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My daughter is 8 months old, i was active everyday of her life. We were apart from eachother for 6 weeks. We'd video called every single day multiple times a day to make sure she dosnt forget me.

When I saw my wife and my daughter in the airport, i was expecting my girl to remember me and stretch her arms out for a hug like she usually did before. But she cried, didnt want me to hold her and looked at me like I was stranger.

Now its the morning and she's still doing the same. She dosnt recognise me. I know shes a baby and we'll rebond again.

But having your baby not recognise you, made me feel extremely down.

Ibn Faḍlān’s Encounter with the Vikings (267 AH / 881 CE)

“I have never seen more physically perfect specimens. They are tall like date palms, fair-haired and ruddy-complexioned" - Ibn Faḍlān on the Vikings.

In the year 267 AH (881 CE), Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān (d. after 309 AH / 921 CE), an ambassador dispatched by the ʿAbbāsid Caliph of Baghdad, was sent on a diplomatic mission to the lands of the Volga Bulgars. During his journey, he encountered a group of Norse traders, commonly identified as Vikings. His account constitutes the earliest known first-hand Muslim description of the Vikings.

Ibn Faḍlān described them as follows:

“I have never seen more physically perfect specimens. They are tall like date palms, fair-haired and ruddy-complexioned. Each man wears a garment that covers one side of the body while leaving one arm uncovered. Every man carries an axe, a sword, and a knife, which he keeps close at all times. Their swords resemble Frankish swords, with broad blades marked by grooves. Each man is tattooed in dark green with intricate designs covering his entire body, from the tips of his toes to his neck.

All of their women wear a circular brooch, the size and value of which corresponds to the wealth and social status of their husbands. They are among the filthiest of Allah’s creatures. They do not cleanse themselves after relieving themselves, nor after sexual intercourse.

After eating, they do not wash their hands. They wander about like stray asses. They engage openly in sexual relations with their slave girls. Should a merchant enter at such a time in order to purchase a slave girl and find her master having intercourse with her, he does not desist until he has satisfied himself.

They wash their faces and hair each day using the foulest and dirtiest water imaginable. Each morning, a young serving girl brings a large basin of water. The man washes his hands, face, and hair in it, combing his hair within the basin. He then blows his nose, spits, and performs every other repulsive act in the same water. Once he is finished, the basin is passed to the next man, until all have used it in turn.

When one of them falls ill, they pitch a tent for him at a distance and leave him with bread and water, but they neither visit him nor speak to him, especially if he is a slave or a poor man. If he recovers, he rejoins them; if he dies, they burn him. If he is a slave, they leave him where he lies, to be devoured by dogs and birds of prey.

When they capture a thief or bandit, they take him to a large tree, tie a rope around his neck, and hang him there until wind and rain cause his body to disintegrate.

When a man of distinction dies, his family asks his female and young slave girls: ‘Who among you will accompany him in death?’ Once one of them volunteers, her decision is irrevocable. On the day his body is burned, together with the girl who volunteered to die with him, I went to the riverbank where his ship lay.

One of the customs of their king is that he maintains four hundred warriors within his palace. These are his bravest companions, men upon whom he relies completely. When the king dies, they die with him and allow themselves to be killed on his behalf.”

He then continues on about a group of Vikings who settled in Spain and became Muslim, they found it difficult to abandon pork.

Source : Summarised from Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān (d. after 309 AH / 921 CE), Risālat Ibn Faḍlān, edited by Sāmī al-Daḥḥān, 

I have a somewhat bad habit of bending my knees more and leaning forward more than usual where my chest is forward and that makes me feel very heavy and clunky. I was watching Raya's training session on youtube and sometimes he goes low and leans forward and other times he dosnt. Why? Is being low and forward only for close range?

Video below

https://youtu.be/\_i1m4ayHW\_4?si=X6rye294qw-mQjy\_

I play sunday league, 9 aside etc every week and I really want to record my games to see my mistakes and where I can do better

I want to buy a camera and a strong stand/tripod and put it behind the goal that wont get pushed by the wind. My budget is around £50

I really dont care if its 4k or not , as long as i can see myself im fine with that lol

Father of a 6 month old girl

Poonamis starting happening when she was 4 months or so. We were using size 4 nappies then changed to 4+ , the poonami leaks kept on happening everyday so we thought ok maybe this is tight and now shes 6 months wearing size 5 pampers.

Well, her poonami leaks are now happening MULTIPLE times a day. It dosnt just happen when its a lot of a poo, it even happens when she does a little poo but the poo just starts at the lower back end of the nappy and she has poo all over her back constantly.

We've tried different methods of putting on her pampers, increased the size etc. We are kinda annoyed and stressed because of the hassle.

Anyone have advice? Thinking of changing to Costco's Kirkland nappies which are good but more pricey which we did use before