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Deep Chocolate Cake
Cake
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
113g butter
¼ cup oil
2 eggs
1 Tbsp vanilla
1 cup flour
½ cup cocoa
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarb
½ cup hot water
Method:
Cream the butter and sugar till fluffy.
Mix in the oil.
Add the eggs and vanilla, mix well.
Sift together and add the flour, cocoa, bicarb and baking powder.
Gently whisk in the …
Preceding in Salaam
Sayyiduna Abu Umaamah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “Indeed, (from the people who make salaam,) the most deserving of people by Allah (for His special mercy) is the one who makes salaam first to others.” (Sunan Abi Dawood #5197 and Bazlul Majhood)
From the hadeeth above, we understand that when two Muslims meet one another and greet one another with salaam, then from the two, the one who makes salaam first is more deserving …
Afraid of Answerability
On one occasion a man visited the great saint and scholar, Sufyaan Thauri (rahimahullah). He brought along one or two bags of silver coins. The father of this visitor was a very close friend of Sufyaan Thauri (rahimahullah). They had such a close relationship, that Sufyaan (rahimahullah) would frequently visit him and even take an afternoon siesta at his house. The man asked Sufyaan Thauri (rahimahullah) to share some memories of his father.
Sufyaan Thauri (rahimahullah) fondly recalled the man’s …
