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Even though Muslims all over the world do not celebrate the holy days of the festive season, most of us are at home on vacation. Some of us get caught up in the shopping rush and entertainment and getting together of family and friends. The festive season in the west can be a jolly time for some, but sadly, it can be the loneliest time of the year for singles. Unless you have a big circle of friends or you were blessed with a huge extended family, you are going to spend the season alone. If you are lucky to be invited to any celebration or get-together, you are still going to be single there as well. Each year you tell yourself: “I need a partner for the new year.” Each year your family or friends try to match you with someone. You are getting quite annoyed with their obsession to see you married each year. If you are reading this, you probably are a single Muslim, still searching for Mr/Miss Right. Then why do you protest and tell the family matchmakers that you are not looking and don’t need help. The fact of the matter is, you are tired of being alone, your biological clock is ticking louder each year while you become another year older. So stop the denial, confront your fears of someone encroaching on your personal space, and open yourself up to be swept off your feet. Enough with the excuses and reasons, why you don’t need someone in your life. You know you need someone special to love and to cherish. Someone to come home to; Someone to share your special moments with; Someone to catch you when you fall; So stop being afraid of falling in love or being loved! You can by logging onto www.singlemuslims.co.za! Write to us info@singlemuslims.co.za Call us 021-7612302 Mobile 0723106836 Fatima Barron

No one ever thinks about the characteristics of a Muslim husband. It isalways what a wife should do for the husband...and the list never ends; home management, tutoring, ferrying the kids, caring, cooking, cleaning, washing,working, even ; you name it, she is doing it, so what about the brothers? Our beloved Prophet SAW was not THIS lazy, so why the men of this ummah.It is quite interesting, so I thought I'd share it with you !!! What a Muslim husband should be like... 1. Dress up for your wife, look clean and smell good. When was the last time you went shopping for designer pyjamas? Just like the husband wants his wife to look nice for him, she also wants her husband to dress up for her too. Remember that the Prophet (PBUH) would always start with Miswak when returning home and always loved the sweetest smells. 2. Call your wife by the most beloved names to her, and avoid using names that hurt their feelings. 3. Don't treat her like a fly. We never think about a fly in our daily livesuntil it 'bugs' us. Similarly, a wife will do well all day - which brings no attention from the husband - until she does something to 'bug' him. Don't treat her like this; recognize all the good that she does and focus on that. 4. If you see wrong from your wife, try being silent and do not comment!This is one of the ways the Prophet (PBUH) used when he would see something inappropriate from his wives (R.A).It's a technique that few Muslim men have mastered. 5. Smile at your wife whenever you see her and embrace her often. Smiling is Sadaqah and your wife is not exempt from the Muslim Ummah. Imagine life with her constantly seeing you smiling.Remember also those Ahadith when the Prophet (PBUH) would kiss his wife before leaving for Salaah, even when he was fasting. 6. Thank her for all that she does for you. Then thank her again! Take for example a dinner at your house. She makes the food, cleans the home, and a dozen other tasks to prepare. And sometimes the only acknowledgment she receives is that there needed to be more salt in the soup. Don't let that be ... thank her!

Everyone seems to own a cellphone these days. It is probably impossible to imagine life without it. Most people are accessing the internet via their mobile phones. Its that easy. Now imagine accessing Single Muslims via your cellphone. That would make this website and its services accessible to all, old and young. Those people who are unable to access the internet due to a lack of a computer will now be able to find a match by simply sending an sms to a code. Yes, an sms code will make finding a partner that simple. So watch this space as Single Muslims add another dimension to cyber dating or meeting people on the internet. Fatima Barron