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Monday, 04 Rabi'ul Thani 1433 H / 27 February 2012

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24.02.2012 - Mayyit of: Mohammed Amin Chotia - VENUE: 542 Gumbai Street Ext 11B Lenasia - Time: 14h30pm - QABARSTAAN: Lenasia - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

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24.02.2012 - Mayyit of: Tahira Bibi Khatree - VENUE: 801 Goodhope Centre Durban - Time: After Jummah - QABARSTAAN: Brookstreet - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

THE CANDEL LIGHT

One evening a man took a small candle from a box and began to climb a long winding stairway. "Where are we going?" asked the candle. "We're going up higher than a house to show the ships the way to the harbor." "But no ship in the harbor could ever see my light," the candle said. "It is so very small."

"If your light is small," the man said "just keep on burning brightly and leave the rest to me." When they reached the top of the long stairs, they came to a large lamp. Then he took the little candle and lit the lamp. Soon the large polished mirrors behind the lamp sent beams of light out across the miles of sea.

We are like the candle. Our job is to keep on shining. The success of our work is in Allah's hands. A tiny candle or match can start a forest fire. The little flame of your good example can actually change the lives of others without you knowing it. Be a light to them like the beacon light in the story which guided the ships to safe harbour.

ommentary: It was the noble habbit of Sayydina Rasulullah Sallallahu 'Alayhi Wasallam to eat with three fingers only. Although we find in a few narrations that he used five fingers also. In most narrations the three fingers; thumb, and middle fingers are mentioned. The benefit of eating with three fingers is that the amount taken (rnorsel) will be less, and one will not eat more. Imaam Nawawi says: 'We gather from these ahaadith that it is mustahab to eat with three fingers'. For this reason the fourth and fifth fingers should not be used unnecessarily. But if such food is eaten, where it is difficult to use only the three fingers, then there is no harm in using more. Mulla 'Ali Qaari has written that to eat with five fingers is a sign of greediness. Many a time due to the morsel being big, it results in the stomach being unnecessarily strained, it is also the reason for food getting stuck in the throat.

~ TIRMIZI ~

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As at (24/02/2012)

* ANCYL' banning' empowers right - Malema: The banning of a "radical voice" within the ANC has boosted the confidence of right-wing leaders who believe that black people have no share in the land, suspended ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema said.

* Afriforum condemns Kommando camps - The Mail & Guardian newspaper reported that a camp outside Carolina, Mpumalanga, was training teenage boys to hate black people.

* SA and Zimbabwe's relationship cordial: Nkoana-Mashabane - International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says the relationship between South Africa and Zimbabwe remains cordial. This followed reports that President Robert Mugabe threatened to reject President Jacob Zuma as SADC mediator if he impedes him from holding the pending general elections this year.

* Israel signs $1.6 billion arms deal with Azerbaijan - Israeli defense officials on Sunday confirmed $1.6 billion in deals to sell drones as well as anti-aircraft and missile defense systems to Azerbaijan, bringing sophisticated Israeli technology to the doorstep of archenemy Iran.

* In Syria, aid agencies unable to evacuate wounded - Aid agencies were unable to evacuate any people Saturday from a battled-scarred neighborhood in the central Syrian city of Homs, one day after the United States and other nations demanded that President Bashar Assad allow humanitarian aid into strife-ridden Syria.

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