- 3 years ago - ... What has LI done for you?

[BlissfullyJaded]

I've just been thinking ...*shock, horror*

Who knew fish spent time thinking. So that's what you'll do as you'll swim back and forth, backk and forthh...! Heh.

Wake up and smell the Fish people!

No. ffended: How about smelling freshly baked bread...or cookies...or anything but fish please? :embarrass

Lol @ the ones who feel left out. Funny, cuz I didn't join right at the beginning, but after several months, and many members knew each other and I was all newbieish and thinkin "oh great...I'm soo left out. " Anyhoo, don't worry, you guys fit right in.

Ahh, you made me think of when I just joined LI. It's been so awesome, and given the fact that I've not really maintained close friendships with Muslims in real life, I gained so much from you all. I looked up to a lot of the brothers as big brothers, and the girls as my own sisters. I made some reallly close friends on LI who I'll never forget and inshaAllah will remain close to. Basically, you all gave me hope that everythin is not totally messed up with Ummah and have uplifted me in ways I can't fully express.

I also learned quite a bit more through the articles / lectures / wise quotes posted here. Remember when brothers kadafi and Ansar Al-'Adl used to post? Their posts really taught me a lot.

 

[snakelegs]

there are some really amazing people here - just how amazing, i learn more all the time. :thumbs_up
i'm really happy to have found a home here.

 

[jzcasejz]

and whether I could have gained the same or equal benefit offline.

For me, that's exactly it. Were I to spend more time offline than online on LI or elsewhere, I would've gained/achieved much more benefit... period. So I guess, that's one of the good things LI (or the internet in general) taught me, to spend time wisely! (Whether or not I actually spend time wisely now is another issue.)

 

[Uthman]

there are some really amazing people here - just how amazing, i learn more all the time. :thumbs_up

You flatter me. :embarrass

 

[Pk_#2]

Not much, just random words like 'jazakAllah khair' etc and to type normally with no spelling mistakes/slang/text speak else the Li older buggers will jump you,

I think I could've leanrt from Li I just didn't want to, I'm really hard to teach :thumbs_do

I also learnt to spam, because every time I do, I get a nice pressie on my profile,

AsalamuAlaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

 

[lukm4n]

whats LI ?

 

[Pk_#2]

whats LI ?

It stands for Load-Islam, We are talking about this forum by the way, how did this discussion board help you/change you, or sutin..

 

[jzcasejz]

Not much, just random words like 'jazakAllah khair' etc and to type normally with no spelling mistakes/slang/text speak else the Li older buggers will jump you,

I think I could've leanrt from Li I just didn't want to, I'm really hard to teach :thumbs_do

I also learnt to spam, because every time I do, I get a nice pressie on my profile,

AsalamuAlaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

Serious?!

 

[Woodrow]

It gave me purpose to seek more trust in Alaah(swt) and seek his help in overcoming personal health problems. It gave me direction and guidance to understand that even at my age and at the time very poor health I could still serve a purpose and find a reason to be productive.

 

[Pk_#2]

It gave me purpose to seek more trust in Alaah(subhana wa ta'ala) and seek his help in overcoming personal health problems. It gave me direction and guidance to understand that even at my age and at the time very poor health I could still serve a purpose and find a reason to be productive.

Cool, that's real good bro ^

@ Jzc, I have to admit though, I learnt some things about Islam I didn't know prior to becoming an Li addict, but I don't think I implement what I learn from forums to be honest, but that's just me :thumbs_do

AsalamuAlaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

 

[glo]

I have learned much about Islam, and I have met some wonderful people. (You all know who you are! :thankyou

But not everything I read and learn here gives me cause for encouragement:

I have learned (sadly) that despite the many similarities between the Abrahamic faiths, it is going to be very difficult to get people to work together for the greater good of humanity.
So many suspicions remain with regards to each other, and a great reluctance to engage with those of other beliefs and faiths ...

Many scholars/clerics/teachers actively discourage believers to have anything to do with followers of other faiths.

My heart is for interfaith relationships and for people of all faiths and none to work to make this world a better place.
But the longer I spend in LI (and other 'religious' forums) the less I see that ever happening ...

 

[Brother_Mujahid]

I was priveledged to be part of this in the early days. i then was away for a few yrs. it was only after a chat with a good brother part of the set up of this forum, that i became convinced that i must be part of the goodness of it.

hence i decided to come back from the depths... *well not exactly*

The site has made me affirm my core beliefs. Also to a certain extent becoming tolerable to others views and opinions. i've found this to be a big problem personally. Online i suppose you can think before typing away rather than if it was a spoken dialogue/discussion topic being discussed.

p.s the radio ummah rocks

 

[Re.TiReD]

AssalamuAlaykum

Awww some bootiful replies from some bootiful feeshlings!

JazakAllah khayr and thankooo

WassalamuAlaykum

 

[jzcasejz]

@ Jzc, I have to admit though, I learnt some things about Islam I didn't know prior to becoming an Li addict, but I don't think I implement what I learn from forums to be honest, but that's just me :thumbs_do

AsalamuAlaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

I guess that's the same for me too :thumbs_do. But anyways, reps for being honest mashaAllaah.

 

[truemuslim]

I learned ALOOOT

1. i learned islam is more complicated than i thought.

2. i learned there are more horrible people in this world than i thought, people with mood swings, and crazy attitude, covered up by fake kindness.

3. i learned more about memorizing quran.

4. i learned new crappy british words like "blimey" "bloody hell" "matey" "crickey" "rubbish" "ai" "blud" aaaand "WOT" also learned to speak better in british accent and fool everyone who talk to me, hehe.

5. i learned kanye west says "rubbish" which is british :raging:

6. i learned much more things going on in the world (world affairs section) because our news channels suck, newspaper is dead.

7. i learned so many things about islam that i didnt kno...like some threads samaka does, cute. nd all the other ones, long long long ones i can never finish till after a week. sometimes!

8. i learned new words liek "jazakallah khair" nd all

9. i learned smiling is cool. and its sunnah. and its charity.

10. aaand i learned mods on school forum are MUCH meaner than mods on an islamic forum :muddlehea oops...:X


Jazakallah khair everyone

 

[Brother_Mujahid]

1. i learned islam is more complicated than i thought.

its not complicated, its simple and easy to learn and grasp. :coolalien

 

[Ebtisweetsam]

Wow i haven been here in a long time and reading this blog brought back alot of great memories... even reading some peoples names brought memories. Enshallah i want to be more active again here from now on :smile:

 

[Souljette]

AWWW I MISSED YOU SIS EBTISWEETSAM...ALthough I always chek up on you..Inshallah you wil be active

 

[Al-Zaara]

Selam aleykum we rahmetallahu,

whats LI ?

I got brainwashed...

The best posts in this thread. lol. Cheers to you!


I don't want to get sentimental now. I tried once already to write an post but didn't manage to click "submit"... But... I've... gotten attached to this forum... And the people who are members of it... I've found friends for life. I have almost no Muslim friends here where I live... When I joined here, after a while, I found true friendships and much knowledge.

Although... I did learn some stuff I in a way I wish I didn't, but that's ignorant talking. For life is not only happy and pink, there are raw things about it and I've learned it partly on here aswell.

The sisters have been there for me during my most difficult times and I have no idea how I can re-pay them. I can't and that's why I turn to Allah to reward them immensely, inshaAllah. Same goes for the brother, of course. "Da men in da house."

I miss so many members who have left or are inactive. I wish one could re-experience moments but elhamdulillah, I'm glad the way it is. Soon it'll be my time to leave this forum, inshaAllah and I really hope I've somehow made the forum better. I hope people will remember me. For I'll never forget them. :'(


... If I don't get amnesia of course. But that's another story.

 

[aamirsaab]

...
My heart is for interfaith relationships and for people of all faiths and none to work to make this world a better place.
But the longer I spend in LI (and other 'religious' forums) the less I see that ever happening ...

Hmm. Looks like something for us to work on.

What has LI done for me? Connected me back to Islam - which has enabled me to study more about it. Specifically with sharia law and the Qur'an in general. So I guess that's quite a lot .