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Y
emeni
C
offee
- Q
ishr
Mocha coffee takes its name from the Yemeni port city called
Mocha. Until just over one hundred years ago, it was a small port
in Yemen on the Red Sea. Some four centuries ago small quan-
tities of this coffee with a very fine flavor, grown on the hillsides
surrounding the town, were exported through this port. It was
the first coffee enjoyed by Europeans. Soon after, all imports from
Arabia were classified as Mochas.
Yemeni Coffee (Qishr)
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 1 cup cold water
- 6 teaspoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 6 teaspoons powdered coffee, not instant
Instructions:
1. Place water in a long handled Arabic coffee pot (a small
saucepan may be used).
2. Add remaining ingredients.
3. Over medium heat bring this mixture to a boil.
4. Remove from heat until the bubbles disappear.
5. Bring to boiling.
6. Repeat this process 3 times.
7. Pour into demitasse cups. Serve!
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A man asked Ibraheem Ibn Adham for advice that will help
him stop and realize of his sinful actions. He was told:
1- If you want to disobey Allah, then don’t eat from His rizq
(provision).
The man said: Then where am I to eat when every provision
is from Allah?
Ibraheem said: O such a person! Is it honorable and good to
disobey Allah, and eat from His provision?
The man said: Give me the second advice.
2- If you want to disobey Allah, then do not live on Allah’s
property.
The man said: Then where am I to live if not on Allah’s
property?
Ibraheem said: Is it good then, to eat from His provision, live
on His property, and disobey Him?
The man said: Give me the third one.
3- If you want to disobey Allah, then disobey Him in a place
where He will not see you.
The man said: How am I to do this when He not only sees
what others see, but what is in the hearts?
Ibraheem said: O you such a person, how do you eat from
His provision, live on His property, and disobey Him openly?
The man said: Give me the fourth one.
4- If you want to disobey Allah, when the Angel of Death
comes to you, tell him to come back later, after you repent.
The man said: He will not accept this from me!
Ibraheem said: O you such a person, when you cannot delay
death, how do you expect a savior?
The man said: Give me the fifth.
5- If you want to disobey Allah, then after death comes to
you, on the Day of Judgment, when the Angels of Hell come
to drag you into Hell, refuse to go with them.
The man said: They will not accept that from me!
Ibraheem said: Then how do you expect to be saved?
The man said: Enough! Enough! I seek forgiveness in Allah!
‘AstaghfirAllah wa a’tubuu ilayk!’ He made sincere tawbaah
(repentance), and left all his acts of disobedience, and he
died in such a state.