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Monday, 23 Jumaadal Ukhra 1431 H / 7 June 2010

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07.06.2010 - Mayyit of: Amina Mather - VENUE: 11 Begum Crescent Marlboro Gardens - Time: TBC - QABRASTAAN: Marlboro - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

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07.06.2010 - Mayyit of: Ridwaan Shahaabuddin - VENUE: 37 Kilomo Street Riverlea - Time: 11:00am - QABRASTAAN: Riverlea - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

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INTEGRATING ISLAM INTO LIFE

Freda Shamma PhD

One of the most important aspects of raising your children to be Muslims is to introduce the idea that Allah is also happy with their good actions. If you say that what they did or are doing is making you and Allah happy, then the child begins to associate good behaviour with acting for the pleasure of Allah, which in a nutshell, is exactly what being a good Muslim involves. Can you say anything better of a believer other than that he/she does everything fi sabillah (for the sake of Allah)?

BAD CHILDREN
The child who errs is forgiven by Allah, and if he dies in childhood, he automatically goes to heaven. This mercy of Allah should guide us as we guide our children. It is not necessary to make the child fearful of Allah or fearful of going to hell. In fact, this approach is counter productive - it often achieves the very result we are trying to avoid. Stressing the negative and the punishment makes the child want to avoid anything to do with the religion. He or she grows up thinking that it is religion that keeps him from enjoying life.

ATTRIBUTES OF ALLAH
When you are talking to children under the age of twelve, stress the characteristics of Allah that will give him security and assurances as he grows and encounters fearful situations and unknowns. He needs to be aware of the many blessings Allah has given to him to help him enjoy and cope with his life. And he needs to understand which actions Allah will be pleased with, rather than worry over punishment for mistakes he knows he will make.

ISLAM AND DAILY LIFE
Too often when parents think about talking to their children about Islam, they concentrate on the ritual of the five pillars. They teach them how to make salat (required prayer), and they teach them some short Qur'anic surat (chapters). These are important, but don't forget that Islam is a total way of life, and every aspect has an Islamic element that you need to talk about and demonstrate for your child. When the father goes off to work, the mother can say 'Good bye' or she can say 'Assalamu alaikum' and add its meaning in English, 'may Allah's peace be with you". As she and the young child start to do something together, she can mention that the father is doing what Allah says a good father should do - working to take care of the family.

She can also mention, and the father should also mention it frequently, that she is trying to please Allah by doing many things to help her child and the family. When the child helps her mother clean off the table, the mother should mention that Allah is pleased with children who help their parents.

Mentioning the Islamic aspect does not imply nor suggest that you need to deliver lectures about Islam to your child. No child wants to sit still long enough to hear a lecture about anything. The effective teaching comes as short comments or stories that point out the Islamic nature of the action. When the parents pay Zakat (yearly compulsory tax), they should mention the fact to their children. When they visit the sick, they should quote a Qur'anic ayah (verse) or Hadith (story about Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) which indicates that this action pleases Allah. When there are two ways that a child can respond to a situation, the parent can mentions nicely which way will be pleasing to Allah.

The constant reference to Allah, the constant encouragement to do what is right, and the constant praise and positive reinforcement for doing the right actions, will focus your child on the right path.

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1 cup chicken cut small or shrimp
½ block I minute noodles
2 Tbsp oil
2 Tbsp ghee
1 Tbsp crushed garlic
1 tsp green chillies or more
1 tsp salt
1 liquidized onion
1 can coconut cream
4 Tbsp chana Flour

Vagaar:
1 Tbsp ghee
1 Tbsp Tal

Method:
Soak I minute noodles for 15 minutes drain and snip in pieces. Blend onion, green chillies and salt with a little water. Braise garlic in oil and ghee when they turn light pink add the shrimps or chicken pieces. When shrimp and chicken change colour add the onion mixture and simmer until dry. Add 2 cups of water and simmer. Add 1 minute noodles and coconut cream and simmer. In a small pan dry braise chana flour and when aroma arises remove from heat and mix into paste with a little water and add to soup. Make vagaar with tal and ghee and pour over and garnish ith a handful of chopped spring onions.

I am the servant of great people and alas of all failures as well.
Those who are great I have made great.
Those who are failuresI have made failures.

I am not a machine though
I work with the precision of a machine
Plus the intelligence of a person.

You may run me for profit or run me for ruin -
It makes no difference to me.

Take me train me be firm with me and
I will place the world at your feet.

Be easy with me and I will destroy you.
Who am I? I am Habit.

~ sent by Mohammed Amla ~

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