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Thursday, 28 Thul Hijjah 1432 H /24 November 2011

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"...and be patient. Surely, Allah is with those who are As-Sabirin (the patient ones)." [Noble Quran 8:46]

The Third Level: Being Pleased With The Affliction

Is when the person is pleased with the affliction and whether it happened or not, it is the same to him so he it is not difficult upon him. He does not bear it as if it is something weighing heavy on him, and this (level) is Mustahabb (preferred - between Haram and Wajib) and it is not Wajib according to the most correct opinion. The difference between this level and the one before it is apparent because the affliction happening or not happening is the same due to the pleasure of the one on this level. As for the level before it, the affliction is hard upon him, yet he remains patient over it.

The Fourth Level: Thanking - Being Grateful

This is the highest level. This is that the person thanks Allah for the affliction, which has struck him in that he knows that this affliction is an expiation for his sins and perhaps a cause for an increase in his good deeds.

Nabi Sallallahu alaihi Wa Sallam said:"There is no affliction which strikes the Muslim except that Allah expiates with it (sins), even with a thorn that may poke him." [Bukhari & Muslim]

Taken from: Fatawa Arkan Al-Islam

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THE TIN CAN

The war-mongering Napoleon Bonaparte played a part in the invention of the tin can. in 1809, Napoleon’s troops were embroiled in the Peninsular War in Spain. Anxious about how to feed his army on long campaigns, Napoleon launched a competition to find a solution. French chef Nicolas Appert devised a means of preserving food in glass jars sterilised with boiling water (and won himself 12,000 francs).

A year later, British manufacturer Peter Durand dreamt up an improved design. he replaced the breakable glass with thin sheets of iron coated with tin. The early cans, however, were soldered airtight with lead, which caused lead poisoning. The most famous example of this came in an 1845 when members of the Arctic expedition team headed by explorer Sir John Franklin suffered fatal lead poisoning after three years of eating canned food.

ELASTIC BAND

London businessman Stephen Perry patented the elastic band in 1845, to hold letters together. His company, Messrs Perry and Co rubber Manufacturers of London, produced all sorts of goods, but the elastic band was their real moneyspinner, formed by slicing a long rubber tube into thousands of wafer-thin loops.

The Royal Mail is now the biggest consumer of rubber bands in the UK, using up to 342 million of them every year. In 2004, the colour was changed to red to encourage postmen to pick them up.

TEA BAGS

Until the first teabags were introduced in 1903, tea was always sold loose and had to be strained during pouring. In 1908, Thomas Sullivan, from New York, became the first commercial tea salesman to have the bright idea of putting tea in bags, initially as samples. His earliest wares were expensively packed in bags made of silk cheap paper bags weren’t introduced until the 1930s. Sullivan had intended for the loose tea to be removed from each bag, but his customers made the real breakthrough in convenience themselves. They took to dunking the unopened packets in hot water to test the quality of each tea shipment a practice that’s held fast ever since.

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* The National Prosecuting Authority has received a request from the Mail & Guardian to publish information said to prove that presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj lied in an inquiry. Scroll down for Mac Maharaj's interview on Radio Islam.

* Two ANC MPs explained why they had broken ranks with the majority of their party in the National Assembly vote on the Protection of Information Bill.

* President Jacob Zuma on the advice of the Judicial Services Commission (JSC), appointed Justice Chiman Patel the Judge President of the KwaZulu-Natal High Court, making Patel the first Indian judge president in the country.

* South African state utility Eskom is likely to run up about 400 billion rand of debt over the next three years as it pays for upgrades to keep the lights on in Africa's biggest economy, chief executive Brian Dames said.

* Iran's parliament voted to review relations with Britain after it imposed sanctions on its central bank, a move described as "vindictive" by a leading lawmaker who called for the British ambassador to be expelled.

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Indeed she has captured the hearts of many Muslims and non-Muslims around the world. Her plight and difficulties has created an ocean, the content of which is supplied by the tears of millions of supporters around the globe. Aafia Siddiqui, 39, who was accused and convicted of assault with intent to muder, was sentenced in September 2010, to 86 years in prison by a United States district court.

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250ml cream
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"Ons voel mos nie almal altyd dieselfde nie, is dit nie? Partymaal voel jy goed en ek dalk bietjie af, soos Allah wil. Kliek hier vir die nuutste Dagstukkie om jou aan te moedig. Ons het ook al die Dagstukkies wat ons nou al uitgestuur het saam op een bladsy gesit, juis vir jou gerief. As ek dus 'n Dagstukkie uitstuur en jy voel dis nou nie vandag vir jou bedoel nie, dan kan jy sommer maklik vir jouself al die Dagstukkie-opskrifte gaan deurkyk totdat jy een vind wat jou hart aanraak. Of as iets gebeur wat jou so bietjie van balans af gooi: besoek die Dagstukkies! Jy weet nooit, dalk wil Allah jou juis deur 'n besondere Dagstukkie bemoedig.

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