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Tuesday, 22 Rabi'ul Awal 1431 H /9 March 2010

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09.03.2010 - Mayyit of: Yusuf Moosa Patel - VENUE: England - Time: - QABRASTAAN: England - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

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09.03.2010 - Mayyit of: Zubdeida Bhai Lorgat - VENUE: Lester UK - Time: After Zohr UK time - QABRASTAAN: Lester UK - CAUSE OF DEATH: Illness

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09.03.2010 - Mayyit of: Ismail Fakir Tola - VENUE: Sovadi India - Time: 10:00am India Time - QABRASTAAN: Sovadi - CAUSE OF DEATH: Illness

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Apart from spiritual guidance and teaching, Shah Abdul Aziz wrote and dictated several books. Some of them related to contemporary religious issues, and some contained the biography of the Muhaddithin, and of the grandsons of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) and his other companions. He wrote a few books on the subjects of logic and rhetoric. Tafsir Fath al-Aziz or Tafsir-i-Aziz (in Persian) and Tuhfah-i-Ithna ‘Ashariyah are among his well-known books. Fatawa Aziz, another famous book, is the collection of Fatawa (questions and answers on religious issue). The other well-known and highly controversial book written by him is the Tuhfah. In this book, he has described the history, belief and teachings of the Shia’s.

He became the leader of the movement started by his father. Throughout his life he was busy in propagating the ideals and thought of his father. He wrote several books which were based upon Shah Waliullah’s ideas but were written in a language more easily intelligible to a man of average education. For Sixty years, Shah Abdul Aziz laboured at his mission until his death in 1823.

Although the Muslim power had ended, but the Muslims were still confused because the legal fiction of the Mughul emperor’s sovereignty was kept up. Shah Abdul Aziz removed this confusion by declaring unambiguously that the emperor was utterly helpless; the real power was in the hands of the British; they had only found it politic to refrain from establishing their administration in certain areas. The sub-continent was no longer dar-ul-Islam, a land where the Faith could consider itself in power or even free; the fact that the British did not interdict the practice of certain Islamic rites made no difference; the Muslims were now living in dar-ul-harb, an area where Islam had been deprived of its authority.

Shah Abdul Aziz tried to remain friendly with the British realizing the fact that the policy of military resistance was no longer feasible. Opposition in those circumstances meant committing suicide. He, therefore, adopted such a policy for which he could not be accused of hostility to the British and could thus proceed with his mission. His mission was to prepare the Muslims to face the changed political circumstances. Having realized the hopeless condition of Muslim political power, he asked the Muslims not to live in the world of dreams. It is safe to assume that he was probably sure that the country was no longer an abode of Islam, where Muslims could live according to their own law. The country had become Darul Harb. To Muslims, as it was understood, there were only two alternatives, Jihad or Hijrah, if they were to take the classical Fiqh-opinions on their face value. Otherwise they had to find out their own way in that new situation.

Hence it had become responsibility of Shah Abdul Aziz to find out a safe way. This he did. He came forward and, without allowing his character and personality to be harmed and without compromising his religious identity, he tacitly told the Muslims how to adjust themselves into the new situation.

Sources:

1. I. H. Qureshi, A Short History of Pakistan (Book one to four) Edition, 1988, (S 48) University of Karachi, Karachi PP.200-202
2. Mushirul Haq (Ex. Prof. Islamic thought Jamia Milleyya Islamiyya, Delhi) (S28) Shah Abdul Aziz (His life and Time) Edition, 1995 Institute of Islamic Culture, Club Road, Lahore, Pakistan. pp. 17 - 27.
3. I. H. Qureshi. The Muslim community of the Indo-Pakistan Sub-continent(610-1947) (M30) Edition 1999. Bureau of Composition, Compilation and Translation University of Karachi, Pakistan pp. 220-222

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Ingredients
315ml Cake Flour
2.5ml Salt
2.5ml Ground Cinnamon
65ml Sugar
5ml Baking Powder
10ml Grated Lemon Rind
124ml Butter or Margarine
1 egg

Filling
2 Large Granny Smith Apples
2 eggs
12.5ml sugar
30ml Cake Flour sifted
10ml grated lemon rind
12.5ml fresh cream
1 x 250g carton cream cheese
15ml mixed peel (optional)
65ml raisins or sultanas
1ml salt

Method
1. Preheat oven to 180c and grease a fairly deep 30cm cake tin
2. Pastry : sift together dry ingredients add lemon rind and cut in butter or margarine using two knives
3. Add egg and mix well to form a smooth ball. Roll out pastry on floured surface.
4. Line base with pastry.
5. Filling: Peel and core apples cut into quarters then into thin slices.
6. Arrange in over lapping lines in pastry shell.
7. Beat eggs and sugar till thick.
8. Gradually add rest of ingredients for filling and mix well.
9. Pour mixture over apples and bake for 1 hour
10. Serve hot or cold and top with whipped cream sprinkle with cinnamon .

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