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Our children are a precious gift from Alláh. But like everything else we possess, they do not belong to us in the absolute sense. They have been loaned to us. We, as Ambassadors of Alláh, are merely trustees of what we have. And therefore, we are answerable as to how we bring up our children, just as we must account for everything else that is loaned or entrusted to us.

So often, a pregnant woman and her husband become very pious and God-fearing, especially in the last few weeks before their child is born. They are anxious and fearful that she may not survive the stress of childbirth, or the child may die, or be born handicapped and abnormal. So they turn to Alláh and they are very submissive to Him. When the child is born normal and healthy, they are so overjoyed that sometimes they even forget to thank Alláh properly.

They might even get involved with superstitions and unislamic ways of protecting their child with charms, forgetting that Alláh alone is their guardian and protector.

We are reminded of this in the Noble Quraan: "It is Alláh who created you from a single person and made his mate of like nature in order that he might dwell with her (in love). When they are united she bears a light burden and carries it about (unnoticed). When she grows heavy they both pray to Allah their Lord (saying): "if you will give us a healthy child, we promise we shall (forever) be grateful." But when Alláh gives them a healthy child, they ascribe to others a share in the gift they have received: but Allah is exalted, high above the partners they ascribe to Him." (Sura Al-'Ar-a'f 189-190)

Brothers and Sisters, we, and our parents and our children, come from Alláh, and we will return to Him. Our very first act, when our little child is born, is to dedicate the child to the service of Alláh Ta'aala. We call the Azhaan in the child's ear and we recite verses from the Holy Qur'an and we invite the family, to bear witness to this dedication. Everyone of us had this experience when we were born. "Allahu Akbar, Ash hadu Alláh ilaha il-lal-laah" "Alláh is Greatest, I witness that there is no-one worthy of worship, except Alláh." These were the first words that came to our ears, even before we could understand their meaning. They are also the last words on our lips, when we die.

So, my dear brothers and sisters, why should things be any different in between our birth and our death? If we were dedicated to Alláh at birth, and we return to Him at death, why should we then not worship Him and Him alone, passionately, throughout our life?.

Our children are a special gift from Allah...but this special gift comes with a special responsibility...to offer them constant care and guidance. Little children are great imitators. Just watch any child, how they imitate their parents. Alláh has programmed them to learn from us. We are their role models. We must be ever mindful of the personal example we set for our children. It is this example that they emulate and which will form the basis of their own adult life in years to come.

Nabi Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam has said: "My Rabb educated me and made my education most excellent."

What we teach our children at home we must believe in and do ourselves. We cannot tell our children to be honest and trustworthy while we tell lies, behave dishonorably or underpay our employees. We cannot insist that our children perform their salaah regularly while we are seldom home to lead them in the salaah. We cannot teach them the meaning of peace and human dignity, while we allow them to watch movies that degrade and deprave human beings in the name of entertainment.

We cannot have two sets of values: one that is pure and good for our children and another that we think, is good enough for us. Such values our children will not accept, and rightly so. They are our children, they love us and want to be like us. And is that asking too much? So, let us not fool ourselves into believing that we can produce good Muslim children while we ourselves remain less than good Muslim parents. We must realise that, good,Islamic values do not flow from our mouths but from our deeds.Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam. Let our words and deeds be of the same substance. Let our deeds become our beliefs in action, our words, made visible.

Submitted by Hafeeza RAYHAANA OMAR

Reciting the word "ALLAH" has a very good mental effects on all humans

This is not a fictitious story...it is real and verifiable...

Vander Hoven, a psychologist from Netherlands, announced his new discovery about the effect of reading the Quraan and repeating the word ALLAH both on patients and on normal persons. The Dutch professor confirms his discovery with studies and research applied on many patients over a period of three years.

Some patients were non-Muslims, others do not speak Arabic and were trained to pronounce the word "ALLAH" clearly; the results was great, particularly on those who suffer from dejection and tension. Al Witan, a Saudi daily reported that the psychologist was quoted to say that Muslims who can read Arabic and who read Quraan regularly could protect themselves from psycological diseases.

The psychologist explained how each letter in the word "ALLAH" affects healing of psychological diseases. He pionted out in his research that pronouncing the first letter in the word "ALLAH" which is the letter (A),pronouncing the velar consonant(L) in the Arabic way, with the tongue touching slightly the upper part of the jaw producing a short pause and repeating the same pause constantly, relaxes the aspiration.

Also,pronouncing the last letter which is the letter (H) makes a contact between the lungs and the heart and in turn this contact controls the heartbeat. What is exciting in the study is that this phsycologist is a non-Muslim, but interested in Islamic science and searching for the secrets of the Holy Quraan.

Allah The Great and Glorious, says, we will show them our signs in the universe and in their own selves, until it becomes manifest.

ALLAHU AKBAR Allah is great. Allah keeps me going day and night. Without Allah, I am no one. But with Allah, I can do everything . ALLAH IS MY STRENGTH

Submitted by MOHAMMED YUSOOF SALOOJEE (POLOKWANE)

* Sprinkle sugar on top of hot custard;prevents it from forming a skin on top.
* Put eggs in bowl of water; if it sinks, eggs are good;if it floats, eggs are bad.
* Immerse tomatoes in boiling water for 10-15mins then cold water and skins will come off easily for pureeing or grating.
* Grate your cheese and putting in an airtight tupperware not only saves you time but prevents the cheese from dryng out and gettng mouldy.

Submitted by By SALEHA MEEAH

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"'n Afrikaanse Moslem Webtuiste en 'n Blog gerig op die Afrikaanssprekende Christen deur S'aad Bekker:

Two naughty brothers, Leon and Deon, stole a bag of oranges from their Home and decided to go to the nearest cemetery to share the loot. As they are scaling the big gate to enter the cemetery, two oranges fell out of the bag and are left behind at the gate.

A heavily drunk man on his way from a local tavern passes near the cemetery Gate and hears the following: One for me, one for you. One for me, one for you.

He immediately sobers up and runs as fast as he can to the local police. "Officer Come with me to witness the Angels and Satan sharing corpses at the cemetery." They both run back to the cemetery gate and the voices continue: One for me, one for you. Suddenly the one voice says: What about the two at the gate?

The officer was the first to run for his life!

Submitted by HUMEIRA KOYA

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