NEWSLETTER

Monday, 22 Rabi'ul Awal 1434 H / 04 February 2013

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Commentary:

1. This Hadith enjoins good treatment of employees and labourers should not be burdened with such heavy work which they are unable to bear. If the employees are ever given any such work, the employers must share such work with them.

2. Pride on one's own ancestry and condemnation of others on this account are remnants of the Age of Ignorance which were rooted out by Islam. Muslims should keep themselves away from such vainglorious thoughts. It is a pity that this evil of the pre-Islamic age has now been adopted again by Muslims. We find it very common in the present-day Muslim societies.

3. By issuing the instruction mentioned in this Hadith, Islam has arranged to establish equality in the true sense of the word. Islam does not make any claim of uniting the labour class and weaker segments of the society for confrontation with the capitalists because this breeds class hatred which ruins the peace and progress of the society. Instead of creating enmity, Islam fosters brotherhood between the employer and employed, the master and the slave, the ruler and the ruled. It also exhorts them to be sympathetic and helpful to each other. By stressing the rights of people, it teaches both classes to love and respect each other. This is the reason why in Islam the merit for distinction is not wealth and abundance but Faith and fear of Allah alone which even the poorest of the poor can possess and which may be missing even in the richest of the rich in society.

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As at (01/02/2013)

* Benefits worth R900m for allies - The Limpopo Human Settlements Department has awarded multi-million-rand housing contracts to a string of companies owned by Julius Malema’s allies or benefactors even though some did not meet the requirements or had a history of poor performance.

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* Iran 'steps up Syria support', Hillary Clinton warns - Iran has stepped up its military and financial aid to the Syrian government, departing US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned.

* Blast rocks headquarters of Mexico oil giant - At least 25 people have been killed after an explosion rocked the skyscraper that houses the headquarters of Mexican oil giant Pemex in Mexico City, the country's interior minister has said.

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.

A wife asks her husband,
"Could you please go to the shops for me and buy one carton of milk, and if they have eggs, get 6."

A short time later the husband comes back with 6 cartons of milk.
The wife asks him, "Why did you buy 6 cartons of milk?"

He replied, "They had eggs."

(read it again!) lol.

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