Submitted by Margaret (Poland), Mar 9, 2009 at 19:13
Anna- even if this man is for real- even if he is not after money, visa, sex, gifts...so on...
Islamic concept of marriage is very different from "Western" concept...
Muslim man-western woman relationship can only be successful if the woman abandons her identity completely...even if she somehow manage to keep her faith/no faith -she will have to accept muslim customs and culture...
Islam is a religion which defines every aspect of life- down to such details as shaving pubic hairs and sneezing and yawning...
This following things are regulated by islamic hadiths (scriptures second to Quran only)
1. Revelation
2. Belief
3. Knowledge
4. Ablutions (Wudu')
5. Bathing (Ghusl)
6. Menstrual Periods
7. Rubbing hands and feet with dust (Tayammum)
8. Prayers (Salat)
9. Virtues of the Prayer Hall (Sutra of the Musalla)
10. Times of the Prayers
11. Call to Prayers (Adhaan)
12. Characteristics of Prayer
13. Friday Prayer
14. Fear Prayer
15. The Two Festivals (Eids)
16. Witr Prayer
17. Invoking Allah for Rain (Istisqaa)
18. Eclipses
19. Prostration During Recital of Qur'an
20. Shortening the Prayers (At-Taqseer)
21. Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)
22. Actions while Praying
23. Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)
24. Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)
25. Obligatory Charity Tax After Ramadaan (Zakat ul Fitr)
26. Pilgrimmage (Hajj)
27. Minor Pilgrammage (Umra)
28. Pilgrims Prevented from Completing the Pilgrimmage
29. Penalty of Hunting while on Pilgrimmage
30. Virtues of Madinah
31. Fasting
32. Praying at Night in Ramadaan (Taraweeh)
33. Retiring to a Mosque for Remembrance of Allah (I'tikaf)
34. Sales and Trade
35. Sales in which a Price is paid for Goods to be Delivered Later (As-Salam)
36. Hiring
37. Transferance of a Debt from One Person to Another (Al-Hawaala)
38. Representation, Authorization, Business by Proxy
39. Agriculture
40. Distribution of Water
41. Loans, Payment of Loans, Freezing of Property, Bankruptcy
42. Lost Things Picked up by Someone (Luqaata)
43. Oppressions
44. Partnership
45. Mortgaging
46. Manumission of Slaves
47. Gifts
48. Witnesses
49. Peacemaking
50. Conditions
51. Wills and Testaments (Wasaayaa)
52. Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad)
53. One-fifth of Booty to the Cause of Allah (Khumus)
54. Beginning of Creation
55. Prophets
56. Virtues and Merits of the Prophet (pbuh) and his Companions
57. Companions of the Prophet
58. Merits of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar)
59. Military Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi)
60. Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh))
61. Virtues of the Qur'an
62. Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah)
63. Divorce
64. Supporting the Family
65. Food, Meals
66. Sacrifice on Occasion of Birth ('Aqiqa)
67. Hunting, Slaughtering
68. Al-Adha Festival Sacrifice (Adaahi)
69. Drinks
70. Patients
71. Medicine
72. Dress
73. Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)
74. Asking Permission
75. Invocations
76. To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq)
77. Divine Will (Al-Qadar)
78. Oaths and Vows
79. Expiation for Unfulfilled Oaths
80. Laws of Inheritance (Al-Faraa'id)
81. Limits and Punishments set by Allah (Hudood)
82. Punishment of Disbelievers at War with Allah and His Apostle
83. Blood Money (Ad-Diyat)
84. Dealing with Apostates
85. Saying Something under Compulsion (Ikraah)
86. Tricks
87. Interpretation of Dreams
88. Afflictions and the End of the World
89. Judgments (Ahkaam)
90. Wishes
91. Accepting Information Given by a Truthful Person
92. Holding Fast to the Qur'an and Sunnah
93. ONENESS, UNIQUENESS OF ALLAH (TAWHEED)
Islam regulates it all...You will have to live according to these rules if you marry a muslim. And that is the better scenario...
The worse is that it is a scam....
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