob you guys know how to reach me ;)

ok go to this web site

http://www.myshoutbox.com/

then click on uk's flag

then register

you'll be given an id use that to log in

click on my shout box configuraton to configare what you want

the click on generate code

copy the code
go to your blog click on template then in the code paste it and then it's a matter of trial and error until you fit it in the place you want

BACK........i think

2004-11-16T21:58:00.000+04:00

well it's been 12 days since i last updated the blog

lets see what happened

had 3 tests last week a presentation and a program due

i feel so relaxed this week
got this managing game

I'm managing the omani national team (I defeated Japan :D)
and a 2nd division team in spain (cordoba I was doing preety well on my way for a promotion but struggled there's still hope though)
and finally Inter Milan (currently i'm 3rd 3 points behing Ac Milan and 10 behind Juve)
I lost to Milan the last match my stupid players are tired I think Juve will win it but hope i can end up 2nd I got kicked out of the champions league thanks to Roma and i lost the 1st leg of the italian final cup 2-0 will be hard to make a come back but fingers crossed

I found out that i suck at making avitars i'm just not in the mood for anything need to cheer up or something can't wait till i play the new need for speed game that should do the trick ;)

oh yeah Ramdhan finished feels funny when i eat EID MUBARAK to all don't 4get my 3idyaha (you can e-mail me your bank account number)

i guess i talked alot for one post more to come soon.....

Long Time

2004-11-04T23:44:00.000+04:00

Well it's been some time now since i blogged
was busy with tests and watching the elections

after such a long night kerry concedes i really hoped he would stick to challanging every vote but guess he saw no point in it oh well life goes on (I hope)

NBA season started the lakers first game was a preety one to watch thier secound was really bad will be intresting how the play against san antonio spurs on friday

hmm what else I got this football manager 2005 game it's so cool I can coach the Omani national team :D so excited let's hope i can manage the team to win against Japan and qualify to the world cup

and yeah no updates to the look yet waiting for Nabhan to get his internet back so he can help me a bit hehe

well that's all for now more later inshalla

Addiction

2004-10-30T02:19:00.000+04:00

As you all saw no posts yesterday
I've started playing this beta version of guild wars an online rpg game which is really fun

today it's finally the weekend will get some serious gaming done and of crouse studying

i guess thats all for now will post later

Frustration

2004-10-28T07:14:00.000+04:00

I've been trying to change the appearance of the page but not much luck
really frustating :angre:
for now this blog will look ugly until i figure out how to mess around with colors more

enjoy :p

WorK

2004-10-26T22:54:00.000+04:00

Well Just woke up not so long ago
10 mins before work to be exact (I Start work at 10:50 on Tuesdays) just ruins my Tuesdays since I only have one class but what to do gotta earn that ca$h

Have a homework due that needs to be complicated before I go to class shouldn't take to long
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don't ask me what that was

Laundry

2004-10-26T05:04:00.000+04:00

Ahhh it's time for laundry again how sad is that
hate laundry but what to do have to wash those cloths if I want to wear anything :D
contacted the uni to see how i can access my "web site" didn't understand a word should go and see what's up tom
have to do h/w and write code ahh i really want a break

Sabla been interesting lately members fighting and worse of all mods threatening to quit but i hope they cooled down

nabs drew a funny character hehe mashalla he's a really good artist
been listening to bariki's rap's that guy is talented mashalla kudos to him

mmm what else dunno but i gotta put the cloths in the drier

Reminder

2004-10-25T06:09:00.000+04:00

I should start working on this blog and change it's appearance
mmmmmmm
gonna have to do a lot of work but worth it i guess
probably start on it tom

First Post

2004-10-25T05:36:00.000+04:00

Well this is the first of many inshalla
just started this blog, which was suggested by Nab
will see how it goes
enjoy your stay ;)