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Friday, 25 Shabaan 1431 H / 06 August 2010

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Now you can bank the Shari'ah way with Absa

Absa Bank in Trade Route Mall and Lenasia CBD now have Islamic Banking Services, offering you Shari'ah compliant Transactional and International Banking products.

Visit our Forex or Islamic banking consultants for more information on all our Shari'ah compliant products on offer:

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Fellow Muslims! Fear Allah as he should be feared and stand firm in your obedience to Him for He has promised those who return to Him and stand firm in their belief in Him best reward He says,

"Verily those who say, 'Our Lord is only Allah;' and thereafter stood firm and straight, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. Such shall be the dwellers of Paradise, abiding therein (forever), a reward for what they used to do." (Al-Ahqaaf 46: 13-14)

One of the greatest things that help Muslims to have piety and uprightness on the path of truth and guidance is keeping the company of good people and avoiding evil company, for man, by his nature, gets influenced by his friends and companions and adopts their characters and manners. Also, man's character is known through his brothers and friends as pointed out by the Prophet when he said,

"Man is on the religion of his friend, so let every one of you examine whom he befriends." (Aboo Dawood and others)

Abdullah ibn Mas'ood said, "Nothing tells about anything more than a man tells about his companions."

Some wise men say, "People think of a man what they think of his companions."

There is no wonder then that Islam shows great concern on the matter of companionship and friendship so much so that the Prophet directed every individual of the Muslim community to select only righteous and pious people as friends and companions. He said,

"Do not befriend except the believer and nobody should eat your food (with you) except the pious." (Aboo Dawood and others)

The Messenger of Allah also laid an example for a good and evil companions with perceptible things when he said, "The example of the good and evil companions is like a bearer of musk and a person blowing a pair of bellows. As for the musk bearer, he either gives you some, or you buy from him or at least you get a pleasant smell from him. As for the bellows blower he either gets your clothes burnt or you get an unpleasant smell from him." (Al-Bukharee and Muslim) read more

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An Arab Israeli and two Druze residents of the occupied Golan Heights have been charged with spying for Syria and attempted kidnapping, Israeli police say.

Glenn Agliotti, on trial for the 2005 murder of South African gold magnate Brett Kebble, asked a Johannesburg court to interrupt proceedings to allow him to ask state prosecutors to have his charges dropped.

The Democratic Alliance will lobby ANC MPs to vote against the controversial Protection of Information Bill, party leader Helen Zille said at a press conference in Cape Town.

Sunday Times journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika, who was arrested for fraud and defeating the ends of justice yesterday, appears to have been aware that his arrest was imminent.

If you had invested R1000 in Kagiso Asset Management's Equity Alpha unit trust fund almost six years ago, when it launched, you would have been invested in the number 1 domestic equity general unit trust fund AND your R1000 investment would have grown to R3 847*.

The Kagiso Islamic Equity Fund, which uses this same investment team and process, is NOW available to investors seeking transparent and ethical investments. Whilst complying with Sharia law, the fund aims to consistently outperform the market.

To access the Kagiso Islamic Equity Fund, contact your financial advisor, visit our website at www.kagisoam.com or call 0800 22 11 77

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Do you have a nickname for your pet? Snookums, maybe? My Little Dollop of Joy? The Brits have lots of them. The London jeweler H. Samuel discovered these pet names signed on gift cards:

* Boo Face
* Sausage
* Chubby Cheeks
* Monkey Boy
* Fatty Bum Bum
* Lobster

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