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Tuesday, 30 Ramadhaan 1432 H / 30 August 2011

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Rather than celebrate this auspicious day by partying and merry making, Muslims are encouraged to reflect, introspect and ponder: just as the month of Ramadhaan has ended with feelings of elation and accomplishment, so too, will the journey of life unexpectedly draw to a close.

What are the requirements to ensure that the day on which the servant meets the Almighty Master, will also be a day of joy and jubilation - a day of Eid?

Ramadhaan offers the believer spiritual refuge after eleven months of (necessary and unnecessary) exposure to the trappings, temptations and glamour of the material world. A cruel and vicious world wherein one half of the inhabitants are oppressed and the other half depressed!

Ramadhaan is the annual spiritual 'stock taking' or 'spring cleaning' in the life of a believer. It is a period during which spiritual batteries are recharged, objectives and goals realigned, and the burden of sin disposed of.

The day of Eid is a day to reaffirm commitment to the Creator who deleted the 'debts' of the preceding year; The Creator who has replenished depleted 'stocks' for the coming year; The Creator who has unshackled the servant from the weight of sin. The day of Eid is a day when the believer resolves to utilize his enhanced spirituality to maintain and sustain the spirit of Ramadhaan throughout the coming year.

The day of Eid is a day of undertaking that in eleven months’ time, the 'balance sheet 'of spirituality will tell a very different tale!

Sulaimaan M.Ravat (Moulana)
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2 cups of rice- boiled until nearly done.

500g chicken breast- cooked with:
Crushed garlic, salt, pepper, red chilles, crushed jeera, 1 tin sweetcorn.
*2 onions cut into rings.
*2 coloured peppers cut into rings.
*2 potatoes cut into rounds.
*2 tomatoes cut into rounds.

Method:

1. Fry each of asterisk marked ingredients separately in oil.
2. Make a seasoning of salt, pepper, chillies, thyme, mint, crushed jeera.
3. Place meat at the bottom of a casserole dish.
4. Layer each vegetable over this and sprinkle seasoning over each layer.
5. Spread rice over, and pour 2 Tbsp of melted ghee over the top, cover and steam palau in the oven for 30 – 45 minutes.

"Ons voel mos nie almal altyd dieselfde nie, is dit nie? Partymaal voel jy goed en ek dalk bietjie af, soos Allah wil. Kliek hier vir die nuutste Dagstukkie om jou aan te moedig. Ons het ook al die Dagstukkies wat ons nou al uitgestuur het saam op een bladsy gesit, juis vir jou gerief. As ek dus 'n Dagstukkie uitstuur en jy voel dis nou nie vandag vir jou bedoel nie, dan kan jy sommer maklik vir jouself al die Dagstukkie-opskrifte gaan deurkyk totdat jy een vind wat jou hart aanraak. Of as iets gebeur wat jou so bietjie van balans af gooi: besoek die Dagstukkies! Jy weet nooit, dalk wil Allah jou juis deur 'n besondere Dagstukkie bemoedig.

E-pos ons by sjbekker@vodamail.co.za as jy die Dagstukkies op jou rekenaar wil ontvang..."

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