23.01.08 - Mayyit of: Fatima Samodien Salee - VENUE: 23 Hexriverberg Ave Bosmont - TIME: 3:00 - QABRASTAAN: Newclare - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

ISLAMIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE HOME
Start building an Islamic “library” in your home
by Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
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Another thing that will help in teaching your family and letting them develop an understanding of their religion and help them adhere to its rules, is having one’s own Islamic library at home. It does not have to be extensive; what matters is choosing good books, putting them in a place where they are readily accessible, and encouraging family members to read them.

You could put books in a clean and tidy corner of the living room, and in a suitable place in a bedroom or guest room; this will make it easy for any member of the family to read constantly.

In order to build a library properly – and Allaah loves things to be done properly – you should include references so that family members can research various matters and children can use them for their studies. You should also include books of varying levels, so that old and young, men and women can all use them. You should also have books for giving to guests, children’s friends and family visitors, but try to get books that are attractively presented, edited properly and with the sources and classification of the ahaadeeth properly given.

You can make the most of Islamic bookstores and exhibitions to build a home library, after consulting and seeking advice from those who have experience in the field of books. One way in which you can help family members to find a book when they want it is to organize the books according to subject, with books of Tafseer on one shelf, books of hadeeth on another, fiqh on a third, and so on. One of the family members could also compile alphabetical or subject indexes of the library, to make it easier to look for books.

Many of those who want to start a home library may ask for titles of Islamic books. Here are a few suggestions:

MONGOLIAN STIR FRY
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¼ cup oil - 1 cut steak or chicken - 1 tsp green chillies - 2 Tbsp lemon juice - 1 tsp salt - ½ cabbage- shredded - 1 ½ cups carrots- cut into julienne strips - 2 onions chopped - 1 cup green pepper chopped - 4 small tomatoes - ½ cup soya sauce - ½ steers peri-peri sauce - ¼ cup steers barbeque sauce - ¼ cup spring onions - ½ cup dhania chopped.

Heat oil and stir fry the meat add green chillei paste and lemon juice and salt. Stir in the vegetable for 2-3 min before adding the next one. Add the sauces and cook until light and crunchi. Lastly add dhania and spring onion. Serve with either pita or bread rolls.

Q: I joined the Jamaat after missing one Rakaat. When the Imam made Salaam at the end of the Salaah, by mistake I also made Salaam. Realising my mistake, I immediately stood up. I had turned my head completely when making the Salaam. I then proceeded to fill in the missed Rakaat. Was my Salaah valid?

A: Yes, your salaah was valid but you had to make Sajda Sahw for that error.

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LIFE AND POWER
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We witness that He (Allah) is living, powerful, almighty and all-subduing; inadequacy and weakness befall Him not; slumber overtakes Him not nor sleep; dissolution does not prevail over Him nor death. He is Lord of the visible world and the invisible, and of power and might; His are dominion, subjugation, creation, and command; the Heavens are rolled in His right hand and created things are subjugated in His hand.

He is separate in creating and inventing; He is alone in bringing into existence and innovating. He created all creatures and their works, and decreed their sustenance and their lives; nothing decreed escapes His hand and the mutations of things are not beyond His power. The things which He decreed can not be numbered and the things which He knows have no end. [IHYAA]

SOMEONE STOLE THINGS FROM ME
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A drunk phoned police to report that thieves had been in his car. "They've stolen the dashboard, the steering wheel, the brake pedal, the radio, and even the accelerator," he cried out.