Beautiful Hadith is about Date Palm Trees

Narrated Ibn `Umar RA: Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Amongst the trees, there is a tree, the leaves of which do not fall and is like a Muslim. Tell me the name of that tree." Everybody started thinking about the trees of the desert areas. And I thought of the date-palm tree but felt shy to answer the others then asked, "What is that tree, O Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him)?" He replied, "It is the date-palm tree." (Bukhari - Vol. 1, Book 3, Hadith 58)

Beautiful Hadith is about Arrogance and Faith

It was narrated that Abdullah RA said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 'No one will enter Paradise who has even a mustard-seed's weight of arrogance in his heart, and no one will enter Hell who has even a mustard-seed's weight of faith in his heart.'" (Sunan Ibn Majah - Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 59)

Beautiful Hadith is about Gifts

It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas and Ibn 'Umar RA, who attributed the Hadith to the Prophet (peace be upon him) that he said: “It is not permissible for a man to give a gift then take it back, except what a father gives to his child.” (Sunan Ibn Majah - Vol. 3, Book 14, Hadith 2377)

Lexus Hoverboard Proves the Future is the Present

Issue: August 2015

Author(s): John Hitch

https://youtu.be/ZwSwZ2Y0Ops

Lexus has dreamed the impossible dream, and after decades of rumors and hoaxes, the hoverboard is now a real thing. It may be the coolest, but certainly not the first eccentric idea to escape the 1980s.

The present is mere months away from becoming the future Marty McFly visited in "Back to the Future II." Oct. 21, 2015, to be exact. Just in time for the momentous event no one will care about on Oct. 22, Lexus has released evidence of a working hoverboard.

For as bad as "The Transformers" movies have been, this has restored my faith in the corporations exploitation of '80s nostalgia.

Cynics may point out that the 25-lb bamboo board only works in one custom-made "hoverpark" in Barcelona, which is embedded with magnets. Or that the liquid nitrogen that cools the superconducting blocks to achieve the magnetic levitation effect must be constantly replenished Or that it’s just a very expensive PR stunt and unfortunately not a real available to the public.

Cynicism is understandable in a lot of areas of our society -- especially in the technology sector-- but it has no place here. What the Lexus team, along with scientists at IFW Dresden and and evico GmbH, achieved in 18 months is amazing.

Think about it. Since children first heard the word hoverboard, whispers of its actual existence have delicately floated across playground asphalt the world over. Even last year, skateboarding icon Tony Hawk stirred up the man-child demographic by appearing on the mythical machine, though thatturned out to be a hoax from Funny or Die.  Now, modern engineering has made it a reality.

According to Rob Holland of Jalopnik.com, who got to take a test spin, the board works as promised.

“The closest feeling that comes to it is ice skating, but even that’s like comparing the finest silk to 300 grit sandpaper,” he wrote.

The hoverboard isn’t the first outlandish future tech from the movie to make it into our everyday lives. There’s an article from Newsweek.com that goes over all the other technological advances predicted or inspired just by "Back to the Future II," including smart glasses, large screen displays and biometrics.

Popular culture from the ’80s, specifically 1985, hit on a surprising number of predictions about the present day. Here are four more:

Drone technology, "Ender’s Game"

Ender’s Game author Orson Scott Card had the foresight to think up several technologies that operated like the Internet and iPads. The story's major twist revolves around the use of drone technology in a war against alien bugs, although this may be something he was warning us about.

Now, remote operators routinely use Predator drones to perform military strikes. Though out of harm’s way, like in "Ender’s Game," intelligence analysts still feel the psychological effects long after.

“I may not have been on the ground in Afghanistan, but I watched parts of the conflict in great detail on a screen for days on end. I know the feeling you experience when you see someone die. Horrifying barely covers it,” former DGS-1 analyst Heather Linebaugh wrote in The Guardian.

Biogas Plants, "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome"

Gasoline was in short supply in this post-apocalyptic future, estimated to be between 2014-2018. The Road Warrior found himself stuck in the city of Barter, which generated its power from methane, the byproduct of the anaerobic digestion of pig waste. The series was also recycled in this year’s "Mad Max: Fury Road."

For years, several factories across the world now employ biogas plants in their sustainability efforts.Germany even has an incentive program to increase biogas to phase out nuclear power by 2022.

Holograms, "Jem and the Holograms"

With the help of a hologram-generating computer, mild mannered Jerrica Benton transforms into Jem, who fronts a band and fights other singers, sort of like Taylor Swift.

In one of the larger scale uses of holograms, GE employs the light constructs to simulate future wind farms to allow engineers to tweak and optimize the height and placement of the wind turbines, as well as blade shape. This practice has reportedly made the capturing wind power 20% more effective.

Awkward Android, "Small Wonder"

Thankfully, the one on this list that hasn’t been made into a movie. In this show that somehow lasted four years, a robotics engineer brings home his pint-sized creation to adapt to humans. In typical '80s sitcom fashion, hilarity does not ensue.

The creators of Atlas, the DARPA-funded robot made by Boston Dynamics, may be a bit more clumsy, but infinitely more entertaining. Atlas is also 6'2, 345 lb, so laughing isn't recommended in its general vicinity.

Beautiful Hadith is about Ease in Religion

Narrated Abu Huraira RA: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Religion is very easy and whoever overburdens himself in his religion will not be able to continue in that way. So you should not be extremists, but try to be near to perfection and receive the good tidings that you will be rewarded; and gain strength by worshipping in the mornings, the afternoons, and during the last hours of the nights." (Bukhari - Vol. 1, Book 2, Hadith 39)

Beautiful Hadith is about Harsh Heartedness

Ibn Umar RA narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Do not talk too much without remembrance of Allah. Indeed excessive talking without remembrance of Allah hardens the heart. And indeed the furthest of people from Allah is the harsh-hearted." (Tirmidhi - Vol. 4, Book 10, Hadith 2411)

Healthy Sheera

Ingredients:-

• Finger Millet flour- 2 tbsp 
• Wheat flour- 2 tbsp 
• Soya flour- 2 tbsp 
• Jiggery- 2 tbsp 
• Almonds, chopped- 8-10 
• Cardamom powder- ½ tsp 

Preparation method:-

• Dry roast Finger Millet flour, wheat flour and soya flour in a pan, stir continuously. 
• Cook till brown. 
• Put water and jaggery together in a separate pan, boil till jaggery fully dissolved. 
• Add jaggery water to the roasted flour and cook for a while. 
• Add cardamom powder and mix well. 

CO₂: Clean for Cooling and Cool for Cleaning

Clean for Cooling

Liquid coolants have many benefits in machining, but they fall short when a work piece must remain dry. Machinists have tried to get around this problem by using cold air guns, but this dry method doesn’t lower temperatures quickly enough. Enter CO₂ as a viable alternative coolant.

CO₂ cooling delivers solid crystals of dry ice into the heat zone, where the tool and work piece meet, at a temperature of -110°F. The dry ice penetrates the vapor-heat barrier to improve heat transfer. This cooling effect keeps the cutting edge sharper and extends the tool’s life compared to conventional dry or minimum quantity lubrication processes. CO₂ coolant can be delivered in two ways: For drilling, it is delivered through ports in the tool. For milling and other machining processes, an external delivery is utilized.

Solid particles of CO₂, or dry ice, exit through the ports in the spindle used in a drilling operation to keep the tool cool and extend its overall life. CO₂ does not require special tooling and is compatible with any standard drill bit.

In the aerospace and automotive industries, manufacturers who work with composites opt away from using conventional liquid fluid coolant. Composite have a porous surface which can trap coolant and requires an extensive cleaning procedure. Drilling composites dry eliminates the necessary cleaning, which is why using dry CO₂ cooling is acceptable—e.g., it cools without leaving behind any trace residue.

This process works well with stack ups. Using the example of a composite titanium stack up, a drill penetrates easily through the composite without creating much heat. Once it hits a titanium layer, however, the drill meets resistance and generates a significant amount of heat. The concern for manufacturers is that this heat buildup greatly diminishes tool life. In addition, metal chips exiting can damage the composite layer, resulting in poor hole tolerances and delamination.

A side view of the stack up shows a composite on top of titanium. As the drill goes deeper in the stack up, an increase in heat is shown in red. Without proper cooling, the heated tool and chips can cause the composite’s properties to become jeopardized.

CO₂ technology addresses both of these issues. First, the CO₂ moves through the drill, maintaining an ambient temperature. As the drill continues to move through the layers, it cools the hole—making it harder, and significantly reducing the damage done by the metal chips. Plus, the process remains completely dry while allowing tighter hole tolerances and increases in tool life.

Cool for Cleaning

CO₂ is also finding use as a cleaning agent. In the automotive industry, several major car makers have found that CO₂ cleaning saves them money and time while lowering their negative impact on the environment.

CO₂ is used for pretreatment of plastics; it can clean parts such as automotive trim, door handles, dashboards, and headlights, prior to a painting or coating. CO₂ spray effectively removes all contaminants that may affect the quality of the paint, such as light oils, water marks, dusts, and fingerprints.

CO₂ spray cleaning systems are integrated directly into the manufacturing line. The parts heading for the entrance to the painting booth are cleaned with the help of two robots that work simultaneously to remove all the foreign objects on the surface.

CO₂ spray is delivered at pressures high enough to clean parts effectively, but low enough not to damage parts’ surfaces. Unlike traditional cleaning processes, CO₂ evaporates completely, leaving no residue to necessitate a second cleaning. It also cleans without condensation, so there is no need for cleaning zones in most plants. After cleaning with dry CO₂, parts can move directly into painting/coating, saving energy and time associated with expensive drying processes.

Aqueous cleaning has been the norm for industries that relied on traditional methods for cleaning and sterilization. Although cleaning with water has been very successful in many applications, the process is showing drawbacks as newer materials, like porous implants, are adopted. Water-based cleaning uses water and ultrasonics to clean. Water can become trapped in the substrate after cleaning, leaving water spots. When that happens, an additional drying procedure is required. 

Similar to pretreatment plastics cleaning, CO₂ cleans optic lenses of water spots and light particulate without damaging the surface. Other industries include, but not limited to electronics, semiconductor, medical, and aerospace.

Liquid CO₂ (LCO₂) provides a solution where a part is completely immersed and concealed in a highly pressurized vessel at around 600-900 psi. The low viscosity and surface tension of LCO₂ lets it flow easily through porous parts, rinsing away contamination without leaving behind residue.

After pressure is released from the vessel, the CO₂ evaporates and a clean, dry, porous part remains—all in about 20 to 45 minutes. As an added environmental benefit, the CO₂ is recaptured after use, reducing the amount of energy used to recover it.

LCO₂ can also be used to clean materials by extracting unwanted compounds (such as unreacted silicone oils) with minimal damage or denaturing. The biggest advantage of LCO₂ is its low levels of toxicity. LCO₂ cleaning works well on medical implants, catheters, silicone tubing, and silicone disks to outgas. Compared to expensive vacuum bake out systems, LCO₂ takes significantly less time (1 to 6 hours, compared to 24 to 72 hours).

In summation, CO₂ is changing the manufacturing landscape in more ways than one. It’s time to start taking notice.

Beautiful Hadith is about Funerals

Narrated Abu Hurairah RA: Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "(A believer) who accompanies the funeral procession of a Muslim out of sincere faith and hoping to attain Allah's reward and remains with it till the funeral prayer is offered and the burial ceremonies are over, he will return with a reward of two Qirats. Each Qirat is like the size of the (Mount) Uhud. He who offers the funeral prayer only and returns before the burial, will return with the reward of one Qirat only." (Bukhari - Vol. 1, Book 2, Hadith 46) What is qirat in hadith? In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers. A qirat is a merely a source or manifestation of a measurement; and in the above quoted authentic hadith, the Messenger of Allah (saws) equated the measurement of the rewards that Allah Subhanah would bestow upon one who follows a funeral procession and offers prayers for it as one qirat; and the reward of one who follows the funeral, offers prayers for it, and attends the actual burial as two qirats. When the companions enquired to the exact measure of the qirat, the Messenger of Allah (saws) equated the qirat to be the measure of gold as huge as a mountain. In other words, if one follows a funeral procession and offers the funeral prayer over the deceased.Allah will reward this believer as much as He would reward one who would spend a huge mountain of gold in Allahs Cause.and if the believer stayed until his deceased brother was actually buried, Allah Subhanah would double the reward. To attend the burial of ones believing brethren until they are buried in their graves is an extremely meritorious act in the Sight of Allah Subhanah. Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allahs Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength. Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Beautiful Hadith is about Wills

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar RA: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) as saying: It is the duty of a Muslim man who has something which is to be given as bequest not to have it for two nights without having his will written regarding it. (Dawoud - Book 17, Hadith 2856)

Beautiful Hadith is about Peacemaking

Narrated Um Kulthum bint Uqba RA: That she heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) saying, "He who makes peace between the people by inventing good information or saying good things, is not a liar." (Bukhari - Vol. 3, Book 49, Hadith 857)

Beautiful Hadith is about Gifts

Jabir b. 'Abdullah RA reported Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) as saying: "Any man who is given a gift for life, it belongs to him and his heirs. It belongs to the one to whom it is given, and does not go back to the one who gave it, because he has given it in such a way that it is subject to the rules of inheritance." (Muslim - Book 12, Hadith 3972)

Beautiful Hadith is about Sadaqah

Anas RA reported Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) as saying: Never does a Muslim plant trees or cultivate land and birds or a man or a beast eat out of them but that is a charity on his behalf. (Muslim - Book 10, Hadith 3769)

Beautiful Hadith is about Asr Prayers

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira RA but with this variation of wording that in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr RA, there is an addition of these words: "There is a prayer among prayers ('Asr) and one who misses it is as if his family and property have been ruined." (Muslim - Book 41, Hadith 6894)

Beautiful Hadith is about Allah

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah RA, who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Allah SWT said: If My servant likes to meet Me, I like to meet him; and if he dislikes to meet Me, I dislike to meet him. Prophetic explanation of this Sacred Hadith: He who likes to meet Allah, Allah likes to meet him; and he who dislikes to meet Allah, Allah dislikes to meet him. Aishah RA said: O Prophet of Allah, is it because of the dislike of death, for all of us dislike death? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: It is not so, but rather it is that when the believer is given news of Allah's mercy, His approval and His Paradise, he likes to meet Allah and Allah likes to meet him; but when the unbeliever is given news of Allah's punishment and His displeasure, he dislikes to meet Allah and Allah dislikes to meet him. It was related by al-Bukhari and Malik. The Prophetic version is related by Muslim. (Hadith Qudsi 30)

Beautiful Hadith is about Sadaqah

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin RA: A woman said: Messenger of Allah, my mother suddenly died; if it had not happened, she would have given sadaqah (charity) and donated (something). Will it suffice if I give sadaqah on her behalf? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Yes, give sadaqah on her behalf. (Bukhari - Book 17, Hadith 2875)

Beautiful Hadith is about False Hair and Tattoos

'Abd Allah RA said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) cursed the woman who adds some false hair and the woman who asks for it, the woman who tattoos and the woman who asks for it. (Dawoud - Book 34, Hadith 4156)

Beautiful Hadith is about Shaven Heads

Narrated Ibn 'Umar RA: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade qaza'. Qaza' means having part of a boy's head shaved and leaving part unshaven. (Dawoud - Book 34, Hadith 4181)

Beautiful Hadith is about Kindness to Animals

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar RA: Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "A woman was tortured and was put in Hell because of a cat which she had kept locked till it died of hunger." Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) further said, (Allah knows better) Allah said (to the woman), 'You neither fed it nor watered when you locked it up, nor did you set it free to eat the insects of the earth." (Bukhari - Vol. 3, Book 40, Hadith 553)

Beautiful Hadith is about Rights of a Muslim

Narrated Abu Huraira RA: I heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) saying, "The rights of a Muslim on the Muslims are five: to respond to the salaam, visiting the sick, to follow the funeral processions, to accept an invitation, and to reply to those who sneeze. (Bukhari - Vol. 2, Book 23, Hadith 332)

Beautiful Hadith is about Judges

Narrated Abu Hurayrah RA: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He who has been appointed a judge has been killed without a knife. (Dawoud - Book 24, Hadith 3564)

Beautiful Hadith is about Women

Abu Huraira RA reported Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) as saying: A believing man should not hate a believing woman; if he dislikes one of her characteristics, he will be pleased with another. (Muslim - Book 8, Hadith 3469)

Beautiful Hadith is about Clothing

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri RA: When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) put on a new garment he mentioned it by name, turban or shirt, and would then say: O Allah, praise be to Thee! as Thou hast clothed me with it, I ask Thee for its good and the good of that for which it was made, and I seek refuge in Thee from its evil and the evil of that for which it was made. Abu Nadrah said: When any of the Companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) put on a new garment, he was told: May you wear it out and may Allah give you another in its place. (Dawoud - Book 33, Hadith 4009)

Beautiful Hadith is about Olives

It was narrated from Umar RA that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: ‘Season (your food) with olive oil and anoint yourselves with it, for it comes from a blessed tree.” (Ibn Majah - Vol. 4, Book 29, Hadith 3319)

Beautiful Hadith is about Forgetfulness in Prayer

Narrated `Abdullah bin Buhaina RA: Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) got up after the second rak`a of the Zuhr prayer without sitting in between (the second and the third rak`at). When he finished the prayer he performed two prostrations (of Sahu) and then finished the prayer with Taslim. (Bukhari - Vol. 2, Book 22, Hadith 316)

Beautiful Hadith is about Medina

Narrated Abu Huraira RA: If I saw deers grazing in Medina, I would not chase them, for Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Medina is a sanctuary between its two mountains." (Bukhari - Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 97)

Beautiful Hadith is about Alcohol

Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab RA: When the prohibition of wine (was yet to be) declared, Umar said: O Allah, give us a satisfactory explanation about wine. So the following verse of Surat al-Baqarah revealed; "They ask thee concerning wine and gambling. Say: In them is great sin...." Umar was then called and it was recited to him. He said: O Allah, give us a satisfactory explanation about wine. Then the following verse of Surat an-Nisa' was revealed: "O ye who believe! approach not prayers with a mind befogged...." Thereafter the herald of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) would call when the (congregational) prayer was performed: Beware, one who is drunk should not come to prayer. Umar was again called and it was recited to him). He said: O Allah, give us a satisfactory explanation about wine. This verse was revealed: "Will ye not then abstain?" Umar said: We abstained. (Dawoud - Book 26, Hadith 3662)

Beautiful Hadith is about Prayers

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah RA from the Prophet (peace be upon him) who said: Allah SWT says: The first of his actions for which a servant of Allah will be held accountable on the Day of Resurrection will be his prayers. If they are in order, then he will have prospered and succeeded: and if they are wanting, then he will have failed and lost. If there is something defective in his obligatory prayers, the Lord (glorified and exalted be He) will say: See if My servant has any supererogatory prayers with which may be completed that which was defective in his obligatory prayers. Then the rest of his actions will be judged in like fashion. It was related by Tirmidhi (also by Abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah and Ahmad) - Hadith Qudsi 9.

Beautiful Hadith is about Madinah

Narrated Anas RA: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Madinah is a sanctuary from that place to that. Its trees should not be cut and no heresy should be innovated nor any sin should be committed in it, and whoever innovates in it an heresy or commits sins (bad deeds), then he will incur the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people." (Bukhari - Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 91)

Beautiful Hadith is about Prayers During Travels

Narrated Ibn `Abbas RA: The Prophet (peace be upon him) once stayed for nineteen days and prayed shortened prayers. So when we travelled (and stayed) for nineteen days, we used to shorten the prayer but if we travelled (and stayed) for a longer period we used to offer the full prayer. (Bukhari - Vol. 2, Book 20, Hadith 186)

Beautiful Hadith is about Prayers

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah RA from the Prophet (peace be upon him) who said:Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: The first of his actions for which a servant of Allah will be held accountable on the Day of Resurrection will be his prayers. If they are in order, then he will have prospered and succeeded: and if they are wanting, then he will have failed and lost. If there is something defective in his obligatory prayers, the Lord (glorified and exalted be He) will say: See if My servant has any supererogatory prayers with which may be completed that which was defective in his obligatory prayers. Then the rest of his actions will be judged in like fashion. It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah and Ahmad - Hadith Qudsi 9)