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Thursday, 09 April 2015 / 19 Jumadal Ukhra 1436H

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08.04.2015 - Mayyit of: Aslam Adams - VENUE: 827 Surtee Street Actonville Benoni - TIME - 11h15 - QABARSTAAN: Rynsoord

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08.04.2015 - Mayyit of: Zohra Cajee - VENUE: 67 Amlock Drive Parlock Durban - TIME - 11h30 - QABARSTAAN: Hilal

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08.04.2015 - Mayyit of: Fatima Pochee - VENUE: 5 Steenbok Street Volksrust - TIME - After Asr - QABARSTAAN: Volksrust

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Uthmaan (RA)

LIFE BEFORE ACCEPTANCE OF ISLAM
Hadrat Uthman (R.A.) belonged to a noble family of Quraish in Makkah. His ancestral pedigree joins with that of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam) in the fifth generation. He was from the "Umayyah" family of Quraish, which was a well reputed and honourable family of Makkah during the pre-Islamic days. In the famous battle of "Fajar" the Commander-in-Chief of the Quraish army, Harb bin Umayyah was from the same family. The descendants of this family are known as "Banu Umayyah" or "Umawwin".

Hadrat Uthman (R.A.) was born in 573 A.C. His patronymic name was "Abu Amr" and father's name was "Affan bin Abul-As". He was known by the name "Uthman ibn 'Affan". Hadrat Uthman was one of the few persons of Makkah who knew reading and writing. When he grew up, he started business in cloth which made him very rich. He used his money in good ways and always helped the poor. Uthman (R.A.) was a soft natured and kind hearted man. He did not hesitate to spend any amount of money on seeing a man in trouble in order to remove his misery. For his noble qualities the Makkahns had great respect for him. read more

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As at (08/04/2015)

Ingredients
4 eggs
1 ¼ cups sugar
½ cup oil
1 tsp vanilla essence
¾ cup water
1 ¾ cup self raising flour
2 ½ tblsp cocoa powder
1 ½ tsp baking powder

Method
Beat eggs and sugar well. Add vanilla essence, oil and water and mix well. Sift flour, cocoa and baking powder and add to above ingredients. Pour mixture into a well greased baking pan 25cm x 36cm, and bake at 180c for 30 minutes. When cool ice with icing of choice.

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Today, upon a bus,
I saw a girl with golden hair.
and wished I was as fair.
When suddenly she rose to leave,
I saw her hobble down the aisle.
She had one leg and wore a crutch.
But as she passed, a smile.
Ya Allah, forgive me when I whine.
I have 2 legs, the world is mine.

I stopped to buy some candy.
The lad who sold it had such charm.
I talked with him, he seemed so glad.
If I were late, it'd do no harm.
And as I left, he said to me,
"I thank you, you've been so kind."
"It's nice to talk with folks like you.
You see," he said, "I'm blind."
Ya Allah, forgive me when I whine.
I have 2 eyes, the world is mine.

Later while walking down the street,
I saw a child with eyes of blue.
He stood and watched the others play.
He did not know what to do.
I stopped a moment and then I said,
"Why don't you join the others, dear?"
He looked ahead without a word.
And then I knew, he couldn't hear.
Ya Allah, forgive me when I whine.
I have 2 ears, the world is mine.

With feet to take me where I'd go.
With eyes to see the sunset's glow.
With ears to hear what I'd know.
Ya Allah, forgive me when I whine.
I've been blessed indeed,
the world is mine.

"And He grants you whatever you ask of Him. If you try to count Allah's bounties, you will never be able to do so. Indeed, man is extremely unjust and very ungrateful." (Ebrahim: V. 34)

FISHING

A fisherman from the city was out fishing on a lake in a small boat. He noticed another man in a small boat open his tackle box and take out a mirror. Being curious the man rowed over and asked, "What is the mirror for?"

"That's my secret way to catch fish," said the other man. "Shine the mirror on the top of the water. The fish notice the spot of sun on the water above and they swim to the surface. Then I just reach down and net them and pull them into the boat."

"Wow! Does that really work?"
"You bet it does."
"Would you be interested in selling that mirror? I'll give you $30 for it."
"Well, okay."

After the money was transferred, the city fisherman asked, "By the way, how many fish have you caught this week?"

"You're the sixth," he said

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