Hello Everyone

 I don't talk much, (That's how I got this Nickname) but I read alot so hopefully I'll be here reading a while. 

So far I like what I see.

Woodstock

Salam Woodstock,

Welcome to IC forum.  I like your sitename...for many years, I was called Peppermint Patty...a nicknamed given to me at summer camp when I was only 11...maybe because I had freckles...  Yours reminds me of that time...good memories.

Inshallah you will learn a lot about Islam through your time spent here.  I know through my own experience as a new revert to Islam this forum has been very helpful to me.  Although I'm not such a newbie anymore, I still learn a lot from others here Alhamdulillah.  My only suggestion would be to pick your thread carefully and stay away from meaningless discussions that lead nowhere...at least no where good.  As Muslims, we are told to stay away from talk that is unworthy of our time and effort.  When I think about it, this is such a basic lesson but one which gets overlooked easily.  As you probably already know, at times we humans are "too smart" for our own good.  I simple cannot image any animal in Allah's great creation acting this way.  They simply go about taking care of business in the best way possible.  Example, have you ever seen a squirrel collecting nuts that are not good?  Of course not, it would be a waste of its time and energy.  We should be more like the other animals in Allah's great creation and stay away from gathering bad things to us because, as the other animals show us, doing so is a waste of time and energy.  I am not suggesting that you will do this but merely that the opportunity to do that is here as it is anywhere else on the internet.

Inshallah you will be guided to the right path.

Sister Khadija