Oh I don't plan on trying it again either...way too creepy....

Well, Aya_1, back in high school, a couple of friends and I tried the Ouija Board all in good fun but, sadly for us, nothing happened. I think the ghostie got scared away instead -:-

Have you or anyone tried the Ouija Board and is it for real or just some hoopla over nothing?

"Makawa" da matlab ki, kuriye? );

Here is another horror tale, supposedly "true". In Pakistan, near Chakwal in northern Punjab, there is this abandoned hut (jhompri) in my paternal grandparents' village which is supposedly haunted. It is said that you can hear loud, blood-curdling screams at night coming from within.

One night, my grandparents' relative (my grandparents are cousins) was walking through a path dense with tall trees one evening when he heard loud dhol & been music playing as if a wedding procession was coming by. A tall dressed-up man with a huge mustache wearing a pagri, shalwar kameez, and vest came up to this relative and asked directions to that abandoned hut. It turns out that this was a ghostly baraat...jinn celebrating a shaadi. Ayiyayai! ); P:

By the way, for those who aren't connected, here is what Aya_1 wrote:

"Mines happened when I was about 10 years old.. I shared rooms with my older sister and I had the top bunk bed she had the bottom.. So our closet door was open so one night I woke up and I see a old lady with a white scarf on her head doing tasbeh(dhikr beads).. The weird thing was I didn't get scared at all. I am not the only person who saw this lady My older sister has seen her as well in my closet and so has my brother. :(

"another one there is this little boy that lives in Newyork he is related to someone in my family..This boy is scard of the Kalimah.. When ever he sees the kalimah he yells and his eyes do weird stuff.. So his parents had to take down all the Allah and kalimah frames because the boy would keep screaming when he saw it.. Astaghfurillah,,"

Oh lordy, these are scary tales, y'all. I'm going to have nightmares for a week!!! *:

OMG these are spine-tingling tales, Kaniza. Thanks for sharing them! Yup I'd also throw away that nightie faster than you could say "Ghost!" (A)

Folks, any true ghost stories? Please share! :)

Aya_1 wrote:

"My grandma passed away because of that. Khudai di wabakashi! But yeah my fathers house in Kandahar is full of it! I am going to afghanistan soon insha'allah and there is no way I am staying there..lol.But yeah everyone says the one in my fathers house is a lady with long black hair and every night she walks room to room..

have that book Kaniza!Tis good.. and sophitsy Bain Jee I suggest you orger that girly!"

Can someone paste Aya's comments please? I'm not connected to her so I can't read them. Thanks.

Another story my grandmother had told me (again, in Pakistan) was that in her neighborhood, there was much celebration a few decades ago about a newborn baby who the couple had given birth to after trying for so long. One day the mother of this newborn was sitting on her bedroom bed feeding the baby while facing the dresser mirror. When she happened to look up, she saw a witch/hag with very long hair (down to her feet) and feet twisted backward staring hungrily at the baby. The witch apparently snatched the baby and took it away, and the mother soon afterwards died of grief. Talk about spooky AND sad -:-

Kaniza: Girl, I'm definitely ordering the suggested book (but I'll try Barnes & Noble first...they may carry it...)

Busho: We're awaiting your stories so hurry up, chicky!

Aragorn: I adore anything and everything associated with horror and the macabre. If you can share any other stories, it would be much appreciated.

Busho, the main job of the shayaateen is "waswas" meaning to be constantly suggesting evil deeds to the ins?n. I have no idea why it would have said, "smoke marijuana" specifically, but having known a lot about demonology I can say the giggling and suggesting evil deeds fits the profile. The giggling would suggest mockery of a person who felt confident in his faith in All?h.

(as dr. tareq swaidan would say...''freee ur mind'')....i believe in jinns and waghayra waghayra, and ive heard my share of stories, some i feel are true, ill share some later....but wrora, ''Smoke marijuana!"?....marijuana wulli?...

I knew a Muslim who debated with a Satanist regarding religion. The Muslim said that Satanism was not really authentically Satanism and that it was just a web of ideas invented by Anton Lavey and other occultists. The Satanist said he had nothing to do with Lavey and asked if the Muslim wanted proof of demons. The Muslim replied that he believed demons existed but doubted whether the Satanist he was debating had anything to do with demons at all. So the Satanist told him that he could inform him on how to commune with a devil. The Muslim believing it to be simple folly complied as to not seem condescending to the Satanists beliefs. So the Satanist gave him detailed instructions.

The Muslim went home and actually went through with it. It worked and he found himself in the pitch black dark with a harrowing voice very close to him. I can't give the details of what he did since a Shaykh advised that this method should never be repeated to anyone. At first the voice giggled like a mischievous child. That's when he knew it was there with him. Then the first thing it said was, "Smoke marijuana!" repeatedly in a low growl and then started quietly giggling again. Then the Muslim taunted it and said, "I believe in All?h and there is no strength or power besides Him and you can do me no harm". Then it taunted the Muslim saying, "You don't even have wud?'" (and he didn't). At this point the Muslim became terrified because 1) he was in a place of naj?sa (ritual impurity) where athk?r of All?h is forbidden and 2) he didn't have wud?'. Then it started repeating "I'm gonna beat her up! I'm gonna beat her up! I'm gonna beat her up!" very angrily. The Muslim was engaged to be married and realized that this thing was talking about his fiancee. So, in spite of not having wud?' and being in a place of impurity, he trusted in All?h to forgive the details and he started yelling, "A`?th? bill?h? min ash-shayT?ni-raj?m!" The first time the thing said, "Okay. I've got to go now". The second time it said the same thing but more nervous and shaky like it was scared. The third time it yelled it like "Okay! Okay!" Then it was gone.

The following day happened to be the Muslim guy's birthday and he was at his fiancee's house celebrating it with her and her parents. There was a cake and she was foolishly playing with the matches, lighting them and then blowing them out. He told her to stop that as it wasn't safe. Finally, as she ran the match along the abrasive siding of the matchbox, it lit, but as it lit the matchstick broke with the lit part falling on her sweater. It immediately caught fire. He jumped over the table and the only way he could put out the flame was to violently smack the flames out.

"I'm gonna beat her up..."

Moral of the story? "Don't mess with things you don't understand".