Koran is the greatest reference in our religion followed by the Sunnah crystallized by the authentic Hadiths of the Prophet SAW
Hadith complements the Koran while explaining it On other hand Koran does only generalize sublime principal of Allah leaving to the Prophet SAW any latitude to complete it precisely and in specific cases

There is no text in the Koran or Hadith that prohibited a Muslim man from wearing necklace or ring as long as it not made from gold
yeah there is Hadith that stated that cursed is the  man that make himself looks like woman and cursed is the woman that makes herself look like man
so I will say it all depend on someone culture and how they define male and female wear so please dont mix culture with Islam
If your ibo culture says that necklace worn by male would make him look female then just stay away it would be haram since only woman wear it but if is not so is halal for you to wear it Islam has always being flexible and accommodating people cultures it is what we call in Arabic ''Urf "(known and familiar customs ) is like a Muslim Scottish  won't be cursed because in their "urf" ( customs) men wear skirt but for an Arab man it  would be
prohibited (Haram) because in the Arab culture only women wear skirt  and therefore it would make him look like woman

"O Believers when the call for prayer is made on Friday hasten to the remembrance of ALLAH and give up all Trading that is better for you if you knew"
Koran 62:9
Jumuah Mubaraka

I think Brother Azhar should be considered unless the Nigerian Nationality is required

First most people don't know that when Koran addressed the issue of Hijab its was within the context of addressing the room in which the Prophet SAW used to meet His guests it meant that the Prophet wives couldn't be in same room when many people visited the prophet SAW for different reasons
Therefore Koran stated that the wives should be behind Hijab (curtain) so people here should know that hijab in Arabic means curtain or divider and not dress code the word Hijab in Arabic could be employed in many ways for example the Koran was described as Hijab between its readers and the wrong path the appropriate linguistic term we should be using is" Khimar"( head scarf) when referring to dress code and not Hijab (curtain)
To my knowledge Hijab is not mandated in Koran if it is it is only the subjective of interpretation of Aya (verse) by reader hence many scholars say that according to Hadith  a woman should covers all her body except her hands and face a very limited Muslim know that this is in  Sunan Abu Dawud (volume three Hadith 4092) Abu Dawud says this Hadith is" Mursal" (weak) (the narrator who transmitted it from Seyida Aisha is missing )
so since this Hadith according to Abu Dawud is Mursal (weak) so it has no value for Shariah purpose
Yes Islam emphasizes modesty in the dress of Muslim woman but nowhere does it mandate what they call Hijab
as matter fact modesty in dress is also required from Muslim men

I think both Iran and Saudi Arabia should be taken out they both have very destructive Ideologies and they doing more harm to the world

Your Husband was a nice Guy someone else might kick you out the curb for that how dare can you bring another man to your house when your husband is away?  I don't care if he is friend cousin co worker etc in my culture is a no no and I 'm not that rigid

Dubai is good place for shopping you have lamcy Plaza (clothes shoes jewelleries ) try to buy things in dozen that way would be cheaper
you have also Ibn Battuta Mall the Gold souk ( Market) Deira city my advice when you shopping in Dubai always bargain dont give up until
you get the lowest price

@ poster sorry for your experience the guy was just a crook he shouldn't charge you more than 45 us $ plus the toll next time try to avoid those black cars sitting at Jfk they are not regulated and most  are crooks in NY city always opt for yellow cab it is more secure and make sure you always ask for receipt in case  you forget your stuff that way is easier to truck the driver good luck next time

@ Rokiatu are you sure

I will never change or compromise my religion for any love or material thing in this world I say never and I mean it but at same time I will always be tolerant and respectful of other people faith custom and culture I think our common bound is our Humanity which I cherish very much

That silly you can fly Lagos -Dakar -Algeria is cheaper and shorter route

Cotonu is an easy town to navigate it has three major roads running east to west Porto Novo to the east is the political capital
to the North you have livingstone street where you will find the City best Restaurants
The lifestyle is not much different from the one in the USA outside the city you have numbers of sandy beaches you can visit on the weekends
speaking French or Yoruba is a plus

@Mafe did you get my email

J ai l impression qur le pronom personnel singulier" moi " est le chouchou des Nigerians de maniere a ce qu ils l abusent dans toutes leur conversations ce pronom est utlise par tout le monde quelque soit leur niveau intellectuel ou social Je me demande pourkoi ?

Thanks Mafe I will get back to you shortly

@ileke Ide lol you must be prejudice don't discourage your Nigerian sisters but i doubt Chinese men can be players because few women are attracted to them

@ Emeka stop asking silly question of course both can marry each other since Sunni Muslim man can marry Christian and Jewish  woman  what can prevent him from marrying Shia  Muslim woman ? Nada

@ mafe check the travel section I left you message there

If you don't mind you can leave yours and I will get back to you

@ rokiatu your sister gonna match you with one since there is shortage of black men and Asian girls but the odd combination might be ridiculed as poor matches by whites blacks and Asians alike lol

I know south bend well I was based in Indianapolis I still have some business there

Maybe since you are in northern Indiana and south bend is small and boring city why you don't set up your website and help out your sisters

Here in the US black women and Asian men are left on the sideline white guys are marrying Asian women and black guys white women
I think black women and Asian men can be a big combo but maybe black women and Asian men are not yet interested in marrying outside their race

@ Mafe Hope everything going well for you and Yes my offer still on May Almighty God help us to be working on the front lines of human need

Sister Thanks for your question which shows how  God fearing and truthful penitent you are May Allah forgive our sins and accept our repentance
In Islam the door of repentance is always open but for the  repentance to be accepted you must resolve to cease from committing zina and show
remorse for the sinful act and return to Allah seeking his forgiveness Allah says in the Koran " Say O my servants who have transgressed against their 
Souls despair not of Mercy of Allah :For Allah forgives all sins For His oft Forgiving Most Merciful " Az zumar 53
Allah also Says " Allah accept the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and repent soon afterwards to them will Allah turn in  Mercy: For Allah is Full of knowledge and wisdom" An Nissa 17
Sister be keen on performing your prayers regularly  give Sadaqah (charity) to the poor and needy with the intention to purify yourself and expiate your sins and determine not to commit this sin again and what your friend has said has no basis there is no legal statue preventing someone from marrying someone with whom he has  committed zina

@ Lagos Shia
When we read verses of Koran we should read the  entire passage and not just isolated part of it we must see the context and what is being said otherwise we will be  misled I am afraid that many of you are either knowingly or unknowingly taking the Koran and Hadith out of context just to win debates  already lost
Since you mentioned the verse of AL Ahzab 33:33 let us now read to whom this verse was addressed  let us read the entire sentence from 33:32 to
33:34            " O WIVES OF THE PROPHET you are not like any of other women if you will be on your guard then be not soft on your speech lest he in whose heart is disease yearn and speak a good word and stay quietly in your houses and make not a dazzling display like the one of the former time of ignorance and establish regular prayer and give regular  charity and obey Allah and His Messenger and Allah only wishes to remove all abominations
from you YOU EHL ALBEYT (people of the house) and to make YOU pure and Spotless " AL Ahzab 32 -34
It is obvious Allah clearly Addresses the wives of The Prophet (SAW) if we were to argue that this verse of purification and that it makes certain people infallible then we should have to conclude that is Seyida Aisha and Seyida Hafsa and the rest of the Prophet' s Wives I based this on simple fact that the verse was revealed with the Heading (YA NISA ENNEBI) "O Wives of The Prophet" Bro how can we say this verse refers to Imam Ali (RA)and the infallible Shia Imams when none of them were mentioned here but only the wives are addressed ? there is no actually a single verse in Koran which identifies  Imam Ali (RA) Seyida Fatima (RA) Imam Hassan (RA) Imam Hussein (RA) to be Ehl Albeyt not single verse in the Koran mentions the 12 infallible Shia Imams let alone mentioning them as the Ehl Albeyt How is  that a very fundamental aspect of Shia faith is not 
  mentioned in the Koran which is supposed to be the ultimate guide to the truth ? the term Ehl Albeyt has being used only twice in the Koran and both times to refer to the Wives The Koran never said "O cousin of the Prophet" or "O Hussain"but rather it says "O Wives of The Prophet"

@ Kwarashia
Have you ever read Surat AL Ahzab " The Prophet is more worthy of the believers than themselves and His Wives are their Mothers " AL Ahzab 6
can you contradict this verse by denying that Seyida Aisha and Seyida Hafsa   are not among the Wives of the Prophets and are not your Mothers
you will automatically exit the fold of Islam if you say so
How dare can  you  claim that those Two noble Women are not a part of relatives of the Prophet or His Household?
I am not sure how fluent are you in Arabic ? but Ahl Albeyt means( People of the House ) Albeyt in Arabic means House so therefore Aisha and 
Hafsa are both a part of Ahl Albeyt and this verse emphasized that all the Prophet ' s wives are Allah Says Talking to The Prophet wives "And abide 
in your  House and do not display yourselves the display of the former time of ignorance and establish Prayer and give zakah and obey Allah and   His Messenger Allah intends only to remove from you the impurity of sins Ahl Albeyt( People of the Prophet's household ) and to purify you with   
extensive Purification" AL Ahzab 33 so why Allah called them here Ahl Albeyt ? it obvious He Meant the Prophet's wives since He was talking to   them the narrative and the context are obvious

My Muslim Shia Brothers I regard you as Muslims yet innovative Muslims furthermore I warned of two serious issues as far as many shiites concerned cursing the Prophet's companions and wives and invading the Sunni community with Shia doctrine
As many Sunni I believe Shia are producers of many religious innovations (bidah) but are not unbelievers and  the truth has only one face almost  90 % of Muslim are Sunnis this being the case the Shia as minority and oppsition also have the right to voice their beliefs about us

Seyida Ify Let me first wish you and  everybody here Eid Mubarak and Forgive me  Madame for giving you the impression  for being impolite 
  I never  meant to come across that way To answer your question about Ahmediya sect  I would say that Ahmediya people are the followers of   
   an Indian called Mirza Ahmed Ghulam this sect comprises two sub -sects :
"Ahmediya Muslim comuunity" called (Qadiani) and Lahore Ahmediya Movement
   Mainstream Muslims scholars have already issued fatwas unanimously  against this sect which they consider subversive falsely and decietfully
   claiming to be an Islamic sect
   The Highest Muslim Organization (Muslim World League )  which by the way comprises scholars from Both Muslim Schools of Thought 
   (Sunni and Shia)
    issued Fatwa in 1974 stating " that this sect plans to damage the very foundations of Islam its eminent deviation from the basic Islamic
    principles are as follows
    1- its founder claims that he was a Prophet  2 - they (Ahmedis) distort the meaning of the verses of the Koran 3 - they believe
     Jesus is dead 
     The permanent board of Inquiry and Fatwa (Highest Scholars council) in Saudi Arabia Issued a Fatwa against them same year
    Also other Fatwas issued from the follow Muslims Organizations
    Islamic Fiqh Academy of Egypt
    Islamic fiqh  council South Africa
    Fatwa from the Muslim based US Scholar Muzammil Siddiqi
    Shariah Council U K
    To answer your Last question what make this sect different from others Muslims ?
    The Muslims are those who worship Allah alone and follow His Messenger Mohamed (SAW) and believe that He is the Seal of the Prophets
    and there is no Prophet after Him
    as for Ahmedis they claim that Mirza Ahmed was a Prophet after Mohamed (SAW) which make them Kuffar (non Muslim) by contradicting
    This Koranic verse  Allah Says in Surat Alahzab "Mohamed is not the Father of any man among you but He is The Messenger of Allah and the last
    (Seal) of The Prophets " Al Ahzab 40  and because of what The Prophet (SAW) have Said " I am the Seal of all The Prophets there is no Prophet
    after me "( Al Bukhari and Muslim  Imam Ahmed and Abu Dawud )
    Bottom line since they contradicted Koran and Hadith they can't be called Muslims according to all Scholars and  because the major part of Islam
    is believing that there is no Prophet after Mohamed (SAW) that why we Muslims call Him the Seal of the Prophets since Ahmedis do not believe in
    it I don't think they can be assimilated in a Religion which is completely opposite to what they believe
    Last I never came across of thread addressing Ahmediya on NL but the Brothers and Sisters might have the answer

I wish   as Muslims we  can get along but our problem is ignorance people like sweetnecta should know better and go further their knowledge in Islam before spreading lies up in here suggesting that 50% of the Koran was about Prophet Musa   was  not only  a big lie but also an insult to the intelligence of people here Koran out 114 chapters or surahs has only mentioned Prophet Musa in 13 surahs
An other problem with sweetnecta she is eager to use some Arabic words but she screwed up every time she mispilled Uhud as Huud  Wahshi as Waashi  Jahiliyyah as Jahaliyah
An other point we as Sunnis  shouldn't dismiss every thing about Shia especially when it comes to the love of Ahl elbeyt ( Family of the Prophet ) The Prophet ask us to love them as a sign of gratitude to him  Allah says "Say (O Mohamed to mankind ) I do not ask of you any reward for it except for Love for my near relatives "Koran 42:23 but to my Shia I hope they understand that this verse include our love also to Seyida Aisha and Seyida Hafsa wives of the Prophet and daughters of the first two caliphs the sad thing is Shia  Scholars  don't hesitate to rant and insult those two great  Noble women which is wrong and  unacceptable  by any standard