Recipe – Badam (almond) halwa

This festive season, treat your family to some yummy, home-made badam ka halwa!
Ingredients for badam halwa :
*. Almonds (soaked overnight) – ½ cup
*. Milk – 1/3 cup
*. Sugar – 4 tbsp.
*. Cardamom (optional) –¼ tsp.
*. Ghee – 3 tbsp.
*. For the garnish : 2 to 3 almonds, peeled and sliced
Method of making badam halwa:
*. Pour a cup of boiling water over the over-night soaked almonds ,
and leave aside for a few minutes.
*. Drain out the water and skin the almonds.
*. Grind the almonds with about 5 tbsp. of milk intoa smooth paste.
*. Heath the ghee in a non-stick pan, add the pureed almonds. Cook
over slow flame, stirring continuously until the mixture changes
colour to a hue of golden brown.
*. Add the remaining milk, in addition to about 5 tbsp. of water and
cook for a few minutes.
*. Add the sugar, and cardamom powder (if desired) and cook till all
the sugar has dissolves, as you continue to stir.
Garnish with some thinly sliced almonds and serve hot…
Here's to happy festivity!

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Sahih Muslim

He was born in the town ofNishapur, in present day northeastern Iran,
into the Arab tribe of Qushair. His book is considered among Sunni
Muslims the most authentic collections of hadith, second only to Sahih
Bukhari.
Estimates on how many hadiths are in his books vary from 3,033 to
12,000, depending on whether duplicates are included, or whether the
text only or the isnad is also counted. The book is said to share
about 1900 hadiths with Bukhari's Sahih/

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Major Sins

The major sins are those acts which have been forbidden by Allah in
the Quran and by His Messenger (SAW) in the Sunnah (practise of the
Prophet), and which have been made clear by the actions of of the
first righteous generation of Muslims, the Companions of the Prophet
(SAW).
There is some difference of opinion among scholars in this regard.
Some say thesemajor sins are seven, and in support of their position
they quote the tradition: 'Avoid the seven noxious things'- and after
having said this, the propeht (SAW) mentioned them: 'associating
anything with Allah; magic; killing one whom Allah has declared
inviolate without a just case, consuming the property of an orphan,
devouring usury, turning back when the army advances, and slandering
chaste women who are believers but indiscreet.' (Bukhari and Muslim)
'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas said: 'Seventy is closer to their number than
seven,' and inthis book Imam Dhabi goesthrough the 70 Major Sins
Supported by the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad
(SAW)The Author Muhammad binAhmad bin `Uthman bin Qaymaz at Turkamani,
Shams al-Din al-Dimashqi al-Dhahabi al-Shafi`i (673-748 AH), the imam,
Shaykh al-Islam, head of hadith masters, critic and expert examiner of
the hadith, encyclopedic historian and biographer, and foremost
authority in the canonical readings of the Qur'an. Born in Damascus
where his familylived from the time of his grandfather `Uthman, he
sometimes identified himself as Ibn al-Dhahabi –son of the goldsmith –
in reference to his father's profession/

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