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NEWSLETTER

Friday, 03 January 2014

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WINTER: PROPRIETY AND PROVISIONS

by Sheikh Saleh Ibn Humaid - 17 Safar 1435

His Eminence Sheikh Saleh Ibn Humaid - May Allah protect him - delivered this Friday’s khutbah entitled “Winter: Propriety and Provisions” in which he spoke about how Allah (To Whom belong Might and Majesty) keeps days, months, years and eras in constant alternation. He reminded people of Allah’s blessing of winter time which He bestowed on His servants. The Sheikh further explained that Allah (May He be extolled) has granted us innumerable favours associated with winter, and he motivated his audience to draw maximum benefit from this season through performing as many good deeds as possible and taking advantage of the various bounties with which winter is replete. He did not forget to draw people’s attention to the need for being aware of the conditions our brothers and sisters in faith are experiencing this winter, starting from the premise that the entire Ummah is like one and the same body; that is, they feel pain when they see that their brothers and sisters in the four corners of the globe are suffering.

O Muslims!

Nights, days, seasons, and years belong to Allah and succeed in accordance with His perfect laws. They keep alternating to signpost time for the dwellers of the herein. Glory be to Allah Who makes time elapse and ages pass over! To Him belong decisive will, perfect wisdom, and prevalent message. He who is endowed with insightful heart and alert faith will surely grasp the message behind the very design of Allah’s days and signs in His universe and creation: "Allâh causes the night and the day to succeed each other (i.e. if the day is gone, the night comes, and if the night is gone, the day comes, and so on). Truly, in these things is indeed a lesson for those who have insight." [Al-Nūr: 44]; "And He it is Who has put the night and the day in succession, for such who desires to remember or desires to show his gratitude." [Al-Furqān: 62] read more

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1 ton of flour makes nearly 10,000 Pita bread.
Bread to be distributed COST FREE to internally displaced Syrians.

The Al-Imdaad Foundation is embarking on a project which will help provide Syrian bakeries with 1000 tons of flour by YEAR'S END. R4750 PER TON - www.alimdaad.com

AT THE TIME OF DIFFICULTY WHEN SLEEPING

To be recited when having difficulty obtaining sleep

ALLAHUMMA GHAARATIN NUJOOM WA HADAATIL UYOON WA ANTA HAYYUN QAYYOOM LAA TA'KHUTHUKA SINATUN WALAA NAUM YAA HAYYU YAA QAYYOOM IHDY LAYLY WA ANIM AYNEE

"O Allah the stars have gone far away and the eyes are rested. You are Alive and Infinite, You do not slumber nor does sleep overtake You. Oh Alive and the Everlasting One, grant me rest tonight and let my eyes sleep (close)."

(Hisnul Hasin)

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As at (02/01/2014)

* No snakes on this plane - Cape Town - No snakes on the plane for two Table View, Cape Town, children - not even if the snakes are bright, fluffy and used as pillows during international flights.

* Margate crash death toll rises to 12 - Durban - Twelve people have been confirmed dead following an accident between a minibus taxi and a bakkie near Margate, the KwaZulu-Natal transport department said.

* Hawks to probe Rwandan ex-spy boss murder - The Hawks will be taking over the investigation into the murder of Patrick Karegeya a former head of Rwanda's external intelligence service. The 53-year old was found dead at a sandown hotel north of Johannesburg.

* Heavy fighting rages in Iraq's Anbar province - Clashes continue between army and Sunni fighters, after gunmen seized control of several police stations.

* Antarctic rescue of Akademik Shokalskiy ship completed - Rescuers in Antarctica have safely transferred all 52 passengers stranded on the ice-bound research vessel Akademik Shokalskiy.

STRUDEL SCONES

Ingredients
3 cups cake flour - 2 tblsps baking powder - ½ tsp mixed spice - 1 tblsp sugar - 60grm butter - 1 cup Fresh full cream milk - 3 granny smith apples - ¼ cup soft brown sugar - ½ cup sultanas - ½ tsp ground cinnamon - Icing sugar.

Method
Sift flour, baking powder and mixed spice into a bowl of a food processor. Add sugar and pulse to combine. Roughly chop butter and add. Pulse until mixture is crumb like. Pour milk down the feed tube. Pulse till just combined. Transfer the mixture to a lightly floured surface. Roll or pat the dough out into a rectangle of 32cm x 24cm. Peel and grate the apples and spread the apples over the dough. Combine the brown sugar, sultanas and cinnamon and sprinkle this mixture over the apples. Roll dough up like a Swiss roll from the short side. Divide and cut roll into 12 even slices. Arrange in a shallow greased cake tin, placing scones around the edge and in the centre of the cake tin allowing room to spread. Bake at 220c for 15/20 minutes or until pale golden. Leave in tin for a few minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack. Dust with sifted icing sugar and serve warm.

Two Antartians from the South were in another province when they suddenly spotted this sign on a shop window:

Suits $2--00 each
Shirts $1--00 each (Two-Tone only)
Trousers $0.80-- per pair

The one said to his pal. "look at that! we could buy a whole load of those clothes... then when we get back we could resell them and make us a fortune!"

"Now listen, when we go into the shop you keep your big mouth shut, hey! Just you let me do all the talking plus wheeling and dealing stuff, because if they hear your Southern accent, they might try to rip us off. I'll be giving them my best accent so they think we're locals. "

They go in and the first one says, "Excuse me sir, I'll take 50 of your finest suits at $2 each, plus 100 shirts at $1 each, and 50 pairs of your trousers at just $0.80 each. I will be paying in cash, and taking those items with me today, if you don't mind."

The owner of the shop interrupts, "You're from the South, right?"
Errr... yes says the antartian, "how do you know?"

The owner says, "This is a dry-cleaner you idiot!

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