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Sunday, March 29, 2009
Supplicaton / Du'a
Making a supplication is seen in many different ways; some of them negative, some people see it as a sign of weakness, others do not see the point of making supplication as they do not see the effects, others are too shy and the list goes on. We are going to speak about all these issues, if Allah allows us to do so.
The word supplicate means either: to ask for humbly and earnestly, as by prayer or to make a humble request of; petition earnestly. The Latin root word "supplicatus, pp. of supplicare" means to kneel down, pray. (http://www.yourdictionary.com/supplicate)
The Arabic word has many meanings it stems from the word دعا (da'a) meaning: to call, to summon, to call upon, to invite and the meaning can change if a preposition is added like ب or إلى. The word we are talking about is دعاء (du'a) which means to call or invoke God. The Encompassing dictionary describes the word as "a desire for Allah the exalted." (p. 1179)
These meanings sum up what supplication or Du'a are the humble desire for Allah to answer your request. Or the request made on your knees.
Does prayer work?
Of course it does, it seems like a daft question to some but many doudt that it is. They ask for a way out of their troubles and it does not seem to be answered. Know that just because you have made a supplication it does not mean that the circumstance or the event that you want will occur straight away. Also it does not mean the prayer is not answered. Every prayer is responded to but not on your timetable but on that according to the way that Allah (the Almighty) decides to do so. So do not panic or get upset, once that supplication is made by you, relax and do not get stressed or worried.
I remember as a child not getting up straight away to my parents instructions, they would say to be that I was not "listening," just because I did not get up straight away did not mean that I was not listening.
Once the prayer is made it is heard, there is no question about that, the Quran states,
"I listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calleth on Me." (2:186)
"And your Lord says: Pray unto me: and I will hear your prayer." (Quran 40:60)
The prayer is heard, you should have no doubt about that and you should not panic to when the response will come. Know the response will come and you should not fear that your prayer has gone unanswered.
The only unanswered Du'as are the ones in which you questioned.
Abu Hurayra reported Allah's Messenger (may peace and blessing be upon him) said, "The supplication of one of you is granted if he does not grow impatient and say, "I supplicated to my Lord but it was not granted." (Muslim 6594)
"The invocation of any one of you is granted [by Allah] as long as he does not show impatience by saying "I have invoked Allah but my request has not been answered." [Sahih al-Bukhari]
Be patient the supplication has been made and now you wait to see what happens. Know that sometimes it is better for you not to have what you wished for because that will cause you great harm. You may have asked for marriage to a certain person who you thought was the best thing since sliced bread but later it turned out that that person was not even a crumb of a jam sandwich! So the supplication that was not responded immediately was in fact answered better than you could imagine or understand.
The following prophetic narration is worth reflecting and indeed pondering over.
Abu Sa'ed Al-Khuduri narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "No Muslim makes a supplication to Allah without being granted one of three things: it hastens the fulfilment of what he has asked for, or it is saved up for him until the Day of Judgement, or it prevents a similar kind of trouble from happening to him - unless it was for something bad or something that might break familiy ties." (at-Tirmidhi 9/923)
So the first of the three is when something is delayed like a decree that will occur and it is causes gentleness to manifest, like when someone is going to pass away. The second is that the supplication is turned into good actions on the Day of Judgement. The third is to remove any similar problem occurring to you for example an illness etc.
Another amazing prophetic narration follows:
"The servant supplicates to Allah (the praiseworthy) and he loves it, he calls, "O' Gibreal, delay fulfilling the need of my servant as I love to hear the sound of his voice." The servant who supplicates to Allah and he abhores it, he calls out, "O' Gibreal, give my servant his need as I dislike hearing his voice." (Ibn Majah : funeral 27)
So if your need is not fulfilled straight away do not lose hope because it might be a good sign.
"It was narrated that Yahya ibn Sa'ed Al-Qattan (may Allah show him mercy) saw the Real (Allah) in a dream, he asked, "How many a time have I supplicated to you without response?" He said, "O' Yahya, I loved to hear the sound of your voice." (Risala Qushariyya p.297)
Good opinion
This is very important; you must have a good opinion about Allah when you supplicate. Why?
"I am as My servant thinks I am..." (Bukhari)
This can be translated in a few different ways to help illustrate this point. As much as a good opinion a person has about Allah (The Almighty) he backs it up or he affirms it. So if a person does not think that Allah (mighty and majestic) is merciful then he will find Allah (mighty and majestic) unmerciful. So this also affects the condition that you find your heart in when you supplicate. Have a good opinion of Allah (mighty and majestic) and then begin your supplication.
"Whoever does not supplicate to Allah invokes his wrath." (At-Tirmidhi 9/313, Ibn Majah 2/1258 and Al-Hakim 1/491)
So make Du'a, supplicate and do not fear that your prayer is not answered or responded to, supplicate and do not worry.
The Quranic injunction
I just wish to use another translation of the aforementioned verse:
"Call on Me; I will answer you." (40:60)
The word call here is da'a and here it is in the imperative form or fa'il amr, as it is known in Arabic. This is not a choice this is an order, an injunction, supplication is an injunction. As these prophetic narrations attest to this.
"There is nothing more dear to Allah Ta'ala than a servant supplicating to him." [at Tirmidhi]
"Supplication is the essence of worship." [at Tirmdhi, Ahmad]
We turn to Allah (mighty and majestic) forgetting our wayward times during the day and direct ourselves solely to him. Making supplication is not just a waste of time it is an act of worship and as an act of worship we hope a reward for it.
When is the best time to supplicate?
This can depend on the time of year or time of day like the Day of Arafat, Ramadan, the morning and the last part of the night. But the best time to supplicate is when you are upset, when you are in tears, when you are heartbroken; as in this time there is no veil between you and Allah. This is best time to supplicate when you have no other door to turn to for help. So whenever you are upset supplicate and make it as long as you want. If need be you can go to a place that you will not be disturbed and supplicate, then do so.
"Call upon your Lord humbly and in secret." (Quran 7: 55)
Will some never have their supplications answered?
Yes, disbelievers in Allah will not get their supplications answered unless they are oppressed; only believers will have their supplications answered.
It is reported on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that Mu'adh said that The Messenger of Allah sent me (as a governor of Yemen) and (at the time of departure) instructed me thus, "You will soon find yourself in a community one among the people of the Book, so first call them to testify that there is no god but Allah, that I (Muhammad) am the messenger of Allah, and if they accept this, then tell them Allah has enjoined upon them five prayers during the day and the night and if they accept it, then tell them that Allah has made Zakat obligatory for them that it should be collected from the rich and distributed among the poor, and if they agree to it don't pick up (as a share of Zakat) the best of their wealth's. Beware of the supplication of the oppressed for there is no barrier between him and Allah." (Muslim)
Abu Hurayra reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying, "O' people, Allah is Good and He therefore, accepts only that which is good. And Allah commanded the believers as He commanded the Messengers by saying:" O Messengers, eat of the good things, and do good deeds; verily I am aware of what you do" (23. 51). And He said: ' 0 those who believe, eat of the good things that We gave you" (2. 172) He then made a mention of a person who travels widely, his hair dishevelled and covered with dust. He lifts his hand towards the sky (and thus makes the supplication):" O' Lord,O' Lord," whereas his diet is unlawful, his drink is unlawful, and his clothes are unlawful and his nourishment is unlawful. How can then his supplication be accepted?" (Muslim)
Another point about this hadith is that if a person wants their supplication to be accepted then they should be mindful of the food they eat and the means in which they earn their provision.
Some Supplications of the Prophets (upon them all peace) in The Quran
Please read through these ayats as they are showing us the best example of how to supplicate.
"Then Zachariah prayed to his Lord, saying, 'Lord, bestow upon me from You a goodly offspring, verily You are the Hearer of supplication." (The Family of Imran 38)
The noble Prophet Zachariah (upon him peace) has a good opinion and a strong convicition that his prayer will be answered. And below, in another section of the Quran, he shows us an amazing way to supplicate by stating that he has never had a supplication unresponded to.
"He said, 'My Lord, truly the bones within me have become feeble, and my head is alight with grey hair, and I have never been in my supplications to You, my Lord, unsuccessful." (Maryum 4)
"And when Abraham said, 'My Lord, make this a land secure, and provide its people with fruits, such of them as believe in God and the Last Day." (The Heffer 2:126)
"And when Abraham, and Ishmael with him, raised up the foundations of the House: 'Our Lord, accept this from us; Thou art the All-hearing, the All-knowing."
Here the Prophet Ibrahim (upon him peace) has built the Kaaba and is now requesting that Allah accept his works and make the surroundings into a safe place and make them believers. This prayer was answered by affirmation of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), that he was the answer.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saved his supplication for his nation.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Every prophet is given a supplication and I wish to preserve my supplication as intercession for my community in the next world." (Malik)
How shall someone supplicate?
Qadi Iyad in As-Shifa states the following method of making supplication:
1. Praise Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala
2. Send prayers onto the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him)
3. Ask for you need
4. Prayers on the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) in the middle and in the end
Be firm in your supplication, ask for you need three times, praise Allah and expect it to be answered.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ''When you are making supplication do not say; 'O Allah, forgive me if You wish. O Allah, forgive me if you wish.' You should be firm in your asking, for there is no compelling Him." (Malik Book #15, Hadith #15.8.28)
Anas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying, "When one of you makes supplication, he should supplicate with a will and should not say: O Allah, confer upon me if Thou likest, for there is none to coerce Allah." (Malik Book #035, Hadith #6477)
Also make as much supplication for your brothers and sister as you can. Do not be shy about making it for anyone that asks you for a supplication. You may need to ask for forgiveness for sins or a need that you may have, just ask as you are communicating with Allah (mighty and majestic) whose generosity has no bounds, so do not be shy, be hopeful. Either way you will be responded to maybe not it the manner in which you wish but the manner that is best for you, even though you may not know what that is.
In Habib Ahmed Manshhur Al-Haddad's book "Key to the Garden" (page 112) he states that when someone says Allahumma, they have used all the names and attributes of Allah (mighty and majestic). Hassan Al-Basri said, "Allahumma is the comprehensive prayer."
The person making supplication must also be aware of his own state, do they pray? Do they practice Islam? This does not mean that their supplication will not be answered. Know that many who are not righteous have made supplications which have made them righteous.
Finally, please supplicate for this sinful person as he is in dire need of someone righteous to supplicate for him. He has done many wrongs and needs help.
For simple daily supplications please see the following link. http://sheikhynotes.blogspot.com/2009/01/simple-daily-supplications.html
Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "The supplication which gets the quickest answer is that made by one distant Muslim for another." (Abu Dawood Book #8, Hadith #1530)
Friday, March 27, 2009
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Habib Kadhim As-Saqqaf
Translated by Sheikh Ibrahim Osi-efa
Every single moment Allah showers mercies upon the believers
When mercy falls into a heart of a non Muslim then it is a cause for his guidance
The non Muslim cannot come near guidance with the means of the mercy that comes into the hearts of the believers
When he is close to them then his effected by the heart of Muslim
Believers are heedless of the mercy falling upon them from angelic beings
Likewise the person who recites Ayat Al-Kursi when an angel descends to protect the believer; most of them are heedless of this guardian angel
If a person goes to sleep with Wudhu then an angel sleeps with him to stop him turning; how many times do we tosh and turn in our beds?
The mercy of Allah is sensed by some and others are not aware
Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said there are ten angels who protect a person from demons or devils
Ibn Asakir (may Allah show him mercy) said if it was not for the protection of the angels people would be snatched in the streets
Everybody benefits from the Earth, sun, rain etc
Although there are special gifts given to believers
The times are different and they have different qualities
Our role is to fulfil the prerequisite to receive this mercy
There are things that can never receive mercy the Jinns, satans
The opposite are the Angels who are the opposite of them
Then there is mankind, different to both; we need sustenance
We can reach height or lows
The first thing that was created was the light of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) then this light was separated as it is stated in hadith
Allah was before there was anything; before anything was created
There is a book with Allah that states, "My mercy overcomes my anger." As in hadith
We should always have a good opinion of Allah (mighty and majestic)
Allah gives through intermediaries
We receive ten blessings from one invocation upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and this is ten mercies
Sometimes he will be heedless of the mercy that he is receiving until he reaches a time when he can recognise the mercy
When he agrees with the gifts that he is given then he receive more
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) asked, "Would a mother throw her child into the fire?" The companions said, "No." He replied, "Allah is more merciful than that."
If a non Muslim saw the mercy that is descending on us then it would enter his heart
It would overcome ones nature
It can manifest suddenly
As soon as he believes in Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) mercies arrive at him
We can turn the heads of the non Muslims to these mercies
This is the turning of the hearts to this mercy
Also, someone can manifest this goodness to others and then this could be a cause to find its source
May Allah (mighty and majestic) envelop us in his mercy
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Sheikh Atabek Shukurov
"Dear son do not associate partners to Allah, Truly idolatry is a great injustice." Luqman 31:12
"Allah does not forgive idolatry, yet he will forgive other than that, to whomever he pleases." The Women 4:48
Shirk in the Arabic language means to co share or to share
In the sacred law it means to make a partner to God, in essence or worship
There are six types of Shirk:
1. Shirk Istqlal: Autonomous idolatry – to belief in separate deities i.e. Zoroastrians
2. Shirk Tab'ad: separate idolatry – to say God is one of three
3. Shirk Taqrib: approximate idolatry – to say that they are worshipping idols to get closer to God.
4. Shirk Taqlid: Imitative idolatry – to follow fathers
5. Shirk Falsafa: idolatry of the philosophers – to believe that there is a power other than God
6. Shirk Al-Gharad: idolatry of intention – this is carry out actions for other God, in intention
The first four are considered as disbelief/kufr
The fifth: we have to find out: a) if he believes that something has independence power then it is kufr, b) if they believe that they have a power by God then this is innovation/Bi'da
The sixth is a sin
Shirk/idolatry is minor and major.
One to five are major idolatry and number six in minor because of the hadith that it is minor idolatry when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) warned the companions. The Prophet said, "I only fear for you minor idolatry." The companions asked, "What is minor idolatry?" He replied, "Ostentation." (Imam Ahmed Musnad 23119)
According to other scholars they state idolatry is three kinds:
1. Idolatry in Lordship/Rububiyyah by two things: a) to deny God and say he is created, b) to say someone can create other than God.
2. Idolatry in Uluhiyyah: this is worship of other things, this is major and the minor shirk has been explained before
3. Idolatry in names and attributes of God, this is of two types: A) to consider something similar to God, someone can forgive other than him. B) To make god similar to creation
Friday, March 20, 2009
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Sheikh Umar Al-Khatib
Bradford 2008 Part one of two
Translated by Sheikh Ibrahim Osi Efa
Is from the family Hahab ibn Bishir a companion
It is incumbent for believers to reflect on the tie to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)
All the moments that Allah extents to him especially in this month
The Prophet (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said, "A Muslim is he that people are safe from his tongue and hand."
A believer is who doesn't not inflict harm in their blood or wealth (for anyone)
The one who does not do this how can he considered a believer
Many examples of before and after prophecy he was a trustworthy person
Even those who rejected him still trusted him
He charged Ali with returning all the items trusted to him when he left for Medina
He did not harm people in any way
He (peace and blessings of Allah be him) did not consider for a minute of stealing their properties even though they had fought him and opposed him
One of the people who opposed him was ill and he visited him then advised to accept Islam before death, he looked at his father he said, "Obey, Abu Qasim." He said it and died upon faith, the father was a Jewish man
Khubayb ibn Arad who on sacred engagement was taken prisoner. He was about to executed so he requested a razor to groom himself, from a lady. He begins to groom himself; he is in chains; her child crawls into his lap. Many thought that this was an opportunity to either kill the child or use it as means of escape. But a Muslim is a source of security for others. When the mother came back and saw the child playing with Khubayb she began to quiver, in fear for her child. When Kubayb looked at her and saw her fear then realised that he had a knife in his hand and her child in his lap. He said, "Are you fearful of me? The companions of Muhammad do not kill women or children, take your child." Then he directed the child towards her. She said, "I have not seen any prisoner like Khubayb."
In a hadith the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah upon him) said, "Whoever defrauds is not one of us." (This enters into many chapters of the buying and selling)
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) asked, "Can a believer be a coward?"
he replied, "Yes."
"Can a believer be miserly?"
"Can a Muslim cheat?"
"No. Those who invest lies are not believers in Allah."
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "I swear by Allah, he does not believe. I swear by Allah, he does not believe. I swear by Allah, he does not believe." The companions shocked asked, "Who is he?"
"The one whose neighbour is not safe from his hands."
Anyone around him is in fear even his household. If the women and children are fearful of man then you should ponder the faith of this person; all we know about him is that he threatens his wife with divorce and his children with a beating even his friends are fearful.
Umar asked someone how he enters his house he said, "All voices fall silent, all movements fall still..." Umar said, "You are one of the tyrants."
A person will be raised amount the tyrants when all he had responsibility for was his family
Once a camel acted wildly and everyone fled, scared. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) asked to go to it. They said, "We fear for you." He replied, "Leave it to me open the gates." He went to it and it prostrated near him; his put his ear near the camel and heard him speak. Then he asked, "Who is the owner of the camel?" "I am." Said, one of the companions. "The camel is complaining that you are overbearing the camel and overbearing it."
He said, "After today I will not do this and care for it."
So he even cared for animals
The scream of the tree that he used to lean on and give sermon could be heard when his was made a minbar to climb to give sermon. When it started to scream he comforted it until it became silent.
Hassan Al-Basri, "Here is a date palm tree and he was distant from it a few cubits; how about the hearts of the believers not yearn and weep for him when they are so far away."
Our tears for him are tears for his character, noble qualities etc
Look at the security that he gave others. Some would hurt him, wives would stay away from him one night; how could they do this if they were not sure that they were safe from him
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), "I know when you are angry with me and when you are happy."
She asked, "How do you know that?"
"When you are angry you say by the one who sent Ibrahim with the Truth and when you are happy with me then you say by the one who send Muhammad with the truth."
"By the one who possesses my soul I will not leave your name."
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "The one who instils fear into a heart of believer; Allah will instils fear into him on the Day of Judgement."
Likewise removing someone's property without their knowledge
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Sheikh Atabek Shukurov
"Allah is not satisfied with disbelief for his servants." (Sura Az-Zumar 39:7)
"Surely, Allah does not forgive that a partner is ascribed to Him, and He forgives anything short of that for whomsoever He wills. Whoever ascribes a partner to Allah commits a terrible sin." (Sura the women 4.48)
We need to know about disbelief to protect ourselves from it and not to accuse others of it.
In the Arabic language Kufr means to cover up or hide. A farmer is known as a kafir because he covers seeds in the ground.
In the sacred law kufr/disbelief is to deny anything that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) brought, with the condition that it is definite and two to deny or refuse something that is definite
This is either something well known about the religion to the Ashari's or something that is just definite to the Maturidi's.
Others say it is to deny something that is well-known by Islam, for example to deny fasting during Ramadan
Something definite is something that is in the Quran or widely transmitted hadith.
The Ashari's and the Maturidi's are two groups of Sunni theological belief and the main groups of this time
There is major and minor disbelief:
Major is disbelief as described above
Minor is when someone is an ingrate about blessings
The conditions for disbelief/kufr are:
1. Sanity: a person has to be sane, an insane persons is not taken to task
2. Awake: if they say it in their sleep, it does not count
3. Forced: if someone is forced then it does not count
The definition of faith/Imam is acceptance of the heart with affirmation on the tongue
With the conditions:
1. Not to do an action of disbelief.
2. And not to jest about it. (jest about religious matters)
The levels of disbelief/kufr are:
1. Kufr Inkari/ Denial disbelief: denies belief
2. Kufr 'Inadi/ beliefs inside but rejects on his tongue like Abu Jahl
3. Kufr juhudu/ungrateful disbelief: knows the beliefs and rejects
4. Kufr Nifaq/hypocrisy disbelief: no belief but he says he is a believer
Action does not take one out of Islam as action is not included in faith according to the Maturdi's.
To disbelief in Allah someone has to give him human attributes
Disbelief in the Prophets (upon them peace) is to deny their prophethoods which have been accepted by consensus. Examples which are not accepted by consensus are Dhulqarnan, Dhulqifal, Luqman and Khidr.
Disbelief about religion is to say something is halal/permissible when it is prohibited/haram. For example to say fornication is halal without marriage
Disbelief about the companions is say that a companion is going to hell when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said they are going to paradise, like the ten promised paradise and the Bayat ul-Ridwan/the oath of acceptance. Cursing the companions does not constitute to disbelief but denying that Abu Bakr as a companion does, because he mentioned in the Quran during the migration to Medina. Also to say that the Angel Gabriel made a mistake and should have gone to Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) instead.
Disbelief about scholars is when someone hates a scholar without valid reason. Also to make fun of the circles of knowledge or to say something else is better than Islamic knowledge.
Black magic is a major wrong action but is not disbelief unless you think that it has a power on its own.
A person can fall into disbelief but disbelief does not fall onto a person
A word of disbelief does not mean that the person leaves Islam and the only person who judge this is a Judge/Qadi. The Qadi has to know one school correctly, some information of other schools and he has to be close to someone who can derive his own rulings a mujtahid.
It is not permissible for an average person to call another Muslim a disbeliever because the hadith prevents us. "If a man calls his brother a disbeliever then one of them deserves the description." (Key to Paradise page 78 hadith from Bukhari 6045, 6103 and Muslim 60, 61)
The prophetic narration, "The difference between a man and disbelief; is leaving prayer." (Muslim) Ibn Abbas was asked about this and he said this was about kufr an-Na'ma/ingratitide of blessings; minor not major disbelief.
No one can guarantee that they will die on Islam
A person who has pronounced the words of disbelief must:
1. Repent to Allah
2. Repeat testification of faith: "There is no deity except Allah..."
3. Reject previous position
4. Re-marry if necessary
5. Repeat necessary actions like Hajj – disbelieve will destroy all their previous actions
To protect ourselves from disbelief you can say the following:
اللهم إني أعوذُ بِك ان أُشركَ بِك شيئٌ وأنا أعلمُ وأستغفرُكَ لِما لا أعلم وأنتَ علام الغيوب
O'Allah I seek refuge with you; if I have associated with you anything; and I know; and I seek forgiveness to what I do not know; and you know the unseen.
Allahumma inni aa'du bik an urshrika bik shayyan wa ana a'lamu wa astaghfiruka lima la a'lamu wa anta 'alam al-ghayub
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Sheikh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi
Friday, March 13, 2009
Sheikh Abdullah Al-Firansi
The Sheikh is currently teaching in Paris, may Allah (mighty and majestic) support him and assist him in his efforts.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Sheikh Atabek Shukurov
Monday, March 09, 2009
Sheikh Abdul Hakim Murad
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Sheikh Atabek Shurkurov
(This is the first in a series of notes on classes that Sheikh Atabek gave last year. You will be able to find all the notes under the Halal and Haram label.)
To read/memorise a chapter about wudhu/ablution is better than one thousand units of prayer
"The sleep of a scholar is better than the worship of the ignorant."
The first person who is thrown into hell is a scholar who did not benefit from his knowledge
Seeking knowledge is Haram/prohibited when:
1. It is done for other than Allah (mighty and majestic)
2. For a bad intention like gathering wealth
3. Seeking knowledge so you can argue
4. To seek fame
The obligatory knowledge/Fard 'ayn (is an obligation upon every Muslim must learn) upon every Muslim is:
1. 'Ilm al-Hal/ knowledge for your condition: Basic fiqh (jurisprudence), tajweed (how to recite the Quran correctly), sales if you are involved in buying and selling – whatever you need for yourself
2. Basic doctrine/aqida (Abu Hanifa said if someone has a question about doctrine then it is wajib/necessary to find a scholar and ask a question.)
3. Some spirituality/etiquette or suluk
A prohibited knowledge is Black magic which is major sin if done and can lead to disbelief, if a person believes that black magic has a power independently. The reality of black magic is that some people can control non muslims jinns (ghost like creatures made from smokeless fire) but the jinns cannot make you do anything. If you eat seven dates it protects you from poison and black magic.
Fard khifayah (communal obligation) this is an obligation on a community of Muslims, if performed by one person the sin falls from the remainder. We need Muftis, doctors, Quran memorisers etc
Other types of forbidden knowledge are:
1. Zodiac/astrology
2. Tea leaf reading
3. Palm reading
4. Deep theology in order to debate (for the layman)


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From the COEUS Home Page, click on My Proposals. This function provides a means to search for all existing proposals and to create new proposals. When chosen, the screen will initially display the Proposals in Progress screen. Five new links are then listed immediately under the COEUS Home navigation pane: All Proposals, Proposals in Progress, Create New Proposal, Proposal Search and Grants.gov Opportunity Search.
1. Click the My Proposals link near the top of the page after logging in.
2. Display the proposal(s): you can either (a) click Proposals In Progress to display proposals associated with your ID that have been started, but not yet submitted or (b) click All Proposals to displays all proposals associated with your ID.
3. Select the desired proposal by clicking on it.
The Grants.gov Opportunity Search provides a direct connection to the Grants.gov website where an Opportunity Id or CFDA Number can be verified.
The screen below shows you where either one of these two parameters may be used to search the Grants.gov database. When the Search link is clicked, Grants.gov will search its database and return the Opportunity Title and Competition Id as verification that it is a valid Grants.gov opportunity.
At any time, the Print link on the navigation pane may be selected to view and/or print the forms associated with the proposal. All forms are brought up in a PDF format and may then be checked for accuracy on the screen and/or printed as needed.
- Select Print to open the Proposal Print screen.
- For paper submissions, select Sponsor Form Packages.
- Select Show or Hide to expand the available forms.
- Select All to check all the forms available in the displayed group, or you can check individual forms. Select None to clear all checked selections on the list, or uncheck individually.
- Select Show or Hide to expand the available forms.
- Select All to check all the forms available in the displayed group, or you can check individual forms. Select None to clear all selections on the list, or uncheck individually.
Copying an existing proposal is especially useful for preparing a Grants.gov Change/Corrected applications, or for updating and resubmitting a similar work to the same or another sponsor.
- Select Copy Proposal from the Proposal navigation pane. If you are authorized to create proposals in more than one Unit, you will be prompted to select a Lead Unit.
- Select Copy Budget on the next screen that opens. Select Copy Final Version Only (or the version most appropriate to your new proposal needs).
- Select Copy Attachments. (If appropriate --most of these files will need to be replaced for all but Grants.gov Change/Corrected applications.) The copied Proposal is created and appears on the My Proposals screen as the highest proposal number in the list.
- Select Copy Questionnaire. (If appropriate - revise your responses as needed.)
NOTE: When the Copy Proposal option includes Copy Attachments, COEUS will copy all the attachment types and uploaded files. These copied attachment types will only be valid for re-use as a system-to-system (s2s) submission if the copied proposal links to the same or similar Grants.gov opportunity. If the user navigates to Upload Attachments, all of the copied types - even Grants.gov opportunity specific - can be viewed and maintained prior to linking the newly copied proposal to a valid Grants.gov opportunity.
5. Return to My Proposals to select and open the new copied proposal.
NOTE: Update your Copied Proposal elements!
- Adjust the start and end dates to meet your new submission requirements, if necessary.
- Link to the Grants.gov opportunity and forms (the CFDA and/or Funding Opportunity Number info will copy, but you still need to complete the link.
- Verify that any copied narrative types are still appropriate.
- Adjust the budget period boundaries to reflect the new dates.
- Review the rate tables, syncing the rates if necessary.


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VIDEO: Chancellor George Osborne visits Horwich (From The Bolton News)
Chancellor George Osborne insists economic plan is working during visit to Horwich
Updated 4:42pm Thursday 8th May 2014 in News By Liam Thorp, Reporter
CHANCELLOR George Osborne insisted that his government's long term economic plan is working for Bolton during a flying visit to Horwich.
But Mr Osborne warned that any deviation from the Tories' plan could result in people in Bolton paying "a very high price".
The chancellor was visiting businesses in and around Winter Hey Lane in Horwich and meeting Chris Green, who will be aiming to take the hotly-contested Bolton West seat from Labour at the 2015 general election.
He met business owners during a sit down in the Home Bakery and Cafe Latte premises and told The Bolton News that, while he feels his government has turned the country and Bolton's economic fortunes around, there is still a lot of work to do.
He said: "I am the first to say that the job is not done and the first to say that families need to feel more of the benefit of the growing economy — that is absolutely central to our mission.
"Unemployment has come down 25 per cent in Bolton West since the election, and we've seen jobs created and businesses that were threatened with closure and bankruptcy now growing and taking more people on.
"When I think about the situation 5 or 6 years ago in Bolton where unemployment was up, the country was on the verge of bankruptcy and the economy was in a total mess, we have changed that around and the long term economic plan is working for Bolton."
The Tatton MP couldn't resist a swipe at the local Labour party, adding: "What is the alternative?
"The Labour party here in Bolton and across the country are offering a return to square one, back to unemployment, back to bankruptcy, back to seeing their country getting poorer.
"We have been able to set out this long-term economic plan and if we don't work through that plan and continue what we are doing, then Bolton and the rest of the country will pay a very high price."
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In 2009, he received criticism for the way he had handled his expenses, after he was found to have "flipped" his second home, changing which property he designated as his second home in order to pay less capital gains tax. The Lib Dems estimated he owed £55,000 to the public purse as a result of this. He had previously paid back £1,193 on overpayments on his mortgage and chauffeur fares after a complaint from a Labour activist, and it also emerged that he had claimed £47 for two copies of a DVD of his own speech on "value for taxpayers' money". Parliament's standards commissioner's report found that although Mr Osborne had breached the rules the offence was "unintended and relatively minor". Osborne said he had received "flawed" advice and not benefited personally.
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deehat wrote:VOTE UKIP not Labour/Tories
Good on Thyme Deli for putting their customers first, he had to go to the cafe down the road, they should have brought him in past the Greenwood and taken him to Armstrongs canteen, they even had the neck to park on double yellow lines in the lane, Can't see him converting many round here!
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It was Osborne who sold his house near Knutsford,just before HS2 was made public,so he wouldn't suffer a drop in house values,pity the people who will now not be able to sell their house because of HS2.
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London-based ABS bankers say Royal Bank of Scotland and Citigroup are rumoured to have won the mandate. However, one banker says his securitization team is still pitching the deal. "It's just a rumour. I haven't heard it confirmed," he says. Calls to Marcus Giancaterino, head of European securitization at Citi and Thierry Sebton, a securitization official at RBS were not returned.
Other telecoms have been looking to do securitizations, including France Telecom, Orange's parent company. That deal, mandated to Deutsche Bank and Soci't' G'n'rale last year, is said to be on hold. Deutsche Telekom and KPN are also looking at deals, say London ABS bankers. In addition, Telecom Italia, which did the first-ever telecom trade receivables deal last year, has indicated it would like do another.
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"We've seen highway fatalities actually decrease in Colorado" since marijuana use was legalized.
"Since the governor took office, Oregon's unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest point in three years."
"Oregon school districts are directing 24 percent of their food budgets to purchase local foods. That's the highest percentage in the country."
"400,000 Oregonians have gained access to health care" through the Affordable Care Act.
"Oregon and the federal government now have more than one million acres of burnt land and millions of trees are being left to rot."
"The middle class can be defined to include those with income between roughly $20,000 and $60,000."
"For the cost of $5 vanilla soy latte a day, you can get a sweet health insurance plan to match."
"American voters remain steadfast in their support for immigration reform with a path to citizenship, with more than 70 percent who want to see reform passed this year."
Says the U.S. national debt has tripled during Rep. Greg Walden's time in Congress.
Says administrator salaries were increased, "but other school employees were left behind."
Says "between 6 and 20 bicycles can be parked in the space required by one car."
"Things like … having Friday classes have been shown to be very effective on college campuses" in reducing drinking.
Says "nearly half of Oregon's children are poor."
Portland Bureau of Transportation "barely break(s) even" ticketing motorists.
Says that in Curry County, "if you make a 911 call you're likely to wait for an hour for a response."
Says "The idea of one casino per tribe is a false one."
Says we will pay the new chancellor "a basic salary of nearly $300,000 a year ... an amount that does not include the costs of this public employee's benefits, perks and living expenses for a lavish house, an upscale car, a spending allowance, and fine dining almost every day on the taxpayer dollar."
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LEAD, S.D. (AP) - Residents of a neighborhood in the western South Dakota city of Lead say they're fed up with a man's pet wolves, which they say have kept them in fear for years.
The owner of the canines says they aren't wolves but registered Alaskan husky dogs, and Mark Valdez doesn't understand why anyone would be afraid of them.
Residents say 1 of Valdez's animals attacked and nearly killed a small dog over the weekend. Valdez says he's not sure which animal started the incident.
Valdez says the Sunday incident was the first time any of his animals have escaped, but neighbors dispute that.
Police Chief John Waiman says local and state authorities are investigating whether the animals violate any city or state laws.
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For those who covetously clocked the besunglassed finale of John Galliano's Spring 2010, look no further. The first two styles in the designer's debut line of sunglasses, dubbed Les Biches, bow this week in his Paris boutique and will arrive in Galliano's Miami boutique in the first week of November. Sixteen more styles will follow for spring.
Galliano has also teamed up with Morellato on a line of watches. For women, there are 28 timepieces, many of which reinterpret the classic pocket watches he's collected over the years. There are romantic flourishes, like a rose etched on a dial or a tiny chain linking the crown to the winding mechanism. Some come studded with pearls on a chain necklace. Prices run from a (relatively) affordable $1,125 to $15,000 for a model in solid gold and diamonds. No solid word on when they'll be in stores, but according to a Galliano rep, it could be as soon as Christmas.
The sunglass has a Victorian twist to it, but I think Prada's thick plastic frames in pink and green made a better visual impact!
The watches look delectable, and pocket watches hanging out of skinny pants would sure look funky mixing the old with the new!
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C.S. Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis
Jack Lewis
1898: November 29, born in Belfast, Ireland
1913: discovers Norse mythology and decides that Christianity is an inferior mythology
1917: goes to France with the Somerset Light Infantry
1918: April 15, wounded by an exploding shell in the Battle of Arras
1919: takes first class degrees in classics, philosophy, and English
1925-1954: fellow of English language and literature at Magdalen College, Oxford
1926: meets J.R.R. Tolkien at a gathering of the English faculty at Merton College
1929: comes to believe in the existence of some sort of god
1931: converts to Christianity
1955: professor of medieval and renaissance literature at Magdalene College, Cambridge
1956: marries Joy Gresham
1960: wife Joy Gresham dies of cancer at the age of 45
1963: November 22, dies in Oxford, England
Anglican history and theology
English literature
Major Works:
The Pilgrim's Regress (1933)
The Allegory of Love (1936)
Out of the Silent Planet (1938)
The Problem of Pain (1940)
The Screwtape Letters (1942)
Mere Christianity (1942)
The Abolition of Man (1943)
Perelandra (1943)
That Hideous Strength (1945)
Miracles (1947)
The Narnia Chronicles (1951-56)
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (1954)
Surprised by Joy (1955)
The Four Loves (1960)
C.S. Lewis was an author, a scholar of English literature and a famous Christian apologist. The son of a lawyer, Lewis grew up in Ireland at a time when northern Ireland was not torn by the bitter strife which would eventually come to characterize its religious situation. Early on he developed a love for reading and learning. He rejected Christianity at an early age, deciding that Christian myths were inferior to others in the world and that the Christian god, if it existed, must be a sadist.
After a year of study at University College in Oxford, C.S. Lewis volunteered for the trenches of France. At first Lewis enjoyed the close camaraderie of the army, but his idealistic beliefs would be shattered by the death and suffering he witnessed. World War I undermined the progressive ideals of many throughout Europe.
Upon his return he received top grades and was elected to an important teaching post at Magdalen College, also at Oxford. He remained at Oxford until 1955, when he accepted a teaching post at Cambridge. C.S. Lewis would later say that he was an atheist during his early years at Oxford, but began to move towards an evangelical flavor of Anglicanism due to his friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien.
His fame as an author came on two fronts. One was his fictional works, the most popular of which are the Chronicles of Narnia, seven books for young people which incorporate Christian themes and doctrines allegorically. The second front of his fame came from books openly written in defense of traditional Christianity. These include the popular The Screwtape Letters, a collection of letters of advice from a demon to his nephew, and the famous book Mere Christianity which began as a series of radio talks in 1941.
The sort of Christianity promoted by Lewis was unreservedly orthodox. He believed that too many church leaders had watered down traditional Christianity in order to accommodate it to the modern, scientific age. Instead practical tips and platitudes, Lewis emphasized orthodox Christian conceptions of sin, redemption, hell, atonement, resurrection, and miracles.
C.S. Lewis doesn't talk down to his audience (his audience of believers hes quite nasty to nonbelievers). Instead, he writes for the average person rather than for philosophers and theologians. He was himself a trained academic, but eschewed jargon and complicated arguments in favor a simplified, unadorned prose that was consciously designed to appeal to the average person.
Because of all this, Lewis works have become standard reading for Christians in the United States. It also helps that, although an Anglican, Lewis didnt focus much on church doctrine. His emphasis on a basic sort of Christianity allowed his appeal to spread to adherents of many denominations.
He was quite open about his goal being to get people to accept Christianity without caring about what denomination they entered, but this is problematic. The name of his most famous apologetic work, Mere Christianity, is a misnomer: there is no such thing as mere Christianity. Every denomination has doctrines which it insists are vital but which others insist arent or are even false.
One of the consequences of his simple style is that his arguments have extensive flaws in their logic and reasoning. His writings may serve as an introduction to Christian doctrines, but anyone who relies extensively upon them will be ill-served in any serious discussion about Christian theology or religious philosophy.


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What Is Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma?:
There are over 30 types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). NHL can be further classified by the type of lymphocytes affected (B-Cells or T- Cells) or by the pattern of disease progression. Slow growing NHL can be called "indolent" or "low-grade," while fast growing NHL may be called "aggressive" or "high grade." Like Hodgkin lymphoma, men are more likely than women to develop the disease, but NHL is more common in older persons.
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Signs and Symptoms:
Signs and Symptoms of NHL may include:
- Painless swelling of the lymph nodes, especially in the neck, chest and armpits
- Feeling more tired than usual or generally unwell
- Unexplained weight loss
- Fever without signs of an infection
- Night sweats that soak the bedclothes
- Itchy skin
- Decreased appetite
- Rash
These symptoms can also be present in many other, non- cancerous conditions. If you are concerned about symptoms you are experiencing, you should seek advice from your healthcare provider.
Risk Factors For Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma:
As with many types of cancer, the exact cause of NHL is not known. Many people who have risk factors will never develop the disease, and some lymphoma patients have no known risks.
Some possible risk factors may include:
- Infection with certain viruses such as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) or human T- lymphocytotropic virus (HTLV)
- Prior treatment with chemotherapy or radiation therapy
- Infection with the helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) bacteria may increase risk of developing a type of lymphoma that affects the wall of the stomach
- Extended exposure to specific chemicals found in pesticides and fertilizers
- Weak immune system caused by:
- Drugs that suppress immunity
- Autoimmune diseases
NHL is not a single disease but a group of more than 30 types of cancer that arise from the lymphatic system. Although these diseases have a common origin, they are all different in their signs and symptoms, how they progress and how they are treated. The best advice for any person worried about symptoms such as a lasting, low-grade fever, unexplained weight loss, swollen lymph nodes, tiredness or shortness of breath is to see their doctor or healthcare provider.
Foon,K., Ghobrial,I., Geskin,L. et al. (2006). The Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas. In Lichtman, M., Beutler,E., Kipps,T. et al(eds.)Williams Hematology- 7th edition. (pp. 1407-1461). New York, New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Munker,R.,Marion,J., Ye, G. et al.(2007). The Non- Hodgkin's Lymphomas. In Munker,R., Hillier,E., Glass,J. et al (eds.)Modern Hematology: Biology and Clinical Management- 2nd edition. (pp. 237-271). Totowa, New Jersey: Humana Press Inc.


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slides: The 25 Biggest Diseases To Strike Massachusetts
Monday, July 15, 2013
From tick-borne diseases like Lyme to sexually transmitted diseases like chlamydia and gonorrhea, from hepatitis to HIV, what hit the Bay State the hardest? See the Top 25 diseases to strike Massachusetts. Note: Data on hepatitis B virus, perinatal infection, and chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infection (past or present) are not included because they are undergoing data quality review, according to the CDC.
#25 Meningococcal disease
Total 2011 cases: 14
Serogroup A, C, Y, and W-135: 8
Serogroup B: 3
Serogroup other: 2
Serogroup unknown: 1
Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of bacterial meningitis and sepsis in the United States.
The highest incidence of meningococcal disease occurred among infants aged <1 year with a second peak occurring in adolescents and young adults. Among infants, disease incidence peaks within the first 6 months of life and the majority of cases in this age group are caused by serogroup B. Rates of meningococcal disease are at historic lows in the US, but meningococcal disease continues to cause substantial morbidity and mortality in persons of all ages.
#24 Hepatitis C
Total 2011 cases: 23
"Hepatitis" means inflammation of the liver and also refers to a group of viral infections that affect the liver. The most common types are Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C.
Viral hepatitis is the leading cause of liver cancer and the most common reason for liver transplantation. An estimated 4.4 million Americans are living with chronic hepatitis; most do not know they are infected.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most common chronic bloodborne infection in the United States; approximately 3.2 million persons are chronically infected. Although HCV is not efficiently transmitted sexually, persons at risk for infection through injection drug use might seek care in STD treatment facilities, HIV counseling and testing facilities, correctional facilities, drug treatment facilities, and other public health settings where STD and HIV prevention and control services are available.
#23 (T) Typhoid fever
Total 2011 cases: 24
Typhoid fever is rare in the United States. During 1999–2006, 1,439 out of 1,902 patients reported foreign travel within 30 days of illness, which accounted for approximately 79% of cases associated with international travel. The risk for infection is highest for travelers visiting friends and relatives in countries where typhoid fever is endemic, perhaps because they are less likely than other travelers to seek pretravel vaccination and to observe strict safe water and food practices. The risk also is higher for travelers who visit areas where disease is most highly endemic, such as the Indian subcontinent, even for a short time.
#23 (T) Measles
Total 2011 cases: 24
Indigenous: 17
Imported: 7
Note: Imported cases include only those directly related to importation from other countries.
The elimination of endemic measles has been achieved in the US; however, measles continues to be imported, resulting in substantial morbidity and expenditure of local, state, and federal public health resources. Although measles incidence in the US remains low, the number of cases reported during 2011 was the highest since 1996.
#21 Listeriosis
Total 2011 cases: 32
Listeria monocytogenes infection (listeriosis) is rare but causes severe invasive disease (e.g., bacteremia, meningitis, and fetal death). Listeriosis has been nationally notifiable since 2000. Listeriosis is acquired predominately through contaminated food and occurs most frequently among pregnant women and their newborns, older adults, and persons with certain immunocompromising conditions. Pregnancy-associated listeriosis is usually a mild illness but can be associated with fetal death and severe neonatal disease.
#20 Pneumococcal disease
Total 2011 cases: 38
Streptococcus pneumonia, invasive disease:
All ages: 38
Age <5 years: 19
Pneumococcal disease is caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus), which has more than 91 known serotypes. The major clinical syndromes include life-threatening infections such as meningitis, bacteremia, and pneumonia. Pneumococcus is the most commonly identified cause of community-acquired pneumonia. It is also a major cause of milder but more common illnesses, such as sinusitis and otitis media.
Note: The previous categories of invasive pneumococcal disease among children aged <5 years and invasive, drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae were eliminated. All cases of invasive S. pneumoniae disease, regardless of age or drug resistance are reported under a single disease code.
#19 Hepatitis A
Total 2011 cases: 39
"Hepatitis" means inflammation of the liver and also refers to a group of viral infections that affect the liver . The most common types are Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C.
Viral hepatitis is the leading cause of liver cancer and the most common reason for liver transplantation. An estimated 4.4 million Americans are living with chronic hepatitis; most do not know they are infected.
Hepatitis A, caused by infection with the Hepatitis A virus (HAV), has an incubation period of approximately 28 days (range: 15–50 days). HAV replicates in the liver and is shed in high concentrations in feces from 2 weeks before to 1 week after the onset of clinical illness. HAV infection produces a self-limited disease that does not result in chronic infection or chronic liver disease.
#18 Hepatitis B
Total 2011 cases: 67
"Hepatitis" means inflammation of the liver and also refers to a group of viral infections that affect the liver . The most common types are Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C.
Viral hepatitis is the leading cause of liver cancer and the most common reason for liver transplantation. An estimated 4.4 million Americans are living with chronic hepatitis; most do not know they are infected.
Hepatitis B is caused by infection with the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). The incubation period from the time of exposure to onset of symptoms is 6 weeks to 6 months. HBV is found in highest concentrations in blood and in lower concentrations in other body fluids (e.g., semen, vaginal secretions, and wound exudates). HBV infection can be self-limited or chronic.
#17 Malaria
Total 2011 cases: 68
Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite. People with malaria often experience fever, chills, and flu-like illness. Left untreated, they may develop severe complications and die. In 2010 an estimated 219 million cases of malaria occurred worldwide and 660,000 people died, most (91%) in the African Region.
#16 E.Coli
Total 2011 cases: 80
During 2011, as in previous years, the age group with the highest incidence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections was children aged <5 years. STEC infection is reported most frequently in late summer and early fall. In 2011, this seasonality was evident, with the highest number of reports in July, August, September, and October. During 2011, several multistate outbreaks of STEC O157 infection were linked to foods (e.g., romaine lettuce, Lebanon bologna, and hazelnuts).
Note: Includes Escherichia coli O157:H7; shiga toxin-positive, serogroup non-O157; and shiga toxin positive, not serogrouped.
#15 Haemophilus influenza
Total 2011 cases: 121
All ages, serotypes: 121
Age <5 years ecotype b: 0
Age <5 years Nonserotype b: 7
Age <5 years Unknown serotype: 0
Haemophilus influenzae (including Hib) is a bacterium that can cause a severe infection, occurring mostly in infants and children younger than five years of age. It can cause lifelong disability and be deadly. In spite of its name, Haemophilus influenzae bacteria do not cause influenza (the "flu").
There are six identifiable types of Haemophilus influenzae bacteria (a through f) and other non-identifiable types (called nontypeable). The one most people are familiar with is Haemophilus influenzae type b, or Hib. There's a vaccine that can prevent disease caused by Hib, but not the other types of Haemophilus influenzae bacteria.
#14 Cryptosporidiosis
Total 2011 cases: 168
Cryptosporidiosis is a nationally notifiable gastrointestinal illness caused by chlorine-tolerant protozoa of the genus Cryptosporidium. Cryptosporidium is transmitted by the fecal- oral route with the ingestion of Cryptosporidium oocysts through the consumption of fecally contaminated food or water or through direct person-to-person or animal-to-person contact.
Although cryptosporidiosis affects persons in all age groups, cases are reported most frequently in children. A substantial increase in transmission of Cryptosporidium in children occurs during summer through early fall, coinciding with increased use of recreational water, which is a known risk factor for cryptosporidiosis.
#13 Anaplasmosis
Total 2011 cases: 172
The 172 cases in Massachusetts are of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, one of four categories of ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis, which are rickettsial tickborne diseases.
The overall increase in reported incidence of all four categories of ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis from 2010 to 2011 might indicate an increase in tick populations, expansion of tick vector range, and an increase in the use of diagnostic assays.
#12 Shigellosis
Total 2011 cases: 179
In 2011, the incidence of reported shigellosis in the US was 4.3 infections per 100,000 population. Accounting for underdiagnosis, Shigella causes an estimated 494,000 illnesses annually in the US, approximately 131,000 of which are transmitted by food consumed in the US.
Shigella often is spread directly from one person to another, including through sexual contact between MSM, and also can be transmitted by contaminated food or by contaminated water used for drinking or recreational purposes. Some cases of shigellosis also are acquired during international travel. Daycare-associated outbreaks are common and are often difficult to contro.
#11 Tuberculosis
Total 2011 cases: 196
TB is a disease caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but TB bacteria can attack any part of the body such as the kidney, spine, and brain. If not treated properly, TB disease can be fatal. TB disease was once the leading cause of death in the United States.
Note: Totals reported to the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, NCHHSTP, as of June 25, 2012.
#10 Legionellosis
Total 2011 cases: 240
Legionnaires' disease is caused by a type of bacterium called Legionella. The bacterium is named after a 1976 outbreak, when many people who went to a Philadelphia convention of the American Legion suffered from this disease, a type of pneumonia (lung infection). A milder infection, also caused by Legionella bacteria, is called Pontiac fever. The term "legionellosis" may be used to refer to either Legionnaires' disease or Pontiac fever.
#9 Pertussis
Total 2011 cases: 271
After the 2010 peak in reported pertussis (8.9 per 100,000 population), reports of the disease declined in 2011 (6.1 per 100,000 population). Consistent with previous years, age-specific rates are highest among infants aged <1 year (70.9 per 100,000 population). Similar to trends observed in 2009 and 2010, children aged 7–10 years continue to contribute the second highest rates of disease nationally (20.0 per 100,000 population). Rates of disease among adolescents remained lower than those observed before the introduction of three vaccines: tetanus, diptheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) in 2005.
#8 Chicken Pox/Varicella
Total 2011 cases: 513
Chickenpox is a very contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). It causes a blister-like rash, itching, tiredness, and fever. Chickenpox can be serious, especially in babies, adults, and people with weakened immune systems. It spreads easily from infected people to others who have never had chickenpox or received the chickenpox vaccine. Chickenpox spreads in the air through coughing or sneezing. It can also be spread by touching or breathing in the virus particles that come from chickenpox blisters.
The best way to prevent chickenpox is to get the chickenpox vaccine. Before the vaccine, about 4 million people would get chickenpox each year in the United States. Also, about 10,600 people were hospitalized and 100 to 150 died each year as a result of chickenpox.
Note: Totals reported to the Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), as of June 30, 2012.
Total 2011 cases of new diagnoses: 523
HIV, or the human immunodeficiency virus, is the virus that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS. Unlike some other viruses, the human body cannot get rid of HIV. That means that once you have HIV, you have it for life.
Note: Total number of HIV cases reported to the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) through December 31, 2011.
#6 Giardiasis
Total 2011 cases: 758
Giardia is transmitted through the fecal-oral route with the ingestion of Giardia cysts through the consumption of fecally contaminated water or through person-to-person (or, to a lesser extent, animal-to-person) transmission. The disease normally is characterized by diarrhea, abdominal cramps, bloating, weight losss, and malabsorption.
#5 Syphilis
Total 2011 cases: 770
All stages: 770
Primary and secondary: 266
During 2011 nationwide, overall rates of primary and secondary syphilis remained unchanged compared with 2010. Rates among women continued to decrease (33% compared with 2008), but increased among men for the 11th consecutive year. Rates were highest among men aged approximately 20–24 years and 25–29 years for the 4th consecutive year.
During 2007–2011, rates among black men aged 20–24 years nationwide increased from 54.9 to 96.2 cases per 100,000 population (75%); the magnitude of this increase (41.3 cases per 100,000 population) was the greatest reported regardless of age, sex, or race/ethnicity.
"All stages" data includes the following categories: primary, secondary, latent (including early latent, late latent, and latent syphilis of unknown duration), neurosyphilis, late (including late syphilis with clinical manifestations other than neurosyphilis), and congenital syphilis.
Note: All stages Totals reported to the Division of STD Prevention, NCHHSTP, as of June 7, 2012.
#4 Salmonellosis
Total 2011 cases: 1,049
Salmonella causes an estimated 1.2 million illnesses annually in the United States, approximately 1 million of which are transmitted by food consumed in the US. Salmonella can contaminate a wide range of foods, and different serotypes tend to have different animal reservoirs and food sources, making control challenging.
During 2011, as in previous years, the age group with the highest incidence of salmonellosis nationwide was children aged <5 years. Salmonellosis is reported most frequently in late summer and early fall; in 2011, this seasonality was again evident, with most reports during July–October. Salmonella infections have not declined over the past 10 years.
#3 Gonorrhea
Total 2011 cases: 2,353
After a 79% decline in the rate of reported gonorrhea during 1975–2009, and after reaching the lowest gonorrhea rate recorded in 2009, the national gonorrhea rate increased in 2011 for the second consecutive year.
During 2009–2011, the national rate of gonorrheal infection increased by 6% to 104 cases per 100,000 population. In 2011, the rate increased among men and women, among all racial/ethnic groups, and in all four regions of the US (West, Midwest, Northeast, and South). As in previous years, the highest rates were observed among persons aged 15–24 years, among blacks, and in the South. In 2011, the gonorrhea rate among blacks was 17 times higher than the rate among whites (427 cases in blacks per 100,000 population compared with 25 cases in whites per 100,000 population.
#2 Lyme disease
Total 2011 cases: 2,476
Confirmed: 1,801
Probable: 675
National surveillance for Lyme disease was implemented in the United States in 1991 using a case definition based on clinical and laboratory findings.
The number of confirmed and probable Lyme disease cases reported to CDC increased by 2,939 (9.7%) in 2011 over 2010. Nevertheless, the total number of reported cases remained substantially lower than in either 2008 or 2009. Unlike 2010, when reported cases decreased in nearly all Northeastern and mid-Atlantic states, no consistent regional trend was apparent in 2011.
#1 Chlamydia
Total 2011 cases: 22,764
In 2011, approximately 1.4 million cases of Chlamydia trachomatis infections were reported, the largest number of cases ever reported to CDC for any condition. This case count corresponds to a rate of 457.6 cases per 100,000 population, an increase of 8% compared with the rate in 2010.
Rates of reported chlamydial infections among women have been increasing annually since the late 1980s, when public programs for screening and treatment of women were established to avert pelvic inflammatory disease and related complications. The continued increase in chlamydia case reports in 2011 likely represents a continued increase in screening for this usually asymptomatic infection, expanded use of more sensitive tests, and more complete national reporting; however, it also might reflect an increase in morbidity.
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New Year's Resolution to Get Thin? Let Piaget Help: Emperador Coussin Ultra-Thin Minute Repeater
At SIHH 2013, Piaget'Äôs in-house constructed minute repeater, their first minute repeater, made its debut.¬Ý Not only is it a first for Piaget, but the watch holds two firsts in the watch world: thinnest movement (4.8mm) and thinnest case (9.4mm).¬Ý
That kind of slenderness is good looking, super-model thin.¬ÝThis Emperador Coussin is not only a beauty, but oh can she sing.¬Ý When it comes to New Year'Äôs resolutions, forget the gym.¬Ý Just strap on this eye popper, let the repeater ring in the New Year and the masses will know, thin is in.¬Ý Given some of the wrist monstrosities out there, some may find this offering a welcome relief.
Movement and Case
In the Emperador Coussin family, we told you about the Large Moon (860P caliber) and the XL Tourbillon (1270P caliber), and now we round out the ultra-thin discussion with the E.C. Automatic Minute Repeater (1290P caliber).¬Ý This new caliber is based on its predecessor, the 1200P, the world'Äôs thinnest automatic movement found in the Altiplano.¬Ý In the 1290P, things have gotten even smaller with some wheels measuring .12mm and other components measuring a mere .07mm.¬Ý Microscopic might be a better word for the inner workings of this watch.
Such a thin watch results in rethinking design to accommodate a movement that fits the curves of the case so closely as to be one with the case.¬Ý There is a platinum micro-rotor because platinum provides the best weight to size ratio for winding power.¬Ý The repeater slide device at nine o'Äôclock slides downwards instead of upwards.¬Ý These integrations make for a svelte watch that fits some 407 parts inside the case.
If there is one major complication that is particularly difficult to produce, it would definitely be the Minute Repeater. To also enrich the movement with an automatic winding mechanism; to endow it with an exceptional sound; to offer the thinnest calibre in its category along with the thinnest case; to guarantee water resistance to 3 ATM; and to achieve all this 100% in-house: this array of individual feats form a unique accomplishment that is unique in the world of Haute Horlogerie.
Three years in the making, this completely in-house designed watch is assembled in two locations: the movement is made at La C√¥te-aux-F√©es, and the case is made at Plan-Les-Ouates.¬Ý This is Piaget'Äôs 4th major complication out of some 35 in-house movements including 11 major complications developed in the last 14 years.¬Ý One example is the 600P caliber, the world'Äôs thinnest hand-wound shaped tourbillon, in the Gouverneur Tourbillon.¬Ý Piaget is one of only a few vertically integrated, Haute Horology manufacturers.
A minute repeater'Äôs sine qua non is its sound.¬Ý Some gongs sound too high like tin, and some so low as to be practically inaudible.¬Ý You will hear the Piaget.¬Ý If most conversation ranges in the 65 decibel range, the repeater measures 64 decibels 'Äì a conversation partner indeed.¬Ý What will you hear?¬Ý Three virtually harmonic partials struck by two steel hammers on a one piece gong.¬Ý An inertia flywheel regulates the rhythm from start to finish.¬Ý The hours strike a G sharp, and the minutes hit an A sharp, offering an on-demand concert with just a push of the slide.
See and hear for yourself:
A perfect resolution for 2013 is to purchase Piaget's Emperador Coussin Automatic Minute Repeater.
This article is written by Max Reddick, contributing writer for¬ÝMonochrome Watches.


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33 thoughts on "How well do we treat our elderly?"
Elders should be treated properly.They are the main blocks of our life.we should hug them,kiss them,And make them feel valued in our lives which they are.
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Dear grade7 students,
Since ages when people grow old in many parts of the world, their family and friends care for them at home until the end. Nowadays the elderly are more typically sent to an assisted living or a skilled nursing facility, a contrast that may appear selfish, uncaring and even callous. This is extremely wrong. Older generations are the main blocks of our generation that we consider as the best. Parents work really hard to insure that their children would grow to become more enhanced and live a life that is better that theirs. They work all their lives to provide their children with a good education accompanied with pleasures. Do the elderly deserve the cruel acts we are doing? Is this how we pay them back for all what they did for us?Our elders have done a lot for us, and we owe them a lot. They were there for us when we were children, when we were sick, depressed…So the least we could do is to be there for them in the weakest stage of their life. Elders have been through all the phases we are going through and know much more about the world than we do. Although we disagree with them most of the time, it is our least duty to give them credit for their experience. They know what it's like to live through tragedies and triumphs, times of war and peace, both personally and as a member of a society. We should always keep in mind that they are ahead of us in age, maturity, wisdom and experience. Finally, we should treat the elderly with respect. We should look to them as people filled with the knowledge and wisdom of living into old age. We shouldn't ignore them or their ideas as outdated. We shouldn't look down on them with pained, sympathetic looks. We should be excited to have the chance to talk to them…to ask them about their lives and their experiences.
Rayan Bashasha
Grade 12
Dears ,
Personally , I treat my elderly like i treat my mother and father. For they have brought our parents to this world and they brought us , so we should at least thank them for that even if they didn't know it at that time , but they did us such a great and surprising favor for bringing us to this world that we should respect them and hoonor them and that"s exactly what I do!!!!
Yasmine Osman
Dear Mrs. Huda and classmates,
We have reached the 21st century, which everything has changed since the day we were born. Our traditions, cultures…everything's different. These days, most of our parents are suffering from their insolent kids that even don't respect their grandparents that are way older than they are. These are the people who have raised us, given us love, cried when we cried, laughed when we did, they cleaned us when we could not, they fed us when we were week, they worked long hours so that they could provide us with all our needs.
It's a shame that elderly people are abused by their own sons and daughters.
Following are ALSO forms of abuse of elderly
*Shouting at them or threatening them.
*Leaving them alone when they need care.
And remember, your parents also need some of your time, it's important for them that you sit with them for a while and talk to them. Elderly should be treated with respect; they're our parents who raised us. A lot of problems start when men try to pass the "caretaking" duty of their parents to their wives. It is the son's responsibility to take care of his parents, as it's the girl's duty to take care of hers as she can. Troubles happen when the guy feels it's the girl's duty to take care of them. Men always think that their wives are much important than their mothers that brought them to life and got tired raising them. She gives him all her love and does her best to make the best out of him to pass the "caretaking" duty to their wives? It's not his wives who carried him 9 months and took good care of him while being a youth! She sacrificed all her life to let him live a joyful life, but unfortunately, some men just don't appreciate it! Our mothers surrenders on her husband sometimes to live in different countries to educate us, so we should at least respect her and thank her for gifting us a great life that no one has! We should try our best to respect our elders as best as we can, especially as with old age some tend to get cranky. They deserve a exceptional treatment, for they are the ones who took care of us and spent all their lives looking after us, so we could give them only a whole day out of our week and go check on them. Honestly speaking, I get to visit my grandparents everyday for at least 3 hours since they live underneath us, so I SOMETIMES spend my free time down.
We should show then some love by providing them with care and looking after them. They suffered a lot in their lifetime and they really need someone to take care of them and be always beside them. Having someone that lets them feel safe is what makes them glad. We're not going to lose anything if we stood next to them, for we never know when the time to pass away is; they could leave us anytime, any second, so it's better if we gave them half our time.
Some elderly treat their grandkids rudely, but no matter how much they crossed the limits, we SHOULD still revere them. Most elderly will be having health problems that might let them talk rudely to their grandkid. Sometimes you feel that you're talking to a 5 year-old brain, but don't take their words into considerations, just let them talk…some children think that "treat people the way they treat you" works on all people, but that doesn't work on our parents, for you are obliged to respect them no matter what you do no matter how much they pressure you. I know it's really hard to bite your tongue, but sometimes they get on my nerves and I start pinching my skin to shut up. Although they make me mad, but I have to respect them for my parents' sake and mine for sure.
In short, elderly are people who need cooperation, love, and loyalty. They're the root of our generations. They raised us and deserve our respect. I really believe in this proverb "Treat people the way you'd like to be treated"; if you want your kids to respect you, then respect your parents. I suppose that all kids should respect people who are older than they are, even if they don't know them.
Best Regards,
Nay K.
P.S: I'm soooooo sorry for being late to respond, but there was a problem with the internet(wasn't working)from thursday, so I couldn't do anything about it!
Plus, I did it on wed., but you didn't assign the link until thursday!
Dear Mrs. Huda and classmates …..
Our elderly must be treated well , where we have to sit and talk with them . Also , we must respect them , don't make fun over them , and take care of them by giving their medicines. Moreover , we must not put them in Old Age Departments , instead we must help them and take them out with us. Finally , our elderly need our help where we can celebrate with them and give them gifts.
Thank you
Nour zahra
Since I was a child my grandparents took care of me. They treated me like their kids. When I first,opened my eyes I saw them next to me, mom goes to work and leave's me at grandma and grandpa's house. Moreover,I spent most of my time with them. They gave me all their love,respect,and honor. I should reward them by the same thing and more: by doing whatever they want me to do, kiss their cheeks, prepare their delicious meals as they did when I was a child,bring for them a bucket of flower to admire them pleasure in their life . Some times ,my opinion is different from theirs but I should trust their advice because they have been in such an experience. Further more,i should honor the wisdom and the experience of someone from an older generation .
Best regards
I think that our elders should be treated with passion and love. Without them, we aren't able to achieve our goals, and our lives wouldn't be full of success and happiness. What we can do is at least respect them even if they were extremely annoying, and to do what they want so they could always be satisfied of who we are. According to me, I give all my care and love to my parents and grandparents. I realized that even a small gesture can make them excited and contented for I gave a call to my grandmother last week and I felt that she wouldn't be more happy than this. So I am and always will respect my elders for they work hard to make us happy.
Rahaf Rashidi
Dear Reina
I think your answer should be about your experience on how you treat your elders even if it's a negative way. Not giving examples on how we should treat them.
With love, Housniya J.
Dear Mrs. Huda,
We must treat our elders in a nice way and always listen to what they say and don't let them be sad from us. We must give them what they need and don't treat them in a bad way and stay helping them in any time they need us. We must always be there for them. We must let them feel that we care about them.
According to me, the elders should be treated with respect no matter how annoying they might be. When I was born, I spent 60% of my time at their place because my mom and dad had work. They were the ones that took care of me, fed me, sat beside me, watched TV with me, and played games. That's why I believe that they should be treated with respect because they truly deserve it. Till now, I still go to their house after school because my mom and dad also have work, and my grandmother is the one who cooks lunch and takes care of us before our parents come to take us home. As for my grandfather, he always sits beside me and starts telling me information and asking me questions about certain things I learn in school. It's actually a little annoying but it shows that he cares about me. This is why I always try my best to always respect them and help them when they need anything because I know they love me so much and I love them too.
Thank you, Gina K.
Dear Gina,
I totally agree with your point, Cause whether we agree or not, we have to respect our elderly, for they sacrificed all their lives inorder to make us happy, so we should do our best to let them feel glad; and it's ok, let them ask whatever they want and talk whenever they want to, just don't let them feel that you're bored from them sitting beside you all the time!
Your classmate, Nay k.
i have my ways for saying i love you and honor my grandparents. by the time i see them ,i quickly give them a hug ,i help them in house work , kiss their hand as hello , smile when they look at me , share secrets for an advice , give them a phone call for showing that i care ,and saying thank you on every thing they did for me . this is how i treat my grand parents and i will stay treating them in this way , because if they didn't gave birth for my parents then i will not be in this world.
your friend
yasmeen sakka
Dear Yasmeen,
I like your points they're nice and similar to mine anyway no problem.
Dear Yasmeen ,
Please use the correct capitilization and punctuation next time!! Be careful okay?!
Yasmine Osman
Dear Miss Huda and classmates,
I think that elders should be treated different than anyone else,because without them, we would have never existed. Nobody knows when these elders will die and leave us, so we should always take care of them, for example, buying them gifts, watering their plants, feeding their fish, kissing their cheeks… We should always hear what our grandparents tell us because they are wiser than we are and they know better. We should always visit our elders at least once a week, since they are old and need some one to help them sometimes.
Sarah Younes
dear miss huda:
our elders deserve many good things,for that we should respect them and love them,for example we should :throw for them the garbage,don't let them feel that we are bore while sitting with them……..,but i don't do all of these things ,but at least I do some of them.
dear omar your text was great but i should tell you that you made a mistake bysaying that they are in the last stage of there life , its like you are saying that they will die very soon , your not realy shure when they are ganna die only god knows.
please put that in your mind (being old doesnt mean that you should die soon)
thank you
Dear Daoud ,
Please use the correct capitilization and punctuation next time!! Be careful okay?! and by the way, you connected "by" and "saying together!!:)
Yasmine Osman
dear miss hoda
we shoud treat the elderly with full respect(and by elderly i dont mean those 9th graders and the kids in the older classes i mean those with expirence )and the older they get the more respect and trust they deserve.
its not important to love them (the elderly could be a stranger) just respect respect them (and dont trust them if they where strangers, they could mean harm)
and finaly :some elderly are disabled , thats not an excuse not to respect them , you have to help them .
miss hoda i do all of these things .
We, sons, grandsons, daughters, granddaughters, should always treat our elders, mother, grandmother, father, grandfather, the way we want our children and grandsons to treat us. My grandmother suffers from Alzheimer. Although, she's kind of annoying by telling the same boring stories for over 10,000 times, I should hear them whether I like it or not. Being tough with our grandparents would make them feel that our parents, who were raised well by them, don't know how to raise us. All younger generations have always disagreed with their elders and it is these differences that bring changes in human society.
How you treat others, it won't be long before you too will be treated in the same manner. Have you heard of the saying, "What goes around comes around"?
Well, it's a true fact, and it won't be long till your old age comes, you too will become less energetic, and you will face memory loss due to your old age.
Regards, Samar ;D
Dear Samar,
Hahahaha, Almost everybody suffers from this situation. I mean they come and tell you," Oh I never told you what happened when I was in 5th grader", and it turns out to be told a 1000 times.Regardless of how much they're irritating, it's kinda pleasant to respect and be respected by others. And I really enjoyed reading your view point.
Regards, Nay :*
Dear Mrs. Huda,
I think that our elders deserve a special treatment, for they are old and in the last stage of their lives. Consequently, we should take care of them and make them happy all the time. We should visit them at least one time per week, hug them, let them feel that they are relaxed, respect them; do what they want and don't bother them. They took care of me when I was a child and now it's my turn to do the opposite. For example, my grandmother asks me to bring for her a cup of water while watching T.V. I don't start nagging and notify her that I don't want. However, I quickly rush to the kitchen and do what she wants. Also, I try to make my elders happy by opening conversations and tell jokes. In short, we should honor the wisdom and experience of our elders.
Omar Yehia
Dear Omar,
I liked your comment and it's 100% true. We should always try our best to keep them happy.
Thank you, Gina K.
Dear Omar,
You're doing the right thing. I wwas interested in reading your response. We should always let them, feel comfortable and glad!
Regards, Nay
Dear Omar,
I also agree with your point. Great job!
Dear Miss Huda
I have no grandparents; they all have been died since I was three years old and I didn't know what to respond.
With all my love and respect
Housniya J.
Dear Hosniya,
Even though you don't have any grandparents, you should atleast tell us how you might have treated them if they were still alive. Moreover, it's not necessary that you only talk about your own grandparents, you can talk about any old person you know.
P.S: May your grandparents rest in peace.
Gina K.
Dear Gina and Miss Huda
At first, thank you Gina for the good advice; it really helped me.
Well, if my grandparents were alive I would treat them in the same way I would like to be treated by my grandsons when I become old. For example, bring them water, food….etc. And always visit them and in case I had a situation that prevented me from visiting them, at least call them and make sure they're ok. We can also listen to them and talk to them and never let them feel bored or they will stop loving us having in their mind the idea of us hating them.
Well, that's all I can say for now.
PS: may our dead grandparents rest in peice too.
Love Housniya J.
Dear Housniya,
Although you don't have any grandparent, you could tell us how you would be treating them if they were still alive. Tell us how you would feel if you didn't obey their instructions. Btw, may their souls rest in peace.(F)
Our elders are our honor and wisdom in life, without them our life will be unvalued, they're the experiences if we didn't respect them then we're not respecting our family and ourselves. According to me I'm treating my elders in a very well way because they deserve the following valued: care- love-responsibility- respect- honesty –cooperation and loyalty.
There are many ways to honor your elders and some of these ways are: -visit an elderly neighbor like if its Eid time for sure we should go to our elderly and say for them happy Eid.
- Hug an elder grandpa example when they're in need for us being next to them and exchange them our love.
- Respect them by helping them in house. Often, my grandma ask me to wash the dishes for her for the first time she say that I ignore but then when I think logically I directly go and ash the dishes because she's an old woman and she may pass in any moment for that I'm obliged to do so.
- Be honest with them. When they ask me anything I reply seriously and honestly because I can't lie on them since they're my elders.
- Take care of them. Help them when they need to bring a tiny thing I must bring it for them since my body is still maturing while them it's pathetic so they need our help.
Never forget that they're your elders and you may lose them in any second so never try to be sad for them and remember that a small gesture (sign) can have a big impact.
Best Regards,
Reina El-Zaybak


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About the AuthorChristina Bush
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Photographer Christina Bush lives in the city of Vista in Southern California with her husband Tom and their two Rottweilers, Diamond and Benno. She is a Sr. Wealth Advisor and Vice President for Torrey Pines Securities and has been in the financial industry since 1992. Wildlife photography is her hobby and passion and she does a great deal of work for several animal sanctuaries and a private zoo to help them to raise money to feed and shelter their wonderful animals-- many of which have been rescued from horrible abuse situations. She receives great joy and satisfaction from being part of the rescue effort to save lives. She hopes you enjoy her photography!
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