to test shoe polish, to see if their skin will react thus breaking out in hives.
Not to many alergists (MD) in Egypt.
Posted by nelle (Member # 11016) on :
The mark is from their head touching the floor when they pray.
Posted by stayingput (Member # 14989) on :
It's called a "zabeeba" (raisin) and is a residual effect of the forehead hitting the prayer mat over and over.
Posted by Larkspur (Member # 18592) on :
I'd appreciate a serious answer.
Posted by Monkey (Member # 17287) on :
quote:Originally posted by nelle: The mark is from their head touching the floor when they pray.
It is a serious answer.
Posted by metinoot (Member # 17031) on :
quote:Originally posted by Larkspur: I'd appreciate a serious answer.
thats if these pious dudes pray 5 times a day after scrubing their foreheads with a brillo pad and rub their heads into a prayer mat that wasn't properly dyed.
Seriously now its very rare for ongoing prayer to leave that mark naturally.
They intentionally work in dye to discolor their forehead to appear as if they pray 5 times a day.
Posted by tina m (Member # 13845) on :
ooooooo my god thanks alot u guys i so needed a good laugh and this just made me bust into tears laughing...hahahahahahaha
staying put loved ur answer.. can u imagine a dark scar from hitting yr head on the prayer mat all ur life..well if its serious damn i am glad i was taught to get on my hands and knees as a child and have my folded hands togeather to pray before bed time...none looks at the knees as much as the forehead right?
Posted by metinoot (Member # 17031) on :
quote:Originally posted by tina m: ooooooo my god thanks alot u guys i so needed a good laugh and this just made me bust into tears laughing...hahahahahahaha
staying put loved ur answer.. can u imagine a dark scar from hitting yr head on the prayer mat all ur life..well if its serious damn i am glad i was taught to get on my hands and knees as a child and have my folded hands togeather to pray before bed time...none looks at the knees as much as the forehead right?
Tina rough discolored knees could be a sign of another sort of habitual activity.
Sorry everyone is going to think it quietly to themselves anyhow.
Posted by tina m (Member # 13845) on :
quote:Originally posted by metinoot:
quote:Originally posted by tina m: ooooooo my god thanks alot u guys i so needed a good laugh and this just made me bust into tears laughing...hahahahahahaha
staying put loved ur answer.. can u imagine a dark scar from hitting yr head on the prayer mat all ur life..well if its serious damn i am glad i was taught to get on my hands and knees as a child and have my folded hands togeather to pray before bed time...none looks at the knees as much as the forehead right?
Tina rough discolored knees could be a sign of another sort of habitual activity.
Sorry everyone is going to think it quietly to themselves anyhow.
well seeing as i dont do either my knees are still white...are u saying u have dark knees sono?? u were the one talkin about slupring ****.. i never eat or suck somthin that goes in other places not consumable thank u very much.....
Posted by metinoot (Member # 17031) on :
quote:Originally posted by tina m:
quote:Originally posted by metinoot:
quote:Originally posted by tina m: ooooooo my god thanks alot u guys i so needed a good laugh and this just made me bust into tears laughing...hahahahahahaha
staying put loved ur answer.. can u imagine a dark scar from hitting yr head on the prayer mat all ur life..well if its serious damn i am glad i was taught to get on my hands and knees as a child and have my folded hands togeather to pray before bed time...none looks at the knees as much as the forehead right?
Tina rough discolored knees could be a sign of another sort of habitual activity.
Sorry everyone is going to think it quietly to themselves anyhow.
well seeing as i dont do either my knees are still white...are u saying u have dark knees sono?? u were the one talkin about slupring ****.. i never eat or suck somthin that goes in other places not consumable thank u very much.....
And you and the poster who admited to having anal sex on ES.
Posted by Ayisha (Member # 4713) on :
quote:Originally posted by Monkey:
quote:Originally posted by nelle: The mark is from their head touching the floor when they pray.
It is a serious answer.
This is correct, however, it is ONLY in Egyptian men, not any other Muslims have this, so yes possibly due to banging the head on the floor or rubbing it. Never seen on a woman even if she prays 5 plus times a day. The majority of Egyptian men don't have this either, even if they pray 5 plus times a day, just some.
Posted by Larkspur (Member # 18592) on :
Thank you everybody especially nelle, stayingput and Ayisha!
Posted by tina m (Member # 13845) on :
quote:Originally posted by metinoot:
quote:Originally posted by tina m:
quote:Originally posted by metinoot:
quote:Originally posted by tina m: ooooooo my god thanks alot u guys i so needed a good laugh and this just made me bust into tears laughing...hahahahahahaha
staying put loved ur answer.. can u imagine a dark scar from hitting yr head on the prayer mat all ur life..well if its serious damn i am glad i was taught to get on my hands and knees as a child and have my folded hands togeather to pray before bed time...none looks at the knees as much as the forehead right?
Tina rough discolored knees could be a sign of another sort of habitual activity.
Sorry everyone is going to think it quietly to themselves anyhow.
well seeing as i dont do either my knees are still white...are u saying u have dark knees sono?? u were the one talkin about slupring ****.. i never eat or suck somthin that goes in other places not consumable thank u very much.....
And you and the poster who admited to having anal sex on ES.
anal is better than having a mouth full of offspring...
Posted by Supercalafragalistic (Member # 15631) on :
aahh poo I answered this in the other section before I saw this one!
Posted by *Dalia* (Member # 13012) on :
quote:Originally posted by nelle: The mark is from their head touching the floor when they pray.
I was told exactly the same thing some years ago after my first Egypt visit.Too many religious looking men with the same dark spot on their foreheads.Some sort of like a dark stain.
Posted by Sashyra8 (Member # 14488) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ayisha:
quote:Originally posted by Monkey:
quote:Originally posted by nelle: The mark is from their head touching the floor when they pray.
It is a serious answer.
This is correct, however, it is ONLY in Egyptian men, not any other Muslims have this, so yes possibly due to banging the head on the floor or rubbing it. Never seen on a woman even if she prays 5 plus times a day. The majority of Egyptian men don't have this either, even if they pray 5 plus times a day, just some.
I think that those who have it simply try too much to make others think they are overly pious,more than they really are. I met one of them that his foreign wife managed to finally escape from him,and made it safely out of Egypt after having to stand years of domestic violence. And yes,she used to be an ES´eser here years ago.
Posted by 'Shahrazat (Member # 12769) on :
When I was in Syria, I saw a stone put next to prayer mat in my hotel room. The hotel was next to the shrine of Zaynab (daughter of the Prophet) and the place is mostly visited by Iran Shi'ahs. Those stones are usually brought from Karbala ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karbala ), a holy place for Shi'ah Muslims.
So while praying they put the stone in the middle of the prayer mat and their forehead hit the stone when doing sajda. According to their belief, during sajda, the forehead can only hit a stone, not a carpet or floor.. That's way many Shi'ahs (and also Jafaris) have that dark area in the middle of their forehead.
quote:Originally posted by 'Shahrazat: When I was in Syria, I saw a stone put next to prayer mat in my hotel room. The hotel was next to the shrine of Zaynab (daughter of the Prophet) and the place is mostly visited by Iran Shi'ahs. Those stones are usually brought from Karbala ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karbala ), a holy place for Shi'ah Muslims.
So while praying they put the stone in the middle of the prayer mat and their forehead hit the stone when doing sajda. According to their belief, during sajda, the forehead can only hit a stone, not a carpet or floor.. That's way many Shi'ahs (and also Jafaris) have that dark area in the middle of their forehead.
I didn't know that Iranian shia have this too, but shia also beat and cut themselves as part of the belief as well.
Posted by 'Shahrazat (Member # 12769) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ayisha:
quote:Originally posted by 'Shahrazat: When I was in Syria, I saw a stone put next to prayer mat in my hotel room. The hotel was next to the shrine of Zaynab (daughter of the Prophet) and the place is mostly visited by Iran Shi'ahs. Those stones are usually brought from Karbala ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karbala ), a holy place for Shi'ah Muslims.
So while praying they put the stone in the middle of the prayer mat and their forehead hit the stone when doing sajda. According to their belief, during sajda, the forehead can only hit a stone, not a carpet or floor.. That's way many Shi'ahs (and also Jafaris) have that dark area in the middle of their forehead.
quote:Originally posted by 'Shahrazat: When I was in Syria, I saw a stone put next to prayer mat in my hotel room. The hotel was next to the shrine of Zaynab (daughter of the Prophet) and the place is mostly visited by Iran Shi'ahs. Those stones are usually brought from Karbala ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karbala ), a holy place for Shi'ah Muslims.
So while praying they put the stone in the middle of the prayer mat and their forehead hit the stone when doing sajda. According to their belief, during sajda, the forehead can only hit a stone, not a carpet or floor.. That's way many Shi'ahs (and also Jafaris) have that dark area in the middle of their forehead.
Just watched The da Vinci Code, the psycho murdering monk did the same things. Weird people, isn't life suffering enough! Posted by 'Shahrazat (Member # 12769) on :
quote:Weird people, isn't life suffering enough!
Exactly!!
Posted by tigerlily_misr (Member # 3567) on :
I saw a cartoon yesterday teaching Children that Muslims with beards are terrorists in a funny way. As a result Kids imagine all muslims to be terrorists.
I have a light beard and I do not have zebiba. I had a discoloration in the forehead in the past. but It is gone after I changed the prayer rug.
By looking at the size of your forehead TL, this man forehead looks good compared to yours..Geez TL enough spare forehead there to cover an entire tyre. Posted by marydot (Member # 15932) on :
I ve been bashing my head off the rug now 7 years, no marks as yet.
Posted by Tareq (Member # 18033) on :
quote:Originally posted by Larkspur: Why do some Egyptian men have a dark area on their foreheads?
( Thou wilt see them bow and prostrate themselves (in prayer) seeking Grace from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure. On their faces are their marks, (being) the traces of their prostration. )
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