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FUNERALS - MAYYITS
09.02.07 - Mayyit of: Anwar Uthman - WILL LEAVE FROM: Standerton -Time: 14:00 - QABRASTAAN: Standerton CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural
08.02.07 - Mayyit of: Rasool Gori Akoonjee - WILL LEAVE FROM: 7 Brown Groove Sherwood Durban -Time: 18:30 - QABRASTAAN: Durban CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural
08.02.07 - Mayyit of: Gafar Mooltani - WILL LEAVE FROM: India -Time: 18:30 - QABRASTAAN: India CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

FIQH (ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE)
THE TIMES OF SALAAH
Asr Salaah should be delayed till such a time that if after the entry of Asr time one wishes to offer any Nafl Salaah, he can do so, because it is not permissible to offer any Nafl Salaah after having offered Asr Salaah irrespective of whether it is in summer or in winter. However, one should not delay to such an extent that the sun turns yellow and its rays change in colour. It is Mustahab to hasten towards offering Maghrib Salaah and to offer it immediately after sunset.

THE MESSAGE
A former Protestant fundamentalist pastor, missionary and Bible College lecturer with a Master's degree in Divinity. Her contact with a convert to Islam prompted her to seriously investigate Islam and to conclude that "many Christians are sincere, but they are sincerely wrong."

Revertion Story of a Former Protestant Pastor, Missionary & Bible College Lecturer.

By Khadijah "Sue" Watson
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Former pastor, missionary, professor. Master's degree in Divinity Taken from Al Sabr newsletter, Kuwait. Sister Khadijah Watson is presently working as a teacher for women in one of the Dawah (invitation) centers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

"What happened to you?" This was usually the first reaction that I encountered when my former classmates, friends and co-pastors saw me after having embraced Islam. I suppose I couldn't blame them. I was a highly unlikely person to change religions. Formerly, I was a professor, pastor, church planner and missionary. If anyone was a radical fundamentalist it was I.

I had just graduated with my Master's Degree of Divinity from an elite seminary five months before. It was after that time that I met a lady who had worked in Saudi Arabia and had embraced Islam. Of course I asked her about the treatment of women in Islam. I was shocked at her answer; it wasn't what I expected, so I proceeded to ask other questions relating to Allah and Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam. She informed me that she would take me to the Islamic Center where they would be better able to answer my questions.

I went along being "prayed up", i.e. asking Jesus for protection against demon spirits, seeing that what we had been taught about Islam is that it is a Demonic and Satanic religion. Having taught Evangelism I was quite shocked at their approach, it was direct and straightforward. No intimidation, no harassment, no psychological manipulation, no subliminal influence! None of this, "Let's have a Qur’anic study in your house", like a counter part of the Bible study. I couldn't believe it!

They gave me some books and told me if I had any questions they were available to answer them in the office. That night I read all of the books they gave me. It was the first time I had ever read a book about Islam written by a Muslim. We had studied and read books about Islam only written by Christians. The next day I spent three hours at the office asking questions. This went on every day for a week, by which time I had read 12 books and knew why Muslims are the hardest to convert to Christianity. Why? Because there is nothing to offer them! In Islam, there is a relationship with Allah, forgiveness of sins, salvation and promise of Eternal Life.

Naturally, my first question centered on the deity of Allah. Who is this Allah that the Muslims worship? We had been taught as Christians that this is another god. When in fact He is the Omniscient-All Knowing, Omnipotent-All Powerful, and Omnipresent-All Present God. The One and Only without co-partners or co-equal. It is interesting to note that there were bishops during the first three hundred years of the Church that were teaching, as the Muslim believes, that Jesus (peace be upon him) was a prophet and a teacher! It was only after the conversion of Emperor Constantine that he was the one to call and introduce the doctrine of the Trinity. He, a convert to Christianity, who knew nothing of this religion, introduced a paganistic concept that goes back to Babylonian times. This space does not permit me to go into detail about the subject. Only I must point out that the word TRINITY is not found in the Bible in any of its many translations nor is it found in the original Greek or Hebrew languages!

My other important question centered on Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam. Who is this Muhammad? I found out that Muslims do not pray to him like the Christians pray to Jesus (peace be upon him). He is not an intermediary and, in fact, it is forbidden to pray to him. We seek blessings upon him at the end of our prayer but likewise we ask blessings on Abraham (peace be upon him). He was a Prophet and a Messenger, the final and last Prophet. In fact, until now 1400 years later there has been no prophet after him. His message is for All Humankind as opposed to the message of Jesus (peace be upon him) or Moses (peace be upon him) who were sent to the Jews ("Hear O Israel"). But the message is the same message of Allah. "The Lord your God is One God and you shall have no other gods before me." (Mark 12:29)

Because prayer was a very important part of my Christian life I was both interested and curious to know how the Muslims were praying. As Christians we were as ignorant on this aspect of Muslim belief as on the other aspects. We thought and were taught, that the Muslims were bowing down to the Kaaba in Mecca, which was the Muslims' god and center point of this false deity. Again, I was shocked to learn that the manner of prayers is prescribed by God, Himself. The words of the prayer are one of praise and exaltation. The approach to prayer (ablution or washing) in cleanliness is under the direction of Allah. He is a Holy God and it is not for us to approach Him in an arbitrary manner but only reasonable that He should tell us how we should approach Him.

At the end of the week, after having spent eight years of formal theological studies, I knew cognitively (head knowledge) that Islam was true. But I did not embrace Islam at that time because I did not believe it in my heart. I continued to pray, to read the Bible, to attend lectures at the Islamic Center. I was in earnest asking and seeking God's direction. It is not easy to change your religion. I did not want to loose my salvation if there was salvation to lose. I continued to be shocked and amazed at what I was learning because I was not what I was taught that the followers of Islam believed. In my Master's level, the professor I had was respected as an authority in Islam yet his teaching and that of Christianity in general is full of misunderstanding. He and many Christians like him are sincere but they are sincerely wrong.

Two months later, after having once again prayed seeking God's direction, I felt something drop into my being! I sat up, and it was the first time I was to use the name of Allah, and I said, "Allah, I believe you are the One and Only True God." There was peace that descended upon me and from that day four years ago until now I have never regretted embracing Islam. This decision did not come without trial. I was fired from my job as I was teaching in two Bible Colleges at that time, ostracized by my former classmates, professors and co-pastors, disowned by my husband's family, misunderstood by my adult children and made a suspicion by my own government. Without the faith that enables man to stand up to Satanic forces I would not have been able to withstand all of this. I am ever so grateful to Allah that I am Muslim and may I live and die as a Muslim.

"Truly, my prayer, my service of sacrifice, my life and my death are all for God the Cherisher of the Worlds. No partner has He, this I am commanded. And I am the first of those who bow to Allah in Islam." Quran 6:162-163

DUA (PRAYER)
YAA HAYYU YAA QAYYUM BIRAHMATIKA NASTAGEETH ASLIH LI SHANY KULLAH WA LAA TAKILNI ILAA NAFSEE TARFATA AYN

O Ever-living and Establisher of the world! I beseech your Mercy. Correct all my affairs and do not hand me over to myself for even one moment (blink of the eye)

BENEFIT: At the time of difficulty and trouble recite this Dua in Sajdah. Rasulullah SAW recited this in Sajdah in the battle of Badr.

HANDY HINT
Turn a long-handled tool into a measuring stick! Lay a long-handled garden tool on the ground, and next to it place a tape measure. Using a permanent marker, write inch and foot marks on the handle. When you need to space plants a certain distance apart--from just an inch to several feet--you'll already have a measuring device in your hand.

RECIPE
TRADITIONAL GINGER BEER
JUST LIKE MUM MADE!
Ingredients
¼ lb ginger – skinned cut and grated or crushed - 20 liters water - 3 ½ kg sugar - ½ cake yeast (fresh) - Handful Raisins - ½ - ¾ pkt crème of Tartar (14grm) - ½ pkt tartaric acid.

Method
Boil the water in a big enamel pot/AMC will also do. Add Ginger and sugar – just to give 1 boil. Remove from stove and leave to cool and allow standing overnight. Next morning add yeast and a handful of raisins. Leave to stand for the day. The following morning add ½ - ¾ pkt cream of tartar and ½ pkt tartaric acid. Leave to stand for 1.2 hour. Strain through cloth – bottle and refrigerate.

HEALTH TIP
Milk: The Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam said that milk wipes away heat from the heart just as the finger wipes away sweat from the brow. It strengthens the back, increases the brain, augments intelligence, renews vision & drives away forgetfulness.

MUSLIM NAMES
MALES
Zaahid: Variant of Zahid: Hermit. Devotee. Abstemious. Ascetic.
Aadil: Just.
Bahiyudeen: The magnificent of the Faith.

FEMALES
Zaahida: Variant of Zahida: Hermit. Ascetic.
Aa'eesha: Variant of Ayesha: Life. Vivaciousness. Living. Prosperous. Youngest wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
Baraka: Blessing.

A THOUGHT
A family is like one body. A community is like one body. A nation also is like one body. And now the globalization-the whole world is one body. So to improve our situation, we begin first with the family. If one part of the body is aching, the whole body will ache, and fever will come. For instance, if you have hay fever your whole body will ache. Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam said, “Vomit now!” They said, “We did not eat anything” He said “No, you did eat raw flesh!” 80% of those sitting here are in the same position as those men, having eaten raw flesh. What is that raw meat? The flesh or your brothers and sisters whom you have been backbiting.

THE SMILE
A retiring farmer in preparation for selling his land, needed to rid his farm of animals. So he went to every house in his town.
To the houses where the man is the boss, he gave a horse. To the houses where the woman is the boss, a chicken was given.
He got toward the end of the street and saw a couple outside gardening. "Who's the boss around here?" he asked.
"I Am." said the man.
"I have a black horse and a brown horse," the farmer said, "which one would you like?"
The man thought for a minute and said, "The black one."
"No, no, no, get the brown one." the man's wife said.
"Here's your chicken." said the farmer.

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NEWS
Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah have signed a deal peace deal in Saudi Arabia. A New unity government will be formed that will end fighting and life the international boycott on the country. The deal was mediated by Saudi King Abdullah. Under the agreement Hamas has promised to "respect" peace deals with Israel. Khaled Meshaal, the exiled leader of the Hamas says the accord will unify Palestinians. The people of Gaza celebrated as the heard about the peace deal.

Saudi Arabia yesterday denounced Israeli works near the Al-Aqsa Masjid. Officials say Israel is violating the sanctity of Islam’s third holiest place. They called for international intervention. The Arab League will be calling up an urgent meeting of permanent delegates tomorrow to discuss Israeli works. Arab states have asked Israel to stop the work, saying it could damage the masjid’s foundations.

President Thabo Mbeki Is expected to deliver his state of the nation address in parliament this morning. The speech will focus on ways of alleviating poverty in the country as well as South Africa’s role in the United Nations. South African’s feel that crime should be a topic as it is increasing to alarming levels. Political parties such as the DA and ID have spoken out saying Mbeki needs to address other key issues as well which include HIV/AIDS and corruption. They have accused the president of being in denial.

A vaccine modified from the virus that causes the common cold could be used to fight he AIDS disease. Research shows the vaccine works by encouraging an immune response in the body when exposed to the HI- virus. Professor Glenda Gray, a scientists from Wits says they are confident about carrying out trials on people. The Trials will involve some 3,000 HIV-negative male and female volunteers between 18- and 35-years-old and will last four years.

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, says Iran will destroy American interests worldwide if the US attacks Iran.The US has said it wants the standoff over the Iranian nuclear programme solved through diplomacy, but it has not ruled out military action against Iran. Analysts however believe that the US is planning some kind of military action in Iran. The US accuses Iran of seeking a nuclear weapon through its atomic programme, a charge denied by Tehran which insists its research is peaceful in nature.

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
6h35 Daily Message
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9h45 40 Duroods
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11h30 Dua for the ill - Nikah announcements - Surah Kahf
12h15 Jumuah
15h05 Hadeeth
15h30 Fiqh
16h05 Actuality
17h05 Community news
18h05 News roundup
19h20 Doc PC
20h05 Alternative Radio
21h05 Sh Salama
22h05 Close your eyes with thikrullah
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