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Tuesday, 26 Shawwal 1431 H / 05 October 2010

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04.10.2010 - Mayyit of: Yusuf (Joe) Williams- VENUE: Cape Town- Time: 12:30pm - QABRASTAAN: - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

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04.10.2010 - Mayyit of: Shaik Ebrahim Mahomed- VENUE: 63 Kingston Road Newholmes Pietermaritzburg- Time: After Zuhr - QABRASTAAN: Mountain Rise- CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

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04.10.2010 - Mayyit of: Amod Adam (Boykie)- VENUE: 64 Chetty Road Northdale Pietermaritzburg- Time: 10:00am - QABRASTAAN: Mountain Rise- CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

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04.10.2010 - Mayyit of: Hawa Bibi Azeez (Mother of Late Ml Saeed Yunus)- VENUE: 117 Centre Road Durban- Time: 10:00am - QABRASTAAN: Riverside- CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

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04.10.2010 - Mayyit of: Hajee Ebrahim Hassen- VENUE: 262 Pearl St Laudium- Time: 10:00am - QABRASTAAN: Laudium- CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

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04.10.2010 - Mayyit of: Sulaiman Nanabhay (Formerly of Turfontein)- VENUE: 6 Swan St Ext 1 Lenasia- Time: 10:45am - QABRASTAAN: Avalon- CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

Moulana Rumi says, A person is intoxicated on the mat of a Masjid while another is sitting in a garden full of flowers but he is surrounded with the thorns of grief. This person is crying among flowers while the other is laughing among thorns. Now if someone says that this is a combination of opposites, how can Allah make one happy in the state of grief?

The answer to that is why does water not affect the Swiss-made waterproof watch although they are surrounded by water on all sides. Just as these watches are waterproof, so can Allah make the hearts grief-proof. The one on whose heart the mercy of Allah cascades, he will be content amongst thousands of worries. Those worries are for his reformation, nurturing and for the progress of his Iman. He may be crying and his eyes may be full of tears, yet he is happy within. He may be in grief due to the illness of his children or his own illness, yet this grief does not penetrate his heart. What is the proof of this? The proof is a Meat-ball. A person who eats a Meat-ball full of chillies, will have tears rolling down his cheeks. You will think that he is in a problem. You tell him to leave the Meat-ball and give it to you. What will he say? He will reply that he is enjoying the Meat-ball and having pleasure within himself. These are tears of ecstasy - not tears of grief.

In a similar manner, in order to please Allah, one will have to leave all kinds of disobedience. Disobedience and sin remove the mercy of Allah. Every sin distances one from Allah, the speciality of sin is that even a very minor sin takes one further away from Allah, while on the other hand the speciality of obedience is that even a very minor act of virtue brings one in close proximity to Allah. Thus, leave every act of sin by regarding it as poison and stay in the company of the pious. Take the name of Allah and He will make the heart free of grief. Such a person remains content in this world all the time. Whatever grief there is, it will remain beyond the perimeters of the heart. When Allah desires to keep a person happy and endows him with His special grace, then the vicissitudes of this world do not cast him into the pits of sorrow.

Moulana Jalaluddeen Rumi says that if Allah wants to keep a person happy, He changes the essence of grief into happiness. The people of the world will try to remove the grief by using the means of happiness. They will remove fire and replace it with water. However, Allah is capable of combining two opposites. He transforms fire into water and He changes the essence of grief into happiness. He changes the shackles of the feet and imprisonment into freedom.

Consequently, when Yusuf Alaihis Salam was imprisoned, he said, "O my Sustainer, the prison is more beloved to me." This is a prison in Your path. I am going to prison because of You. And where You are, the Creator of the gardens, the prison no more remains a prison. It is more beloved to me. Allah Ta'ala is so beloved that if the prison of His path is more beloved, how will the gardens of His path be?

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30ml cooking oil
2 onions, thinly sliced
600g mutton or lamb, cubed
5 whole cloves
5 whole allspice
5ml salt (or to taste)
10ml crushed, dried red chilies
2, 5 ml grated nutmeg
10ml sugar
500 ml frozen mixed vegetables
150ml water

Method:
Heat oil in large saucepan and braise onions until golden, 5-10 minutes. Add well - washed and drained meat, cover and braise slowly for approximately 30 minutes or until meat is fairly tender. Add cloves, allspice, salt, chillies and nutmeg and cook, uncovered, over high heat for about 10 minutes or until meat has browned well, adding sugar to help the browning. Add frozen mixed vegetables and water and cook, covered, over moderate heat for about 15 minutes. Serve on a bed of white rice.

Variation:
Soak 125 ml sago in 250ml water for 15 minutes. Add to stew after adding frozen vegetables and cook, covered, over low heat until sago is transparent, about 15 minutes. Serve with Mashed potatoes.

From his head intelligence caused
The star of greatness to shine.

In short, he pleased the sultan because he had a beautiful countenance and a perfect understanding; and philosophers have said: 'Power consists in accomplishments, not in wealth and greatness in intellect, not in years.' His companions, being envious, made an attempt upon his life and desired to kill him but their endeavours remained fruitless.

What can a foe do when the friend is kind?

The king asked: 'What is the cause of their enmity to thee?' He replied: 'Under the shadow of the monarchy of my lord I have satisfied my contemporaries except the envious, who will not be contented but by the decline of my prosperity, and may the monarchy and good fortune of my lord be perpetual.'

I may so act as not to hurt the feelings of anyone
But what can I do to an envious man dissatisfied with himself?
Die, O envious man, for this is a malady,
Deliverance from which can be obtained only by death.
Unfortunate men sometimes ardently desire
The decline of prosperous men in wealth and dignity.
If in daytime, bat-eyed persons do not see
Is it the fault of the fountain of light, the sun?
Thou justly wishest that a thousand such eyes
Should be blind rather than the sun dark.

~ SADI ~

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