You are very kind. I’m sorry to hear about the difficulties in your life. I will send you an email, Insha’Allah.

Wael
IslamicAnswers.com Editor

Respected & Esteemed Brother Wael Abdelgawad:
it is surely and solely within Allah ta’Ala’s knowledge why it is only today, six years after I moved to, and 2 years after I left a town 40 miles away from Fresno and when my life is now in utterly ruined and no longer able to save myself. my life and my aakhirah that I became aware of your existence and your desire and efforts help Muslims. I used to travel to Fresno on personal errands at least once every month throughout the period 2006 and 2010 but I never learned of your existence … la howla wa la quwwata illa billah … If only had know of your existence 6 years ago, or five years ago or four years ago, or even 3 years ago … I might have been able to save myself and my life …. la howla wa la quwwata illa billah …. you are a good man and I humbly ask you to kindly make du’a that Allah Ta’ala forgive me, restore me to His Favor, restore my spiritual health, cure of my myopia and stupidity, and guide me back to a life of value and worth to myself and His Creation. Aameen

Wael
Zawaj.com Editor

I did not know how to contact you but I thought you would be the kind of person who wishes to know of any offensive and misleading material on your website.

Your articles are quite good in general but I think that this is offensive and incorrect:

http://www.zawaj.com/articles/names_prohibited.html

particularly this part:

“FORBIDDEN NAMES….

…3. From the names forbidden for our sons and daughters particular to our enemies, the Jews and the Christians, like: George, David, Michael, Joseph, Diana, Jaclyn etc., since use of these names causes – sooner or later – love of them and feeling of closeness to them and imitating them in their manners and their customs and we – the Muslims – have been forbidden to imitate our enemies and to have love for them and ties of friendship.

Perhaps this is the book of some hateful extremist but I am sure, as you are from USA that you disagree with this kind of sentiment.

I did not realise that we have such “enemies” – I thought more like cousins. Surely intermarriage between “enemies” would not be allowed.
I am sure you did not notice such hateful words. I don’t like to think that my Jewish cousins/second cousins are my enemies because I love them. This is not forbidden – to love our relatives.

Regards,
Maki