piątek, 30 stycznia 2009

Knedlikow bramborovych odslona pierwsza

Dzisiaj rozpoczal sie organizowany przez mysze-klapsiare z blogu knedlik.blox.pl Tydzien Kuchni Czeskiej. Wyczekiwalam go od momentu, gdy tylko sie dowiedzialam - smaki tej kuchni towarzysza mi od dziecinstwa, kiedy razem z rodzicami co zime jezdzilismy do Republiki Czeskiej na narty.

Zupy z kminkiem, knedliki, gulasze i kapusta... I ten kminek wszedzie... Bardzo lubie te przyprawe...

Knedliki zawsze bardzo lubilam, dlatego Tydzien Kuchni Czeskiej byl dobrym pretekstem, zeby nauczyc sie je gotowac. Knedlikow, z tego co przeczytalam na internecie sa dwa rodzaje: bramborove oparte na ciescie z gotowanych ziemniakow (jak nasze kluski slaskie) oraz houskove, ktore robi sie z ciasta ze swiezym chlebem pszennym.

Na pierwszy ogien poszly bramborove, z tej oto przyczyny, ze jest to nie tylko dobra okazja do kuchni czeskiej, ale ze stesknilam sie za knedlami z owocami w srodku, a to przeciez podobne o ile nawet nie to samo ciasto (tak mi sie przynajmniej wydaje).

W internecie krazy przepis, pochodzacy podobno z ksiazki Marka Lebkowskiego "Najlepsze przepisy kuchni europejskiej". Zdecydowalam sie go wykorzystac.

Przy okazji jak zwykle wykazalam sie gapiostwem, ale o tym dalej. No wiec zaczne od zacytowania oryginalnego przepisu:

skladniki:

  1. ugotowane ziemniaki 50 dag
  2. maka pszenna 8 dag
  3. kasza manna 8 dag
  4. sol

Ugotowane i wystudzone ziemniaki przepuscic przez praske i wymieszac z reszta skladnikow i wyrobic ciasto. Z ciasta formowac podluzne walki.

Zagotowac wode, osolic, wkladac knedliki i gotowac 15-20 minut. W czasie gotowania odwracac je. Gotowe knedle wyjac i pokroic na plastry.

Podaje sie je z gulaszem albo jakims mnieskiem w sosie.

No wiec zaplanowalam wszystko od poczatku do konca. Tia... Gdy otworzylam szafke okazalo sie ze kasze manne gdzies wywialo (zdaje sie ze robilam ostatnio do sniadania) a juz bylo za pozno leciec do sklepu poniewaz w tym dzikim kraju wiekszosc sklepow zamykana jest ok 18-19. Niestety za gotowanie zabralam sie za pozno wiec nie zorientowalam sie, ze czegos mi brakuje.

Tak wiec ziemniaki wymieszalam z podwojna iloscia maki. Wszystko wygladalo, ze bedzie cacy az do momentu gotowania: nagle okazalo sie ze woda sie robi mocno ziemniaczano-ciastowa poniewaz drobinki z wierzchu zaczely odpadac. Anyway wyszlo jak wyszlo, knedliki w liczbie dwoch duzych sie ugotowaly i nawet byly zjadliwe. Trudno bylo tylko je pokroic bo byly bardzo miekkie.

No nic, powiedzialam sobie, ze jakos to bedzie... I zabralam sie za gulasz... A przynajmniej mialam taki zamiar, poniewaz zawartosc zamrazarki odbiegala od tego, co widzialam wczoraj - okazalo sie, ze moje mieso wolowe na gulasz zmienilo wlasciciela - moj Malzonek, wcielenie muzulmanskiego milosierdzia podzielil sie naszym miesem z rodzina. Tylko dlaczego akurat miesem, ktore mialam przygotowane na gulasz: pokrojone w rowna kostke, za to w zamrazarce zostala baranina - z koscia.

Ja osobiscie moge karmic wszystkich dookola, moge karmic cala rodzine i wszystkich znajomych, tylko chcialabym byc uprzedzana o fakcie zabierania czegos z lodowki, tym bardziej ze ja zakupy robie w miare zapotrzebowania i gotowanie takze planuje najmniej kilka dni naprzod.

No nic. Jak sie nie ma, co sie lubi, to sie lubi, co sie ma. Wzielam baranine i na niej zrobilam sos gulaszopodobny.

Skladniki:

  1. wolowina "na gulasz" - ja dalam dwa spore kawalki baraniny z kostka
  2. 2 srednie cebule (lub olbrzymia i mala)
  3. 3-4 zabki czosnku
  4. lyzeczka przecieru pomidorowego
  5. po lyzeczce papryki w proszku slodkiej i ostrej
  6. duza szczypta kminku (w calosci)
  7. duza szczypta maki
  8. sol, kostka rosolowa do smaku
  9. woda

Obrana i poszatkowana cebule zeszklilam na oleju. Dodalam mieso, posypalam maka (normalnie jak mam pokrojona wolowine to mieszam ja z maka tak, zeby maka pokryla kazdy kawalek ze wszystkich stron), podsmazylam z dodatkiem obu papryk i kminku. Dodalam przecier i podlalam woda (tak ze 3-4 szklaneczki). Doprowadzilam do wrzenia, zmniejszylam grzanie zeby lekko pyrkalo i przykrylam na godzinke od czasu do czasu mieszajac coby sie nie przypalilo.

Czosnek obralam o pokroilam w plasterki, dorzucilam do sosu, dosmaczylam kostka (wolowa aby uzupelnic smaki) i w sumie troche niepotrzebnie dodalam soli. Na malym grzaniu gotowalam jeszcze pol godzinki. (W przypadku wolowiny gotuje minimum 2-3 godziny w calosci, baranina tyle nie wymaga).

Knedliki z duzym trudem pokroilam na plasterki i rozlozylam na talerze. Podalam z mieskiem i polalam obficie sosem.


Knedliki z wygladu zewnetrznego moze nie wyszly za ciekawie. Ale co do smaku wystarczajacym dowodem byl moj malzonek zjadajacy z apetytem dokladke i z zalem pytajacy czy nie ma wiecej...
W kazdym razie Tydzien Kuchni Czeskiej uwazam za zainaugorowany. Smacznego!




czwartek, 29 stycznia 2009

Makaron z sosem na gdid

Dzisiejsza obiadokolacja to jedna z typowych codziennych potraw w Tunezji. Makaron z sosem pomidorowym i gdid.

skladniki:

  1. srednia cebula
  2. 2 duze zabki czosnku
  3. kilka kawalkow gdid (suszonego miesa) [jak mam to dodaje tez osben - takie kawalki jelit z tluszczem w srodku]
  4. duza lyzka przecieru pomidorowego
  5. litr wody
  6. pol paczki drobnego makaronu
  7. sol, harissa do smaku

Cebulke i czosnek drobno siekam, podsmazam na oliwie, dodaje przecier i pol lyzeczki harissy, przesmazam razem, wrzucam gdid mieszam i zalewam woda. Po zagotowaniu przykrywam i gotuje ok 40 minut (w tym czasie woda sie powinna zredukowac o ok 1/3). Wrzucam makaron, sole i gotuje makaron do miekkosci (uwaga trzeba czesto mieszac poniewaz lubi przywierac do dna garnka a potem sie przypalac), gdy jest aldente zdejmuje garnek z kuchenki, mieszam, przykrywam przykrywka i odstawiam na 10-15 minut zeby makaron doszedl.

Smacznego...


Merguezy


Merguezy to baranie cienkie kielbaski. Moga byc "czyste" lub z dodatkiem papryki. My bardzo lubimy te druga wersje. Wystarczy podsmazyc (nie trzeba tluszczu poniewaz wytapia sie z kielbasek) i juz gotowe do jedzenia.

Merguezy mozna dodac do chakchouki, zrobic na nich jajecznice lub omlet, pokrojone laduja na pizzy tunezyjskiej.

Dzisiaj na lunchyk poprostu je usmazylam i podalam z chlebkiem i wytopionym tluszczykiem do maczania chlebka. Pyycha...

kaligrafia piorko + niebieski atrament +biala farba

Moje prace- Seria Prorocy - cz3




Uczymy sie Tajweed (5) (6)

środa, 28 stycznia 2009

Zawjati (My wife)

TRANSLATION- Zawjati (My wife)
(as given in the album Da'ani)

I love you the way you are,
I love you the way you were,
No matter what did or will happen,
You are and will be my darling.

You're my rightful wife, I care not about
Those who like to reproach and irritate me.
It is our destiny to be
Together eternally.

In my heart you instilled love
With grace and good deeds.
Happiness vanishes when you disappear,
Life brightens when you're there.

Hard is my day
Until you return home.
Sadness disappears
When you smile.

Life turns black
When you're upset,
So I work hard
To make your wish come true.

You're my happiness.
May you be happy forever.
Our souls are united
Like soil and plants.

You're my hope, my peace
My good company and inspiration.
Life is good, no matter how hard it is,
When you're fine ( more )

Wynajecie mieszkania w Paryzu...

Wiecie, ze to graniczy z cudem? Nawet powstaly organizacje zrzeszone studentow, nie-studentow, poprostu ludzi ktorzy maja z tym problem. Nowe haslo pojawiajace sie na scianach Paryskich budynkow to "human rights pour logement ".
Nas to do tej pory nie dotyczylo, przyjechalismy do tego miasta majac juz obiecane mieszkanie z ktorego wlasnie wyprowadzal sie kuzyn pizza alias Khalifa. Ale nie dlugo bylo tego dobrego: wlascicielka, mimo ze poczatkowo obiecala nam ze od lutego kontrakt bedzie na nasze nazwisko (do tej pory byl na Khalife) nagle zmienila zdanie i doszla do wniosku ze mieszkanie sprzeda, my wiec mamy spadac. Nie wiem co to za wychowanie informowac na tydzien przed koncem miesiaca (w sumie zgodnie z prawem moglibysmy zostac do marca ale wolelismy nie robic zbyt duzych problemow zeby czasem nie naslala na nas policji, a to nam by w niczym nie pomoglo).
Blady strach na nas padl poniewaz dobrze wiedzielismy co oznacza szukanie mieszkania. Internet, znajomi, ogloszenia prasowe, leboncoin.fr etc. I nic...
I znowu Bog zeslal nam naszego cudownego kuzynka (Chwala Bogu za kuzynka) Khalife. Przez znajomych znalazl Ormianina szukajacego klientow na podnajem.
Wydawaloby sie ze nasze problemy zostaja rozwiazane dopoki nie poszlismy ogladac rzeczonego mieszkania: jezeli nasze poprzednie bylo wielkosci chusteczki do nosa to nowe jest wielkosci pudelka od zapalek: pokoj 3 na 3 z mikro-aneksem kuchennym (przy ktorym nasz poprzedni aneks kuchenny jawi sie jako duza kuchnia) i lazienka w ktorej miesci sie dokladnie sedes i prysznic i NIC WIECEJ! (juz wiem jak sie czuja Japonczycy w ich klitkowatych mieszkankach). Coz wyboru za bardzo nie mielismy i mimo, ze zdzierca zarzadal od nas na poczatek 2000€ (za pierwszy miesiac + kaucja w wysokosci 2 miesiecznej oplaty) trzeba bylo sie zgodzic...
Ormianin jak Ormianin: mily i uprzejmy, na kazdym paluchu zloty sygnet (bleee) jak uslyszal, ze jestem Polka probowal zagaic rozmowe po rosyjsku, ale ze ja juz ten rocznik co rosyjskiego w szkolce nie mial wiec poddal sie zrezygnowany...
A teraz najlepsze, jakie dokumenty sa wymagane zeby moc wynajac mieszkanie:
  1. dokumenty tozsamosci + kopie ( paszporty, moj dowod osobisty, Karta pobytu mojego malzonka jescze z Polski, dokumenty poswiadczajace ze we Fr jestesmy legalnie)
  2. fiche da paie za ostatnie 3 miesiace nas obojga (taki papierek poswiadczajacy pensje)
  3. karte vitale lub inne poswiadczenie ubezpieczenia (ze nasze karte vitale sie gonia za przeproszeniem, czekamy juz od dawna tylko jakos sie nie moga wydrukowac, wiec dostal kopie ksiazeczki ubezpieczeniowej jeszcze z Polski, poniewaz karta ubezpieczeniowa juz dawno sie skonczyla)
  4. Cabis czyli dane firmy w ktorej pracowalismy (cos w stylu naszych nip i regon itp) + cabis naszej firmy 
  5. RIB czyli numer konta bankowego + karte Bleue (karta kredytowa) + ksiazeczka czekowa  do wgladu
  6. dokumenty Khalify jako gwaranta (poszport, papiery z pracy, ubezpieczenie, cabis itp)
  7. na koniec facet przegial poniewaz spytal sie o akt slubu (bo on taki swiety i nie wynajmie mieszkania parze bez slubu) i koniec koncow zeby nie draznic lwa pokazalismy kopie tlumaczenia przysieglego

a ja marudzilam ze w Polsce jest duzo problemow papierkowych...

jedno dobre: w nowym mieszkaniu jest kuchenka gazowa z, uwaga: PIEKARNIKIEM wiec nie ma tego zlego co by na dobre nie wyszlo.

Nie traktujemy tego mieszkania zbytnio powaznie raczej jako miejsce postojowe i szukamy czegos dalej, jednak doswiadczenie zyciowe podpowiada mi, ze to co ma byc czasowe okazuje sie koniec koncow najbardziej trwale...

Najfajniejsze, ze w przyszlym tygodniu inshallah przyjezdzaja moi super-tesciowie, moge sie wiec przynajmniej czuc bezpieczna, ze w tak malym mieszkaniu nie beda z nami a i tesciowa nie wejdzie mi na glowe, poniewaz mieszkanie tescia miesci sie w Rouen czyli spory kawal od Paryza. Mam tylko nadzieje, ze tesciu nie wytlumaczy czasem Kuli, ze byloby nam wygodniej zamieszkac u nich bo chyba sie powiesze... Kocham moja tesciowa ale nie wyobrazam sobie mieszkania z nia 24/24.

Placki ziemniaczane na slono


skladniki:

  1. 4 duze ziemniaki
  2. cebula
  3. 3 zabki czosnku
  4. sol pieprz do smaku
  5. 2 jajka
  6. maka

ziemniaki zostaly obrane i starte na tarce o duzych oczkach, do ziemniakow takze na tarce starta zostala cebula, drobno posiekany czosnek tez wrzucony zostal do ziemniakow

calosc wymieszana z jajkami, sola i spora porcja mielonego pieprzu, maki tyle ile sie wmiesza, zeby powstalo zwarte ciasto ale ziemniaczane a nie maczne z ziemniakami (na moje oko nie wiecej niz szklanka, ale glowy nie dam)

z pierwszej polowy ciasta na oleju smazone male placuszki...

a z drugiej polowy ciasta usmazone zostaly 2 duze placki, ktorych przewracanie na druga strone bylo bardzo trudne technicznie ale jednak wykonalne

na duze placki wylozony zostal zielony sos i po kawalku miecha dla zglodnialych i zmeczonych po pracy fizycznej (Kulek) lub umyslowej (ja)...


skladniki na zielony sos:

  1. duza cebula drobno posiekana
  2. 2 duze zabki czosnku
  3. duzy por
  4. 2 galazki selera razem z liscmi
  5. 2 kawalki miesa baraniego razem z kostka
  6. sol, pieprz, ras el hanout do smaku
  7. olej do smazenia

cebule zeszklilam na oleju, dodalam posiekany czonek, pokrojonego pora i posiekanego selera, przesmazylam razem, dodalam mnieska, zalalam 2 duzymi szklankami wody i gotowalam do miekkosci mieska i zredukowania sosu

doprawilam sola, pieprzem, lyzeczka ras el hanout

goracy i parujacy sos wylozylam na usmazone wczesniej duze placki ziemniaczane, na srodku polozylam po porcji mnieska


Smacznego!

Kulek gotuje

Juz od prawie tygodnia zbieram sie zeby pokazac eksperymenty kulinarne mojego meza. Kto nas zna wie, zesmy dwie kulki. Nie bez powodu. Lubimy sobie pojesc a od czasu do czasu nachodzi nas na nocne gotowanie :P

I wlasnie nowy wynalazek mojego Meza powstal podczas jednego z nocnych gotowan, kiedy naszedl nas glod na cos jednoczesnie lekkiego i napychajacego.

No wiec zacznijmy od ziemniakow i ryzu:

dwa duze ziemniaki ugotowane i rozciapciane na puree

szklanka ryzu ugotowana na prawie miekko, do ryzu dodana zostala mala posiekana szalotka i ze 2 duze zabki czosnku, oraz kawalek pomidora (bez nasionek ze srodka) pokrojony w kosteczke, calosc posolona i wymieszana z lyzka oliwy.


A do tej mieszanki na drugim talerzu: 3 jajka ugotowane na twardo i rozciapciane, pomidor pokrojony i rozciapciany, duza galazka selera (razem z liscmi) dokladnie umyta i posiekana.

Do tego wszystkiego na stole pojawila sie jeszcze oliwa z oliwek, kmin rzymski i sol do smaku.
Na talerzyk nakladalismy sobie ryzu z ziemniakami, po wierzchu dawalismy jajka, pomidora i selera doprawialismy ewentualnie do smaku i zjadalismy...
Bardzo nam to posmakowalo i od tamtego czasu jeszcze raz zrobilismy cos podobnego ale z puszkowana mieszanka warzywna...

Podsumowanie sezamowego tygodnia

Przepraszam, ze z lekkim poslizgiem... Jak to sie mowi "z powodow od nas niezaleznych"...

Najpierw chcialam wszystkim serdecznie podziekowac za wspolna zabawe. Gdy proponowalam ten "festiwal" nie sadzilam, ze bedzie mial tak duzy odzew, tu musze podziekowac Tomkowi za Durszlaka,  dzieki ktoremu dolaczylo do nas tak wiele osob - dziekuje Tomku!

Od wielu osob otrzymalam maile, za ktore bardzo dziekuje i mam nadzieje, ze  nie raz jeszcze bedziemy przy roznych okazjach wspolnie gotowac.

Chcialam zrobic jakas fajna ksiazke kucharska, niestety moje umiejetnosci "komputerowe" nie sa tak rozwiniete (jeszcze), ale przynajmniej postaralam sie zrobic zestawienie takie jak w typowej ksiazce kucharskiej grupujac potrawy ze wzgledu na pozycje w menu i glowny skladnik. Niejednokrotnie mialam problemy z zaklasyfikowaniem potraw, zdawalam sie wtedy na wyczucie - jezeli jednak uwazacie ze pewne dania powinny zmienic miejsce w ponizszym zestawieniu to prosze o maile lub komentarze.

Takze prosze o dluzsza chwileczke poniewaz banner jest w trakcie robienia, a ja w kodzie html stawiam dopiero pierwsze kroki wiec chwilka cierpliwosci...


 

 





 
 







Tak wiec oto nasze zestawienie (Jezeli kogos zabraklo albo zabraklo ktoregos z przepisow prosze o informacje - przy takiej ilosci przepisow cos moglo mi umknac, bede wdzieczna za kazda pomoc):

 Sezamowy tydzien -podsumowanie

1. Przystawki

Zemfiroczka
 - krakersy sezamowe, hummus i tahina
http://historie-kuchenne.blog.onet.pl/2,ID360802554,index.html

Beata
 - Baba Ghanoush
http://acia1065.blogspot.com/2009/01/baba-ganush-przecier-z-bakaanw.html
 - Hummus
http://acia1065.blogspot.com/2009/01/hummus.html



2. Zupy

Beata
Arabska zupa jarzynowa
http://acia1065.blogspot.com/2009/01/arabska-zupa-jarzynowa.html

Tilianara
Sezamowa zupa azjatycka z makaronem
http://kuchniaszczescia.blogspot.com/2009/01/kropka-nad-i.html

Fatima Umm Hurajra
Waniliowo-sezamowa zupa mleczna
http://muslimainparis.blogspot.com/2009/01/zup-mlecznych-ciag-dalszy-czyli.html

poswix
Przepyszne drugie śniadanie
http://samedobrerzeczy.blogspot.com/2009/01/przepyszne-drugie-niadanie.html

 

3. Mieso:

Andzia35
kuleczki mięsne w sezamie 
http://wwwpysznejedzonko.blox.pl/2009/01/Kuleczki-miesne-w-sezamie.html#ListaKomentarzy 

Pela
- Bu gu gi - 
http://smakiprzysmaki.blox.pl/html/1310721,262146,21.html?476089





4. Drob:
Anooshka
Kurczak z sezamowa panierka z warzywami 
http://kaloorexi.blogspot.com/2009/01/sezamowy-tydzien-czesc-2.html

Tilianara
http://kuchniaszczescia.blogspot.com/2009/01/kropka-nad-i.html
Sezamowa zupa azjatycka z makaronem i Sezamowy kurczak po azjatycku

Aga-aa
 Ryż sezamowy / Kurczak w sosie musztardowo-sezamowym 
http://eksperymentalnie.blogspot.com/2009/01/noworoczne-postanowienia.html

Casiapaw
Kurczak w sezamie - 
http://dodajiwymieszaj.blox.pl/2009/01/Kurczak-w-sezamie.html

Kuchnia Ireny i Andrzeja: 
Sałatka z indyka i sezamu 
http://grumko.blox.pl/2009/01/732-Salatka-z-indyka-i-sezamu.html 

Beata
Piers z kurczaka z tahina
http://acia1065.blogspot.com/2009/01/pier-z-kurczaka-z-tahini.html







5. Ryby:

Zemfiroczka
http://historie-kuchenne.blog.onet.pl/2,ID360648393,index.html
Łosoś w sezamie

Aga-aa
Sezamowa ciecierzyca z łososiem 
http://eksperymentalnie.blogspot.com/2009/01/stara-mios-nie-rdzewieje.html

Irena i Andrzej
Łosoś w miodowo - sezamowej marynacie 
http://grumko.blox.pl/2009/01/738-Losos-w-miodowo-sezamowej-marynacie.html 

Beata
Ryba pieczona z tahina
http://acia1065.blogspot.com/2009/01/ryba-pieczona-z-tahini.html

Adrijah
Salatka z krewetkami i sezamem
http://redandpale.blox.pl/2009/01/Salatka-z-krewetkami-i-sezamem.html



6. Warzywa i Salatki:
Beata
- Baklazany pieczone z tahina
. http://acia1065.blogspot.com/2009/01/bakaany-pieczone-z-tahini.html
- pomidory pieczone z hummusem
http://acia1065.blogspot.com/2009/01/pomidory-pieczone-z-hummusem.html
- falafel
http://acia1065.blogspot.com/2009/01/falafel.html

Anooshka
Chinska salatka z kapusty pekinskiej
 http://kaloorexi.blogspot.com/2009/01/sezamowy-tydzien-czesc-1.html

Casiapaw
Warzywa po japońsku - 
http://dodajiwymieszaj.blox.pl/2009/01/Warzywa-po-japonsku.html

konohanahime
fasolka szparagowa w sosie sezamowym
http://kuchniajaponska.blox.pl/2009/01/fasolka-szparagowa-w-sosie-sezamowym.html
goma-ae (szpinak)
http://kuchniajaponska.blox.pl/2009/01/goma-ae.html

kawusia
zemniaki w sezamowych koszulkach
http://kawusia35.bloog.pl/id,4124294,title,ZIEMNIAKI-W-SEZAMOWYCH-KOSZULKACH,index.html

Dorota20w
Surowka sezamkowa
http://smakuje.blox.pl/2009/01/Surowka-sezamkowa.html
 

Kuchnia Ireny i Andrzeja: 
Sałatka z indyka i sezamu 
http://grumko.blox.pl/2009/01/732-Salatka-z-indyka-i-sezamu.html 

Aga-aa
Sezamowa ciecierzyca z łososiem 
http://eksperymentalnie.blogspot.com/2009/01/stara-mios-nie-rdzewieje.html




7. Kluski i makarony

Casiapaw
 Udon sezamowy - 
http://dodajiwymieszaj.blox.pl/2009/01/Udon-sezamowy.html

agnieszqa
kładzione z tahiną
http://zapraszamdostolu.blogspot.com/2009/01/45-kadzione-z-tahin.html



8. Pieczywo i wypieki:
Andzia35
chleb Rzemanki 
http://wwwpysznejedzonko.blox.pl/2009/01/Chleb-Rzemanki.html#ListaKomentarzy 

Tilianara

grissini rubata
http://kuchniaszczescia.blogspot.com/2009/01/weekendowa-piekarnia-16-grissini-rubata.html

aga-aa
Avohini i Chleb sezamowy 
http://eksperymentalnie.blogspot.com/2009/01/leniwce-atakuj.html

dorotus76
Sezamowiec
http://mojewypieki.blox.pl/2009/01/Sezamowiec.html
bagietki francuskie z sezamem
http://mojewypieki.blox.pl/2009/01/Bagietki-francuskie-z-sezamem.html
chleb sezamowy na maslance
http://mojewypieki.blox.pl/2009/01/Chleb-sezamowy-na-maslance.html
muffiny kukurydziane z sezamem
http://mojewypieki.blox.pl/2009/01/Muffiny-kukurydziane-z-sezamem.html

Olgasmile
Palmiery z tahini i ostrą papryką
http://www.smakimprezy.pl/2009/01/19/palmiery-z-tahini-i-ostra-papryka/

Izunia2007
serowo sezamowa przekaska
http://chleb-i-inne-przepisy.blogspot.com/2009/01/100-cheese-twists.html

Anooshka
Zdrowe muffiny sniadaniowe z tahini 
http://kaloorexi.blogspot.com/2009/01/zdrowe-muffiny-sniadaniowe-z-tahini.html

edysia79
ciasto sezamowe
http://przystole.blox.pl/2009/01/Ciasto-sezamowe.html


9. Kanapki:
Pela:
Kanapki tostowe -
 http://smakiprzysmaki.blox.pl/html/1310721,262146,21.html?502499



10. Slodycze i Desery:

Olala
Ciastka z maslem orzechowym i sezamowym
http://mysweets.blox.pl/2009/01/Pozegnalne-ciastka-z-maslem-orzechowym-i-sezamowym.html
sezamki
http://mysweets.blox.pl/2009/01/Sezamki.html
ciastka sezamowe
http://mysweets.blox.pl/2009/01/Ciasteczka-sezamowe.html
 
Anooshka
Chalwa sezamowa 
http://kaloorexi.blogspot.com/2009/01/chalwa-sezamowa.html

poswix
sezamowe ciasteczka szczescia z zurawina
http://samedobrerzeczy.blogspot.com/2009/01/sezamowe-ciasteczka-szczcia-z-urawin.html

Tilianara
Bogate sakiewki
http://kuchniaszczescia.blogspot.com/2009/01/bogate-sakiewki.html
ciasteczka imbirowo-sezamowe
http://kuchniaszczescia.blogspot.com/2009/01/sezamowe-zaskoczenie.html

Asia
Tort chalwowy
http://www.kwestiasmaku.com/blog/files/c850cf7da725361a03ce265ccf70be93-414.php#unique-entry-id-414


Kuchareczka58 
"Galettes sucrees - arabskie pierniczki"
http://o-pysznym-jedzeniu.bloog.pl/id,4145578,title,Galettes-sucrees-arabskie-pierniczki,index.html

Fatima Umm Hurajra
http://muslimainparis.blogspot.com/2009/01/placuszki-sezamowe.html

Beata
Chalwa
http://acia1065.blogspot.com/2009/01/chawa.html
sezamki z miodem
http://acia1065.blogspot.com/2009/01/sezamki-z-miodem.html



11. Inne:

Margot
gomasio
http://kuchniaalicji.blogspot.com/2009/01/gomasio.html

 
aga-aa 
Gomasio 
http://eksperymentalnie.blogspot.com/2009/01/kurnikowa-piekarnia.html


Beata
Gomasio
http://acia1065.blogspot.com/2009/01/gomasio.html


konohanahime
sos sezamowy
http://kuchniajaponska.blox.pl/2009/01/sos-sezamowy.html



niedziela, 25 stycznia 2009

I'll fly away

Some bright morning when this life is over 
I'll fly away 
To that home on God's celestial shore 
I'll fly away 

  I'll fly away oh glory 
  I'll fly away (in the morning) 
  When I die hallelujah by and by 
  I'll fly away 

When the shadows of this life have gone
I'll fly away 
Like a bird from these prison walls I'll fly
I'll fly away 
 

Oh how glad and happy when we meet
I'll fly away
No more cold iron shackles on my feet
I'll fly away

Just a few more weary days and then 
I'll fly away 
To a land where joys will never end 
I'll fly away


 

sobota, 24 stycznia 2009

You are my sunshine

The other night dear, as I lay sleeping

I dreamed I held you in my arms
When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken
So I hung my head and I cried:

Refrain:
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine 
You make me happy when skies are gray 
You'll never know dear, how much I miss you 
Please don't take my sunshine away


I'll always love you and make you happy,
If you will only say the same.
But if you leave me to love another,
You'll regret it all some day:
Refrain:

You told me once, dear, you really loved me 
And no one else could come between.
But now you've left me and love another;
You have shattered all my dreams:
Refrain:

In all my dreams dear you seem to leave me
When I awake my poor heart pains
So won't you come back and make me happy
I'll forgive dear I'll take all the blame


Down to the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good ol' way
And who shall wear the starry crown?
Good Lord show me the way!

O sisters let's go down
Let's go down, come on down
O sisters let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good ol' way
And who shall wear the robe & crown?
Good Lord show me the way

O brothers let's go down
Let's go down, come on down
Come on brothers, let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good ol' way
And who shall wear the starry crown?
Good Lord show me the way

O fathers let's go down
Let's go down, come on down
O fathers let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good ol' way
And who shall wear the robe and crown?
Good Lord show me the way

O mothers let's go down
Come on down, don't you wanna go down?
Come on mothers, let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studding about that good ol' way
And who shall wear the starry crown?
Good Lord show me the way

O sinners, let's go down
Let's go down, come on down
O sinners, let's go down
Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good ol' way
And who shall wear the robe and crown?
Good Lord show me the way

O brother, where art thou? Bracie, gdzie jestes?

Dzisiaj po raz pierwszy od przyjazdu (czyli od pieciu miesiecy) udalo nam sie wybrac do kina. Nie zebysmy jakos specjalnie planowali to wyjscie. Poniewaz kuzyn-pizza mial przyprowadzic wlascicielke mieszkania oraz jakiegos klienta na ogladanie dostalismy rade (a raczej polecenie) zeby jakos spedzic poludnie poza domem, co by sie pod nogami nie platac. Nietypowo dla nasw weekendy  wstalismy juz o osmej rano i zamiast jak codzien zaczac od sniadania zaczelismy od wyjscia z domu. Nie co dzien przeciez mamy nie tylko ze wolny dzien ale mamy okazje wreszcie gdzies wyjsc poprostu dla przyjemnosci.
Zaczelismy od sniadania: mielismy isc do kafeterii ale zainteresowal nas McDonalds poniewaz reklamowali nowe muffinki (a dzis przeciez muffinkowa sobota, tyle ze ja piec nie moge). No wiec nietypowo nie wzielismy kawy (ta McDonaldsowa jest bleee) ale Earl Greya a do niego muffinki z jagodami. Jak na ogol jedzenie McDonaldsowe nie nalezy do moich ulubionych to te muffinki bardzo mi smakowaly (az szkoda ze nie moge zrobic takich w domu).
Na piciu herbatki i jedzeniu muffinkow oraz czytaniu gazet spedzilismy czas do jedenastej, po czym zaczelismy kombinowac co dalej. Pogoda nie zachecala do spacerow, a poza tym aparat zostal zapomniany w domciu wiec i moje plany fotograficzne ponownie poszly w kat (a juz od pieciu miesiecy sie wybieram na cmentarz Pere Lachaise). 
Niedaleko nas miesci sie male kino, ale malzonek jakos nie bardzo byl chetny na ogladanie filmow. Koniec koncow namowilam go, zeby chociaz isc zobaczyc co daja. No i okazalo sie ze wlasciwie to specjalnie wyboru nie ma, ale Maz (jako ze zwraca uwage na wszelkie obnizki i promocje) wypatrzyl ze jezeli wejdziemy przed dwunasta to bilet bedzie tanszy, po szesc euro od lebka. Jednomyslnie odrzucilismy wszelkie propozycje dla dzieci i mlodziezy i zainteresowal nas film "O brother where art thou" poniewaz jak sie doczytalismy w opisie mial byc o kolesiach uciekajacych z wiezienia.
Seans zaczal sie od wprowadzenia, przyszla kobitka oraz dwoch panow (okazalo sie ze jeden z zawodu jest rezyserem drugi-aktorem) i przez kilkanascie minut gadali o historii filmu, braciach Coen, o Missisipi, latach 30 ubieglego wieku i tym podobnych. W koncu zaczelam sie niecierpliwic, poniewaz przyszlam na film a nie na pogadanki. W kazdym razie pogadanka sie skonczyla a film zaczal. Od razu sie ucieszylam poniewaz okazalo sie, ze jest z oryginalna sciezka dzwiekowa (nie zdubbingowany) a z francuskimi podpisami.
Jak juz wspomnialam rzecz dzieje sie w latach 30 ubieglego wieku (tzn XX wieku) w Stanie Missisipi. Trzech kumpli ucieka z wiezienia i rusza w podroz, za nimi goni szeryf w czarnych okularach i psem u boku. W jednej z glownych rol pojawil sie George Clooney. Film jak film, troche powolny, bez jakichs wielkich "akcji" (dosc nietypowo jak na film braci Coen) ale wciagajacy. Z ciekawym poczuciem humoru i ujeciem problemow spolecznych tamtego okresu (np Ku Klux Klan i nienawisc do czarnych). Podobno troche bazowany na Odysei Homera (fakt glowny bohater ma na imie Ulisses i ucieka z wiezienia zeby zapobiec ponownemu malzenstwu bylej zony, a na drodze spotyka wiele problemow np syreny [robiace pranie nad rzeka] czy jednookiego bandyte podajacego sie za sprzedawce Biblii [cyklop?], ktory potem ich okrada).   Co tez dziwne oprocz "syren" i "Penelopy" czyli zony Ulissesa, kobiety prawie nie pojawiaja sie w historii, chyba ze jako postaci dalszoplanowe.
Ale muzyka... Ojej naprawde dla muzyki warto bylo isc na ten film: troche country i cos w stylu negro spirituals, no  i bluegrass. Styl ktory "chodzi za mna" od dziecinstwa...
A piosenka Man of constant sorrow chodzi za mna od momentu kiedy wyszlismy z kina. Do tego stopnia, ze przeprowadzilam przyspieszone poszukiwania internetowa i voila:
i teraz tylko spiewam razem z nimi:
(In constant sorrow through his days)

I am a man of constant sorrow 
I've seen trouble all my day. 
I bid farewell to old Kentucky 
The place where I was born and raised. 
(The place where he was born and raised)

For six long years I've been in trouble 
No pleasures here on earth I found 
For in this world I'm bound to ramble 
I have no friends to help me now. 

(He has no friends to help him now) 

For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad 
Perhaps I'll die upon this train. 

(Perhaps he'll die upon this train.) 

Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger 
My face you'll never see no more. 
But there is one promise that is given 
I'll meet you on God's golden shore. 

(He'll meet you on God's golden shore.)
Wiecej o filmie i jego realizacji mozna poczytac na stopklatce

Placuszki sezamowe


składniki:

  1. pol szklanki maki
  2. 2-3 lyzki tahiny
  3. lyzka cukru
  4. jajko
  5. pojemniczek jogurtu (naturalny lub waniliowy)
  6. mleko
  7. lyzeczka proszku do pieczenia

make rozmieszac z proszkiem, cukrem, jogurtem, jajkiem i tahina na gesta mase, 

uzupelnic mlekiem, zeby masa byla odpowiednio lejaca (jak na nalesniki)

smazyc na oleju na brazowy kolor cienkie placuszki

w takich proporcjach nie sa zbyt slodkie, wiec pasuja nie tylko na deser (z cukrem i jogurtem lub smietanka) ale takze jako dodatek do slonego, np my jemy je do curry albo z harissa

do konca dzisiejszego dnia mamy jeszcze sezamowy tydzien, potem do poniedzialku czekam na wasze relacje, a nastepnie inshallah jak Bog da, postaram sie jak najszybciej zrobic podsumowanie...

wtorek, 20 stycznia 2009

Allah is enough for me

When he was placed in the well
or locked in the dungeon
betrayed by his own flesh and blood
convicted of what he did not
handsome Yusuf sighed
Allah is enough for me!
Taken in as a slave
made to work night and day
resisting all temptation
Allah is enough for me!
Until the king had a dream
Many hard years had gone by
patience and repentance
Allah is enough for me!
Till...the fortunate day
there he sees his father
in the land of content
Allah is enough for me!
Handsome Yusuf cried
Allah is enough for me!
Every night brings a new day
Allah alleviates all pain
Everything has its end
Allah is enough for me!
Everything has its end
Allah is enough for me!
Allah is enough for me!

The Deen Show - Czy Bog moze miec syna?

Uczymy sie Tajweed (3) i (4)

poniedziałek, 19 stycznia 2009

Zielona z ryzem...

Jak zwykle popisalam sie bystroscia wiec jest bez zdjecia...

Skladniki:

  1. dwie nogi z kuraka (lub inne miesko - dzisiaj dalam porcje baraninki z koscia i kawalkiem tluszczu)
  2. duza cebula
  3. duzy por (moj kupiony tutaj byl wielkosci 2-3 razy wiekszej niz te, ktore widzialam w Polsce)
  4. 2 galazki selera naciowego
  5. peczek zielonej pietruszki
  6. pol szklanki ryzu (moze tez byc drobny makaron)
  7. sol, pieprz do smaku, ewentualnie kostka rosolowa
  8. 2 lyzki oliwy

Na oliwie podsmazylam drobno poszatkowana cebule, dodalam por pokrojony w koleczka, nastepnie, posiekany seler i zielona pietruszke, chwile przesmazylam...

Na to dodalam miesko, przemieszalam i zalalam ciepla woda (jakies 2 litry), doprowadzilam do wrzenia i gotowalam pod przykryciem przez godzinke. Sprawdzilam smak i wystarczyla szczypta soli i odrobina pieprzu, kostka dzisiaj okazala sie nie potrzebna (dostalam fajny kawalek mnieska).

Wsypalam ryz dokladnie wymieszalam i jeszcze jakis 20 minutek do miekkosci, jeszcze odrobinka pieprzu i voila!

Nawet Kulkowatemu smakowalo mimo, ze nie przepada za zielenina...

Zimowy Festiwal Zupy 10.01.2009 - 20.01.2009

Twoje cialo jest swietoscia...

"Jeśli mnie pamięć nie zwodzi, miałam na sobie króciutki biały top i 
czarną spódniczkę. Wychowana zostałam jako ortodoksyjna muzułmanka, 
i nigdy wcześniej nie nosiłam w obecności mego ojca takich ubrań. 

Kiedy przyjechałam, szofer odprowadził moją młodszą siostrę Lilę do 
apartamentu mego ojca. Jak zwykle, chował się za drzwiami, by nas 
przestraszyć. Wymieniliśmy moc uścisków i pocałunków, tak wiele ile 
można było podczas jednego dnia. Mój ojciec przyjrzał się nam 
dobrze. Potem usadził mnie na kolanach i powiedział coś, czego nigdy 
nie zapomnę. 
Spojrzał mi prosto w oczy i powiedział: 

-Hana, wszystkie wartościowe 
rzeczy, które Bóg stworzył na tym świecie są ukryte i trudno dostępne. 
Gdzie znajdują się diamenty? 
Głęboko pod ziemią, schowane i chronione. 

Gdzie znajdują się perły? 
W głębinach oceanu, schowane i chronione w pięknych muszlach. 

Gdzie znajduje się złoto? 
W kopalniach, pod warstwami skał. Musisz ciężko się napracować, aby 
je wydobyć." 
Spojrzał na mnie z powagą. 

"Twoje ciało jest świętością. Jesteś o wiele bardziej cenniejsza niż 
diamenty i perły, i również powinnaś się okrywać."

Motyl i walka z kokonem

 Jednego dnia, mały motyl zaczął wykluwać się z kokonu; mężczyzna usiadł i przyglądał się jak motyl przeciska swoje ciało przez ten malutki otwór. I wtedy motyl jakby się zatrzymał. Tak jakby zaszedł tak daleko, jak mógł i dalej już nie miał sił. Więc mężczyzna postanowił mu pomóc: wziął nożyczki i rozciął kokon.Motyl wyszedł dalej bez problemu. 
Miał za to wątłe ciało i bardzo pomarszczone skrzydła. Mężczyzna kontynuował obserwacje, ponieważ spodziewał się, że w każdej chwili skrzydła motyle zaczną grubieć, powiększać się dzięki czemu motyl będzie mógł odlecieć i zacząć żyć. Tak się jednak nie stało! 
Motyl spędził resztę życia czołgając się po ziemi z mizernym ciałem i pomarszczonymi skrzydłami. Do końca życia nie był w stanie latać. Człowiek w całej swej życzliwości i dobroci nie wiedział, że walka motyla z kokonem była bodźcem dla jego skrzydeł i dzięki  temu motyl był w stanie latać, gdy tylko pokona opór kokonu. Czasem walka to jest to, czego nam w życiu potrzeba. Jeśli Bóg pozwala nam iść przez życie bez jakichkolwiek problemów, to może to zrobić z nas słabeuszy. Nie bylibyśmy tak silni, jak moglibyśmy być. 
Nie bylibyśmy w stanie latać."

Richta

Richta jest zupa tunezyjska, raczej z polnocy niz poludnia (tak przynajmniej twierdzi moj maz). Zrobilam wczoraj i wczoraj ja pochlonelismy, ale dopiero teraz umieszczam przepis poniewaz nie zdarzylam wczoraj... Oczywiscie jak zwykle drobna modyfikacja poniewaz obydwoje zapomnielismy o makaronie, ktory normalnie dodaje sie do tej zupy - tagliatelle.

skladniki:

  1. filizanka cieciorki
  2. filizanka bobu egipskiego (ful)
  3. duza lyzka posiekanej zielonej pietruszki
  4. dwie galazki selera naciowego (lub jedna bardzo duza)
  5. 4 lyzki przecieru pomidorowego
  6. pol lyzeczki harissy
  7. 2 lyzki oliwy
  8. makaron typu tagliatelle (my zapomnielismy kupic wiec dalismy takie drobne nitki)
  9. sol, pieprz do smaku

Cieciorke i bob namaczamy przez noc

Na oliwie rozsmazamy przecier i harisse, solimy i pieprzymy, wrzucamy odsaczone cieciorke i bob, pietruszke i posiekany seler, podsmazamy chwilke, dodajemy 2 szklanki wody i gotujemy przez pol godzinki.

Nastepnie dolewamy jeszcze litr wody oraz przykrywamy, zagotowujemy i gotujemy przez nastepne pol godziny pod przykryciem (do miekkosci)

Na koniec wkladamy makaron i gotujemy do miekkosci, sprawdzamy smak, ewentualnie dosalamy.

Rozkladamy do talerzy, mozna posypac zielenina...

Smacznego

Zimowy Festiwal Zupy 10.01.2009 - 20.01.2009

niedziela, 18 stycznia 2009

Zup mlecznych ciag dalszy... czyli wynalazek mojego meza

Dzieki Festiwalowi Zup na nowo odkrylismy z mezem zupy mleczne. Nie wiem, czy mam racje ale na zachod od Polski (lub bardziej na poludnie) trudno spotkac gotowane mleko na sniadanie, no moze poza slynna owsianka, lub zimnym/goracym mlekiem z platkami opcjonalnie musli ale jedzenie gotowanego mleka z kasza, kasza manna, ryzem czy makaronem traktowane jest jak dziwactwo...

My zup mlecznych raczej nie jadalismy, raz moj maz nie lubi gotowanego mleka, ja de facto nie moge (tzn od czasu do czasu sie skusze a potem mecza mnie problemy zoladkowe i dokuczliwa wysypka). Tylko w okresach, kiedy jezdzilismy opiekowac sie moim dziadkiem na stole pojawialy sie zupy mleczne, bez ktorych dla dziadziusia nie ma sniadania...

No i teraz przy okazji Festiwalu na nowo zaczelismy je odkrywac. Oczywiscie od tygodnia drapie sie niemozebnie, ale co tam, przezyje...

Dzisiaj czas na kolejna zupe mleczna - wynalazek mojego meza. Jak juz wiecie z wczesniejszych wpisow moj maz ma fiola na punkcie tahiny i doklada ja do wszystkiego... Tak bylo i z tym przepisem, zaczelo sie od dolozenia tahiny do jogurtu owocowego, posmakowalo to nam (szczegolnie z jogurtem jablkowym) wiec zaczelismy eksperymenty

i w ten sposob powstala:

waniliowo-sezamowa zupa mleczna

skladniki:

pojemniczek jogurtu/deseru waniliowego (125 gram)

szklanka mleka

lyzeczka tahiny

Mleko roztrzepac z jogurtem, dodac dokladnie rozmieszana tahine i dokladnie wymieszac (tahina nie rozmieszuje sie do konca, mozna zobaczyc takie drobinki ale one tylko dodaja smaku).

Taka mieszanka zalac ugotowany ryz/ platki, pycha jest z musli orzechowym lub poprostu do popicia.

Smak mleka i wanilii miesza sie z delikatnie-orzechowym smakiem tahiny, a jezeli dodac musli orzechowe, bedzie pysznie sie komponowalo smakowo...

W ten sposob dzieki mojemu mezowi mam kolejna propozycje na Festiwal Zupy i zaczynam Tydzien Sezamowy...



Zimowy Festiwal Zupy 10.01.2009 - 20.01.2009



sobota, 17 stycznia 2009

Uczymy sie Tajweed (po ang) (1) (2)

Wrzucamy co mamy czyli fasolowa z cieciorka

No wiec po raz kolejny wykazalam sie kreatywnoscia ;) :P

Mialam robic fasolowa, i wczoraj wieczorem wlozylam fasole do namoczenia, i tak jakos pokombinowalam ze wrzucilam tez i cieciorke :P Malzonek sie z deczka zdziwil - fasolowke na baranince on lubi, ale boi sie moich eksperymentow: owszem smakuja mu (Alhamdulillah Chwala Bogu), i to bardzo, ale zawsze jest pelen takiego niejasnego leku, co tez ta zona wyprawia w kuchni, lamie wszystkie znane mu kuchenne zasady... Ale ze gotuje dobrze to i mezowi nie przeszkadzaja za bardzo  te kuchenne szalenstwa... (ech ta skromnosc ;) ) 

Jest tez druga strona medalu: nasluchal sie od kolegow, ze ta polska kuchnia to taka niedobra i w ogole haram, a tu zona mu za kazdym razem udowadnia, ze wprost przeciwnie. Moj maz na przyklad jest jednym z niewielu arabow lubiacych solonego sledzika z cebulka i swiezo mielonym pieprzem... (ale to juz zupelnie inna historia)

No wiec zacznijmy od poczatku:

dzien wczesniej zostawiamy do namoczenia po filizance (duzej, takiej herbacianej) bialej fasoli i cieciorki (oczywiscie lenie moga wziac fasolke i cieciorke z puszki, gotuje sie wtedy krocej ale nie gwarantuje efektu smakowego ;) ) w duzej ilosci chlodnej wody

a teraz reszta skladnikow:

  1. porcja baraniny na zupe (z koscia)
  2. 2 srednie cebule
  3. kilka zabkow czosnku
  4. 1-2 ziemniaki
  5. pieprz i ziele angielskie w ziarenkach
  6. lisc laurowy (lub 2 )
  7. kilka gozdzikow
  8. sol, pieprz, kostka rosolowa (ja dalam barania) do smaku
  9. majeranek i rozmaryn
  10. ewentualnie troche makaronu (ja dalam muszelki), mozna tez zrobic np zacierki albo kluseczki lane, tez beda dobre (normalnie fasolowa robie wlasnie z kluseczkami lanymi)

No wiec do mozliwie duzego garnka wkladamy miecho, namoczone fasole i cieciorke, jedna cebulke nabita gozdzikami, obrany czosnek,  pieprz, ziele angielskie i lisc (liscie) laurowe, zalewamy zimna woda. Doprowadzamy do wrzenia a nastepnie zmniejszamy grzanie, niech tylko tak delikatnie pyrka przez godzine-poltorej do dwoch.

Ziemniaki obieramy i kroimy w kosteczke, druga cebulke drobno siekamy i podsmazamy na zloto na niewielkiej ilosci oleju, jedno i drugie (ziemniaki i cebule) wrzucamy do zupy, niech sie dalej spokojnie gotuje. Mozna wyjac "stara" cebule.  Wrzucamy duza szczypte majeranku roztartego w dloniach i duza szczypte rozmarynu. Dalej "pyrkamy" zupe przez jakas godzinke. 

Tutaj mala sugestia: mozna podzielic zupe na pol i polowe zmiksowac a potem wymieszac z reszta (podejrzewam, ze doda to zupie gestosci i smaku - ja jak zwykle jestem niedowyposazona wiec miksera nie mam).

Na jakies 15 minut przed koncem gotowania doprawiamy kostka rosolowa, sola i pieprzem, dodajemy wiecej majeranku, i wrzucamy makaron (wlewamy kluseczki) i dogotowujemy zeby byly miekki.

Rozlewamy do talerzy (u mnie - miseczek) i ewentualnie mozna czyms ugarnirowac: ugotowanymi fasolka i cieciorka, kawalkami mnieska, czy jakas zielenina - w kuchni kucharz jest jak artysta malarz, dobiera kolory jak mu sie spodoba, tworzy kompozycje kolorow i smakow...

Smczanego!

Zimowy Festiwal Zupy 10.01.2009 - 20.01.2009


wstyd...

Az wstyd sie przyznac za pomnialam ze to dzisiaj zaczyna sie Sezamowy Tydzien...

Z tego co zauwazylam na durszlaku pojawil sie juz pierwszy przepis  - tak wiec Sezamowy Tydzien uznaje za otwarty!!!

ja + ty = my

skad jestes?

widze, ze sie do mnie smiejesz...

przybij piatke a potem zjemy cukierka...

nie mamy wspolnego jezyka ale umiemy sie dogadac...

poniewaz przyjaciele rozmawiaja sercem nie ustami...

takie proste slowa, lekkie jak wiatr a gorace jak slonce...

i moj ukochany Piccolo Coro Dell'Antoniano...

Kochajac Proroka (sallaAllahu alaihi salam) eng Amr Khaled

Allah[1] says what can be translated as, “Say, 'In case your fathers, and your sons, and your brethren, and your spouses, and your kinsmen, and riches that you have scored (Literally: committed ) and commerce whose slackening you are apprehensive of, and dwellings you are satisfied with—in case these are more beloved to you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in His way, then wait until Allah comes with His Command; and Allah does not guide the immoral people” (TMQ, 9:24).

 

In order to love the Prophet (SAWS[2]) more and more, let us study his position and closeness to Allah (AWJ[3]). Allah says what can be translated as, “And did We not raise for you your remembrance?” (TMQ, 94:4).

 

The Prophet (SAWS) said, “I am the chief of all the sons of Adam, and I’m saying it without any vanity. I have in my hands the regiment of thanks (to Allah) on the Day of Judgment. I will be the first who is brought up from the grave. Furthermore, I will be the first one to intercede (for you) and the first one to be allowed intercession (on the Day of Judgment). Written under the throne of the Most Merciful is: There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.”[4]

 

On the Day of Judgment, when the people who have safely passed the Sirat (the path above Hell) stand in front of the gate of Paradise, they will find the gate closed. They will then call on each other, "Who can open the gate of Paradise for us? Who will intercede for us with our Lord to open the gate of Paradise for us?"

 

At that time, the Prophet (SAWS) will come and knock on the gates of Paradise. The angel who is the keeper of Paradise will ask, "Who are you?" The Prophet will answer, "Muhammad, son of Abdullah." The keeper will say, "I have been ordered to open for you; but not to any before you."[5] 

 

Similarly, when the situation becomes severe on the Day of Judgment, and the people ask the prophets to intercede for them, each will tell them to ask another prophet. So they will come to Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) saying, "O Muhammad! You are the Messenger of Allah and the final prophet. Allah has forgiven you all your sins, those before and after forgiveness was granted to you. Intercede for us with your Lord." Muhammad (SAWS) will say, "I am the one to do it. I am the one to do it."

 

We will all need the Prophet (SAWS) at this important time: the disbelievers and the Muslims, all of mankind.

 

Abu Huraira narrated, "We were in the company of the Prophet at a banquet, and a cooked (mutton) foreleg was set before him, which he used to like. He ate a morsel of it and said, 'I will be the chief of all the people on the Day of Resurrection. Do you know how Allah will gather all of mankind, the first and the last, in one level place where an observer will be able to see (all) of them and they will be able to hear the announcer, and the sun will come near to them. Some people will say, "Don't you see in what condition you are and the state to which you have reached? Why don't you look for a person who can intercede for you with your Lord?" Some people will say, "Appeal to your father, Adam." They will go to him and say, "O Adam! You are the father of all mankind, and Allah created you with His Own Hands, and ordered the angels to prostrate to you, and made you live in Paradise. Will you not intercede for us with your Lord? Don't you see in what (miserable) state we are, and to what condition we have reached?" On that Adam will reply, " My Lord is more angry than He has ever been before and will ever be in the future; (besides), He forbade me (to eat from) the tree but I disobeyed (Him). (I am worried about) myself! Myself! Go to somebody else; go to Noah." They will go to Noah and say, "O Noah! You are the first amongst the messengers of Allah to the people of the earth, and Allah called you a thankful slave. Don't you see in what a (miserable) state we are and to what condition we have reached? Will you not intercede for us with your Lord?" Noah will reply, "Today my Lord has become angrier than he had ever been before and will ever be in the future. Myself! Myself! Go to the Prophet (Muhammad)." The people will come to me, and I will prostrate myself underneath Allah's Throne. Then I will be addressed, "O Muhammad! Raise your head; intercede, for your intercession will be accepted, and ask (for anything), for you will be given."'”[6]

 

Muhammad (SAWS) will then intercede with Allah for the Day of Judgment to begin. The judgment will begin after Allah accepts the intercession of His Prophet, as an honor to him (SAWS). This will be after the people have waited for the event for years.

 

In another Hadith the Prophet (SAWS) says, “Allah selected Isma’il from all the sons of Ibrahim. He then selected Kinana from all the sons of Isma’il. He then selected Bani-Hashim from the whole of Quraysh and, finally selected me from Bani-Hashem. So I’m the select of the select of the select.” [7]

 

All the prophets prayed behind you on the day of Israa[8], O Prophet of Allah! The Prophet (SAWS) was the one who lead the prayer at al-Masjid al-Aqsa in Jerusalem. Even during the Mi'raj[9], Jibril (AS[10]) was not allowed beyond the Lote-Tree of the Utmost Boundary, the place of the Garden of Eternal Abode. He (Jibril (AS)) said to Muhammad, “You continue, Muhammad; for you will penetrate. But if I go further, I will be burnt.” Jibril (AS) knew that Muhammad had a higher position with Allah (AWJ) than himself. On that day Muhammad (SAWS) proceeded and reached a stage that no creature (human or non-human) had ever reached before, even the angels themselves.

 

Isa (Jesus (AS)) was told about the Prophet (SAWS) 600 years before the Prophet’s birth. Allah quotes Isa saying what can be translated as, “…and ( I, Jesus, am) a constant bearer of good tidings of a Messenger who will come up after me, whose name is Ahmad” (TMQ, 61:6). Furthermore, when Isa (AS) descends to earth again (before the end of existence), he will rule according to the laws and the Sunnah (Muhammad's (SAWS) life example). 

 

Musa (Moses (AS)) also had Muhammad's (SAWS) description in his Torah. Abdullah Ibn-Amr Ibnul-As said that the Prophet is identified in the Torah the very same way he is identified in the Qur’an.  

 

Allah says what can be translated as, “O Prophet, surely We have sent you as a witness, and a bearer of good tidings, and a warner. Furthermore, you are a caller to Allah by His permission, and as an enlightening luminary” (TMQ, 33:45-46).

 

It was narrated that the Prophet (SAWS) was angry when he found Omar reading a scroll from the Torah, and he said, ‘Are you in doubt O Ibnul-Khattab? Have I not brought the true, pure message? By Allah, had my brother Musa been alive he would have done nothing else except follow me.”[11]

 

So have we started feeling the importance of the Prophet? 

 

When the Prophet (SAWS) was asked about his birth he said, “I am the answer of the supplication of my father Ibrahim (Abraham) (AS), and the glad tidings of Isa (Jesus) (AS), and the fulfillment of the vision that my mother saw in a dream. When she was pregnant with me, she saw a (resplendent) light emit from her by which the palaces of the Levant were lit.”[12]

 

With every Adhan the name Muhammad must be uttered jointly with the name of Allah. No Shahadah (declaration of faith) is accepted unless his name is adjoined to the name of Allah (I bear witness that there is no god to be worshiped but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah).

 

Loving the Prophet:

 

The Prophet said, "None of you believes until he loves me more than he loves his children, his parents, and all people."[13] He also said: "None of you believes until he loves me more than he loves himself."[14]  

 

One day Omar went for a walk with the Prophet of Allah (SAWS). The Prophet took Omar’s hand, and Omar said, “By Allah, I love you O Prophet of Allah”. The Prophet then asked him, “More than your children, O Omar?” Omar replied, “Yes, O Prophet of Allah.” The Prophet then asked him, “More than your family, O Omar?” Omar replied, “Yes, O Prophet of Allah.” The Prophet then asked him, “More than your money, O Omar?” Omar replied, “Yes, O Prophet of Allah.” The Prophet then asked him, “More than yourself, O Omar?” Omar replied, “No, O Prophet of Allah.” The Prophet didn’t like this reply, and so he said, “O Omar, your faith will never be complete until you love me more than yourself.” So Omar went out and stayed alone for a while, then he came back and stood in the middle of the mosque saying loudly, “O Prophet of Allah, now I love you more than myself.” The Prophet then replied, “Now, O Omar. Now, O Omar.” (Meaning that now Omar’s faith is complete.) Omar was later asked how he could make himself love the Prophet more than himself in such a short time. He replied, “I went out and asked myself whom I needed more, myself or the Prophet of Allah? I found that I needed the Prophet more. I will not intercede for myself on the Day of Judgment, but the Prophet of Allah will. My deeds will not place me in the highest of levels, but my love for the Prophet will. I did not take myself from the darkness to light, but the Prophet of Allah did. Hence, the love of the Prophet fell in my heart more than my love for myself.”[15] This is just an example of someone who loved the Prophet (SAWS).

 

Another example is the Prophet's servant “Thawban”. One day the Prophet (SAWS) went out and he took a long time to return. When he arrived, he found Thawban crying. He asked him about the reason for his crying. Thawban said, “I missed you, O Prophet of Allah”. The Prophet asked him if this was the only reason for his crying and Thawban replied, “No Prophet of Allah, that’s not the only reason. You went away for just one day and I missed you, so I remembered Jannah (Paradise), where you will be in the highest level and I will be where I will be. I won’t be with you so I’ll miss you in the Jannah, and that is why I cried.” But the Prophet told him, “Thawban, don’t you know that everyone of us will be assembled with those whom he loves!”[16]

 

The companions were never happier with any other Hadith than this one, since they loved the Prophet (SAWS) with all their hearts.

 

When Bilal (the Prophet's caller for prayer) was dying, his wife was crying, “What a calamity!!” So he told her, “Don’t say ‘What a calamity!’ Say ‘What happiness!’ for tomorrow I’ll be meeting my loved ones: Muhammad and his companions.”

 

Look at how much Abu-Bakr loved the Prophet. The day his father “Abu-Quhafa” embraced Islam after resisting it for more than twenty years and when he had become very old, Abu-Bakr was seen crying. When asked about the reason he said, “Because I wanted so much to see Abu-Taleb (the Prophet's beloved uncle) pledging allegiance to the Prophet now, rather than my father, because I know how much the Prophet would have loved that.”

 

Can you imagine the extent of that love?! He preferred the Prophet's happiness to seeing his own father saved from hellfire!

 

Even the plants loved the Prophet (SAWS). The Prophet used to give his speeches next to a palm tree in his mosque in Madinah. He used to place his hand on the trunk while giving his speeches so that everybody could see him. After the minbar (pulpit) was built for him, he left the trunk and went to sit on the minbar.

 

This next Hadith is narrated by Bukhari. The companions said, “We heard the palm tree moaning like a cow about to give birth. The Prophet came down from his minbar and took it in his arms. The moaning of the tree trunk subsided little by little until it stopped. The Prophet patted it and said, 'Won’t you be happy to be buried here with me, and then be with me in paradise?' And the moaning stopped completely.”[17]

 

Glory be to Allah! Even the trunk longed for the Prophet (SAWS).

 

Even kings! When the letter of the Prophet reached Negus (King of Abyssinia), he got down from his throne and sat on the floor with the letter of the Prophet in his hands. Then he placed the letter over his head, kissed it and said, “I bear witness that you are the Prophet of Allah.”

 

Who wouldn’t cherish the Prophet after hearing all that? Should we cherish the people and the life of this world and abandon the one who took our hands and led us from darkness into light?

 

Look at Allah’s words in what can be translated as, “Allah has indeed already been bounteous to the believers as He sent forth among them a Messenger from (among) themselves (who) recites to them His ayat (i.e., signs, verses) and cleanses them, and teaches them the Book and (the) Wisdom; and decidedly they were earlier indeed in evident error” (TMQ, 3:164).

 

Without the Prophet (SAWS) we are all “in evident error”!

 

During the hijra (flight or emigration from Makkah to Madinah), when the Prophet (SAWS) decided to migrate, Abu-Bakr came to the Prophet saying, “The company, O Prophet of Allah (i.e. Will I be your company?)”. The Prophet replied, “Yes, Abu-Bakr, the company.” Lady Aisha (RA) said that Abu-Bakr was so happy to be chosen to accompany the Prophet (SAWS) that they found him crying. She said, “By Allah, we had never seen anyone cry in happiness as we saw Abu-Bakr do when he knew he was going to accompany the Prophet.” When they entered into the cave of Thawr, Abu-Bakr poked his finger in every hole he found in the cave's walls, so that if there was a snake or a scorpion, it would bite him instead of biting the Prophet!

 

At the battle of Uhud, a woman from the companions who had just lost her husband, her son and her father in battle came to the battlefield after all the martyrs were buried. People were trying to ease her pain and give her some solace by telling her the news bit by bit. They told her first about her husband and she replied, “What happened to the Prophet of Allah?” Then they told her about her son and she replied, “What happened to the Prophet of Allah?” Then they told her about her father and she replied, “What happened to the Prophet of Allah?” So they told her, “He is fine”. She replied, “I have to see him with my own eyes.” When she saw him, she said, “All thanks are to Allah. Any calamity will be easy as long as it’s not in you, O Prophet of Allah.”

 

Let us now see how the Prophet (SAWS) loved us. One day the companions found him crying so they asked him about the reason for his distress. He said, “I am missing my brothers.” They asked again, “Aren’t we your brothers, O Prophet of Allah?” He replied, “You are my companions. My brothers are those who will come after my time and will believe in me even though they have not seen me.”[18]

 

The Prophet (SAWS) said, “Each prophet had an answered dua’a (invocation) that he hastened into being during his lifetime. I have postponed my invocation for my nation until the Day of Judgment.”[19]

 

Look how happy he will be on the Day of Judgment when he sees us. He will stand at the fountain calling, “my nation... my nation”. Then he will extend his noble hand into the fountain and will give you the fulfilling drink, after which you will never ever be thirsty again. At this particular instant, some people might be kept away by the angels as they try to approach the Prophet. The Prophet (SAWS) will then say, “Let him pass. He belongs to my nation.” The angels will then say, “O Muhammad, you do not know what he has done after you.” He (SAWS) will then reply, “Away with those who have changed my way after me.”[20]

 

May Allah’s prayers be upon Muhammad. May Allah’s prayers and peace be upon Muhammad. 

 

The Death of the Prophet:

 

We will now talk about the Prophet at 63 years of age. He was no longer able to stand for long because he was overly tired. He used to pray the voluntary prayers sitting down. When he was asked about that, he used to say, “It is (from) the great effort that I exert for the people.” Then the promised nights approached and the words of Allah were revealed, which can be translated as, “…Today I have completed your religion for you, and I have perfected My favor on you, and I am satisfied with Islam as a religion for you…” (TMQ, 3:3). Abu-Bakr heard this ayah and cried because he understood that the ayah came as an announcement to the Prophet that his death was coming near.

 

The Prophet then came back from Hajj to Madinah and there remained only nine nights or so. He then became very ill. He was supposed to spend that night with his wife, Lady Maymouna (RA). He gathered his wives and asked them, “Would you allow me to move to Aisha’s apartment during my illness?” They all said, “Yes, O Prophet of Allah.” Then he tried to rise but he couldn’t. So Al-Fadl Ibn-Abbas and Ali Ibn Abu-Taleb came and carried him to Aisha’s apartment.

 

Power fades away and everything is mortal. Even the Prophet (SAWS) died, so let us not be too happy with our abilities and our youth. All of this will be gone one day.

 

The Prophet then entered Lady Aisha’s house. Lady Aisha (RA) said, “I saw him sweating heavily, and I heard him while wiping his sweat of his face, whispering, ‘None has the right to be worshiped but Allah… Death does truly have its agonies.'” Lady Aisha continues, “I used to take his hand and wipe the sweat of his face with it, because his hand is much nobler than mine.” Look at how wise she was! She wiped the Prophet’s sweat with his own hand, not hers!

 

While the Prophet (SAWS) was in that condition, the companions learned about his illness, and so scores of them gathered in the mosque. They kept inquiring about what was happening to Allah's Messenger. He eventually learned of their presence and so asked to be carried out to them. To make the Prophet regain consciousness, they had to pour whole water skins full of cold water on him. They poured seven water skins on the Prophet before he regained consciousness. He then came to the mosque and ascended the pulpit (this was the last time he went up the pulpit), and said, “O people, I will meet you all at the fountain (on the Day of Judgment). It is as if I can see it now from where I stand. O people, I am not fearful that you might become mushrikeen (those who associate others with Allah) after me. I fear the effect of the dunya (this world) on you, where you might compete to gain the worldly pleasures like the people who preceded you, and thus perish like they did.[21] O people, I ask you to tend to your salah (prayers)… your salah. I entrust you to take care of the women… I entrust you to take care of the women.”  

 

Abu Sa'id reported that Allah's Messenger (SAWS) sat on the pulpit and said, “Allah gave a choice to a servant of His, between staying in this world, and going to that which is with Allah, and the servant chose that which is with Allah.” Thereupon Abu-Bakr wept bitterly (he understood the Prophet was the servant he referred to), and interrupted saying, “Let our wealth be ransom for you! Let our fathers and our mothers be taken as ransom for you! Let our children be taken as ransom for you!” The people got angry with Abu-Bakr's interruption. So Allah's Messenger (SAWS) looked at the people and said, "Behold, by Allah, there is not one of you who has done us a favor except we will be able to repay him, with the exception of Abu-Bakr, whom we could never repay. We left it to Allah (AJ) to reward him."[22] Then he looked at the people and started praying for them, "May Allah shelter you. May Allah help you. May Allah grant you victory. May Allah protect you," while the people replied "Amen." Then he said, "Pass on my greetings of peace to all those who follow me from my nation, until the Day of Judgment, until I meet them at the fountain."

 

So here is the Prophet passing to us his greetings of peace in his very last words.

 

After that, the Prophet was carried to Aisha’s (RA) apartment. Abdul Rahman Ibn-Abu-Bakr came in with a siwak (natural toothbrush) [23], and Allah's Messenger just looked at it, as he was not able to speak. Aisha (RA) understood that he wanted to use it, and took the siwak and handed it to the Prophet (SAWS). He put it in his mouth and tried to brush his teeth with it. He (SAWS) could not use it because it was too stiff for him. Aisha (RA) took the siwak and started brushing her teeth with it to soften it for Allah's Messenger. He then took it and used it. Aisha (RA) said, "It was one of the favors of Allah towards me that Allah's Apostle died in my house on the day of my turn, while he was leaning against my chest. Allah made my saliva mix with his saliva at his death. Abdul-Rahman Ibn-Abu-Bakr entered my room with a siwak in his hand and I was supporting (the back of) Allah's Apostle (against my chest). I saw the Prophet looking at it (i.e. the siwak) and I knew that he loved the siwak, so I said (to him), 'Shall I take it for you?' He nodded in agreement. So I took it and it was too stiff for him to use, so I said, 'Shall I soften it for you?' He nodded his approval. So I softened it and he cleaned his teeth with it.”[24] Aisha (RA) says," So the last thing that entered his mouth was my saliva."[25]

 

The Prophet wanted to meet his Lord with a purified mouth! Can you see now the value of cleanliness to the believers? Can you see the manners of the Prophet?

 

Lady Aisha (RA) reported also, "Then the Prophet (SAWS) sat up as Fatima (RA) entered. When she used to enter before that, he used to stand up and kiss her between her eyes. However, when she entered that day, he could not get up. So, Fatima wept. He welcomed her by saying, 'Come closer, Fatima.' He made her sit on his right side or on his left side, and then whispered something secretly to her, and Fatima wept. When he saw that, he made her come closer again. Then he whispered something secretly to her and she laughed. I said to her, 'Has Allah's Messenger (SAWS) singled you out for saying something, leaving us aside?' She then wept and I asked her what he said, and she said, 'I am not going to divulge the secrets of Allah's Messenger (SAWS).' When he died, I again asked her, and she said, 'He (the Noble Prophet) told her, "Jibril (Gabriel) used to recite the Qur'an to me once a year, and for this year it was twice, so I perceived that my death had drawn near." He also said that I (Fatima) would be the first amongst the members of his family who would meet him (in the Hereafter). He shall be my good forerunner and it made me weep. He again whispered to me secretly (saying), "Aren’t you pleased that you should be the supreme amongst the believing women or the head of women of this Ummah?" And this made me laugh.' I (Aisha) said, 'I have not seen (anything happen) like today, the happiness being closer to grief (as I see today).”[26]

 

Narrated Aisha: It was one of the favors of Allah towards me that Allah's Apostle expired in my house on the day of my turn while he was leaning against my chest and Allah made my saliva mix with his saliva at his death. 'Abdur-Rahman entered upon me with a Siwak in his hand and I was supporting (the back of) Allah's Apostle (against my chest ). I saw the Prophet looking at it (i.e. Siwak) and I knew that he loved the Siwak, so I said ( to him ), "Shall I take it for you ? " He nodded in agreement. So I took it and it was too stiff for him to use, so I said, "Shall I soften it for you ?" He nodded his approval. So I softened it and he cleaned his teeth with it. In front of him there was a jug or a tin, (The sub-narrator, 'Umar is in doubt as to which was right) containing water. He started dipping his hand in the water and rubbing his face with it, he said, "None has the right to be worshipped except Allah. Death has its agonies." He then lifted his hands (towards the sky) and started saying, "With the highest companion," till he expired and his hand dropped down. [27]

 

What happened is that Jibril (AS) came to him with the angel of death. Jibril (AS) told the Prophet (SAWS) that the angel of death was asking the Prophet’s approval to be admitted in. He told him that the angel of death has never asked, nor will he ever ask anyone’s approval to be admitted. So the Prophet asked Jibril to admit the angel of death. Then the angel of death came in and told the Prophet that Allah is giving him (the Prophet) the choice between staying alive and between being with Allah (AWJ). This was when the Prophet said, “With the highest companion.”

 

The Prophet then died with his head resting on Aisha’s (RA) chest.

 

The Muslims were all gathered in the mosque and they didn’t know that the Prophet died, so Aisha (RA) came out announcing, “The Prophet of Allah died, the Prophet of Allah died.”

 

The mosque was in pandemonium. Some people were crying, while others were screaming, and some were in shock.

 

Othman was sobbing like a child, and they had to hold his hand as they would do a child. Ali Ibn-Abu-Taleb was slumped and was not able to stand up. Omar raised his sword and said, “If anyone dares to say he’s dead, I’ll cut his neck off. He just went to meet his Lord like Musa did, and will come back.” As for Fatima she kept saying, “O dear father, who answered the call of his Lord! O dear father, to Jibril we pass the news of your death. O dear father, your last abode will be the Firdaws[28].”

 

The most stable of them was Abu-Bakr. Aisha (RA) narrated, “He dismounted and entered the mosque. However, he did not speak to the people until he entered Aisha's room, and went straight to Allah's Apostle, who was covered with Hibra cloth (i.e. a kind of Yemeni cloth). He then uncovered the Prophet's face, and bowed over him and kissed him and wept, saying, "O my friend. O my beloved one. O my Prophet. You are pleasant dead as you were pleasant alive." [29]Abu-Bakr went out while Omar was talking to the people. Abu-Bakr said, "Sit down, O Omar!" But Omar refused to sit down. So the people came to Abu-Bakr and left Omar. Abu-Bakr said, "To proceed, if anyone amongst you used to worship Muhammad, then Muhammad is dead, but if (anyone of) you used to worship Allah, then Allah is Alive and shall never die. Allah says, " And in no way is Muhammad (anything) except a Messenger; the Messengers have already passed away before him. Then, will it be that, in case he dies or is killed, will you turn (Literally: turn (s) over on) on your heels? And whoever turns (Literally: turn (s) over on) on his heels, then he will never harm Allah in anything; and Allah will recompense the thankful" (TMQ, 3:144). By Allah, it was as if the people never knew that Allah had revealed this verse before, until Abu-Bakr recited it and all the people heard it from him. I heard everybody reciting it (then)." Az-Zuhri narrated, “Ibnul-Musaiyab told me that Omar said, 'By Allah, when I heard Abu-Bakr reciting it, my legs could not support me and I fell down at the very moment of hearing him recite it, declaring that the Prophet had died.'”[30] Omar later said that he then went out looking for a place to hide and cry out alone, weeping the loss of Allah's Messenger (SAWS).

 

The Prophet was then washed in his clothes and buried under the bed of Aisha (RA). When he was buried, Anas Ibn-Malek said, “He came to Al-Madinah on a Monday and he lit it all with his light. Then he died on a Monday and the whole city went dark.” Lady Fatima (RA) asked Anas, “O Anas, did you have the heart to cast the dust on the Prophet while burying him?”

 

Then it was the time for prayer, and Bilal started to announce the Adhan until he came to: “I bear witness that Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah” and he couldn’t continue the sentence. The whole city shuddered with the sobbing of the grieved people.

 

This is our Prophet, peace and prayers of Allah be upon him. This is our beloved, peace and prayers of Allah be upon him.

 

After all what we have heard let me ask you: Aren’t you sad that you don’t even know how the Prophet (SAWS) used to pray and how he did his ablution? Aren’t you sad because you don’t follow his Sunnah and orders? Aren’t you sad because you were absorbed in your worldly interests and have forgotten all about him? What will you tell him on the Day of Judgment? Did you follow his Sunnah? Or were you kept far away from it by your worldly interests?

 

I wish that your love for the Prophet (SAWS) would be true and real, and not just talk. There are four things that can help you love the Prophet (SAWS):

 

1. Ask Allah repeatedly to endow him with His prayers and peace by saying, “Allahuma Salli wa Sallim ala Muhammad” (i.e. O Allah! Endow Prophet Muhammad with Your prayers and peace). The Prophet (SAWS) said, “Should any of you endow me with your prayers and peace, Allah will restore my soul back so I will answer your endowment.”[31]

2. Following his Sunnah: Follow his Sunnah if you want him to love you and if you want to be closest to him when you visit Al-Madinah.

3. Visit his city, Al-Madinah. 

4. Studying his Seerah (i.e. the Prophet’s biography) profoundly and learning all his habits; as praying, ablution… etc.

 

And now after we have heard about our Prophet and his love, we want to focus on following his Sunnah. We can not love him by just singing songs or saying it out loud. Our love for him has to be proved by material evidence. One of the proofs came in Allah's words in what can be translated as, “And in no way should a male believer or a female believer, when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a Command, have any option in their Command. Whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, then he is indeed on a clearly wrong Path” (TMQ, 33:36).

 

To assess your love for the Prophet listen to his words, “Follow my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightfully guided Caliphs who will follow me. Cherish them and treasure them deeply.”[32]

 

“Say, ‘If you (really) love Allah, then closely follow me, (and) Allah will love you and forgive you your guilty (deeds); and Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Ever-Merciful’” (TMQ, 3:31).

 

Another way to assess our love for the Prophet is, “O you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when He calls you to that which gives you life; and know that Allah interposes between a person and his heart, and that to Him you will be mustered” (TMQ, 8:24).

 

If we want to lead a respectful life we should follow the Sunnah of our Prophet (SAWS).

 

Last but not least, Allah says what can be translated as, “O you who have believed, do not raise your voices above the Prophet's voice, and do not be loud in your speech to him, as you are loud to one another, lest your deeds should be rendered fruitless while you perceive not.” (TMQ, 49:2).

 

In this above ayah, Allah says that the deeds, of those who raise their voices while talking to the Prophet, will be rendered fruitless. What, then, would happen to those who have abandoned his Sunnah altogether?