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Beardo
01-27-2011, 10:18 PM
:sl:

I just deactivated my facebook and am now experiencing some withdrawal symptoms.

lol. But Alhamdulillah, I find myself reading more articles and such! It's good inshallah. And if I really want to connect with friends, I'll try by other means, or even email. Right?
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marwen
01-27-2011, 10:26 PM
Assalamu Alaykom !
Hi brother Rashad ! me too I closed my facebook some months ago, and now i'm cured alhamdulillah :D

try making Real meetings, it may help and make us use less virtual means.

reading is also great.
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purple
01-27-2011, 10:41 PM
:sl:
I’m still on facebook. You can use MSN, google email, yahoo etc....

:wa:
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Beardo
01-27-2011, 10:49 PM
Jazax you guys. But I've changed the plans a bit lol. I plan to only check it once every three days. The reason being is that I have a few pages for marketing and I'm also a news reporter so it's good for checking local events etc. I just hope I can stick to the plan, insha-Allah!
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Cabdullahi
01-27-2011, 10:55 PM
format_quote Originally Posted by Rashad
Jazax you guys. But I've changed the plans a bit lol. I plan to only check it once every three days. The reason being is that I have a few pages for marketing and I'm also a news reporter so it's good for checking local events etc. I just hope I can stick to the plan, insha-Allah!
Just give it up.....go out there and enjoy life....meet people face to face....interact
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*charisma*
01-28-2011, 04:18 AM
Assalamu alaikum

I wanted to 'like' the above post, i feel really dumb right now...
the sadder thing is, I'm not even addicted to facebook :X
What if it's attacked my subconcious :ooh:

fi aman allah
w'salaam
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Hamza Asadullah
01-28-2011, 04:37 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by Rashad
Jazax you guys. But I've changed the plans a bit lol. I plan to only check it once every three days. The reason being is that I have a few pages for marketing and I'm also a news reporter so it's good for checking local events etc. I just hope I can stick to the plan, insha-Allah!
Asalaamu Alaikum, My brother i was just going to congratulate you until i read this post. You have to accept that Facebook is an addiction just like a person is addicted to harmful substances. It is actually just like being addicted to harmful substances because it wastes a significant amount of time.

Do not let Shaythan and your nafs make excuses for you to continue wasting your time on Facebook. Your time is more precious than you can ever imagine and you will only regret this precious time that you are wasting on Facebook in the hereafter. That is when we will all see what we could have gained if we used our precious time wisely.

Your youth is too precious to waste and once it is gone you will never get it back again. So use the time you have now in your youth to get closer to Allah and spend time with good company and scholars and those who remember Allah. Use that time to do the work of dawah to do dhikr, recite Qur'an, memorise ayah's, dua's. Listen to lectures. There is so much good to do and so little time to do it.

Let me list just 5 reasons why one should give up Facebook:

1. Wastes a significant amount of time

2. Wasting your precious youth when you can be doing so much good

3. Facebook are the enemies of Islam and have proven it twice: Once when they refused to ban "Burn the Qur'an day" group and secondly when they refused to ban "Draw cartoons of Prophet Muhammad" group. So if you enjoy using the facilities of the enemies of Islam then that is upto you.

4. It is a place of great fitnah even if you do claim your account is restricted

5. It is a place that hackers can easily gain access to your account details and personal information etc


It's your life so the choice is yours...
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'Abd Al-Maajid
01-28-2011, 04:51 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by Hamza81
Let me list just 5 reasons why one should give up Facebook:

1. Wastes a significant amount of time

2. Wasting your precious youth when you can be doing so much good

3. Facebook are the enemies of Islam and have proven it twice: Once when they refused to ban "Burn the Qur'an day" group and secondly when they refused to ban "Draw cartoons of Prophet Muhammad" group. So if you enjoy using the facilities of the enemies of Islam then that is upto you.

4. It is a place of great fitnah even if you do claim your account is restricted

5. It is a place that hackers can easily gain access to your account details and personal information etc
Even if I'm not on Facebook, I am online on messengers and spend my daytime in front of this stupid computer. I am addicted to internet, not Facebook. Any suggestions, how I can curb this thing? Out of 24 hours I am online for a significant amount of time, 14-16 hours. I think the main problem is my PC being always online, as I am typing this, I am online since I woke up and it's 10:18 here and I'll be until late night...entertaining myself on the internet, home alone. :ermm:
I feel, I'm experiencing an emotional crisis...
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Grofica
01-28-2011, 04:59 AM
i just have facebook to talk with family, share pics (with family) and then... farmville.... that game is awesome... all in all i have my profile totally hidden. its not even searchable...

i have family on it and a couple gal pals i have known since i was little thats it :-)

as long as i can stay away from farmville its not hard to fight the FB addiction.
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Hamza Asadullah
01-28-2011, 05:25 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by abdulmājid

Even if I'm not on Facebook, I am online on messengers and spend my daytime in front of this stupid computer. I am addicted to internet, not Facebook. Any suggestions, how I can curb this thing? Out of 24 hours I am online for a significant amount of time, 14-16 hours. I think the main problem is my PC being always online, as I am typing this, I am online since I woke up and it's 10:18 here and I'll be until late night...entertaining myself on the internet, home alone. :ermm:
I feel, I'm experiencing an emotional crisis...
Asalaamu Alaikum, you are not alone my brother. Unfortunatley many of us do not balance what we do in our daily lives properly and the result is that we waste years of our life only realising once a significant amount of time has already been wasted. The time we must act is now. We must try to balance our lives properly so that we are spending more time in worship than anything else. That is because the hereafter is for eternity and therefore we must put more investment into it than into this life which can end at any second. Here is what we need to do:

What we need to do is to draw up a daily plan that we can stick to which will give us some structure to our day and in which we can include limits and targets which we can try and reach each day. In this plan we should include what we need to do in our day. If you are studying then put in the times you are at school/college or University. If you are working then put in your work hours.

You need to put in your daily targets in this plan. Include in the plan how much studying you will do. Put in strict timings for how long you will spend each day on the internet and online. Put in a realistic time and stick to it. Be firm on yourself that you cannot waste anymore of your life and precious seconds and that you need to get a grip of yourself before anymore of your precious time is wasted.

Also include in the daily plan how much Qur'an you will recite each day. For example one juz, half a juz or even one page:

The Virtues of the Qur'an: http://www.islamicboard.com/quran/13...ues-quran.html


Also include how many nafils you will pray like for eg. Salaatul Duhaa, Salaatul Tahajjud etc:


VERY Rewarding Nafl Salaahs we can Pray Everyday: http://www.islamicboard.com/worship-...-everyday.html


How much Dhikr you will do like for example 1000 dhikr or 500 etc:


Easy Dhikr which is light on the tongue but heavy on the scales!: http://www.islamicboard.com/manners-...vy-scales.html


Also include how much knowledge you will gain each day like listening to one lecture a day, reading Qur'an translation or biography of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) etc and how much you will read like one page, two pages etc.

Include that you will learn one dua day: Fortress of the Muslim:

http://www.islamicbulletin.org/free_...f_a_muslim.pdf

You will learn and implement one Sunnah a day into your life: Beautiful Sunnah's To Do Everyday:

http://www.islamicboard.com/general/...our-lives.html


And that you will learn one Ayah of the Qur'an each day.

Give yourself realistic targets that you feel you can reach each day. Allah loves consistency so even if the good deed is small but you do it everyday then it is better than doing a big good deed sometimes.

Also set yourself targets for how you can better yourself as a person like for example, reduce swearing, lying, helping parents more, improving manners, thinking good about others etc. Then keep at it until you have eradicated it and then set yourself a target to improve another aspect of yourself.

You can also include that you will eat certain types of healthy foods or that you will do a certain amount of walking, jogging, gym etc

Also make a habit of reviewing your day at the end of each day and writing down how you can improve yourself tomorrow.

It is crucial we make a plan like this which is realistic and then internalise in ur minds that we need to stick to it in order that we can make the best of each day in doing everything to please Allah and refraining from anything that angers or displeases him.

These two threads will help you to make a plan which will benefit your health and maximise the amount of worship you do everyday:


My Daily Ibadah (worship) check!


http://www.islamicboard.com/manners-...hip-check.html


30 ways the youth should spend everyday of their lives!


http://www.islamicboard.com/manners-...eir-lives.html


These articles wil help you to maximise to increase your imaan and help you draw up your plan and maximise the amount of good deeds you do everyday inshallah:



10 Steps to Increasing our Iman(Faith)



http://www.islamicboard.com/manners-...man-faith.html (10 Steps to Increasing our Iman(Faith))



10 steps to getting closer to Allah



http://www.islamicboard.com/manners-...ser-allah.html (10 steps to getting closer to Allah)



Forty Very Easy, Quick & Rewarding Good Deeds for all of us to do Everyday!



http://www.islamicboard.com/worship-...-everyday.html (Forty Very Easy, Quick & Rewarding Good Deeds for all of us to do Everyday!)



Wasting Time is worse than Death!



http://www.islamicboard.com/general/...han-death.html



The Effects of Good deeds will remain forever!!!



http://www.islamicboard.com/general/...n-forever.html



Want to see the REAL appearance of Almighty Allah everyday?



http://www.islamicboard.com/general/...-everyday.html




Here are some very beneficial lectures to increase your imaan and fear of Allah:





AMAZING short speech -"The Goodly Life"



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fugf1DcNyc





Remembrance: ask Allah for his forgiveness



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-EK9r3rMzQ



Angel of Death!!! - Sheikh Ahmed Ali



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUzRJXlB2uA



HARD HITTING Lecture on HELLFIRE & the Day of JUDGEMENT! يوم القيامة والجحيم



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O6L_fBk7VM



Sheikh Ahmad Ali - Hellfire Talk Part 1/3



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWTehIeCOUU



Sheikh Ahmad Ali - Hellfire Talk Part 2/3



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXTtk7rWx_U



Sheikh Ahmad Ali - Hellfire Talk Part 3/3



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmiD86w9fBc



Islam - Punishment of the Grave by Sheikh Riyadh ul Haq



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWb-hYIm2WE



Death and the Grave by Murtaza Khan



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r2nzJVecqo



How can we not appreciate what we have after watching this?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkEBUC0APMg


If you need anymore help and advice with anything at all then please do not hesitate to ask.


And Allah knows best in all matters
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Grofica
01-28-2011, 05:33 AM
wow thats alot of good info :-)

i am sort of the same i am on the computer a lot more for work then anything but i am online. i try to fill my time with learning something or distract myself with stuff. lunches with friends. i tought myself (basic) autocad. i watch documentary's. excersize. whatever. :-)
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Muslim Woman
01-28-2011, 06:04 AM
Salaam

read a nice article yesterday , let me share .

Goodbye Facebook

My high school friends told me about Facebook. Since all of them had an account, I decided to create one myself although I was very nonchalant about my account.

I had never displayed my pictures on social sites and told myself that I would not display my pictures on Facebook. But then everybody I knew had their pictures on. So, I started uploading pictures, and before I knew it, I had a million pictures of mine there.

What happened next was that brothers I knew started adding me. I was reluctant in the beginning, but a voice inside me told me to grow up and that it was no big deal.

The first comment I got was from a brother I studied with – “Nice picture, Maryam.” What did he mean by that? I asked myself. Was he being chummy? Honestly speaking, I felt so bad when he wrote that comment on my wall, but then a voice inside my heart told me not to overreact and to show some manners so I thanked him.


I don’t know what happened next, but I started following the dunya. The values I stood up for and walked with became obsolete to me. My compromises turned into huge sacrifices. I became so desensitized and immune to the haram that was happening. I forgot that there was a God out there watching me, and I forgot that I was supposed to emulate the best of mankind- RasulAllah salla Allahu ‘alayhi wasallam. Random people would message me asking me for friend requests; they said I was “pretty” and they wanted to be friends with me.

...Sheikh Reda Bedier said: “Watch the little things; a small leak will sink a great ship.”

....when I had pulled back a bit from Facebook, I stopped interacting with a lot of brothers there because a verse from the Quran kept spinning in my head:

I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me. [51:56]


http://www.haqislam.org/goodbye-facebook/
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Beardo
01-28-2011, 06:12 AM
@ Muslim Woman: Very true article. Masha-Allah!
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Hannah.
01-28-2011, 09:42 AM
I've told myself to do the same thing: check my facebook once every few days. It doesn't work. I end up going on it everyday. Really guilty about it! :(
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'Abd Al-Maajid
01-28-2011, 09:48 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by Believe.x
I've told myself to do the same thing: check my facebook once every few days. It doesn't work. I end up going on it everyday. Really guilty about it! :(
It's okay, Facebook is the greatest fitnah Muslim youth facing these days...my fb account's online for 14-16 hours a day. :crying:
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sirajstc
01-28-2011, 10:07 AM
My ac was disabled by fb ;D;D for posting islamic blogs...:statisfie
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Cabdullahi
01-28-2011, 10:39 AM
FB is a social experiment, when you interact with people your mind gets stimulated but with FB the mind gets over stimulated, this over simulation will render normal one to one interaction with a human being useless........you'll just sit at home on the PC and interact using the internet, whilst being bullied by adverts to buy things.
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elina
01-28-2011, 11:51 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by abdulmājid

Even if I'm not on Facebook, I am online on messengers and spend my daytime in front of this stupid computer. I am addicted to internet, not Facebook. Any suggestions, how I can curb this thing? Out of 24 hours I am online for a significant amount of time, 14-16 hours. I think the main problem is my PC being always online, as I am typing this, I am online since I woke up and it's 10:18 here and I'll be until late night...entertaining myself on the internet, home alone. :ermm:
I feel, I'm experiencing an emotional crisis...
salaam brother..... i had the same problem a while ago..... i didnt go on fb much but spent a lot of time on other sites and messenger....... i kept telling myself it was taking over my life, then i ignored myself....... in the end i decided that the next day i wouldnt turn my laptop on, it had gotten to the point where i would be at work and only thinking of being home to go online..... it was really hard, i didnt know what to do with myself so i took my thoughts back to the time before i had internet..... the first day i watched a couple of films (before i would put a film on and half watch while playing games or chatting online) then i went for a walk, came home and read a little, all the time itching to put on my laptop..... the first 3 or 4 days were awful..... i felt nervous and edgy..... then a few days later i realised i hadnt thought of the internet at all and when i switched it on i spent half an hour skimming over the sites i go on, got really bored really quickly and turned it off...... i was single at the time and lived alone so i understand how hard it is for you.... inshallah you will find the strength to spend less time online :)

.... its not just the younger ones this affects....im in my 40's :blush:
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Cabdullahi
01-28-2011, 11:53 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by elina
salaam brother..... i had the same problem a while ago..... i didnt go on fb much but spent a lot of time on other sites and messenger....... i kept telling myself it was taking over my life, then i ignored myself....... in the end i decided that the next day i wouldnt turn my laptop on, it had gotten to the point where i would be at work and only thinking of being home to go online..... it was really hard, i didnt know what to do with myself so i took my thoughts back to the time before i had internet..... the first day i watched a couple of films (before i would put a film on and half watch while playing games or chatting online) then i went for a walk, came home and read a little, all the time itching to put on my laptop..... the first 3 or 4 days were awful..... i felt nervous and edgy..... then a few days later i realised i hadnt thought of the internet at all and when i switched it on i spent half an hour skimming over the sites i go on, got really bored really quickly and turned it off...... i was single at the time and lived alone so i understand how hard it is for you.... inshallah you will find the strength to spend less time online :)

.... its not just the younger ones this affects....im in my 40's :blush:
40 years old? that's young....very young mashaAllah
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elina
01-28-2011, 12:19 PM
most days i would agree....its the ones where i wake up feeling 85 i object to lol :)
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Amat Allah
01-28-2011, 01:04 PM
May Allah preserve you my precious and dear sister elina and protect you from all harms Ameeeeen

I never liked FB its a ....I don`t know what to call it...yes I know there are many beautiful Islamic things there but honestly we can find them in some other respected sites and we can contact with our families thro other sites and means like MSN...etc

May Allah help us all to worship Him right and guide us to what benefit us in this life and in the Hereafter...Ameeeeeeen
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elina
01-28-2011, 02:10 PM
Jazak Allah Khieran sister and you too :)
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glo
01-28-2011, 04:27 PM
format_quote Originally Posted by elina

.... its not just the younger ones this affects....im in my 40's :blush:
Nothing wrong with being in your 40's, elina. No need to blush.
(From a fellow Quadragenarian :D)

I do have a fb account, but I am usually quite good at moderating my visits there. If I get carried away, my hubby usually gently (or not so gently) reminds me that I am spending too much time online.

The same applies for places such as this forum, I suppose. For me it is not so much about engaging with inappropriate or non-beneficial stuff (I am good at steering clear of those), but my concern is more about spending too much time with strangers and not enough with my own immediate family, neighbours and friends!

Sometimes I take a complete break from all Internet forums and networking sites for several weeks or so - just to prove to myself that I can do it!
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S.Belle
01-28-2011, 04:44 PM
I dont have a fb account and by reading some of these emotional distress comments I dont think I want one anytime soon...:hmm:

5 Tips to Prevent Internet Addiction and Study More Effectively
by Jack Cola
Disconnect the Internet

Disconnecting yourself from the Internet may be one of the hardest things you can do (especially if you spend most of your day on it). The simplest thing you can do to prevent that kind of Internet addiction is to pull out your ethernet cable, switch off your wireless or turn off your modem. Some routers also allow you to set a time when you can use the Internet. The trick here is make sure it is hard to turn it back on. Therefore, if you want to do something really quick like check your email, hopefully you have enough strength in yourself to not turn the internet back on for one little task. If you do turn it back on, you may get an email which may waste more of your time.
TIP: If you have made a study schedule, makes sure you turn the Internet off when it is your study time.

If you can’t force yourself to turn it off, get someone to do it for you and make sure they have some measure to stop you turning the Internet back on.

Don’t Waste Time on the Internet

I spend a lot of wasted time on the Internet. This can mean logging into sites every 15 minutes to see if has been updated. I have to admit, I do this a lot. Gmail, Facebook, Myspace, Google Reader, I can’t believe I had time to write this up.
The trick here is to pace yourself and check the Internet once a day. Spend the rest of the day doing something else.



Create a Study Plan to Prevent Internet Addiction

Plan your week. Allocate time to each subject to study. Remember to include break times that allows you to surf the Internet, eat and watch TV. In other words, reward yourself for studying.
Work First, Plan Second

Get into the habit of having all your work for the week (or most of it) done before you start having fun, going out, playing computer games or browsing Youtube. By doing this, you know you can go out Sunday night with your friends instead of doing all the study you didn’t do. In other words, prioritize your tasks.

Study Smart

People tend to study in different ways. Some people like studying by themselves, others in groups or even while playing sports. OK, sports? Well if you lose a point (while playing tennis, for instance) your opponent asks you a question then you have to answer correctly, if you don’t, you’ll lose two points). By doing this, you can have fun, be social, and study at the same time.
Be in front of your studies from the beginning. Don’t fall behind. Read the topics for the week ahead beforehand (if you can) and write notes before the actual lecture. The advantages of doing this is that you can afford to fall asleep in the lecture if you had a late night, and it allows you to focus on things you had issues with or didn’t quite understand when taking the notes. Remember, be in front and not behind.
As soon as you get work to do, finish it straight away as soon as you get home, before you do anything else that could be distracting. This allows you to recollect of all the tasks you have to do and easily recap what you have learnt. If you wait a day or later on in the night, you may get tired, or get distracted by your friends ringing you up, or possibly forget what you had to do.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-tips-...e-effectively/
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elina
01-28-2011, 04:52 PM
hi glo....i was more blushing that i was so addicted to the internet lol...... and snap....your hubby sounds like mine where internet is concerned :)
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ahmadalikhan
01-29-2011, 09:29 AM
Its v good to close facebook acc.
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