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24 Jumaadal Ukhra 1428/10 July 2007
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MAYYITS (FUNERALS)
09.07.07 - Mayyit of: Mohammed Sharif Hanif - WILL LEAVE FROM: 1048 Citroen Circle Ext 13 Lenasia - Time: 15:00 - QABRASTAAN: Lenz- CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

UNDERSTANDING THE QUR’AN
SURAH AN-NAAZIAAT: 79 (Those Who Pull Out)
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE BENEFICENT THE MOST MERCIFUL

Whereas for the one who feared to stand before his Lord, and restrained his self from the (evil) desire, [40]
the Paradise will be the abode. [41]

COMMENTARY: Three Levels of Suppressing [the Base] Self
The verse under comment lays down two conditions of attaining the abode in Paradise, but carefully considered, the two conditions, in terms of consequence, are one. The first condition is the fear of accountability in the presence of Allah. The second condition is to restrain oneself from the evil desires. As a matter of fact, fear of Allah causes one to restrain oneself from evil desires. Qadhi Thana'ullah Panipati has written in his Tafsir Ma_hari that there are three levels of suppressing evil desires, as follows:

The first level is that one avoids false beliefs which are in conflict or incompatible with express texts [of the Holy Qur'an and established Sunnah] and consensus of [the righteous] predecessors. In this level, a person deserves to be called 'Muslim'.

The 2nd level to be continued…

THE MESSAGE
[Al Farooq]
By Muhammad Tufail Qasmi -
In his sermons, Hazrat Thanwi rahimahullah has narrated this true story:

Sheikh Dahhan rahimahullah was a famous Aalim of Makkah Mukarramah. He narrated this incident that a man died in the city. His heirs decided to bury him in the grave of a pious Aalim of Deen, who had died recently. In those days it was a custom in Makkah Mukarramah that many people were buried in a single grave one after the other. Thus they started digging the grave. As they dug deeper the corpse that lay therein was exposed. People saw that instead of the Aalim of Deen’s body, there lay a body of a European girl.

BODY SWOP
The people were astonished. Where did the Aalim of Deen’s body go? How had the girl’s body come here? By chance there was a European Muslim tourist among the group of people who had come to bury the man. He said that he knew the girl. She was the daughter of a Christian Frenchman who had quietly embraced Islam. He had taught her religious books and that is how he knew her. She had fallen ill and died. The people then realized that as she had been very religious her dead body had appeared in Makkah Mukarramah, the most sacred of all places.

But what about the Aalim of Deen, they wondered. What had happened to his body? That could not be explained. Then someone said that the body of the Aalim of Deen’s was lying in the girl’s grave. As this was a plausible explanation, the people asked the tourist to ascertain the truth when he returned to France after performing Hajj.

After performing Hajj, accompanied by an acquaintance of the Aalim of Deen, the European tourist returned home. He went to the girl’s parents and explained everything to them. They were amazed. They could hardly believe that their daughter’s body which had been buried in France could suddenly appear in Makkah Mukarramah. Still they agreed to open their daughter’s grave and find out.

When the grave was opened they were astonished to see that instead of their daughter’s body it really did contain the corpse of the Muslim Aalim of Deen who had been buried in Makkah Mukarramah. And not only that, but the body lay torn and cut up in pieces.

REASON
Sheikh Dahhan went on to say that somehow or the other, the European tourist managed to send us the news that the Aalim of Deen’s body was undoubtedly in the girl’s grave in France. The people in Makkah Mukarramah now became very worried. It was true that the girl had been really religious as was apparent by the fact that her body was transferred to a sacred land but what had the Aalim of Deen done that he had been punished so?

They decided to go and ask the Aalim’s wife, for surely she would know. He was a very religious man, she told them. He always said his prayers and read the Quraan. He even used to offer his Tahajjud prayers. But, the people said, there must have been something which he did which aroused the wrath of Allah Ta’aala. Well, she said thinking hard; he used to say when he needed a bath - that the custom of the Christians is praiseworthy indeed that they didn’t have to take a bath after sleeping with their wives at night - . Well, that’s it, the people nodded. That’s why Allah Ta’aala had sent his body to the graveyard of the people whose custom he liked.

LESSON
Dearest readers! Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam has said: “A Man shall be with him whom he loves.” Explaining this Hadith Ulama have written that Abdullah Ibn Masood radhiallahu anhu said that Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was asked: “What do you say about the person who loves a saintly man but cannot equal him in deeds?” In answer Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam told him this Hadith. (Ma’arif ul Quraan, vol 4, pg 550)

Thus we come to know that a person may not fully adopt the characteristics of the person he loves but because of his love only he shall be dealt with like him. In the above case, the Aalim of Deen only liked a custom of the Christians, he did not act upon it but even then his body was taken away from Makkah Mukarramah and put in a Christian grave in France.

What we should now think is that do we or don’t we like European or Western customs? Isn’t shaving off the beard a Western custom? What about being fond of songs, dance and music? Isn’t going uncovered i.e. without wearing Hijab, a Western custom too? If we admire these things and adopt them too then we should await the wrath of Allah Ta’aala. May He protect us all.

DUA (PRAYER)
When Entering the Home
The Prophet said: "If a man enters his home (and when he eats) mentions the name of Allah SWT, the Shaytan says: There is no lodging for you and there is no dinner. If he enters and does not mention Allah SWT, the Shaytan says: You've found lodging. And if he does not mention Allah SWT when he eats, he says: You've found lodging and dinner to eat". Hence mention the name of Allah upon entering the home and before eating by saying Bismillah (in the name of Allah).

QUOTE
"Allah loves moderation and hates extravagance and excess." - UMAR BIN AL KHATTAB -

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Zimbabwe's economy is closer to the brink with no end in sight to chronic shortages of staple foods and gasoline.

A 24-year-old man is expected to appear in the Swellendam Magistrate's Court today in connection with the murder of six-year-old Mikayla Rossouw.

Head of the Ekurhuleni metro police Robert McBride,was clearly drunk the night he smashed his car on the R551. This is according to three former aids of the police head.

Leader of the armed wing from the Al Quds group Mahmoud Najeeb Nazzal was assasinated by Israeli forces.

Forty armed students and three Pakistani soldiers have been killed in an assault by security forces on the besieged Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque.

Four men have been found guilty of planning to carry out a series of bombings on London's transport system on July 21, 2005.

A five year old girl from Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape was found after she was allegedly abducted from her house.

Big manufacturing and construction companies were the hardest hit yesterday by the metal and engineering workers national strike.

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RECIPE
KHOWSE – CHICKEN AND COCONUT SOUP
Ingredients
½ chicken cut into 10 pieces - 1 medium onion thinly sliced - 2 tblsp ghee - 1 cinnamon stick - 1 cardamom pod - 2 cloves - ½ tsp ginger/garlic paste - ½ tsp chillie powder - ½ tsp coriander cumin powder - ¼ tsp turmeric - salt to taste - ¼ cup water - 1 tblsp gram flour - 1 ½ lts milk - ½ cup desiccated coconut - 1 tblsp chopped coriander leaves - 1 tblsp crushed chillies - 250g spaghetti broken into small pieces - Samoosa or spring roll pastry cut into thin strips –

Method
1. Saute onion cinnamon cardamom and cloves in ghee until onion is soft.
2. Add chicken ginger garlic chilli powder coriander cumin powder turmeric and salt. Braise well lower heat and cook till chicken is tender.
3. Mix water and gram flour to a paste and add to chicken. Braise for one minuet.
4. Stir in Milk and coconut and simmer for 10/15 minutes.
5. Garnish with coriander leaves.
6. Deep fry pastry strips until golden brown and crispy.
7. Roast the crushed chillies in a pan until brown in colour.
8. To serve: Place the soup in the centre of the table abd place the accompaniments around.

COOKING TIP
Whenever boiling and straining tomatoes (e.g. Soups), use the residue in any vegetable or Gravy instead of discarding it. Even the insides, when tomatoes are hulled, can be used in the same way.

A THOUGHT
The following inscription was inscribed on the portico of the hall of Feridun:

O brother, the world remains with no one.
Bind the heart to the Creator, it is enough.
Rely not upon possessions and this world
Because it has cherished many like thee and slain them.
When the pure soul is about to depart,
What boots it if one dies on a throne or on the ground?

THE SMILE
How to handle a husband:
A couple was celebrating their golden wedding anniversary on the beach. Their domestic tranquility had long been the talk of the town.

"What a peaceful & loving couple". The local newspaper reporter was inquiring as to the secret of their long and happy marriage.

"Well, it dates back to our honeymoon,” explained the man.
"We visited the Grand Canyon in Arizona and took a trip down to the bottom of the canyon by horse. We hadn't gone too far when my wife's horse stumbled and she almost fell off. My wife looked down at the horse and quietly said, "That's once." We proceeded a little further and the horse stumbled again, this time causing her to drop her water. Once more my wife quietly said, "That's twice." We hadn't gone a half-mile when the horse stumbled for a third time. My wife quietly removed a revolver from her purse and shot the horse dead.

I shouted at her, "What's wrong with you, Woman! Why did you shoot the poor animal like that? Are you crazy??"

She looked at me, and quietly said, "That's once."

"And from that moment... we have lived happily ever after."

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