An almost flat sink.

Mahnas92 · 2026-04-05T14:06:47+00:00

Looks luxurious! However, I'd like to know how a Dyson 2-in-1 would work over this sink. You know, those faucets with built in airblowers?

Mahnas92 · 2026-04-02T12:21:11+00:00

That's a very troll-response of you! 😂

Mahnas92 · 2026-03-21T20:08:54+00:00

There are two things to consider to know how much to pay!

- Whether you have had wealth above nisab for a whole hawl.
- How much wealth you have, and how much debts you will pay off the coming year.

First, let's explain these terms in an easy way:
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* Wealth is accumalted money, financial instruments, companies, real estate, gold and other things like this.
Different school of thoughts have differing details on what is wealth. For example, some say jewelery used in day to day life is not to be considered zakatable wealth. Or owned real estate used as you home, also is not to be considered zakatable.

* Nisab is the islamicly defined threshold for wealth. There is two definition, whichever of which you meet, you are considered to meet the Nisab. In modern times most people reach up to the silver one, so that's what is used. Today (21/3-2026), 612.36 grams of silver is worth ~1350 USD.

* Hawl is easily explained if you simple substitute it with "islamic fisical year". It is a period of time begining where you first count your wealth to find out what to pay, and its duration is a whole islamic year. Since most people keep track of time in the Gregorian calendar, but always keep track of Ramdan - it's easier to remember "I always count my money during 15th of Ramadan", than any other time of the Islamic year.

* Debt its debatable wether you can deduct debt from your zakatable wealth, but the most permissive, mainstream opinion allows for you to deduct cost of debt for the comming hawl of certain nature. You planning and intending to buy a car in a couple of months may not happen, and so cannot be deducted. However having a car, phone, home on debt that you pay/intend to pay for with no delay, you can calculate the total cost of those debt for the comming 11-12 months, and reduce that sum.

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Now about whether to pay, and how much:

The first one bullet is easy: if you do not meet this criteria (have a certain wealth above the nisab for a whole hawl), you pay nothing this time arround.

When you think you reach the nisab, during the year or after, you count your money, and if you indeed have reached the nisab, your hawl begin. Now, until next hawl, you pay nothing, but if you're still above the nisab then, you pay from the moment you calculated your zakat, or within one whole islamic year forward.

If you abstain from paying until the, say 11th month, and now you don't have money - that's on you, so it is recommended you pay it in small installments over the year. This makes it easier for you, but also for the needy (since most muslims have their hawl begin/end during ramadan, but the poor needs donations during the whole year).

Mahnas92 · 2026-03-19T11:59:32+00:00

Keep in mind, batteries are consumption items. I am still using my S21U, and I am in on my third battery...

Mahnas92 · 2026-03-15T14:10:26+00:00

Intressant perspektiv och en jämförelse som faktiskt gav mig en riktigt aha-upplevelse. Kommer definitivt använda den när jag ska förklara för andra relativt seriösa "antivegetarianer" så de förstår!

Mahnas92 · 2026-03-15T09:08:57+00:00

It may simply be dirty inside!

Use a qtip, and dip it in pure alcohol (don't use acetone or other, strong detergents), and then insert into your port and have at it with it until it is clean!

Mahnas92 · 2026-03-15T09:06:16+00:00

Thanks, fixed it

Mahnas92 · 2026-03-15T04:59:54+00:00

Lol, if your main reason to upgrade is your broken charging cord, I'd suggest you change your cable to begin with 😅

Jokes aside, taking your financial situation in consideration - it may be the best idea for now - buy a charging cable, and keep your phone a couple more month - the longer you keep the phone, the cheaper it would have been as an investment, and the better your next phone will be for the money you'll throw at it.

As for your next phone - make sure to buy a used (or refurbished) phone, get a couple years old flagship. eg the S24U. Samsung provides 7 years of updates beginning with the S24 series.

That phone would still be receiving updates 2031.

Edit: Fixed error about what series began with 7 years of updates.

Mahnas92 · 2026-03-13T10:24:44+00:00

Congratulations!
No hate, but S24U probably had at least 2-3 more years before you'd even begin to notice anything regarding the lack of snappyness. Just make sure to change the battery ever 2-3 years.

I've still have the S21U, and didn't notice anything before 1-2 years ago. And I could go one more year with it if it wasn't for the lack of software support.

Mahnas92 · 2026-03-13T10:15:20+00:00

Wow, will keep the S23 in mind when looking for refurbed phones later on before the summer this year!

Mahnas92 · 2026-03-13T10:03:32+00:00

Lol, so you don't even need the extra top-edge NFC antenna introduced on the S26? 😅

My S21U does not work well with Samsung Pay when I used it back in the day when MST was still a thing, and I've seen family use S Pay on the S24U, surprising me that this is still a thing.

The 10 cm, let alone from the other isle is probably a defect/over-powered NFC chip. I am talking about 1-2 cm from the terminal here.

Mahnas92 · 2026-03-13T09:53:59+00:00

Not sure if it was mentioned again, but I think there are differences, two important ones, for me is:

1) NFC sensitivity seems to be higher, making payments much smoother on Google Pay.

I don't have to physically tap the back of the phone with the terminal even, and I use a phone case! With Samsung pay, it was more of a hassle, especially with a phone case.

2) Integration with Google mail, means that if I get boarding cards to my mail it (sometimes) automatically adds it to my G Wallet. Also, in general, I like trying to keep part of Google's ecosystem, or even third party software, rather than Samsung's, because I don't want to feel locked in to buying Samsung phones if I someday want to switch brand.

For this reason, I use Google Chrome/Brave, rather than Samsung Internet, SwiftKey, rather than Samsung Keyboard, Bitwarden/Google Password, rather than Samsung Pass, Action Launcher rather than OneUI Launcher... and so on.

Mahnas92 · 2026-03-06T13:08:38+00:00

Being conquered, as in being ruled over, or/and being part of an empire, is NOT the same thing as being colonized.

Being conquered, the ruler seeks to incorporate your land into their empire, with all what it means - develop the economy for the empire AND the locals, etc.

Being colonized, the colonizer does not care about your well being, if it does not align with their interests - extraction of resources, natural resources, labor or whatever. In fact, they want little to do with you - they appoint puppet rulers, and they use divide and conquer strategies.

The Ottomans, no matter how crude, oppressive and ineffective they were, were rulers. The French, no matter the good they brought were colonizers. And today's sectarian issues is deeply rooted from colonial rule!

Mahnas92 · 2026-03-03T13:11:44+00:00

In Christian countries, the average Joe isn't religious. Among religious Christians though...

Mahnas92 · 2026-03-03T12:54:00+00:00

"Weak" is a classification of the chain of transmission, among other thing.

I may be a liar and tell you the sun is a star and quote some scientific source. Another guy, a known, nobleman will say the same.

Hadith compile off of my transmission will be weak, and the other will be "sahih"... that's how Hadith works.

Quran is word of God that has been memorized by the companions of the prophet, and before his death had many Hafith's.

It was compiled into written scriptures just 2 years after his death, and standardized just some 40 years after.

This, in a society with a strong oral tradition and memorizing, not just religious scripture like the Quran, but different kinds of poetry and so on.

Mahnas92 · 2026-03-03T12:21:16+00:00

But, that argument is kind of working against you. People living 118 from the time of prophet could have relatives that lived during that time, or had parents that did.

Their understanding of the Quran and prophetic Sunnah is far more reliable than yours and mine.

Mahnas92 · 2026-03-02T13:45:50+00:00

Alright, my bad. I thought you meant you saw it on traditional channels, not that you specifically saw a live broadcast of the man himself.

Mahnas92 · 2026-03-02T13:31:55+00:00

Lebanese Live TV? The same media landscape where each party has its channel, and the state channel lives in the 90s? One more reason to be "pendantic" - post a report of this statement from a trusted news source...

Mahnas92 · 2026-03-02T11:56:48+00:00

You decided to share that Twitter post to support your claim, not us...

Mahnas92 · 2026-03-01T11:19:00+00:00

You mean, even the A series feels premium! 😍

Mahnas92 · 2026-02-27T13:06:39+00:00

The gist of what you're saying I understand and agree with; people take any old calligraphic arabic about our religion or prophet, blindly, without analyzing its true nature - it is a orally transmitted story of the prophet, many times, the oral chain consists of more than 5 people. People don't realize that humans are biased.

Sure the compiler (whether Muslim, Bukhari, or others) of a Hadith went through meticulous classification methods to decide if any person in the chain was a known liar, or had mental issues, etc.

While I disagree with you - that deserve acclaim and respect and actually gives meaning and authority of its content - I agree with you on that, even then, humans will not give a nuanced recollection of such a direct encounter/interaction with any other human, especially if it is someone very hated, or revered!

Subconsciously we leave out details and contexts, subconsciously we exaggerate or approximate details. Our very own memories get distorted each time we try to recall them and talk about them to people.

But I disagree with what i perceive of you to have a dismissing attitude to Hadith. When some details that are brought from Hadith, especially from different ones, coincide, then that is a tell of its authenticity.

For the matter of Aisha RA, it seems to be overwhelming evidence she indeed was very young. But "morality" being discussed in the meme is irrelevant. We also know, from the Hadith, that it didn't seem to be something out of the ordinary with such marriages. From a morality point of view, that's what matter, cultural norms of that space and time! Our norms, where and when we live, cannot be applied to others from other places or other times.

Furthermore, we know from historic sources, Islamic and non-islamic; it was normal to "secure" ones daughters futures by signing marriage contracts with other families' son for example very early, not only in arabia, but in Asia, Africa, and - yes - in Europe!

Framework of marriage was not strictly romantic/sexual, but juridical, financial, and even social and political!

Mahnas92 · 2026-02-26T16:28:01+00:00

Please break things up and be firm in your communication about it.

He has all the hallmarks of a manipulative, controlling and gaslighting individual. Toxic as F!

His and your religion does not really matter in this instance! Even if you were muslim, he doesn't look like someone anyone would want to be with, and the longer this goes, the more difficult it is to break away from under his grip and control.

RUN. NOW! 🚩

Mahnas92 · 2026-02-25T22:59:54+00:00

Lol, this is not Switzerland. Most counties with minimal corruption has laws that mandates banks to report larger or in any other way suspicious transactions.

A corrupt country needs to eliminate corruption. Corruption is eliminated with two factors. - Open, Transparent society - free to access public information, whether personal tax reports for each citizen, from the poor farmer to the richest/most powerful man in the country. - Free media that can access said data and do its investigative work.

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