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09 Jumaadal Ukhra 1428/25 June 2007
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MAYYITS (FUNERALS)
25.06.07 - Mayyit of: Amina Abdul Rayman - WILL LEAVE FROM: 156 Flamingo Street . Lenasia - Time: 14:30 - QABRASTAAN: Lenz - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

THE MESSAGE
Allah's Mercy is reflected in a Mother's Love
Asma Mobin-Uddin
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My newborn son lies nestled against my shoulder. I hear and feel his soft, gentle breaths as he sleeps, oblivious to the rest of the world. Warm, dry, fed and snuggled in the gentle cocoon of my arms, he rests peacefully. As I gaze at him, I am overwhelmed by feelings of love, tenderness and mercy for him.

As a pediatrician, I have always felt personally affected by my patients and their families. After I had children of my own, however, my heart awoke to a whole new awareness of what mercy meant. As a mother, I feel an even greater empathy for the suffering of others, especially children. I see my own child's eyes in the haunted gaze of the burned Iraqi boy without arms lying in his hospital bed and in the sad, bewildered face of the young son of an American soldier at his father's funeral. A mother's love and compassion for her child is one of the strongest, purest forms of mercy we experience. Islamic teachings build on this experience to help us understand the love and mercy of Allah SWT.

Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alyhi wa Sallam once pointed out a mother caring for her child and asked his companions if they could imagine her ever throwing the child into a fire. After they emphatically said they could not, he taught them that Allah has more love and mercy for his servants than that mother has for her child. The Arabic word for womb, "rahim," is derived from "rahma," which means mercy, love, compassion, and kindness. From the same root comes one of Allah's titles: Rahman, the all-Merciful, possessor of all-embracing, perfect mercy and compassion. The word describing a mother's tenderness and love for her offspring is used in its superlative form to describe the mercy of Allah.

According to Islam, people do not inherit sin, and human nature is not inherently evil. However, people are weak and forgetful, and therefore they sin. Islamic teachings exhort people who have sinned to mend their ways and turn back to Allah, whose mercy embraces all things and surpasses his wrath. The Quran also stresses that one should not despair of the mercy of Allah, because Allah forgives all sins and is truly the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (Surah 39:53).

Islamic tradition teaches that Allah divided the attribute of mercy into 100 parts and reserved 99 of them for himself. The last part he divided among all of his creation. Because of that one single part, Allah's creatures are merciful to each other, so that even the mare lifts up her hooves away from her foal lest she trample it.

I try to imagine the collective mercy in the hearts of all the mothers, all over the world, from every species, whoever have lived or will live. This is beyond my comprehension. I feel overwhelmed just by my own love and tenderness for my children. I think about my newborn son again, sleeping close to my heart. I will find it scary to send him out into the world to encounter those whose emotions are not tempered by mercy for him. As I pull him closer to me, I realize that no one in the world has more mercy for this baby than I do. No one loves him more than his father and I do. No one can protect him better than we can. No one wants better for him than we do. No one, that is, except Allah.

DUA (PRAYER)
The Prophet said: "Whoever would say as he enters upon morning and as he enters upon evening: 'Subhãna 'allãhi wa bihamdihi' 100 times, no one would arrive on the Day of Resurrection with better than what he arrived with, except for a person who said the same, or more.”

THE STORY
The Fox and the Cat
A Fox was boasting to a Cat of its clever devices for escaping its enemies. "I have a whole bag of tricks," he said, "which contains a hundred ways of escaping my enemies."

"I have only one “said the Cat, "but I can generally manage with that." Just at that moment they heard a pack of hounds coming towards them, and the Cat immediately scampered up a tree and hid herself in the boughs. "This is my plan," said the Cat. "What are you going to do?" The Fox thought first of one way, then of another, and while he was debating the hounds came nearer and nearer, and at last the Fox in his confusion was caught up by the hounds and soon killed by the huntsmen.

The Cat, who had been looking on, said: (MORAL) "Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon."

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AMAZING SECRETS FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS
WATER PREVENTS AND CURES HEART BURN
Heartburn is a signal of water shortage in the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract. It is a major thirst signal of the human body. The use of antacids or tablet medications in the treatment of this pain does not correct dehydration, and the body continues to suffer as a result of its water shortage.

Tragedy: Not recognizing heartburn as a sign of dehydration and treating it with antacids and pill medications will, in time, produce inflammation of the stomach and duodenum, hiatal hernia, ulceration, and eventually cancers in the gastrointestinal tract, including the liver and pancreas.

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
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14h45: Islamic History
15h15: Arabic
16h05: Actuality
18h30: SANHA
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SALAAH TIMES
Zawaal: (12:10 - 12:14 JHB) - (11:59 - 12:02 DBN) - (12:49 - 12:51 CT)
Asr: (15:49 JHB) - (15:28 DBN) - (16:07 CT)
Maghrib: (17:28JHB) - (17:08 DBN) - (17:45 CT)
Esha: (18:48 JHB) - (18:31 DBN) - (19:15 CT)
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Sunrise: (6.55am JHB) - (6:52am DBN) - (7.52am CT)

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NEWS
Storms and torrential rain have killed more than 220 people in Pakistan's biggest city, Karachi.

The ANC is preparing for its National Policy Conference this week. Political analysts say in public, ANC leaders will seem united in the fight against poverty, high unemployment and crime.

Public-service unions say there will be no wage deal with government until at least Wednesday.

The Nato-led force in Afghanistan has admitted that they have killed civilians in Pakistan during recent strikes in the region.

Gauteng residents can expect cold weather this week. A strong cold front and some rain will be heading our way according to the National Forecast Centre in Pretoria, Inshallah.

A six-year-old girl from Swellendam in the Western Cape who went missing two weeks ago was found dead this weekend.

Residents in Soweto say they are tired of illegal electricity connections in their area.

An Iraqi court has condemned Saddam Hussein’s former assistant Ali Hassan al-Masjid also known as “Chemical Ali,” to death by hanging.

A New Zealand couple has been blocked by authorities in their bid to name their baby son '4’ as in the number 4 ‘real'.

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RECIPE
SOUR SWEET ACHAAR
Ingredients
2 tsp arad (turmeric) - 25 mangoes - 5 tblsp methi masala - 2 tblsp mustard powder - 1 tblsp sesame seeds - 125g amli (tamarind) - 2 cups vinegar - 2 cups sugar - 1 cup oil.

Method
Wash and pat dry mangoes. Peel and cut in convenient pieces. Put sugar, vinegar and tamarind in AMC or enamel pot – stir well and bring to a boil - Remove from stove when tamarind is soft and sugar is dissolved - Strain to remove fibres. Pour syrup over mangoes - While syrup is boiling, mix mangoes with mustard and methi masala and add to bowl - Adjust colour with turmeric - Fry sesame seeds in oil and add to mangoes - Bottle when cool – this pickle keeps well.

MUSLIM NAMES
MALES
Jalal - Greatness/glory
Jamal - beauty; elegance/ comeliness/ of good looks and character
Muqaddam - antecedent/prior/superior/chief

FEMALES
Basmah - A smile
Hayam - Deliriously in love
Hayat - Life

HANDY HINTS
Animal Control: Pour a little bleach on your outside trash in order to keep the animals away. For bee stings and insect bites use roll on deodorant. It will take the sting right out. Put it in your first aid kit.

A THOUGHT
You are what your deep, driving desire is. As is your desire, so is your will. As is your will, so is your deed. As is your deed, so is your destiny.

THE SMILE
A man and his wife are awakened at 3 o'clock in the morning by a loud pounding on the door. The man gets up and goes to the door where a Drunken stranger, standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push.

"Not a chance," says the husband. "It is 3 o'clock in the morning." He slams the door and returns to bed.

"Who was that?" asked his wife. "Just some drunk guy asking for a push!"

"Did you help him?" she asks. "No. I did not. It is 3 o'clock in the Morning and it is pouring rain outside!"

His wife said, "Can't you remember about three months ago when we Broke down and those two guys helped us? You should be ashamed of Yourself!"

The man reluctantly gets dressed and goes out into the pouring rain.
He calls out into the dark, "Hello. Are you still there?"
"Yes," comes back the answer.

"Do you still need a push?" calls out the husband.
"Yes! Please!" comes the reply from the darkness.

"Where are you?" asks the husband.
"Over here on the swing!" replies the drunk.

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