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Question:
Assalaamu ‘alaikum
I have been brought up in a family where we do not celebrate birthdays nor do we have mixed gatherings and shake hands with any ghair mahrams.
Unfortunately, in my husband’s family it is completely different. They celebrate birthdays, the gatherings are mixed and the women hug and even kiss some of their male relatives who are non-mahrams. I was also once put in a situation where a male came and hugged me against my wishes.
Eet-Sum-Mor
Ingredients:
½ pound butter
1 cup icing sugar
½ cup oil
1 cup maizena
+/- 3 cups flour
2 tsp vanilla essence
Method:
Beat butter well. Add sugar and beat again. Then add vanilla essence, oil and maizena. Sift flour few times and add 1 cup at a time.
Pat dough in wax wrap and cut in squares with the blunt side of the knife. Bake on 180°C.
Old Shoes
Ask our children:
1. If all our friends have something, but our father cannot afford to buy that item for us, what should we do?
2. We always think of those few things we do not have, but do we ever appreciate the many things that we do have?
3. When last did we thank Allah Ta‘ala or our parents for all the good we are enjoying?
4. Did we know that we thank people by saying “Jazaakallah!” and …
