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Islamic Flavor Umar (rh) was known to have dismissed Shurahbil bin Hasanah and put Muaawiyah in his place. Shurahbil asked, "Are you not pleased with me?" to which Umar responded "No, I think well of you, but I wanted a man who is more capable." Umar used to also say, "Oh, Allah, I complain to you of the capability of the evildoer and the incapability of the trustworthy one." Furthermore, Umar also saw a man who walked in an "affected, feeble, overly slow gait" to show his excessive humility. Umar caned him literally and then caned him metaphorically, "Do not cause our Religion to die, for if you do that, then may Allah cause you to die!" In another instance of a similar incident, he said, "Oh young man, raise your head. True humility is in the heart and not shown through the body and face. If anyone shows his humility through his body in excess of what is contained in his heart, then he is a hypocrite". ...

Arranged Marriage is for Older Guys

  In order to find the best match, you need to expand your networking opportunities. Colleges with a massive student body is a great place to do that, but there are two conditions associated with this. Guys are broke, and everyone is between the ages of 18-22. As a guy, you are in the ideal network, but you are not the ideal male. At least, you look ideal, but your wallet doesn’t. In order to be the ideal male, you must get a job or have money. For most guys, they become the ‘ideal’ when they are past the ages of 18-22 and no longer have official access to their previous 18-22-year-old network. In comes arranged marriages. Arranged marriages do three things, 1.      Expand your network (but nowhere near what it was in college), 2.      Regain access potential partners outside of your peer group (you are approaching 30 but you do not want to marry a 30-year-old), 3.      Get things more serious more quickly ...