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Asalaamu aliakum wa rag matullah hi wa barakaatu ...
I trust you well on this monday?
Monday Morning MUBRAK !!!
YEs... i have been quiet of late... busy work schedule... and FLU ... been preventing me from saying Hello on a more consistent basis... Thanks to those who emailed and enquired if i was still alive ..lol :-) (and about the Friday emails ) and for the rest of your'll loyal readership ... thanks for your duas...( i hope:-)
NOT to worry but lots have happened in the past few weeks and i have enough material to get us through the next part of the year...inshallah...
RAMADAAN MUBARAK ...
Alhumdulillah... the Last few weeks have sped us by... and now we stand on the footsteps of the Greatest of months.
On behalf of the MSA of the CApe AND MYSELF ... we/ I wish you and your families well for the forthcoming month and strongly urge one and all to do as much as you can to take advantage of the benefits of this month... and we thank each and every one of you for supporting our QIYAAMUL LAYL programme. We hope it was beneficial and added value to your life.
Every now and then we are asked or we ask ourselves... what is the purpose of this LIFE?
- i dont have an answer... i am not a mufti ... but as Each of the 8 weeks that sped us by passed ... a different question was asked... and a different realisation was had ...
the topics of our QIyaamul LAyl programmes have varied... but three things were constant in our pursuit of atttaining closeness to Allah swt ...
1. Quraan.
2. Prophet Muhammed SAW
3. Consistency.
When we search for answers Alhumdulillah ... we always have to refer it back to the Quraan and Sunnah... and therafter we try our utmost to implement what we learn and be consistent... and if we do err ... we repent and work harder and humble ourselves in front of the Almighty... in search of a heightened attachment in our worship ... which will hopefully allow us to become more practical participants in the way we express ourselves ... in an attempt to make us realise that sincerity in our worship is key to attaining Allah swt's MERCY... Why do we need Allah SWT's Mercy? it is key to our entry into jannah. Why do we want to go to jannah? ... Well ... off the top of my head ... the other alterntive is not even an alterantive...
As i sat listening to my learned friend this friday past... it dawned upon me that the most simple and oft overlooked things are what will realise us the greatest benefit in this life and more importantly it is those things that will determine our life after Death ...
he related Hadith a hadith which best put into perspective what this LIFe is all about ...
( it comes from the musnad of Imaam Ahmad) ...
أفش السلام وأطعم الطعام وصل الأرحام
وقم بالليل والناس نيام تدخل الجنة بسلام"
the Prophet SAW said: spread peace and feed people food, and join family ties and stand in the night whilst people are sleeping. You will enter jannah with peace.
And May Allah SWt guide and protect us all.
Think. Ponder. Reflect.
Wasalaam mu alikukum waragmatullah hi wabarakatu.
[ if i have made any mistakes or offended any one ... i ask for forgiveness... if their is any benefit in this then All Praise is to Allah swt... Most beneficent and All wise. ]
PS: All the best to Brother Khalid ... travel well my brother ... please remember us in your duas...
PS2: apparently caffiene is a natural source of mental and physical energy... i did not know that ..read it on the Coffe tin this morning...
PS3: HALAAL TOUR took us to HERMANUS 2 weeks ago ... TIKKA PALACE... indian and pakistani Cuisine in a quainst setting... lovely atmosphere... and the FOOD wasnt bad either... i think Its the first fully halaal resturant in HERMANus... [no KFC is not a restuarant...] the owner even went out of his way to let us make our Salaah there ... Well worth a visit... and now its no more necessary to take the AKNI pots with when visiting HERNANUS:-)
Wii: JOKE ... husband leaves a poem 4 his wife...
I wrote your name in the sand... but the ocean washed it away ... I wrote your name in the air... but the wind blew it away ...
FINALLY... i wrote your name in my heart... and i had a heart attack!!!! lol...
[ PSP: no husbands were killed in the making of this EMail]
XBOX: THE MSA Ramadaan Hamper will ONCE AGAIN be packing ramadaan bags this coming SATURDAY 22nd AUGUST 2009, INSHALLAH ... contact Br GOOLUM ... gmt424@gmail.com
Peace. Love. and a doubel hotdogg with peri peri powder, cheese and whopper source ... mmmh :-p
Your in Islam.
ZAheer PArker.
