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Thursday, 11 Jamaadal Ukhra 1433 H / 03 May 2012

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Hot sun. Salty air. Rhythmic waves.
A little boy is on his knees scooping and packing the sand with plastic shovels into a bright blue bucket. Then he upends the bucket on the surface and lifts it. And, to the delight of the little architect, a castle tower is created. All afternoon he will work. Spooning out the moat. Packing the walls. Bottle tops will be sentries. Popsicle sticks will be bridges. A sandcastle will be built.

Big city. Busy streets. Rumbling traffic.
A man is in his office. At his desk he shuffles papers into stacks and delegates assignments. He cradles the phone on his shoulder and punches the keyboard with his fingers. Numbers are juggled and contracts are signed and much to the delight of the man, a profit is made.
All his life he will work. Formulating the plans. Forecasting the future. Annuities will be sentries. Capital gains will be bridges. An empire will be built.

Two builders of two castles. They have much in common. They shape granules into grandeurs. They see nothing and make something. They are diligent and determined. And for both the tide will rise and the end will come.

Yet that is where the similarities cease.
For the boy sees the end while the man ignores it. Watch the boy as the dusk approaches.
As the waves near, the wise child jumps to his feet and begins to clap. There is no sorrow. No fear. No regret. He knew this would happen. He is not surprised. And when the great breaker crashes into his castle and his masterpiece is sucked into the sea, he smiles. He smiles, picks up his tools, takes his father's hand, and goes home.

The grownup, however, is not so wise. As the wave of years collapses on his castle he is terrified. He hovers over the sandy monument to protect it. He blocks the waves from the walls he has made. Salt-water soaked and shivering he snarls at the incoming tide.
"It's my castle," he defies.
The ocean need not respond. Both know to whom the sand belongs...

I don't know much about sandcastles. But children do. Watch them and learn. Go ahead and build, but build with a child's heart. When the sun sets and the tides take - applaud. Salute the process of life and go home.

This is a reminder to be child-like, not childish, but having the enthusiasm of a child who saw something or built something for the first time.

Commentary: The object is that something which is permissible in Shari'ah must not be prohibited. Break the oath and give Kaffaarah (the penalty for breaking oaths). Eating of chicken is permissible according to all of the Imaams. The Ulama have only stated that it is Makruh (undesirable) to eat the Jalalah type of fowl. (Because it eats dirt).

The effect of the fowl is hot and moist (according to the physicians). It digests quickly, creates good humour (body fluids)

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125 melted butter
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup cheese
1 cup cooked steak/chicken
1 1/2 tsp green masala
1 tsp salt
1 tsp lemon pepper
1 1/2 cups flour
2 beaten eggs
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup water
1 cubed tomato
1 green pepper
1 onion
Chopped greens
1/2 tsp dried parsley

Mix all the ingredients together and put into greased patty pans and bake at 180C for +- 15 min. Serve with assorted chutneys.

"Of course I heard you", the man replied, "but it's also designed to fly, and look how good that one worked out!!"

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