05.05.08 - Mayyit of: Mariam Camrodien Mohammed, mother of Karim Mohammed - VENUE: 13 Mowbray Str Ext 4 Eldoradopark - TIME: 14:00 - QABRASTAAN: Lenz - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

05.05.08 - Mayyit of: Hanifa Kaloo, wife of Marhoom Mohammed Kaloo - VENUE: 71 Agapantus Ave - TIME: 10:30am - QABRASTAAN: Lenz - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

Abdullah bin `Amr Al-`as (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: The Prophet (PBUH) said, "The person who perfectly maintains the ties of kinship is not the one who does it because he gets recompensed by his relatives (for being kind and good to them), but the one who truly maintains the bonds of kinship is the one who persists in doing so even though the latter has severed the ties of kinship with him". [Al-Bukhari]

Commentary: This Hadith makes clear the essentials of kindness to relatives. Those kinsmen who respect and honour you, would obviously be treated by you fairly. It goes without saying that people usually reciprocate sentiments showed to them. But this is not maintaining the ties of kinship but kindness for kindness. On the opposite side, there is a relative who is rough and rude and is always bent upon severing relations with you, but you tolerate his excesses with patience and perseverance, return his harshness with politeness, maintain relationship with him in spite of all his efforts to break it, then what you are exercising is maintaining the ties of kinship. This is what Islam actually demands from a Muslim. But this is the excellence of Faith which one must try to attain. There is nothing remarkable in exchanging dry smiles.

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NEW MUSALLAH FACILITY - MIDRAND
Jamaat Khana and Islamic Society in Midrand

Situated in the Noordwyk area and the daily 5 times Salaah is performed. We have just registered the organization and are still in the process of getting the NGO & PBO registration completed. Please note that this is a NON Profit Organization and is solely intended for the purpose of uplifting the Muslim community in the Midrand area.

We have made an offer to purchase the property that we are leasing at the moment. Alhamdulillah the owner of the property is muslim. There have been numerous offers on the place but he has agreed to give it to us on a 10 month payment term in which we have to pay off the property completely.

We humbly request for each person receiving this mail to please forward it to all their muslim contacts. We have a web site dedicated to the Jamaat Khana and we ask each of you to visit it. The address is www.micbs.co.za - In the website you will find all the members contact details and our banking details if you would like to donate towards to Jamaat Khana.

MALES
Waliyuddeen: Variant of Waliyuddin: Supporter of the Faith.
Ebrahim: Ibrahim- earth, a merciful father/name of a prophet
I'jaz - miracle/marvel/wonder

FEMALES
Almas - Diamond
Nada - Generosity/ dew
Nadhiyah - lively/pretty
Qurrtul ain - Allah's mercy

YOU HAVE TO BE DEAD
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I was testing the children in my school class to see if they understood the concept of getting to Paradise. I asked them, "If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the charity, would that get me into Paradise?" "NO!" the children answered.

"If I cleaned the Masjid every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would that get me into Paradise?" Again, the answer was, "NO!"

By now I was starting to smile. Hey, this was fun!

"Well, then, if I was kind to animals and gave candy to all the children, and loved my husband, would that get me into Paradise?" I asked them again. Again, they all answered, "NO!"

I was just bursting with pride for them.

Well, I continued, "then how can I get into Paradise?" A five-year-old boy shouted out,
"YOU HAVE TO BE DEAD."