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Tuesdays with Dorie rewind: Almost-Fudge Gâteau
18 comments:
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
Just so irresistible! Terrific!
- December 28, 2010 at 2:21 AM
- Minu said...
Superb Cake.
Have to try this
- December 28, 2010 at 5:25 AM
- Clivia said...
Mmm. Lovely and rich. That sets me dreaming this morning.
- December 28, 2010 at 6:56 AM
- Tiffany @ Conor & Bella said...
That looks so decadent and delicious! Yum.
- December 28, 2010 at 9:03 AM
- Stella said...
Hey Valerie, you are too funny! I love winter, but I remember feeling like you do after the holidays when I was a kid and teen. It was just like back to school waiting for the bus on that horribly cold street corner-very bleak after the warmth of such festivity. Me agrees;-)
Oh, and this cake does sound like something wonderful for winter. Hot fudge in the cold is good. Yes...
- December 28, 2010 at 9:53 AM
- Lauren at KeepItSweet said...
I feel the very same way about the winter and the holidays... almost wish that they came a couple of months later so that there was something later in winter to look forward to!
- December 28, 2010 at 10:06 AM
- Les rêves d'une boulangère (Brittany) said...
You are spot on about the Christmas season..it's almost bittersweet. I can't wait until next year though.
As for your gâteau...I'm drooling. Throughouly drooling. How moist and inviting it looks!!! Brownie style cakes really tempt me.
- December 28, 2010 at 11:07 AM
- Sweet and Savory said...
This is the second one, I have seen and now I am even more convinced to make this. So much delicious chocolate. It is so tempting.
- December 28, 2010 at 11:19 AM
- Beth said...
What a beautiful cake! I got Dorie's cookbook for Christmas, so maybe I'll be trying this one sometime in the near future.
- December 28, 2010 at 1:07 PM
- Mary said...
The texture of this looks amazing, and I just want to dig in. I love winter, but think enjoying a slice of this while it does its thing outside is the way to go, Happy New Year!
- December 28, 2010 at 4:07 PM
- Jessica of My Baking Heart said...
How beautiful, Valerie! And I love your suggestion about milk in a champagne glass - too cute! :)
- December 28, 2010 at 4:51 PM
- Katrina said...
Mmm, I like your glaze-less gateau. I think it was super rich, almost too much with all the ganache I poured on top. I'm thinking maybe just a drizzle across the top.
Love your "chat" about your issues with winter.
- December 28, 2010 at 11:46 PM
- A Canadian Foodie said...
It is gorgeous - and when you said it was like a posh uptown brownie - you hit it on the head. It looks exactly like my favourite brownie recipe from Jamie Oliver with dried sour cherries (those are surprisingly delightful nuggets of pleasure to find buried in the gooey goodness!
There is nothing like chocolate!!!
I actually love this week reconnecting with friends and relaxing after the frenzy... maybe because the celebration continues - more or less - for an entire week around here.
- December 29, 2010 at 8:44 AM
- lacasitainspirada said...
umm..... YUM. Almost fudge is exactly how I take all of my chocolate pastries. This looks so sinfully good.
- December 29, 2010 at 8:19 PM
- Leslie said...
I'm practically drooling at your photos. This looks so good I wish I'd made it instead of the cinnamon rolls!
- December 30, 2010 at 11:30 PM
- Sally Annie Magundy said...
Hi Valerie!
Running in to wish you a wonderful 2011! (and that I could have a slice of that most scrumptious looking chocolate item!)
Wishing you much happiness in 2011,
- January 1, 2011 at 2:27 PM
- steph- whisk/spoon said...
holy smokes! those photos have me drooling! it's been a long time since i've made this, but it's only my the best in the book. happy new year!
- January 6, 2011 at 5:32 PM
- Avanika [YumsiliciousBakes] said...
Ahh wow!! The gooey fudge looks sooo good, I'm thinking of making it immediately! I'm still in vacation mode :)
- January 8, 2011 at 12:11 PM

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The Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) is proud to be accredited by the American Library Association (ALA) -- the gold standard for library and information science (LIS) education in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. For prospective, current and graduated GSLIS students, this accreditation is important because an ALA-accredited master's degree is essential to obtain most professional positions in the LIS field, and is required by many states for public and school librarians. For students as educational consumers, they can also be confident that GSLIS has met the ALA Accreditation Standards, and that "accreditation serves as a mechanism for quality assessment and quality enhancement with quality defined as the effective utilization of resources to achieve appropriate educational objectives and student learning outcomes.(1)
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Our assessment efforts prior to our most recent (2010) accreditation are described in more detail in Chapter 1: Mission, Goals, & Objectives of the 2010 Program Presentation. (Please see the chapter and supporting evidence at http://gslis.simmons.edu/coa/chapter1.html.) As noted in that chapter, following the enactment of a new Simmons College mission statement, GSLIS faculty approved a new school mission statement in 2008. With a new mission statement as the foundation, the faculty began its reexamination of the 10 student learning outcomes then in place. A subcommittee was formed in Fall 2009 to develop and present a new set of student learning outcomes, which are an expression of the program objectives and which are consistent and aligned with the values of Simmons College. In December 2009, the faculty voted to accept three new student learning outcomes to go into effect during the 2010-2011 academic year:
- Demonstrate critical thinking in their practice of library, archival, and information science
- Communicate clearly and effectively in a range of formats to a variety of audiences
- Demonstrate leadership capability in practice and service and in diverse communities.
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- Technology Orientation Requirement (TOR) questions and data (sample) (coming soon)
- Screenshot of the syllabus wiki, available at http://gslis.simmons.edu/wikis/syllabi/Main_Page to all GSLIS students and faculty with a Simmons login
- Curriculum Map
- Career support and development activities, 2009-2012 (Example: Flyer from Spring 2012 Career Boot Camp)
- 2012-2013 GSLIS Assessment Committee Membership and Charge (coming soon)
- Library Journal Salary/Job Placement Survey Information
- Statistics/Sample Listings from GSLIS Job Postings (New England Jobline)
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- Course syllabus
- Student course evaluations
- Peer annual review (faculty)
- Self-assessment (faculty)
- Curriculum Committee minutes
- Annual GSLIS Stakeholder Retreat notes
- Draft Portfolio Guidelines from Capstone Implementation Subcommittee (under development)
- Draft Foundations class syllabus from Foundations Implementation Subcommittee (under development)
Assessment of student learning outcomes is a continuous and dynamic process. Please check back to this page for regular updates.
(1) Gloria Chernay, Accreditation and the Role of the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation (Washington, DC: The Council on Postsecondary Accreditation, 1990), p. 3.
(2) Standards for Accreditation of Master's Programs in Library & Information Studies (Chicago, IL: Office for Accreditation, American Library Association, 2008), p.4


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Mishkaat al-Anwaar or Lanterns of Light
"Spend O Child of Adam, I will Spend on You."
Shaykh Muhammad Hassan
Asalamualaikum wrt wb,
Oh Allah Most High, all praise be to You, You are the Light of the heavens and the earth and whatever is in them, and praise be to You, for You cause all things to exist, and You are the King of the Universe and whatever is in it, and You are Truth, and Your Promise is True, and Paradise is True, and Hellfire is True, and the Hour is True, and the Prophet is True.
Oh Allah Most High, I have submitted to you, I believe in You, I seek Your Forgiveness, and I trust in You, and seek Your guidance, and I seek Your rulings, please forgive me for what has gone by in my life, and what I will do in the future, for there is no god but You.
I bear witness that there is no God but Allah Most High, Who is Know by all perfect qualities and characteristics, Who is beyond all examples, the Living that does not die, the Cause of all events, and the actions of the Day reach Him before the Night, and the actions of the night reach Him before the Day, and the One who does not sleep.
His veil is Light, and if it were lifted the face of the onlooker would be set ablaze (by its Glory). His words are truth and just, and His essence is beyond comparison. His mercy encompasses all of creation with beauty, and to Him is all praise and dominion.
He did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them in falsehood, nor did he leave mankind in chaos, wandering about without purpose. But rather, He commanded them to worship Him, and affirm His Oneness, and He showed them His signs and blessings in order that they might know Him, and to love Him, and those who accept He is pleased with them, and those who turn away He calls out to them.
As Allah Most High says:
قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ [الزمر/53]
53. Say: "O 'Ibâdî (My slaves) who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allâh, verily Allâh forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
And I bear witness that Muhammad is Allah's slave and Messenger, a bearer of glad tidings and a warner, the Shining Bright Lantern (of guidance), the one who raised hardships from the people, and the one whom Allah Most High sent with guidance before the Hour with good news and a warning. He sealed the line of Prophethood with him, and taught the ignorant, and guided the lost, and opened blind eyes, and deaf ears, and sealed hearts, and who left us on a clear manifest guidance, its night like its day, and none deviates from it save finds himself in perdition.
Oh Allah Most High, send peace be upon him, his family, and companions, and those who follow in his footsteps until the Day of Judgment.
Welcome to you all, brothers and sisters, you have done well, may Allah enlighten your faces, and expand your chests (with guidance), and your efforts have been blessed. I ask Allah Most High who joined us during this blessed hour, in His obedience, to join us in the Afterlife with the best of Messengers, in the Gardens of Paradise.
My beloved, "Mishkaat al Anwaar", or "Lanterns of Light": a series in Imaan and Hope, about Ahadith Qudsi, narrations that the best of creation our beloved Prophet pbuh relates on the authority of Allah Most High, to purify our character, and renew our Iman, and take our hearts into the Shade of His Majestic Throne, for hearts wander, either in the heavens, or in the base earth, and to raise our aspirations and hopes, and fill our spirits with the light of taqwa, and cure the sickness of heedlessness by smelling the musk of divine guidance, in the hope that we may attain proximity with Allah Most High, and what is more happy than a life with Allah Most High, and what is more pure and beautiful than the taste of Divine intimacy, for one who experiences is not like one who only hears, and no one knows the pain of a thorn save one who touches is it.
Oh my Lord, the Kings have shut their doors, but Your Door is open to every supplicant, beggar, and sinner, it is open to those who have shortcomings, my Lord, my Master, the celestial bodies have gone, and the eyes of closed (in sleep) yet you are the Ever Living, the Eternal, who never sleeps.
Oh Allah Most High, others have gone to bed, to be with their beloved, but we have come to You, we are here raising our hands in the air calling on You, we place our foreheads on the ground in humble submission to You, in order that You may be pleased with us, we are the people of Your worship, of Your love, and yes, we are people of sin, oh Allah Most High, we have committed mistakes, but we do not despair of Your Mercy, but we flee to You. We need you. What has deluded the others from Your Countenance? Whoever seeks your forgiveness, for You Love Him. And he who doesn't, You Cure them through tests and tribulations.
But You do not need us, yet if I seek Your forgiveness, You forgive, and if I make mistakes, You accept me, and if I turn away, You call me, and if I come towards you, You come close to me, and if I love You, You make me your Wali, Your close friend, and if I do good You reward me, and if I am sincere, You have intimate speech with me, oh Allah Most High, You are the most Merciful, so forgive me.
Oh the One whom the fearful flee too, and the One Whom those who trust place their trust in, and those who ask You, You give them, my Lord, My Master, My Owner:
I cried out to You, while I wore a robe of poverty,
Raising my hands towards You, shaking humbly,
So please do not let them return to me empty,
For boundless indeed is Your bounty and Your generosity.
My beloved, come tonight to live with a glimmer of light from Mishkaat al-Anwaar. We have a tonight a beautiful Hadith Qudsi, from the Prophet, on Allah, and hadith of few words, but with immense meaning.
Bukhari and Muslim narrate that the Prophet pbuh said, that Allah Most High said:
قَالَ اللَّهُ أَنْفِقْ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ أُنْفِقْ عَلَيْكَ
"Spend O Child of Adam, I will spend on you."
This is our lantern of light tonight, its words are few, and perhaps some of our beloved think we shouldn't devote an entire chapter to such a short hadith, but no, by Allah, this hadith requires many chapters, and more.
So come with me, and I ask Allah make us of those who hear the beneficial words and follow the best of them.
My beloved, the first 10 days of Ramadan are almost over, and Ramadan is the month of charity, and I know that the Ummah of the Prophet is a generous one, and we have never suffered from a lack of generosity, but we may have suffered from a crisis of confidence, and we may forget the true provider of provision, al-Razzaq.
"Spend O child of Adam" Allah's hand is outspread, and it is not short of giving, rather His Hand is filled with giving, and Allah said, "If I gave the first of you and the last of you, and the human and the jinn of you it would not reduce My dominion in the least, any more than a needle decreases the ocean if placed in it."
Which of you, if you give, thinks that Allah will not give to you in return?
If you give from your wealth, Allah will increase you wealth. If you sit and think about your past, 20 or 30 years ago, let me ask you, dear rich father, or executive, I ask you by Allah, if you were asked 30 years ago to imagine how much wealth you will have in the future, could have ever imagined that you would have this wealth?
Come with me to the Quran, to emphasize the meaning of this hadith:
Allah says:
مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنْبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِي كُلِّ سُنْبُلَةٍ مِئَةُ حَبَّةٍ وَاللَّهُ يُضَاعِفُ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ وَاللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ [البقرة/261]
261. The likeness of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allâh, is as the likeness of a grain (of corn); it grows seven ears, and each ear has a hundred grains. Allâh gives manifold increase to whom He pleases. And Allâh is All-Sufficient for His creatures' needs, All-Knower.
And Allah said, and reflect on these beautiful words:
قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّي يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُ وَمَا أَنْفَقْتُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهُ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ [سبأ/39]
39. Say: "Truly, my Lord enlarges the provision for whom He wills of His slaves, and (also) restricts (it) for him, and whatsoever you spend of anything (in Allâh's Cause), He will replace it. And He is the Best of providers."
Know that the one who provides for the disbelievers is more just than to leave the believers without provision.
And Allah said:
وَمَا مِنْ دَابَّةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا عَلَى اللَّهِ رِزْقُهَا وَيَعْلَمُ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا كُلٌّ فِي كِتَابٍ مُبِينٍ [هود/6]
6. And no (moving) living creature is there on earth but its provision is due from Allâh. And He knows its dwelling place and its deposit (in the womb, grave, etc.). all is in a Clear Book (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfûz - the Book of Decrees with Allâh).
So it is Allah who is the Provider. "Spend, and Allah will spend on you." And Allah said, what you spend is better for your selves. You are the means to your happiness in this world and the afterlife.
My beloved, don't wait for your inheritors, your children, to lead you to Paradise. No, what you spend will benefit your own souls.
Allah says:
لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ هُدَاهُمْ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلِأَنْفُسِكُمْ وَمَا تُنْفِقُونَ إِلَّا ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ اللَّهِ وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ يُوَفَّ إِلَيْكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تُظْلَمُونَ [البقرة/272]
272. Not upon you (Muhammad SAW) is their guidance, but Allâh guides whom He wills. And whatever you spend in good, it is for yourselves, when you spend not except seeking Allâh's Countenance. And whatever you spend in good, it will be repaid to you in full, and you shall not be wronged.
Allah is al-Shakoor. Do you know what this means? It means that Allah rewards you for your actions, even though Allah is in no need for your worship. He is the Lord of the obedient and the sinners, He provides for all, sinner and obedient, and reflect with me on these words:
"…whatever you spend in good, it is for yourselves."
Because Allah is al-Shakoor, imagine if you gave a present to a righteous person, and he was very happy, since he himself is used to giving gifts, so if someone gives him a gift, he is very honored, and thanks him very much. Than how would Allah be with those who give in His Way?
Allah says,
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا أَنْفِقُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ وَمِمَّا أَخْرَجْنَا لَكُمْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنْفِقُونَ وَلَسْتُمْ بِآَخِذِيهِ إِلَّا أَنْ تُغْمِضُوا فِيهِ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ [البقرة/267]
267. O you who believe! Spend of the good things which you have (legally) earned, and of that which We have produced from the earth for you, and do not aim at that which is bad to spend from it, (though) you would not accept it save if you close your eyes and tolerate therein. And know that Allâh is Rich (Free of all wants), and Worthy of all praise.
Allah Most High gave you all this means of wealth, so shouldn't you give in order to thank Allah?
Oh you who have tasted the sweetness of Iman, seek the best of your wealth, to spend it in the way of Allah, spend that which you love and desire the most. Don't seek the worst of your wealth to give away.
Do you understand the meaning? If what you give were given to you, would you accept it? Then how can you give it to the way of Allah?
Know you, who is stingy with his wealth and property, know that Allah is not in need of your wealth, and you will be asked about it. Wealth is the wealth of Allah, He is the one who gives it and provides.
وَآَتُوهُمْ مِنْ مَالِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي آَتَاكُمْ [النور/33]
And give them something yourselves out of the wealth of Allâh which He has bestowed upon you.
You are only temporary owners of the wealth. It is the mercy of Allah that he created people of different levels of wealth, and if not, how would we take care of each other's needs? Who would collect the garbage, and carry out the various needs of society?
And Allah says,
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا إِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْأَحْبَارِ وَالرُّهْبَانِ لَيَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِينَ يَكْنِزُونَ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضَّةَ وَلَا يُنْفِقُونَهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ [التوبة/34]
34. O you who believe! Verily, there are many of the (Jewish) rabbis and the (Christian) monks who devour the wealth of mankind in falsehood, and hinder (them) from the Way of Allâh (i.e. Allâh's Religion of Islâmic Monotheism). And those who hoard up gold and silver [Al-Kanz: the money, the Zakât of which has not been paid], and spend it not in the Way of Allâh, -announce unto them a painful torment.
And remember, Allah says, "Wa lillahi miraathus samawaati wal ard" and to Allah belongs the inheritance of the heavens and the earth. Allah will inherit the entire earth and whatever is on it.
Ok Shaikh, but there are other verses that say that wealth belongs to us, right?
Yes, Allah says, "Inma amwalakum wa awladukum fitna." "Indeed your wealth and children are a test for you." Yes, he attributed wealth to you, and it is a blessing, but you must be thankful to Allah for it.
Gratitude will protect your wealth, and bring more to you. Wealth is Allah's, but out of His kindness He says, "man dhaladhi yuqrdullahu qardan hasanna" "Who will give to Allah a beautiful loan?" Did you reflect on this?
Allah Most High is requesting a loan from wealth that is really His!
And Allah Most High also says, "Indeed Allah has purchased from the believers their wealth and lives."
Hasan al Basri said, commenting on these verses: "Allah borrowed wealth from them that He is really the owner of, and bought their souls and He is the one who created them!"
Know that the world is perishing, and no matter how long you live you must enter the grave. By Allah, I know of some wealthy people who give so much in the way of Allah. One person who I know personally, a millionaire, took stock of his company, and said, "I have a department for accounting, for orders, selling, but there is no department in my company for my most important business, for Allah. So I set up a division to take care of the poor and feed the birds and animals."
I asked him: "Why are you so concerned about animals and birds. Didn't Allah give them Rizq? He said, "Yes, Allah has given them Rizq, but I love to be the means of Allah's Rizq."
If you trust in Allah with true trust, He would provide for you like he does for the birds. Allah is al-Kareem, the Most Generous. My honored, the one who hold back, only holds back from himself.
There are those who have had millions or billions, and they lost it all. Either though prison, or on a sick bed, or by death. They have lost all that they had, and they have gone to Allah empty-handed.
My beloved, wealth is a passing shadow, and a borrowed item. What lasts is what you spend in the way of Allah. The wealth that goes to your inheritors is lost and wasted. Nothing will benefit you except your actions.
Tirmidhi narrates that the Prophet pbuh said,
يَتْبَعُ الْمَيِّتَ ثَلَاثٌ فَيَرْجِعُ اثْنَانِ وَيَبْقَى وَاحِدٌ يَتْبَعُهُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعَمَلُهُ فَيَرْجِعُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَيَبْقَى عَمَلُهُ
Three things follow the deceased to his grave, then two of them return, and one stays with him. His family, wealth, and actions follow him to his grave. His family and wealth go back, while his good deeds stay with him.
Believe me, once a person lays down on his death bed, some might even take the golden teeth from his mouth, and he will not take a single dollar with him. Poverty is better than wealth that misleads and deludes. Did anyone leave the world except with a coffin and some musk?
I don't say that you cannot earn wealth, but it must be from halal, and you must give the right of Allah in your wealth. Yes my beloved, earn wealth, but don't forget Allah's right, and the poor's right, and know that Allah is the wealthy, Most praise worthy.
The Prophet pbuh once told the Sahabah, as narrated in Bukhari:
أَيُّكُمْ مَالُ وَارِثِهِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ مَالِهِ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا مِنَّا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا مَالُهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ فَإِنَّ مَالَهُ مَا قَدَّمَ وَمَالُ وَارِثِهِ مَا أَخَّرَ
"Which of you finds the wealth in the hands of his inheritors more beloved to him than his own wealth?" They replied, "Every one of us find his own wealth more beloved!"
The Prophet pbuh then said, "Your wealth is what you have sent forth (for the afterlife) and your inheritors wealth is what you hold on to."
And in Tirmidhi, the Prophet pbuh once asked Aisha about a sheep that had been given to them as a present.
أنَّهُمْ ذَبَحُوا شَاةً فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا قَالَتْ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا إِلَّا كَتِفُهَا قَالَ بَقِيَ كُلُّهَا غَيْرَ كَتِفِهَا
He said, after they had given most of it in charity, "What is left from it O Aisha?"
She replied, "Just the shoulder bone." The Prophet then said, "No, all of it is left for us, except the shoulder bone."
We say, "My wealth, my money!" But do you really have any wealth except what you have spent in the way of Allah? This is what Allah will leave for you , for Allah is the Kareem, the Most Generous One.
Imam Ahmed and Tirmidhi narrated that the beloved Prophet pbuh said,
ثَلَاثَةٌ أُقْسِمُ عَلَيْهِنَّ وَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا فَاحْفَظُوهُ قَالَ مَا نَقَصَ مَالُ عَبْدٍ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ وَلَا ظُلِمَ عَبْدٌ مَظْلَمَةً فَصَبَرَ عَلَيْهَا إِلَّا زَادَهُ اللَّهُ عِزًّا وَلَا فَتَحَ عَبْدٌ بَابَ مَسْأَلَةٍ إِلَّا فَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ بَابَ فَقْرٍ
"I swear by three things, which I will tell you about, so remember them:
1.) A person's wealth will never be decreased by charity.
2.) A person will never be oppressed, yet he keeps patient, except that Allah will increase him in honor.
3.) A person will never start begging save that Allah will increase him in poverty."
By Allah, I know you, the beloved Ummah, knows that value of giving, and we will see the goodness of this Ummah in the coming days. For this Ummah has never had a crisis of stinginess, but it may have a crisis of lack of confidence. Spend, and know that Sadaqa will not take away from your Provision.
Spend! there are starving people all over the Ummah. If you are able to work, then work, and know the best food you can ever have is what you earn with your own hands. Don't be lazy, or falsely trust in Allah, Remember, the poor, and the sick, have a right in your wealth, oh rich and well to do person.
The Prophet pbuh further said in Tirmidhi,
إِنَّمَا الدُّنْيَا لِأَرْبَعَةِ نَفَرٍ عَبْدٍ رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ مَالًا وَعِلْمًا فَهُوَ يَتَّقِي فِيهِ رَبَّهُ وَيَصِلُ فِيهِ رَحِمَهُ وَيَعْلَمُ لِلَّهِ فِيهِ حَقًّا فَهَذَا بِأَفْضَلِ الْمَنَازِلِ وَعَبْدٍ رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ عِلْمًا وَلَمْ يَرْزُقْهُ مَالًا فَهُوَ صَادِقُ النِّيَّةِ يَقُولُ لَوْ أَنَّ لِي مَالًا لَعَمِلْتُ بِعَمَلِ فُلَانٍ فَهُوَ بِنِيَّتِهِ فَأَجْرُهُمَا سَوَاءٌ وَعَبْدٍ رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ مَالًا وَلَمْ يَرْزُقْهُ عِلْمًا فَهُوَ يَخْبِطُ فِي مَالِهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ لَا يَتَّقِي فِيهِ رَبَّهُ وَلَا يَصِلُ فِيهِ رَحِمَهُ وَلَا يَعْلَمُ لِلَّهِ فِيهِ حَقًّا فَهَذَا بِأَخْبَثِ الْمَنَازِلِ وَعَبْدٍ لَمْ يَرْزُقْهُ اللَّهُ مَالًا وَلَا عِلْمًا فَهُوَ يَقُولُ لَوْ أَنَّ لِي مَالًا لَعَمِلْتُ فِيهِ بِعَمَلِ فُلَانٍ فَهُوَ بِنِيَّتِهِ فَوِزْرُهُمَا سَوَاءٌ
"The world is for four types of people:
1.) A servant whom Allah has blessed with wealth and knowledge, so he fears Allah with his wealth and uses it to build ties of kinship, and he knows Allah's right in it. This is the best station.
2.) A servant whom Allah has given knowledge, but not wealth. He has a sincere intention, he says, 'If I only had wealth, I would use it for such and such a good cause. So he is according to his intention, and he gets the same rewards as the first type.
3.) A servant whom Allah has given wealth, but no knowledge. Such a person wastes his wealth without knowledge, and doesn't fear Allah in it, and he does not join his ties of kinship, nor does he give Allah's right from his wealth, and this is the most miserable station.
4.) And a servant whom Allah has blessed with neither wealth nor knowledge, so he says 'If I had wealth, I would use it for such and such an evil action." So he is according to his intention, and he and the previous type will have the same accountability.
Oh my honored sister, don't be stingy, how many women save food in their houses until it goes bad, and by Allah, you will be held accountable, and you will be asked about whatever you throw in the trash. For there are those that don't even have a single grain of rice. And know that greed and stinginess destroyed those before you, and may Allah save us from it.
Allah says, "You will not attain to piety until you spend out of what you love."
Think about this amazing hadith regarding this verse in Bukhari and Muslim: Abu Talha was the wealthiest of the Ansar, and he used to have a garden that faced the Prophet's mosque, and the Prophet would enter in and drink its water.
When he heard this verse, he came to the Prophet pbuh and told him he wanted to give his garden for the sake of Allah. The Prophet pbuh said, what a great investment. I heard what you said Abu Talha, and I think you should give it to your relatives.
And in the Saheehain, it is mentioned that a man was walking in a barren land, and he heard a cloud saying go and water so-and-so's land.
The man was amazed, and he followed the raincloud to the person's land, and found a farmer there. He asked him: "What is your name?"
He said "my name is so and so," the one that he heard from the cloud.
"Who do you ask me about my name?" and he told him the story. Then he asked him, what do you do?
He said, "Whatever I earn from this garden, I give 1/3 to Allah, and 1/3 for me, and 1/3 I return to the land."
I want us all to enter the garden of the righteous and generous, and let me begin with the most generous of all human beings; he was like a fertile wind.
In Bukhari, it is mentioned that "The Prophet pbuh was never asked for a thing except that he gave it."
Anas said, someone might enter Islam for the sake of the dunya, but it would only be a few moments until he fell in love with the Prophet pbuh.
Then in this garden we have Abu Bakr, who gave all his wealth for the sake of Allah. And this is Umar, who gave half of his wealth for the sake of Allah. And this is Uthman, who prepared an entire army with his wealth. And here is Ali, who used to give all his wealth.
My beloved, Allah says, "Spend, and I will spend on you." This is the promise of Allah, but the shaytan promises you poverty. Do you trust the promise of Allah, or the promise of the Shaitan? So tonight, do not delay, and give in the way of Allah, and if not you will leave your wealth to your inheritors.
And to close, let me tell you about a wealthy man that I know personally, a millionaire, who became injured when he flipped over in a car, he become totally paralyzed, and his children did not care for him, and the only person to take care of him was the driver.
He told me, "Oh Sh. Muhammad, sometimes I sleep in my room, and I have an itch on my back, and I cannot reach it, and I don't want to wake the driver, and by Allah, I have over 100 million dollars, and I would give it all just to have one of my hands back. Just one."
Yes, know the blessings of Allah before you lose them.
Allah said, "Spend, and I will spend on you." I ask Allah make us from those who hear the words of guidance, and follow the best of them. I leave you in the trust of Allah.
Asalamualaikum wrt wb.
Be merciful to those on earth, and the One in the Heavens will be merciful to you.
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The honors continue to roll in for Crusader senior Steve Bartholomew (Valparaiso, Ind./Morgan Township), as the Horizon League announced today that he was named the league's Indoor Track and Field Male Athlete of the Year.
Bartholomew earns the prestigious honor after his dominating indoor campaign in the weight throw. The senior entered the season holding the school record in the event at 60'8 ¾" and proceeded to break his own mark on four separate occasions during the season, culminating in a league-record mark of 67'9 ¾" at the Horizon League Indoor Championships.
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The only feature film screened twice at the AAIFF 2009, Sarba Das' Karma Calling follows the story of a Hindu family in Hoboken, New Jersey, in denial about their credit card debt. We caught up with Parvesh Cheena, who plays the villainous call center operator, Peter Patnick (or Promod Pattanayaka).
Parvesh Cheena: I'm one of the co-founders of Rasaka Theatre Company in Chicago. Barnali Das, who plays Sonal, suggested we do a stage reading of Mausi, her cousin Sarba's play. At first, I was the narrator Ganesha. I think that was 2003 or 2004. When I was moving to Los Angeles, Sarba was like, "All right, let me know when you get in town," she took me to lunch, and we've been friends ever since. We did a short for Film Independent's Project Involve, which eventually became Karma Calling. And that's the first time we had the call center aspect of it. It wasn't in the original Chicago reading. Sarba and her brother, who co-wrote the script, literally had a conversation with the guy who they modeled the character after. My character [Peter Patnick], and the call center, that part of the script was all brand new after I came to L.A.
PC: Every time I do a pure Indian character, as in someone from India and not Indian-American, I really model him after the men in my family. In this case, I modeled Peter Patnick after my cousin who likes to mimic Americans. It's kind of like African American comics who do the "white guy" voice—that's my cousin doing his white voice. So it's an Indian-American imitating an Indian imitating an American. I'm also good at playing annoying characters, as my friends will gladly tell you.
I liked being one of the villains in the film. So much of the Raj family, everything is just circumstantial, the credit, the debt. Now with the economy, everyone wants to burn Bernie Madoff because they finally had a guy like, "You are one of the reasons why." When you don't have that, there's a lot of frustration, so in the film he's just involved in one of those backdoor credit schemes, with the India Mafia boss, where they take cash from people and erase credit on the books. A little power can go a long way for those kind of people.
PC: Being an Indian American actor, with the kind of transition climate we have going on with more Asians in film and media, initially, I think you do have to play Indian characters, the immigrant types. I think now we're really on the cusp where you can be seen as just Indian American. When I first got to L.A. -- and this happened a little bit in Chicago too -- the question was always "Accent or no accent?" -- and we would try both. A British-Indian accent is more educated. A harsher accent is someone who went from their native tongue in India and came directly to the States.
I think for most of us Indian American actors, you have to do it, but it''s not in a derogatory, against-my-race kind of way. It's a good thing. It will get you more work if you can do the accent, but also it's in your repertoire. It's like being able to do a British, South African or Irish accent -- it's just another tool in the trade.
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With tacit support from President Barack Obama, the GOP-controlled House approved an extension of the debt ceiling Wednesday, heading off an economy-rattling fiscal crisis for at least four months.
The House passed the measure by a 285-144 vote, a bipartisan showing on an initiative brought by majority Republicans. The vote helped boost the stock market. (Read More: Stocks Higher, Led by Techs; Apple Climbs)
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This "no budget, no pay" idea had previously been regarded by many as a gimmick but has been given new life by Boehner as a "reform" to pair with an increase in the so-called debt limit. Boehner previously had insisted that any increase in borrowing authority to avoid lapses in payments to contractors, unemployment benefits or Social Security checks -- and possibly even interest payments on U.S. Treasury obligations -- be matched dollar for dollar with spending cuts.
Incoming Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray, D-Wash., announced Wednesday morning that Democrats would indeed advance a budget. She said the announcement had nothing to do with the congressional pay issue. Murray said last year's election proved that the public agrees with Democrats on budget issues like raising taxes on wealthier earners.
House Republicans had appeared confident that they'd pass the measure even though most Democrats appeared against it because it sets the stage for another potential debt crisis this summer. (Read More: Why Repealing the Debt Ceiling Is Unconstitutional)
But the White House weighed in Tuesday with a statement that the administration would not oppose the measure, even though Obama just last week dismissed incremental increases in the debt ceiling as harmful to the economy.
(Read More: Could Financial Markets Handle a US Debt Default?)
It also appeared virtually certain that Senate Democrats would accept the bill even though they would prefer a longer-term solution to the debt issue and believe that the "no budget, no pay" provision is silly.
The idea driving the move by GOP leaders is to re-sequence a series of upcoming budget battles, taking the threat of a potentially devastating government default off the table and instead setting up a clash in March over automatic across-the-board spending cuts set to strike the Pentagon and many domestic programs. Those cuts -- postponed by the recent "fiscal cliff" deal -- are the punishment for the failure of a 2011 congressional deficit-reduction supercommittee to reach an agreement.
These across-the-board cuts would pare $85 billion from this year's budget after being delayed from Jan. 1 until March 1 and reduced by $24 billion by the recently enacted tax bill. Defense hawks are particularly upset, saying the Pentagon cuts would devastate military readiness and cause havoc in defense contracting. The cuts, called a sequester in Washington-speak, were never intended to take effect but were instead aimed at driving the two sides to a large budget bargain in order to avoid them.
But Republicans and Obama now appear on a collision course over how to replace the across-the-board cuts. Obama and his Democratic allies insist that additional revenues be part of the solution; Republicans say further tax increases are off the table after the 10-year, $600 billion-plus increase in taxes on wealthier earners forced upon Republicans by Obama earlier this month. (Read More: For Obama, 'Cliff' Victory Also Holds Risks)
"We are not going to raise taxes on the American people," Boehner told reporters.
"We feel by moving the issue of raising the debt ceiling behind the sequestration ... that we reorder things in a way that Democrats will have to work with," Rep. John Fleming, R-La., said. "The cuts are the kind of cuts we want, they're just not in the places we want. But they're also not in the places that the Democrats want. So hopefully they'll be forced to come to the table and work with us on a bipartisan basis to put them where they need to be, where it has the less pain."
According to the latest calculations, which account for the recent reduction of this year's sequester from $109 billion to $85 billion, the Pentagon now faces a 7.3 percent across-the-board cut, while domestic agency budgets would absorb a 5.1 percent cut. The calculations are not official but were released Tuesday by Richard Kogan, a budget expert with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities think tank.
(Read More: A US Debt Default Could Roil Markets)
"The sequester is arbitrary, but the fact is that when the sequester goes into effect ... it will have a pretty dramatic effect of people's attitudes here in Washington, and they may get serious about cuts to the mandatory side of the spending equation," Boehner said, referring to benefit programs like Medicare and food stamps, whose budgets essentially run on autopilot.
GOP leaders also have promised conservatives that the House will debate a budget blueprint that projects a balanced federal budget within a decade. For the past two years, the fiscal plans of Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., have contained strict budget cuts but never have projected balance.


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Nuggets coach Brian Shaw wants more effort, and threatens to sit those who won't comply
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The Nuggets coach's patience for shenanigans is wearing thin. He wants players that give maximum effort 100 percent of the time they are on the court. There are players, he says, that have consistently shorted him in that area in the team's first five games.
So here's how things could work from here on out: No effort will equal little-to-no time on the court.


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The Cougars opened the Division I Northern Region Girls Golf Tournament with a first-round 328 to take an 11-shot lead over McQueen halfway through the two-day tourney.
Sophomore Katrina Prendergast is well on her way to winning the individual title. The Cougar phenom carded a 71 and is five shots ahead of teammate Sammi Sorensen.
Trae Jones is in 13th with an 87, while Katrina Weil's 94 was the final counting score. Kirsti Settas and Joanna Perry had their scores of 95 and 107 dropped.
Reed qualified three golfers as individuals and two shot personal bests. Holli Smith finished with a 100, while Leighton Lee and Angela Vranken both had 103s. Smith and Vranken's scores were their top marks this year.
"The kids did a great job today," Reed girls golf coach Danielle Fleiner said. "Two of them had their best rounds of the year. We hope that carries into tomorrow and they break into the 90s for the first time. That's our goal for them. We're happy with their progress from the beginning of the season to now."


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