Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu!
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
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how are you all?
is it snowing where you are because it is here, and I am so happy! I love the snow - it's so nice to look at and unlike hammering rain, is really peaceful. I have started with a quote about Umar (ra) because I am currently reading this book and because of it, have learnt so much more about the second khalifa of Islam than I knew before. I particularly like how even before Islam, he was one of the wisest and most respected men in Makkah. That fact alone makes more sense when you read the following saying of the Prophet (saw).
It is related by Abu Hurairah (ra) that the Prophet Muhammad (saw) said:
You will find people to be like mines. The best of them in the Jahiliyyah (ignorance before Islam) are the best of them in Islam when they have understanding.
{Sahih Al-Bukhari}
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Umar (ra) lived during the Jahiliyah (period of ignorance before Islam) and knew it inside out. He knew its true nature, its customs and traditions and defended it with all the strength he possessed. Hence, when he entered into Islam, he understood its beauty and true nature, and he understood the great difference between guidance and misguidance, disbelief and faith, truth and falsehood, and he (ra) spoke the famous words:
The bonds of Islam will be undone one by one when there will be a generation brought up in Islam who do not know what Jahiliyah is.
{Taken from Umar ibn Al-Khattab: His Life and Times by Dr. 'Ali Muhammad as-Sallabi}
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the weekend was a sweet one here - I baked a double batch of chocolate brownies and a gf Victoria sandwich with plenty of vanilla whipped cream. on Monday, I baked this orange vanilla sponge heart and then proceeded to slather it with raspberry jam.
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the week continued with the best chicken pie, a crumble filled with rhubarb, cherries and lots of seeds, not to mention pasta salads and puffy tortillas.
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by Thursday, a little bread baking was much needed to calm everything down. along with a little deep-frying since it has been so cold here! we're talking deep frosts with my favourite, clear blue-skied days.
baking fresh bread on Friday morning and lamenting my not-so-perfect-but-still-tastes-the-best cinnamon brown sugar swirl. hope you've had a good week!
here's more from mine:
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
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how are you all?
is it snowing where you are because it is here, and I am so happy! I love the snow - it's so nice to look at and unlike hammering rain, is really peaceful. I have started with a quote about Umar (ra) because I am currently reading this book and because of it, have learnt so much more about the second khalifa of Islam than I knew before. I particularly like how even before Islam, he was one of the wisest and most respected men in Makkah. That fact alone makes more sense when you read the following saying of the Prophet (saw).
It is related by Abu Hurairah (ra) that the Prophet Muhammad (saw) said:
You will find people to be like mines. The best of them in the Jahiliyyah (ignorance before Islam) are the best of them in Islam when they have understanding.
{Sahih Al-Bukhari}
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Umar (ra) lived during the Jahiliyah (period of ignorance before Islam) and knew it inside out. He knew its true nature, its customs and traditions and defended it with all the strength he possessed. Hence, when he entered into Islam, he understood its beauty and true nature, and he understood the great difference between guidance and misguidance, disbelief and faith, truth and falsehood, and he (ra) spoke the famous words:
The bonds of Islam will be undone one by one when there will be a generation brought up in Islam who do not know what Jahiliyah is.
{Taken from Umar ibn Al-Khattab: His Life and Times by Dr. 'Ali Muhammad as-Sallabi}
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the weekend was a sweet one here - I baked a double batch of chocolate brownies and a gf Victoria sandwich with plenty of vanilla whipped cream. on Monday, I baked this orange vanilla sponge heart and then proceeded to slather it with raspberry jam.
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the week continued with the best chicken pie, a crumble filled with rhubarb, cherries and lots of seeds, not to mention pasta salads and puffy tortillas.
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by Thursday, a little bread baking was much needed to calm everything down. along with a little deep-frying since it has been so cold here! we're talking deep frosts with my favourite, clear blue-skied days.
baking fresh bread on Friday morning and lamenting my not-so-perfect-but-still-tastes-the-best cinnamon brown sugar swirl. hope you've had a good week!
here's more from mine:
Saturday: I baked a giant double batch of these quadruple chocolate brownies today.
although they were just triple chocolate because I forgot the white chocolate and they did not last long! the gooey middle ones are always the best!
I also baked a gluten-free Victoria sandwich with added whipped cream.
savoury wise, I baked chilli ginger salmon.
with a veggie Chinese fried rice.
I sprinkled half with toasted coconut and left the other half plain for me!
and was covered with my new favourite pastry.
baked and ready for dinner! I adapted this recipe but you can find a very similar recipe on this blog here!
with rhubarb, cherries and ...
I don't know about you guys but I am definitely a vanilla ice cream girl when it comes to crumbles.
this time one year ago:
lately, on the blog:
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Because of all the snow, this dua came to mind:
O Allah, wash away my sins with snow and hail water and purify my heart of sins as a white garment is cleansed of soil. And distance my sins as far away from me as You have distanced the east from the west.
Ameen!
Have a wonderful week, and keep me in your duas please,
Wasalaam!
