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Mr Darbo,

Thanks to you too for sharing wonderful ATT. Edi will suffice, if you
have any titles to dish out I suggest you look towards No 1 Marina
Parade.

Edi

On 11/06/2009, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Jah,
> Reminds me of the bazaar on Caesar's return from war victory. Where are the
> virgins that
> we are promised if we do good here on earth? Is all that a hoax? Forget
> never-ending
> life. That will just be more healthcare costs. Evian I said to stay away. We
> want the virgins.
> Seriously these Hadiths are good. Thanx Jah for sharing. I gotta think of a
> name for yew. Haruna.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edi Jah <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 7:58 pm
> Subject: Fwd: Daily Hadith - A Dead Lamb Anyone?
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>
>
> A Dead Lamb Anyone?
>
> Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi
> asallam) happened to walk through the bazaar coming from the side of
> Aliya and people were on both sides of him. There he found a dead
> amb with very short ears. He took hold of its ear and said: ‘Who
> mongst you would like to have this for a dirham?’ They said: ‘We
> ould not like to have it even for less than that as it is of no use
> o us.’ He said: ‘Do you wish to have it (free of any cost)?’ They
> aid: ‘By Allah, even if it were alive (we would not have liked to
> ossess it), for there is defect in it, as its ear is very short; on
> op of that it is dead now.’ Thereupon, Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi
> asallam) said: ‘By Allah, this world is more insignificant in the
> yes of Allah than (this dead lamb) is in your eyes.’” [Muslim]
> This hadith is a wonderful reminder of the insi
> gnificance of this
> orld; yet how much we fret for it. Our worries for the things of this
> orld should be more proportionate to their importance. We ask Allah
> subhana wa ta'ala) to give us eternity, never ending life. On top of
> hat we want it in a place better than we can possibly imagine. In it
> e expect to have youth for ever, no noise, nothing unpleasant, no
> orries. In this everlasting life, in Paradise, we also expect to get
> ore beautiful and enjoy more luxuries with each passing day, although
> fter the first day we cannot imagine that anything could be better.
> e expect never to be separated from our loved ones, or feel anything
> xcept positive emotions. In return for this, when Allah (subhana wa
> a'ala) asks us to obey Him for just 70-80 years, maybe a little more
> r a little less, we think it too much? He is asking you for a drop,
> hile you are asking Him for the ocean!
> This hadith also illustrates what an exceptional teacher Rasul Allah
> sal Allahu alaihi wasallam) was. We know what impact visual aids
> ave. The more theoretical the words, the less of an impact they have,
> he more the thoughts can be translated into visuals or experiential,
> he more lasting its impact. Now we have educationists teaching us to
> se the same techniques that were employed by Rasul Allah (sal Allahu
> laihi wasallam) as a teacher.
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