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FIQH (ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE)
Before commencing with Salaah, several things are Wajib (compulsory). If one does not have Wudhu, then Wudhu should be made. If there is a need to have a bath, then a bath should be taken. If there is any impurity on the body or clothes, it should be purified. The place where Salaah is being offered should also be pure. Apart from the face, hands and feet, the entire body from head to toe should be well covered. One should face the Qiblah. An intention should be made for the Salaah which one wishes to offer. The Salaah should be offered after the entry of that Salaah time. All these are prerequisites or conditions for Salaah. If any one of these prerequisites are not done, Salaah will not be valid.

THE MESSAGE
Repel boredom with work
[From the book ‘laa tahzan’]
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Those who have nothing to do with their lives are the same people who spend most of their time spreading rumours and falsehood, mainly because their minds are devoid of beneficial thoughts: “They are content to be with those [the women) who sit behind [at home]. Their hearts are sealed up from right guidance) so they understand not. (Quran 9: 87)

When you find yourself to be idle, prepare for depression and despair, because idleness allows your mind to wander in the past, the present, and the future, with all of their difficulties. Therefore, my sincere advice to you is to perform fruitful acts instead of being idle, for idleness is a slow and veiled form of suicide.

Idleness is like the slow torture that is inflicted upon prisoners: they are placed under a tap, from which a drop of water falls only after every hour. During the period of waiting between drops, many of them lose their minds and are driven to insanity.

Being inactive means being negligent of one's duties. Idleness is an expert thief and your mind is its victim.

Therefore get up now and say a prayer or read a book; praise your Lord, study, write, organize your library, fix something in your house, or benefit others so that you can put all ends to your inactivity. I say this only because I sincerely wish for your betterment.

Do not be a mimicker. Destroy boredom by working. When you apply this simple precept alone, you will have traveled at least fifty percent of the way towards happiness. Look at fanners, carpenters, and the bread-maker, and observe how, when they are working, they recite words as melodious as the singing of birds, because they are content. Afterwards observe yourself and how you toss and turn on your bed while wiping away your tears, always miserable, always torturing yourself.

DUA/PRAYER
ANOTHER DUA FOR PROTECTION
ALLAHU AHAD ALLAHU SAMAD LAM YALID WALAM YOOLID WALAM YAKUN LAHOO KUFUWAN AHAD. Allah is One. Allah is independent. He did not give birth to anyone nor was He given birth to and there is none equal to Him.

HEALTH TIP
Muscles and Aging
Even without suffering a major trauma to the body, we lose muscle and strength at an alarming rate as we age. Some studies say the process begins in our early twenties: other studies say by the age of forty we lose muscle each year. The process is particularly significant for women, who tend to have smaller bodies and smaller bones and are not as used as men are to exerting their bodies against resistance.

If you don't use a muscle it weakens rapidly, as the NASA scientists discovered when the first men they sent up into space returned with significant muscle and strength loss. Why? The astronauts didn't use their muscles to get around in their weightless environment.
--excerpt from Strength Training on the Ball by Colleen Craig.

MUSLIM NAMES
MALES
Majd: Glory.
Naa'il: Variant of Na'il: Acquirer. Earner.
Qaani': Variant of Qani': Satisfied. Content.

FEMALES
Ma'isah: Walking with a proud swinging gait.
Naaji'a: Beneficial. Useful.
Radhia: Well-satisfied.

HANDY HINT
Reference books are great to have as part of your library if you are actually going to refer to them. If not, then you know what to do! If you do decide to keep a reference book, make sure the material is current or relevant to the times. Remember, there is tons of available information on the Internet, a very valuable paperless resource.

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SALAAH TIMES
Zawaal: (12:04 - 12:10 JHB) - (11:52 - 11:58 DBN) - (12:43 - 12:50 CT)
Asr: (15:56 JHB) - (15:38 DBN) - (16:20 CT)
Maghrib: (17:35 JHB) - (17:17 DBN) - (17:58 CT)
Esha: (18:52 JHB) - (18:37 DBN) - (19:24 CT)
Sehri Ends/Fajr begins: (5.17 am JHB) - (5:03am DBN) - (6.01am CT)
Sunrise: (6.36am JHB) - (6:30am DBN) - (7.27am CT)

FINANCIALS
Rand/Dollar - R6.91
Rand/British pound - R13.78
Rand/Euro - R9.36
Rand/Indian Rupee - 0.16
Gold Ounce - $680.15
Silver - R3.70 per gram
Rand/Riyal - R1.90
Pakistan Ruppee - 0.11
Rand/Bangladeshi Taka - R 0.10
Oil - $65.30
Mahr Fatimi: R5668.18
Minimum Mahr: R113.36
Zakaah Nisaab: R2267.27
Krugerrand: R4925.98

NEWS
Four people, including the two grandchildren of a South African anti-apartheid activist, were arrested in Britain yesterday. They are being in held in connection with the June 2005 subway bombings which killed 52 people. British police say Hasina Patel and Mohammad Sidique Khan, was one of the four arrested. Patel is the granddaughter of anti-apartheid activist Ismail Patel of Germiston. British newspapers report that the four were suspected of knowing about the bombings - rather than being actively involved.

It has been found that bank president Paul Wolfowitz broke the rules in approving a promotion for his companion Shaha Riza. The World Bank's board of member countries says it will give him more time to respond to the findings.

Electricity has been restored to several suburbs of Johannesburg which were left in the dark for about three hours last night. The suburbs of Mayfair, Homestead Park and Auckland Park were without electricity as a result of cable failure at the Mayfair substation. City Power says they are investigating the cause of the outage

A top class hospital in Milan, Italy, has removed Christian crosses hanging in its maternity wards. The cross has been replaced by an image of the Virgin Mary. This is in respect of the number of Muslim women using the maternity facility

The Palestinian government has created a united police force between Hamas and Fatah. They will be deployed across Gaza as part of a new security plan to stop sectarian violence.

A NATO strike in Afghanistan has killed at least 21 civilians in the Helmand Province. The attack came just hours after an American apology for killing Afghan civilians in March. Afghan officials say women and children were killed in the latest attack.

Applications for vehicle licences will cost an additional R30 from July 1. The fee was approved by the National Treasury and will help to finance the new eNATIS system.

Attackers armed with machine guns killed 3 Iraqi journalists and their driver 30 kilometers southwest of Kirkuk yesterday. Police said that the drive-by shooting took place at around 2pm Iraqi time.

Investigators in the Kenya Airways crash say they want to know why the pilot took off in a severe storm instead of waiting for thunderclouds to move out of the flight path. The fight crashed and all 114 people on board were killed.

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
06h45: Yaseen
08h30: Islamic discussions
09h05: Social
10h30: JUZ/PARA A DAY – DAILY QURAN
11h45: Social
12:45: Community News
13h05: Thuhr Athaan & Ath Thikrul Hakeem
14h30: Quran Translation
14h45: Islamic History
15h15: Arabic
16h05: Actuality
19h15: Geo Politics
20h10: Ml E Adam
21h05: Something Spiritual

RECIPE
CHICKEN CASSEROLE
Ingredients
1 cup white meat cut into cubes - 1 tsp Jeeru - Salt & Pepper and lemon juice to taste - 1 tsp red chillie - ½ tsp ginger garlic masala - 1 tsp aromat - 1 tsp ghee.

Mix all ingredients together and cook over low heat until meat is tender.

2 cups macaroni (optional) - ¾ cup mixed veg - Add ½ tsp salt and boil till cooked, and then drain - 1 tsp ghee - 1 level tsp grounf garlic - ½ tsp green chillie - 2 large tomatoes - 1 onion sliced - salt and arad - pinch of powder chille - Mix all ingredients together and cook until tomatoes are mushy and moisture evaporates.

1 1/2 cups milk - 1 tbls flour - 1 tblsp butter - cheese – grated.
Melt butter in saucepan, dissolve flour in milk and add to saucepan. Add cheese simmer till sauce thickens. Toss all four steps of ingredients in a casserole dish and then cover with the cheese. Decorate with tomatoes and green peppers slices. Bake in moderate oven for 15/20 mins.

A THOUGHT
Like a spade in the hands of a gardener, our hands are our Master's hints to us. Yes, if ye consider, they are His directions to us. When ye have taken to heart His hints, ye will shape your life in reliance on their direction. Wherefore these hints disclose His intent, take the burden from you, and appoint your work. He that bears it makes it bearable by you. He that is able makes it within your ability.

THE SMILE
A new doctor had arrived in town. He could cure anything and anybody. Everyone was amazed with what he could do - everyone except for Mr. Thompson, the town skeptic.

Grumpy old Mr. Thompson went to visit this 'miracle doctor' to prove that he wasn't anybody special. When it was time for his appointment he told the doctor, “Hey, doc, I've lost my sense of taste. I can't taste anything”, so what are ya going' to do?”

The doctor scratched his head and mumbled to himself a little, then told Mr. Thompson, “What you need is jar number 47.”

So the doctor brought the jar out, opened it, and told Mr. Thompson to taste it. He tasted it and immediately spit it out, “This is gross!” he yelled. “Looks like I just restored your sense of taste Mr. Thompson,” said the doctor. So Mr. Thompson went home.... very mad.

One month later, Mr. Thompson decides to go back to the doctor and try once again to expose him as a fake, by complaining of a new problem. “Doc,” he started, “I can't remember anything!” Thinking he had the doctor stumped now, he waited as the doctor scratched his head, mumbled to himself a little, and told Mr. Thompson, “What you need is jar number 47, it's......” But before the doctor could finish his sentence, Mr. Thompson was cured and fled the room!

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