Are all Sayyid (Syed in South Asia) Shia's or former Shia's?

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Maybe you forgot to don the black turban yaar.

Only scholars wear tht im content with our own ...

 

[Last Hope]

Syed is not a title u get after becoming shia.. if tht was the case id be a "syed" aswell ...

They both did, to get respect from Shia community etc. The former earned it, since he was directly promoted to a 'Imam' whilst the latter didn't and he reverted back.

Also i believe genetics play an important role in a mans personality n actions aswell.

I don't. This is insane and absurd mindset, people voted for PPP for same reason in 2008, and they will probably vote for Bilawal cause he was son of Benazir who was daughter of Zulfiqar Bhutto.

I totally disagree here.

 

[KingMamba]

Go to interior sindh n u will also find em armed with RPGs...

As for 5= 9 or 10 no lalay... i say it coz they really are ..

@Armstrong u men should grow some ... though ... my grandpa fought in 47 and he saw kashmiris being massacred by indians... and in a really bad way...

That's crazy. You can find heavy weaponry in Texas but no rpgs.

Yaar koi tasveere dehka saachi I have heard of their beauty but its like a myth.

 

[p(-)0ENiX]

No, never touched alcohol in my life. I tried qat once though. But it is completely harmless if you don't chew it each day for years or in large amounts.

Same here, I have never tried alcohol, but my Yemeni friends did offer me some Qat once, but that was when I was in Malaysia. I might not have chewed it in the required amount, because I didn't get high, in fact I didn't feel any different whatsoever. Based on what my friends have told me, chewing Qat regularly is normal in their culture.

 

[al-Hasani]

Same here, I have never tried alcohol, but my Yemeni friends did offer me some Qat once, but that was when I was in Malaysia. I might not have chewed it in the required amount, because I didn't get high, in fact I didn't feel any different whatsoever. Based on what my friends have told me, chewing Qat regularly is normal in their culture.

Getting "high" from qat is like drinking a Red Bull or two. It is rather harmless and you need big amounts every single day for years to even feel the negative impacts on the long run and some never feel any impact despite chewing it for years every single day. Hence why so many Yemenis do it and others and still can live normally. If they took heroine for example or drank alcohol every single day then the outcome would be much, much worse. For example the one time I tried it I did not feel anything. I might as well had drank some strong Arabic coffee.

It is part of social gatherings and it is several thousands years old. Also it is only chewed in some parts of Yemen, mostly Northern Yemen. Not all.

Khat (Catha edulis; "eatable kat"[1]) is a flowering plant native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.Among communities from these areas, khat chewing has a long history as a social custom dating back thousands of years.[2]
Khat contains a monoamine alkaloid called cathinone, an amphetamine-like stimulant, which is said to cause excitement, loss of appetite and euphoria. In 1980, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified it as a drug of abuse that can produce mild to moderate psychological dependence (less than tobacco or alcohol),[3] although the WHO does not consider khat to be seriously addictive.[2] The plant has been targeted by anti-drug organizations such as the DEA.[4] It is a controlled substance in some countries, such as the United States, Canada and Germany, while its production, sale and consumption are legal in other nations, including Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia and Yemen.[5]

Khat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Having said that then it is a problem in Yemen due to overuse. That is undeniable. It should be regulated, it should not be produced in such large quantities so land would not be used on this but rather vegetables, fruits, rice, tea, coffee etc. production. Removing it completely would be impossible since it has been part of the social gatherings in Yemen and elsewhere for THOUSANDS of years. Thousands of years before Islam.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

That's crazy. You can find heavy weaponry in Texas but no rpgs.

Yaar koi tasveere dehka saachi I have heard of their beauty but its like a myth.

Dude there was even a report on tv about some internal conflict between 2 clans...

They both did, to get respect from Shia community etc. The former earned it, since he was directly promoted to a 'Imam' whilst the latter didn't and he reverted back.

lol they became shia to get respect frim shias? and the other wasnt made an imam so he became sunni again...

I don't. This is insane and absurd mindset, people voted for PPP for same reason in 2008, and they will probably vote for Bilawal cause he was son of Benazir who was daughter of Zulfiqar Bhutto.

I totally disagree here.

We are not talking abt politics here but genetics... a sheep can never be a tiger.

 

[p(-)0ENiX]

Getting "high" from qat is like drinking a Red Bull or two. It is rather harmless and you need big amounts every single day for years to even feel the negative impacts on the long run and some never feel any impact despite chewing it for years every single day. Hence why so many Yemenis do it and others and still can live normally. If they took heroine for example or drank alcohol every single day then the outcome would be much, much worse. For example the one time I tried it I did not feel anything. I might as well had drank some strong Arabic coffee.

It is part of social gatherings and it is several thousands years old. Also it is only chewed in some parts of Yemen, mostly Northern Yemen. Not all.

Khat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Having said that then it is a problem in Yemen due to overuse. That is undeniable. It should be regulated, it should not be produced in such large quantities so land would not be used on this but rather vegetables, fruits, rice, tea, coffee etc. production. Removing it completely would be impossible since it has been part of the social gatherings in Yemen and elsewhere for THOUSANDS of years. Thousands of years before Islam.

Yeah, I know it's commonly chewed in social gatherings, but I didn't know its been in use for thousands of years. It should be regulated, the land would be better used for growing and exporting other fruits or vegetables. Wouldn't they have to ensure that any cut backs on the land used for growing Qat don't affect their local demand or the demand of their diasporas abroad? I have heard that Yemen and a few other African countries export Qat abroad besides consuming it locally. By the way, Qat is prohibited in Saudi Arabia, & some people say that it's considered haram, is that true?

Sorry I couldn't divide up your post to respond to each part individually or with greater detail. I am on an ipad at the moment.

 

[KingMamba]

Dude there was even a report on tv about some internal conflict between 2 clans...

In Texas?

 

[al-Hasani]

Yeah, I know it's commonly chewed in social gatherings, but I didn't know its been in use for thousands of years. It should be regulated, the land would be better used for growing and exporting other fruits or vegetables. Wouldn't they have to ensure that any cut backs on the land used for growing Qat don't affect their local demand or the demand of their diasporas abroad? I have heard that Yemen and a few other African countries export Qat abroad besides consuming it locally. By the way, Qat is prohibited in Saudi Arabia, & some people say that it's considered haram, is that true?

Sorry I couldn't divide up your post to respond to each part individually or with greater detail. I am on an ipad at the moment.

Yes, it is. Well, it is very old much like Yemen which has among the oldest civilizations on earth.

Well, there is plenty of agricultural land in Yemen since it is a fertile land but too much is used as qat field for my liking although the government has tried to limit it albeit not fully with success everywhere. After all Yemenis are very independent people and the government does not really has much governmental control.

I don't know if it is exported to be honest? Must be more of a thing done on the Horn of Africa and Kenya. From what I am aware of most of the cultivation is for domestic use.

It is prohibited by law but many Saudi Arabians chew it in secret since it also was part of the culture in some regions of KSA historically.

It is rather Makruh than Haram. Just like smoking cigarettes is Makruh but millions of Muslims do it anyway. From hookah to cigarettes. Although it has been debated a lot in Islamic circles from the earliest times of Islam until today.

No problem, man.

In Texas?

Howdy, JIHAAA, LOL.

 

[KingMamba]

Hatfield

The most gangster family feud I know about.

They even have a mini series about it, I recommend it.

Hatfields & McCoys (TV Mini-Series 2012) - IMDb
@al-Hasani @DESERT FIGHTER

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

Hatfield

The most gangster family feud I know about.

They even have a mini series about it, I recommend it.

Hatfields & McCoys (TV Mini-Series 2012) - IMDb
@al-Hasani @DESERT FIGHTER

The Hat-Mc had always been notorious

 

[KingMamba]

The Hat-Mc had always been notorious

My own family got a feud like that going on but amongst ourselves.

Your mother's side are Texans right?

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

My own family got a feud like that going on but amongst ourselves.

Your mother's side are Texans right?

Italiano Texan, yeah, tell me about it

 

[p(-)0ENiX]

Yes, it is. Well, it is very old much like Yemen which has among the oldest civilizations on earth.

Well, there is plenty of agricultural land in Yemen since it is a fertile land but too much is used as qat field for my liking although the government has tried to limit it albeit not fully with success everywhere. After all Yemenis are very independent people and the government does not really has much governmental control.

I don't know if it is exported to be honest? Must be more of a thing done on the Horn of Africa and Kenya. From what I am aware of most of the cultivation is for domestic use.

It is prohibited by law but many Saudi Arabians chew it in secret since it also was part of the culture in some regions of KSA historically.

It is rather Makruh than Haram. Just like smoking cigarettes is Makruh but millions of Muslims do it anyway. From hookah to cigarettes.

No problem, man.

Thanks for the information. I just thought it was odd that Saudi Arabia had prohibited it. From what I have noticed, when it comes to religion Yemenis are far more conservative, so it just seemed weird that Qat could be haram. Anyway, I know that the southern portion of Saudi Arabia is extremely similar to Yemen culturally. I do have interest in ancient Semitic civilizations, particularly Babylon, Phoenicia, & the ancient Israelites. Although, I am not ignorant of Yemeni civilizations either. The one that I know best is the Ethiopian/Yemeni Kingdom of Saba, and that's because of its link to King Solomon's dynasty over Israel. In any case, the southern portion of Arabia (Oman & Yemen) from what I have learnt so far was the most civilized & developed region of Arabia at its time, excluding Mesopotamia. It's due to that that even the Romans referred to Arabia with 2 distinct names; Arabia Deserta & Arabia Felix. Felix is a Latin word meaning blessed or happy. It was essentially used to differentiate the developed & undeveloped regions using Greco-Roman standards.

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

@al-Hasani

It is not about Khat being cool or not, nor is it different from one province to the other, it is a " Federal crime ", at least that's what they taught us