Are your filters Programmed properly???

The basic duty of a filter is to allow certain things to pass through it… A water filter only allows pure water to pass and makes sure that dirt is stopped… A fuel filter in our cars make sure that dirt is captured and only clean fuel is passed through it… Or I might say… Filters are the dividers… which divides the contents into two… one of them is Pass and other one is fail… Pass and fail criteria is dependent upon who makes that criteria…

Similar principal is applied in human race… and filters are normally known as guards, gatekeepers or checkpoints… There duty is also to divide the humans into two, according to the instructions given… they usually tag them allowed (Pass) or not allowed (fail)… Just take an example of 50 people… Half drunk and half Daees… A guard on the door of a mosque will tag the Drunk guys as FAIL… whereas same group of drunk would be tagged as PASS in a night club… The group of pious Daees would be tagged PASS on the gate of a mosque whereas FAIL at a door of nightclub…

Even such type of guards are present inside the humans… I am not talking about the tongue… which can taste food and let the good one go in your stomach… I am talking about the hidden guard… which is somewhere sitting behind our eyes and ears…  Most of the people do not agree that they have a built-in guard in them… but yet they show it practically… Everyone wants to hear and adopt, what they wish to hear and adopt... other than that... everything is filtered...

How many times, husband remember the duties of their wives but forget their duties toward them… Usually men find it comfortable to hear about the duties of a wife… and yet are very uncomfortable when they are told that they are obliged to do this for their wife… there a many husbands available who remember that one of their wife duties is to make food for him and keep his house maintained… but yet forget that it is husband duty to comfort his wife…  Infact our filter makes us forget the hadith when Ummul-Momineen Safiyah (May Allah be pleased with her) wept because one of the ummul-momineen called her "daughter of the Jew"… and the Prophet Mohammad (Peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) comforted her by saying "you are a daughter of a Prophet, your uncle was a Prophet and your husband is a Prophet…"

How easy it is for us to make virtual/Adopted relations… Making virtual elder sisters and virtual brothers… and yet our filter filters the information that Islam have no space for such verbal / virtual or adopted relations… How could our minds filter that the Prophet Mohammad (Peace be Upon him) married Zaynab Bint Jaysh (May Allah be pleased with her), the former wife of the Prophet's (Peace be upon him) adopted son Zayd ibn Harithah… thus proving that adopted relations are of no value in Islam…

Knowing the steps of shaitaan… the temptation created by shaitaan… yet Many Male Daees prefer to adding huge number of females and also send request to all the females in other daees profile… Female daees forget that one day they will get married and might hurt the Gairah (Protective Jealousy) of their husband… how could their mind filter the Refusal of Asma Bin Abi Bakr (May Allah be pleased with her) to ride behind the Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon him) and walk with a  load of date-stones for almost 3 miles… just because she did not wanted to hurt the gairah of her husband Al-Zubair (May Allah be pleased with him)… as narrated by al-Bukhaari (4823) and Muslim (4050)…

Havn't we met number of parents... who usually reject marraige purposal for their sons and daughters... just because the purposal is from a boy/girl who belongs to another family, caste or low salaried person... or does not poses a handsome dashing advertising appearance...how come their mind filters the Hadith of the Prophet Mohammad PBUH, When the Prophet (Peace be upon him) said "If there comes to you with a proposal of marriage one with whose religious commitment and attitude you are pleased, then marry [your daughter or female relative under your care] to him, for if you do not do that, there will be fitnah (tribulation) on earth and widespread corruption." Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 1084; Ibn Maajah, 1967. Classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 1022. 

Have you ever met a person, who always talks about Islam, the end of times, dawaah… He/she talks about Dr. Zakir, Dr. Israr, Dr. Bilal, and Dr. Farhat like they know them since childhood… and yet fail to spare time for the Jummah prayer? How many times you have talked to a woman, who talks a lot about deen and is worried about life after death… but when you tell her about Hijaab… her response is usually… Does Islam starts and ends with hijab????

How have we programmed our filters??? Don't you think it is the time to re-program our filters???

And surely Allah knows the best...

JazakAllah Khair

Remembering Allah in Prosperity......Make Hay while the Sun Shines....

Assalam-o-Alikum

Another Nicely Written Article by Brother Nisaar Yousuf (A Peace TV Speaker).

this article reminded me of a lecture by Dr. Bilal philips on patience... he said... Patience is not only about how you react when you are in trouble... It is also the reaction when you are spending a trouble free life... in explanation he said... when someone is in trouble, you can see him in masjid... even in fajir... crying, making dua and zikr... sooner or later, a person in trouble attains Sabar... but when someone is living a trouble free time... how he remembers Allah during those trouble free days... is surely a bigger test...

May Allah Guide us All, May Allah teach us the difference between the worldly and eternal matters. 

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Remembering Allah in Prosperity......Make Hay while the Sun Shines....

   One of the most motivating assurance from the Qur'an that keeps me going:

Faz korooni az kurukum washkuruli wala takfuroon... Remember me and I will remember you. Thank me and do not be unthankful....Surah Baqarah ch 2 verse 152.

  Those who forget Allah, Allah will also ignore them, declares Surah Tuobah ch 9 verse 67

Two persons are mentioned in the Qur'an and their stories are connected with the depth of the ocean. Their success and failures are testified by their incidents that took place in the depth of the oceans. Pharoah and Prophet Yunus.

  Propeht Yunus met hardship in the depth of the ocean and Pharoah too met his hardship in the depth of the ocean. Let us compare them.In Surah Saffat, ch 37 verse 143 and 144... Allah mentions about a big fish swallowing Prophet Yunus...Then Allah says something very important to note....Had it not been that he (Yunus) was not a musabbiheen he would have certainly remained in the belly of the fish till the day of resurrection!!!.... Who is a musbbiheen? One who glorifies Allah regularly, through his action, through his dhikr, through his worship and through Establishing touhid in the hearts and minds of people.

 A narration from Ibn Abbas inTafseer Tabari, says: When Prophet Yunus peace be upon him, called upon Allah from the belly of the fish, the Angels inquired from Allah.. O Allah the supplicator's voice seems familiar.. Allah replied.. "Yes he is Yunus who always remembers me.. "The Angels said  " But his voices seems to be coming from a different place today ?" Allah replied " Yes he is in the belly of the fish...the Angels requested.. "O Allah ! wont you respond him now that he is in trouble? "Allah said " Yes....and He responded and saved Yunus. Peace be upon Yunus

  Now let us see what happened to Pharoah. When the people of Bani Israel were crossing the sea, the water stood still  like a moutanious wall. and  non of the Bani Israel got his foot dirty even in the murky mud.. so easy was their exit from the hardship!  Pharoah's drowning is mentioned in many places of the Qur'an. .. At lenght , when overwhlemed with the flood, Pharoah said " I believe that there is nno god except Him whom the children of Israel believe in" I am of those whosubmit.... The same verse further says.. Allah replied " Ah Now ! But a little while before, you were in rebellion! and you did mischeif in the land... Look at the miracle of the Qur'an.. this incient is mentioned in Surah Yunus ch 10, verse 90,91!!!

 For most of us our hardships reminds us that we are Muslims and we run to Allah crying and praying only when we have no options left...but when Allah gives us a taste of His mercy, we dont even thank him but our skills and talents and influence for our solutions, everybody but Allah.  One of the best and the fastest  way to Allah's respond is to remember Him during good times too...When was the last time we did that?

Author: NisaarNadiadwala speaks and writes on socio-educational topics from Islamic perspective. He can be reached at nisaar_yusuf@yahoo.com

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JazakAllah Khair

Who is teaching What???

Who is teaching What???

Few years back, I saw an advertisement on TV… It really shook me… the content of the advertisement was, the phone rings… a young girl of 8 – 9 years picks up the phone… The Caller asked "Can I talk to your father?"… The little girl asked, "May I know who you are?" The caller told his name… The girls puts the caller on hold… runs towards her father… tells that Mr. XYZ called and wishes to talk to you… The father replied… "Go and say him that I am not at home"…  The advertisement pauses here… Till now… very few people would have noticed something wrong in this advertisement… The moral of the advertisement was to make an awareness… that the father is teaching his daughter how to lie…

After watching this advertisement, I started observing the behaviors adopted by the kids due to their parents' behaviors… Sooner or later, I met a cousin of mine, his daughter was of 3 – 4 yrs… Once I went to a shop with him and the shopkeeper offered a chocolate to the girl… The girl wanted to take it but refused to take it, until her father approved it… and her father was very proud that his daughter does everything with his approval… After few days, the same family visited our home and my sister offered the girl a toffee… and the girl took it and whispered in my sister ears… "Don't tell my dad"… Just imagine… A four year old is getting trained since her childhood, how to hide things from her father… and what will be the outcome after 10 – 15 yrs of in-home training…

We occasionally see parent replying to the complain of their kids that someone came and hit him… by saying "Ab aaye to tum bhi do lagana, darna mat" (If he comes again hit him twice, don't be scared)… Where is teaching of peace and love???

Something parents implement un-necessary restriction on the kids… I saw a mother who did not allowed her son to play with his car because of it's TUK TUK TUK sound… and if the kid insisted, he would get beaten up… after a few years when the kid grows up… Parents wonder who taught the kid to be stubborn for his demands?

When the kid scored good marks in school, his father claims "Aakhir beta kis ka hai" (afterall who's son he is?)… but when the same kid fails… the Father puts all the responsibilities on his mother...

It is not necessary that we teach the young generation every errors by name and definition… they learn from the action they see… Most of the evil which is spread in our society, is usually taught in our homes… Telling lies, Backbiting, Gossips, Love affairs, Stealing and much more… Even Jerry is always trying to device new ways to steal the Cheese and tom usually tries to suppress the demands of less fortunate or less power Jerry…

Nowadays a very common phrase is hitting the FB Status as a joke… but honestly it is a serious fact… it goes like…

Dear Parent,

Jasmine was in a relationship with a dirty homeless boy named Aladdin. Snow White lived alone with 7 men. Pinnochio was a liar. Robin Hood was a thief. Tarzan walked around without clothes on. A stranger kissed sleeping beauty and she married him. Cinderella lied and snuck out at night to attend a party.

Sincerely, it's not our fault, it's how you raised us

How parenting affects the kids… Our beloved Prophet, have told us this in a nutshell… It was narrated that 'Abd-Allaah ibn 'Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: "Each of you is a shepherd and each of you is responsible for his flock. The ruler of the people is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock. A man is the shepherd of his household and is responsible for his flock. A woman is the shepherd of her husband's house and children and is responsible for her flock. The slave is the shepherd of his master's wealth and is responsible for it. Each of you is a shepherd and each of you is responsible for his flock."  

Narrated by al-Bukhaari (853) and Muslim (1829).

The parents are the shepherd of their kids… it's upto them… in which direction they wish to drive them… Don't you think it is time to think about the way of parenting?

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And surely Allah knows the best...

JazakAllah Khair