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Newsletter - Wed
08 Rabiul Awwal 1428/28 March 2007
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FUNERALS - MAYYITS
28.03.07 - Mayyit of: Juleikha Patel (formerly from Bloemhof) - WILL LEAVE FROM: Eden Rd Wamerstate Cape Town - Time: 15:00 - QABRASTAAN: Cape Town - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural
28.03.07 - Mayyit of: Rukhshana Paraag - WILL LEAVE FROM: 15 Condon Ave Blair Gowrie Randburg - Time: 10:00 - QABRASTAAN: West Park - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

SUNNAH, PRACTISES OF MUHAMMAD SAW
METHOD OF PERFORMING GHUSL (BATH)
First, wash both hands up to the wrists thrice.
Thereafter clean those parts of the body thrice where there is impurity of any kind.
Thereafter wash the private parts even if there is no need.
CONT…

THE MESSAGE
SPECIAL FOCUS – RABIUL AWWAL
Migration (Hijra)
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By the end of the Makkan period, the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam lost two people who were dear to him. They were his most affectionate uncle, Abu Talib, and his faithful and loving wife, Khadijah. After their death, the Makkans felt free to do what they wanted to do to the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam and his followers.

In Makkah was the Ka'bah, which was built by the Prophet Ibrahim centuries before as a holy place to worship Allah, the One. But in course of time, the place had been converted by unbelievers to worship object other than Allah. People added to it many traditions of their own. They visited this place for a few months in a year for pilgrimage. They came from all parts of Arabia, representing various famous tribes. The pilgrimage, in spite of its religious norm, constituted for the Arab a yearly festival where people met and indulged in their cultural activities. The Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam took this opportunity to spread Islam.

Among those who were interested to his call, were a group of people from Yathrib in the North of Arabia. They met secretly with the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam and a few Muslims from Makkah in a village called 'Aqabah. After being Muslims they took an oath of allegiance to protect Islam) the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam and the Makkan Muslims.

The following year, the group of Muslims from Yathrib came again to Makkah. They met the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam at the same place where they previously met. This time 'Abbas bjn Abd AI-Muttalib) the Prophet's uncle who was himself not a Muslim yet, was present at the meeting. They invited the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam and the Muslims from Makkah to emigrate to Yathrib. They promised to treat them as true brothers and sisters. A long dialogue was held between the Muslims of Yathrib with the Prophet’s uncle to make sure that they really wanted to welcome the Makkan Muslims in their town. The Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam agreed at the end to make a mass exodus to the new land.

On learning the Muslims had planned to leave Makkah, the Makkan unbelievers tried to stop the exodus but the first group had already migrated to Yathrib. The Makkans had feared that the migration to Yathrib would give the Muslims a new base to spread Islam.

Within two months nearly all the Muslims from Makkah, except the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam, Abu Bakr RA; Ali RA and a few helpless people had migrated. The Makkans then decided to kill the Prophet. They made a plan, but Allah had made another plan over them, to quote the Quran. With various tactics and a good planning, the Prophet finally arrived peacefully in Yathrib which was known as Madinah Ar-Rasul (The city of the Prophet).

DUA (PRAYER)
Aoothu BIKALIMAATILLAHIT TAAMMAATI MIN SHARRI MAA KHALAQ. I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of everything which He created.

BENEFIT: When one stays at any place and recites this Dua, then until departure nothing of that place will cause harm.

AND… FOR THE KIDDIES
A kindergarten teacher has decided to let her class play a game. The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number of people he/she hates.

So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some 3 while some up to 5 potatoes. The teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes in the plastic bag wherever they go for 1 week.

Days after days passed by, and the children started to complain due to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides, those having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1 week, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended...

The teacher asked: "How did you feel while carrying the potatoes with you for 1 week?” The children let out their frustrations and started complaining of the trouble that they had to go through having to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.

Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game.

The teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry your hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred will contaminate your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot tolerate the smell of rotten potatoes for just 1 week, can you imagine what is it like to have the stench of hatred in your heart for your lifetime???"

Moral of the story: Throw away any hatred for anyone from your heart so that you will not carry sins for a lifetime. Forgiving others is the best attitude to take! Love others even if you don't like them. True love is not loving a perfect person but loving an imperfect person perfectly.

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RECIPE
PRAWNS MASALA
Ingredients
2Kg Prawns – cleaned and deveined - 1 Handful fine Jeeroo - Salt to taste - 1 tblsp Black Pepper - Butter – olive oil to fry.

Liquidize the following:
1 handful whole Red Marcha (dry). 1 ½ handfuls Garlic. 1 cup Lemon Juice. Fresh Curry Leaves. When liquidized then add the Jeeroo and black pepper.

Method
Press prawns out from back to form butterfly. Smear little masala mixture over each prawn. Then fry in butter and olive oil till done.

Sauce
2 tblsp Masala. ¼ cup tomato puree. Lemon juice. Olive oil Butter. boil all together. Serve over prawns.

COOKING TIP
Keep the pan in which vegetables are cooked, covered, after taking off fire, aside, for a few minutes. This will help the vegetable absorb the juices in. This also allows the hot vessel to blend the flavours slowly, to make the vegetable better, generally.

A THOUGHT
A mirror always shows you your actual image. It doesn't hide your imperfections. The mirror isn't in a quest to make us happy or sad by showing us otherwise. It simply reflects how we are. It is that honest and truthful.

THE SMILE
A couple of young boys were fishing at their special pond off the beaten track. All of a sudden, the Game Warden jumped out of the bushes. Immediately, one of the boys threw his rod down and started running through the woods like a bat out of hell.

The Game Warden was hot on his heels. After about a half mile, the young man stopped and stooped over with his hands on his thighs to catch his breath, so the Game Warden finally caught up to him. "Let's see yer fishin' license, Boy!" the Warden gasped.

With that, the boy pulled out his wallet and gave the Game Warden a valid fishing license. "Well, son," said the Game Warden, "you must be about as dumb as a box of rocks! You don't have to run from me if you have a valid license!" "Yes, sir," replied the young guy, "but my friend back there, well, he don't have one."

SALAAH TIMES
Zawaal: (12:13 - 12:18 JHB) - (12:01 - 12:06 DBN) - (12:51 - 12:56 CT)
Asr: (16:31 JHB) - (16:17 DBN) - (17:06 CT)
Maghrib: (18:14 JHB) - (18:01 DBN) - (18:48 CT)
Esha: (19:28 JHB) - (19:18 DBN) - (20:11 CT)
Sehri Ends/Fajr begins: (4.59am JHB) - (4:45am DBN) - (5.32am CT)
Sunrise: (6.16am JHB) - (6:04am DBN) - (6.55am CT)

FINANCIALS
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NEWS
Christian priests in New Zealand are planning to hold a conference on the alleged danger Islam poses to Western societies. They say the Muslim faith poses no threat to society. Rev. David Coles described the conferences as provocative.

Police say it could take months to solve the Bob Woolmer murder case. The strangling of the famous Pakistan coach could have been committed by an angry fan, a disgruntled player or someone with a personal grudge, or it could be related to gambling or match-fixing. Nothing has been ruled out.

President Thabo Mbeki has cancelled all his meetings to join other Southern African leaders in Tanzania today.

In Tehran, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini denounced the British remarks.

Transport Minister Jeff Radebe says South Africa will get safe, reliable, round-the-clock public transport.

Meanwhile... A court ruling in Cape Town has stopped a planned nationwide bus strike today. The SA Bus Employers' Association president Berry Gei says the unions have to file responding papers before 23 April.

A day-care centre owner took a busload of his students and teachers hostage today in the Philippine capital Manila. He is demanding better housing and education for the children.

Another Lenasia resident is warning people about bogus collectors operating in the area. A man and women approached the house in Extension 9 at 3:00am yesterday morning.

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14h45: Islamic History
15h15: Arabic
16h05: Actuality
19h15: Crime
20h10: Ml E Adam
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