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Thursday, 27 Ramadan 1433 H / 16 August 2012

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15.08.2012 - Mayyit of: Kurshid Isaac Vally - VENUE: Nenigton London - TIME: After Zohr (UK Time) - QABARSTAAN: Nenigton

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15.08.2012 - Mayyit of: Yunus Mohammed - VENUE: Cnr Komati and Volta Street - TIME: 14:00 - QABARSTAAN: Lenasia

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15.08.2012 - Mayyit of: Hawa Bibi Mather - VENUE: 57 Mosque Road Ladysmith - TIME: 21:00 - QABARSTAAN: Ladysmith

Surah At-Tahreem (The Prohibition)
This Surah is Madani, and it has 12 verses and 2 sections

In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Most Merciful

(0 Prophet, why do you ban (on your self) something that Allah has made lawful for you, seeking the pleasure of your wives? And Allah is Most-Forgiving, Very Merciful. .. 66:1)

COMMENTARY: It is recorded in Saheeh Bukhari and in other collections of Ahaadith on the authority of Sayyidah A'ishah RA, that it was a daily practice of the Messenger of Allah Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam to visit each of his wives after Asr prayer for a short time inquiring about their welfare. Once he visited Sayyidah Zainab RA and spent more time with her than normal and had some honey offered by her. Sayyidah A'ishah RA says: "I developed some envy and in consultation with Hafsah RA decided that when the Messenger of Allah Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam would visit anyone of us, she should say to him 'you have had Maghafir, (a herb that resembled gum with a slightly unpleasant smell.)"

They executed their plan. The Messenger of Allah Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam said: "I have not had any Maghafir. I only had some honey." The Holy wife said: "It is possible that the honeybee might have sat on the Maghafir shrub and drank its nectar. The Messenger of Allah Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam because of his natural dislike for unpleasant odour, swore and promised not to take honey any more.

In brief, these verses tell us that the Messenger of Allah Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam banned a lawful thing [honey] on himself by swearing an oath.

According to the principles of general stylistics, the Qur'an does not address the Holy Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam by his name but by his Prophetic title thus: '0 Prophet' which is his special honour. Although this is a loving question posed by way of compassion, it could have created the misunderstanding that he has committed a major error and he is being questioned about it. The concluding phrase allays this suspicion: meaning that even if it would have been a sin (for the sake of argument), then 'Allah is Most-Forgiving, Very Merciful.'

~ MA’AARIFUL QUR’AN ~
… to be continued

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