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<b>A Walk by the River</b>


<i>Author Unknown </i>


Once there was a small house near to a river bank. There were three people living in the house. A man his wife and his old father. The man was very happy with his wife and they had good life. But his father was very old and sick and often used to be a trouble for both of them whole day and night.


During day they had to serve him food and medicine and at night he used to cough up a lot. That's why they were not able to sleep properly. This routine kept on going for sometime.


One night the man and his wife discussed something in their room and then the man came out and he asked his father to ride on his back.


The father asked "O my son where are you taking me to?"


The man replied "Dad! I want you to take out for a change since it's been long time you didn't see the world outside of the house".


The father was riding on back of his son tightly and the son started walking towards a river until he reached near the river. The father thought his son would stop on edge of the river and let him enjoy the natural scene.


But the son entered into the river until he reached deep into the water, where water was touching his chest.


The son was about to throw his father in the water that suddenly father asked his son to stop for a bit.


The son froze where he was.


The father said "O my son I knew why and where you were going to take me, but before you throw me in the river I want to tell you something. The place where you are standing right now is exactly the place where I threw my father in the river. So please throw me in a little bit deeper water, so when it comes your turn then your son has to walk a little bit more...


<b>Moral of the story: </b>Remember this very carefully, everything you do to your parents, your children will do the same to you. This is a true story, this young man never knew what his father did to his father, and he took him to the exact same place to make him suffer just as he made his father suffer.


May Allah subhanaAllah wa'tala protect us from the curse of the parents, because it is real and no one can escape from it.


<b>"Thy Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him, and that you be kind to parents. Whether one or both of them attain old age in your life, say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but address them in terms of honour. And out of kindness, lower to them the wing of humility, and say: My Lord! Bestow on them Thy Mercy even as they cherished me in childhood. Your Lord knows best what is in your hearts: If you do deeds of righteousness, verily He is Most Forgiving to those who turn to Him again and again (in true penitence)"</b>
[surah al-Isra: 23]

Chocolate-Nut Balls




<i>Make these treats by yourself once you've read the recipe with an adult</i>


Ingredients:



66 vanilla wafers


1 cup walnuts


1 cup sifted powdered sugar


1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder


1/3 cup orange juice


3 tablespoons honey


1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar


Equipment:



measuring cups and spoons


sifter


heavy plastic bag


rolling pin


mixing bowls


wooden spoon


STEP 1
Put <i>half</i> the vanilla wafers into a heavy plastic bag; push air out and close tightly. Use a rolling pin to crush wafers into tiny crumbs. Pour into large bowl. Repeat with remaining wafers. You should have a little less than 3 cups of crumbs.


STEP 2
Put the walnuts into the plastic bag and close tightly. Use rolling pin to crush the walnuts into tiny crumbs. Add to the crumbs in bowl.


STEP 3
Use a wooden spoon to stir in the 1 cup powdered sugar and the cocoa powder. Add the orange juice and honey. Stir till well mixed. Add 1 or 2 tablespoons more orange juice, if needed.


STEP 4
Use 1 tablespoon mixture for each cookie. Shape into balls with your hands. Put the 1/2 cup powdered sugar into small bowl. Roll balls in powdered sugar to coat, shaking off any extra sugar. Store in airtight container.


Makes about 40.

Apricot-Banana Shakes




Ingredients:



1 cup orange juice, chilled


1/2 cup milk


1/4 teaspoon vanilla


1 16-ounce can pitted apricot halves, chilled


1 banana


Ground nutmeg


Equipment:



measuring cups and spoons


can opener


blender


glasses


STEP 1
Measure the orange juice, milk, and vanilla into the blender container. Add apricots and their juice. Peel banana. Break banana into 4 pieces; addto blender container.


STEP 2
With adult help, cover the blender and blend till smooth. Pour into glasses; sprinkle with a little nutmeg.


Makes 4 servings.

Assalamu Alaikum,


I have LOTS of recipes that kids can make -- either with an adult helper, or even by themselves! I will post a few here inshaAllah and I think it would be nice to make a new forum section for kids' recipes.


Let me know what you think!


salam alaikum

Assalamu alaikum,


I just had an idea that it would be fun to swap recipes since we have people from all over the world. I have a few I would like to share if anyone is interested, and maybe if lots of people have recipes to share we can make it a new forum inshaAllah, hopefully it won't make the message board too cluttered


Anyway let me know what you think. I also have lots of kids recipes that I would like to post in the kids section inshaAllah.


salam alaikum

The Israeli lobby has launched an all-out drive to ensure congressional passage of a bill, approved by the House and now before a Senate committee that would set up a federal tribunal to investigate and monitor criticism of Israel on American college campuses.


Ten months ago the New York-based Jewish Week newspaper claimed that the report by American Free Press that Republican members of the Senate were planning to crack down on college and university professors who were critical of Israel was "a dangerous urban legend at best, deliberate disinformation at worst." They were claiming that AFP lied.


However, on Sept. 17, 2003, the House Subcommittee on Select Education unanimously approved H.R. 3077, the International Studies in Higher Education Act, which was then passed by the full House on Oct. 21. The chief sponsor of the legislation was Rep. Peter Hoekstra, a conservative Republican from Michigan.


http://www.americanfreepress.net/03_19_04/.../new_bill_.html

When I initially came here, I thought that this would be a place where I could ask genuine questions and get genuine answers.


And there have been some people who have tried to be helpful and nice since I've been here. But by-and-large, it's becoming a Bible-and-Christian-Bashing session time and time again. Now, we have people like Rehmat who, in my opinion, is just the type of person to confirm people's distrust and hatred for Muslims by his evil words and personal attacks and justification of the likes of bin Ladin.


I feel like I spend more time here defending my own faith than learning about Islam. That's the way these discussions always seem to go.


I didn't come here bashing Muhammad or calling him evil, ugly names. Nor did I come here with statements as stupid as "Islam is a terrorist religion". There is all kinds of information in books, on radio, on the Web that attack Islam, it's prophet, it's Book, etc. and some of the issues seem to be very valid to me. But my intent was not to come here with such things because I knew it would be offensive.


Apparently others do not have the same concern regarding us "kaffirs"; they don't care who they hurt or offend.


I didn't come here expressing myself in an evil way. That is nonetheless what <b>I</b> have been getting.


Anything I've said, I've been willing to back up with sources and with proof, yet the same people who demand such things of me are not willing themselves to do the same. That is what is called hypocricy.


I do not like it here anymore and in fact, the attacks on my faith have actually caused me to research, study, read and pray and my faith is now stronger than it was before. Perhaps certain individuals should change their tactics and methodologies.


Thanks to those who did not exhibit such behavior.


Unfortunately, it is time for me to make my exit, because I cannot and will not tolerate such incorrect and ugly things to be said about my or my faith <b>ESPECIALLY</b> when people can't back it up.


So long.

Wants to embrace Islam but has been advised to wait


I have been researching Islam for the past month and have also started to read the Quran. I personally feel that I am ready to take the Shahaada but some of my Muslim friends do not feel the same way. They are warning me of making a lifelong commitment so hastily but I feel that I am ready. Could you please advise me on what I need to do so that I can readily accept and declare Allah as the one and only true God with a clear conscious that I did not do anything too soon? Thank you.


Praise be to Allaah.


Congratulations to you. We could not conceal our joy when we read your question expressing your readiness to enter Islam. The advice you have received from some people to wait is rather strange, but perhaps they are afraid that you may return to disbelief after embracing Islam if you are too hasty. But isn’t death possible at any time? If your answer is yes, do you not see that the best thing to do is to go ahead and enter Islam immediately, so that if your time should come soon, you will meet Allaah as a follower of His religion, Islam, besides which He accepts no other religion. The best of good deeds is the one that is done without delay. Moreover, you have, al-hamdu Lillaah, read about Islam and read the Qur’aan for a reasonable period, so make haste, and do not deprive yourself of the reward which you will earn the sooner you enter Islam. We ask Allaah to help you and make things easy for you, to open your heart to the truth and help you to adhere to it. And Allaah is the source of strength.


(al-Mawsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah, 2/309).