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Thursday, 22 Jamaadul-Ula 1434H/04 April 2013

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In Makkah was the Ka'bah, which was built by the Prophet Ibrahim centuries before as a holy place to worship Allah, the One. But in course of time, the place had been converted by unbelievers to worship object other than Allah. People added to it many traditions of their own. They visited this place for a few months in a year for pilgrimage. They came from all parts of Arabia, representing various famous tribes. The pilgrimage, in spite of its religious norm, constituted for the Arab a yearly festival where people met and indulged in their cultural activities. The Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam took this opportunity to spread Islam.

Among those who were interested to his call, were a group of people from Yathrib in the North of Arabia. They met secretly with the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam and a few Muslims from Makkah in a village called 'Aqabah. After being Muslims they took an oath of allegiance to protect Islam) the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam and the Makkan Muslims.

The following year, the group of Muslims from Yathrib came again to Makkah. They met the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam at the same place where they previously met. This time 'Abbas bjn Abd AI-Muttalib) the Prophet's uncle who was himself not a Muslim yet, was present at the meeting. They invited the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam and the Muslims from Makkah to emigrate to Yathrib. They promised to treat them as true brothers and sisters. A long dialogue was held between the Muslims of Yathrib with the Prophet’s uncle to make sure that they really wanted to welcome the Makkan Muslims in their town. The Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam agreed at the end to make a mass exodus to the new land.

On learning the Muslims had planned to leave Makkah, the Makkan unbelievers tried to stop the exodus but the first group had already migrated to Yathrib. The Makkans had feared that the migration to Yathrib would give the Muslims a new base to spread Islam.

Within two months nearly all the Muslims from Makkah, except the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam, Abu Bakr RA; Ali RA and a few helpless people had migrated. The Makkans then decided to kill the Prophet. They made a plan, but Allah had made another plan over them, to quote the Quran. With various tactics and a good planning, the Prophet finally arrived peacefully in Yathrib which was known as Madinah Ar-Rasul (The city of the Prophet).

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PRAWNS MASALA
Ingredients
2Kg Prawns – cleaned and deveined - 1 Handful fine Jeeroo - Salt to taste - 1 tblsp Black Pepper - Butter – olive oil to fry.

Liquidize the following:
1 handful whole Red Marcha (dry). 1 ½ handfuls Garlic. 1 cup Lemon Juice. Fresh Curry Leaves. When liquidized then add the Jeeroo and black pepper.

Method
Press prawns out from back to form butterfly. Smear little masala mixture over each prawn. Then fry in butter and olive oil till done.

Sauce
2 tblsp Masala. ¼ cup tomato puree. Lemon juice. Olive oil Butter. boil all together. Serve over prawns.

A couple of young boys were fishing at their special pond off the beaten track. All of a sudden, the Game Warden jumped out of the bushes. Immediately, one of the boys threw his rod down and started running through the woods like a bat out of hell.

The Game Warden was hot on his heels. After about a half mile, the young man stopped and stooped over with his hands on his thighs to catch his breath, so the Game Warden finally caught up to him. "Let's see yer fishin' license, Boy!" the Warden gasped.

With that, the boy pulled out his wallet and gave the Game Warden a valid fishing license. "Well, son," said the Game Warden, "you must be about as dumb as a box of rocks! You don't have to run from me if you have a valid license!" "Yes, sir," replied the young guy, "but my friend back there, well, he don't have one."

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