Abu Musa (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (Peace Be Upon Him) said, "It is out of reverence to Allah in respecting an aged Muslim, and the one who commits the Qur'an to memory and does not exaggerate pronouncing its letters nor forgets it after memorizing, and to respect the just ruler". [Abu Dawud]

Commentary: An aged Muslim here means one who lives a pious life till his old age. The word "Hamil-ul-Qur'an'' translated here as `the one who commits the Qur'an to memory,' who have memorized the complete Qur'an. That is to say he is not aggressive in putting it into practice and does not take shelter of far-fetched interpretations to justify his own intellectual and religious perversion. This Hadith stresses that a pious old man, a Hamil-ul-Qur'an and a just head of a Muslim government should be respected. Since their respect has been ordained by Allah, respecting them is in fact revering Allah.

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Icing
500ml icing sugar - 60ml orange juice.

Method
Cream butter and sugar well together. Add egg yolks and beat well until light and fluffy. Sift flour and baking powder and add alternatively with the orange juice. Gradually add the poppy seeds to mixture while beating well. IN a separate bowl whisk the egg whites and 60ml sugar until soft peaks form. Fold egg whites into the poppy seed mixture. Pour mixture into a round 23cm loose bottomed cake tin. Bake in a preheated oven at 160c for 25 minutes. Turn onto a wire cake rack to cool.

For the icing: Mix ingredients until just smooth and pour over cake when cooled completely.

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